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DOI	10.1088/1748-9326/ab7e50
	Opportunities for prioritizing and expanding conservation enterprise in India using a guild of carnivores as flagships
	Srivathsa A.; Majgaonkar I.; Sharma S.; Singh P.; Punjabi G.A.; Chawla M.M.; Banerjee A.
发表日期	2020
ISSN	17489318
卷号	15 期号:6
英文摘要	Conservation interventions in developing countries are frequently thwarted by socio-economic agendas, severely limiting the scope and rigor of biodiversity and habitat conservation. Very few ecological assessments incorporate human interests in conservation prioritization, creating asynchrony between planning and implementation. For conservation actions to be logistically feasible, multiple criteria including ecological, social, economic and administrative aspects must be considered. Understanding how these different dimensions interact spatially is also important for gauging the potential for conservation success. Here, we use a guild of select mammalian carnivores (wild canids and hyenas) in India to (i) generate distribution maps at the spatial scale of administrative sub-districts, that are relevant to management, (ii) examine ecological, social and biogeographic factors associated with their distribution, assess key threats, and identify areas important for their conservation, (iii) use prioritization tools for balancing habitat conservation, human needs and economic growth, and (iv) evaluate the spatial congruence between areas with high conservation potential, and areas currently in focus for protection efforts, conservation investments, and infrastructure development. We find that the current Protected Area system does not adequately cover or represent diverse habitats, that there is immense potential for States to increase financial investments towards alternative conservation strategies, and, most infrastructure projects may be potentially jeopardizing important carnivore habitats where the two overlap. Our framework allowed for identifying locations where conservation investments would lead to the highest benefits for carnivores as flagships, which also benefit other species across habitats. We make a case for re-evaluating how large-scale prioritization assessments are made, and for broadening the purview of conservation policies in India and other developing countries. © 2020 The Author(s). Published by IOP Publishing Ltd.
英文关键词	canids; conservation investments; socio-economic development; spatial conservation prioritization; species distribution models
语种	英语
scopus关键词	Biodiversity; Developing countries; Economics; Ecosystems; Investments; Mammals; Conservation actions; Conservation investments; Conservation prioritization; Conservation strategies; Financial investments; Habitat conservation; Infrastructure development; Infrastructure project; Conservation; administrative framework; assessment method; carnivore; conservation management; conservation planning; developing world; economic growth; geographical distribution; habitat conservation; infrastructural development; investment; mammal; multicriteria analysis; prioritization; protected area; India; Canidae; Mammalia
来源期刊	Environmental Research Letters
文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://gcip.llas.ac.cn/handle/2XKMVOVA/154007
作者单位	School of Natural Resources and Environment, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, United States; Department of Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, United States; Wildlife Conservation Society-India, Bengaluru, India; Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment, Bengaluru, India; Researchers for Wildlife Conservation, National Centre for Biological Sciences, Bengaluru, India; Wildlife Conservation Trust, Mumbai, India; College of Science and Engineering, James Cook University, Townsville, Australia
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Srivathsa A.,Majgaonkar I.,Sharma S.,et al. Opportunities for prioritizing and expanding conservation enterprise in India using a guild of carnivores as flagships[J],2020,15(6).
APA	Srivathsa A..,Majgaonkar I..,Sharma S..,Singh P..,Punjabi G.A..,...&Banerjee A..(2020).Opportunities for prioritizing and expanding conservation enterprise in India using a guild of carnivores as flagships.Environmental Research Letters,15(6).
MLA	Srivathsa A.,et al."Opportunities for prioritizing and expanding conservation enterprise in India using a guild of carnivores as flagships".Environmental Research Letters 15.6(2020).