Schmeller, DS;
Arvanitidis, C;
Böhm, M;
Brummitt, N;
Chatzinikolaou, E;
Costello, MJ;
Ding, H;
... Belnap, J; + view all
(2017)
Case studies of capacity building for biodiversity monitoring.
In: Walters, M and Scholes, RJ, (eds.)
The GEO Handbook on Biodiversity Observation Networks.
(pp. 309-326).
Springer: Cham, Switzerland.
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Abstract
Monitoring the status and trends of species is critical to their conservation and management. However, the current state of biodiversity monitoring is insufficient to detect such for most species and habitats, other than in a few localised areas. One of the biggest obstacles to adequate monitoring is the lack of local capacity to carry out such programs. Thus, building the capacity to do such monitoring is imperative. We here highlight different biodiversity monitoring efforts to illustrate how capacity building efforts are being conducted at different geographic scales and under a range of resource, literacy, and training constraints. Accordingly, we include examples of monitoring efforts from within countries (Kenya, France, and China), within regions (Central America and the Arctic) and larger capacity building programs including EDGE (Evolutionarily Distinct and Globally Endangered) of Existence and the National Red List Alliance.
| Type: | Book chapter |
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| Title: | Case studies of capacity building for biodiversity monitoring |
| ISBN-13: | 9783319272863 |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1007/978-3-319-27288-7_13 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-27288-7_13 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | © The Author(s) 2017. Open Access: This chapter is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 2.5 License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.5/) which permits any noncommercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author(s) and source are credited. The images or other third party material in this chapter are included in the work’s Creative Commons license, unless indicated otherwise in the credit line; if such material is not included in the work’s Creative Commons license and the respective action is not permitted by statutory regulation, users will need to obtain permission from the license holder to duplicate, adapt or reproduce the material. |
| Keywords: | Monitoring capacity building, Citizen science and volunteers, Key biodiversity areas, Public awareness raising |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Life Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Life Sciences > Div of Biosciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Life Sciences > Div of Biosciences > Genetics, Evolution and Environment |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1530025 |
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