Biodiversity hotspots and major tropical wilderness areas: Approaches to setting conservation priorities
Biodiversity hotspots and major tropical wilderness areas: Approaches to setting conservation priorities
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DOI：
10.1046/j.1523-1739.1998.012003516.x
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发表时间：
1998-06-01
影响因子：
6.3
通讯作者：
Olivieri, S
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作者：
Mittermeier, RA;Myers, N;Olivieri, S
生物多样性的加速和潜在的灾难性丧失与其他环境威胁不同，因为它是不可逆转的。鉴于生物多样性的迅速丧失和可用于解决环境问题的资源有限，我们必须确定我们保护生物资源努力的优先次序。由于生物多样性绝不是均匀分布的，一些地区在总体多样性和特有性方面远远超过其他地区。此外，许多最富有的地区也恰好受到最严重的威胁，在未来几十年里，将保护工作集中在生物多样性最集中的地区，以及最有可能失去大部分生物多样性的地区，将使保护投资产生最大的影响。我们把重点放在这些高度优先领域，并不是说其他多样性较低、受威胁较小的地区应该被取消，只是说高度生物多样性地区应该得到优先关注。
The accelerating and potentially catastrophic loss of biotic diversity is unlike other environmental threats because it is irreversible. Given the rapid loss of biodiversity and limited resources available to address environmental issues, we must set priorities for our efforts to conserve biological resources. Because biodiversity is by no means evenly distributed, some areas are far richer than others in overall diversity and endemism. Furthermore, many of the richest areas also happen to be under the most severe threat.Over the next few decades, focusing conservation efforts on areas with the greatest concentrations of biodiversity and the highest likelihood of losing significant portions of that biodiversity will achieve maximum impact for conservation investment. By focusing on these high-priority areas we are not suggesting that other less diverse, less threatened areas should be written off, only that the high-biodiversity areas receive priority attention.