Matches and mismatches between conservation investments and biodiversity values in the European Union
Matches and mismatches between conservation investments and biodiversity values in the European Union
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欧盟保护投资与生物多样性价值之间的匹配和不匹配
作者：
D. Sánchez‐Fernández;P. Abellán;P. Aragón;Sara Varela;M. Cabeza
最近，欧盟委员会通过了一项新战略来阻止生物多样性的丧失。预计成员国将支持在现行的2014-2020年多年度财政框架下更有效地收集和重新分配欧盟（EU）资金。由于生物多样性分布和保护需求在大陆尺度上存在较大的空间差异，欧盟应确保生物多样性价值较高的国家比其他国家获得更多的保护资金和资源。利用线性回归，我们评估了成员国保护投资与生物多样性价值之间的关系，考虑了各种保护投资指标、分类类群（包括植物类群、脊椎动物类群和无脊椎动物类群）和生物多样性价值指标。总体而言，我们发现保护投资与生物多样性变量之间存在明显的整体关联。然而，一些国家获得的投资比根据这些国家的生物多样性价值所预期的要多或少。我们还发现，广泛使用鸟类作为保护有效性的独特指标可能导致有偏见的决策。我们的研究结果可以为未来有关资金分配的决策提供信息，从而改善欧盟保护基金的分配。
Recently, the European Commission adopted a new strategy to halt the loss of biodiversity. Member states are expected to favor a more effective collection and redistribution of European Union (EU) funds under the current Multiannual Financial Framework for 2014–2020. Because of the large spatial variation in the distribution of biodiversity and conservation needs at the continental scale, EU instruments should ensure that countries with higher biodiversity values get more funds and resources for the conservation than other countries. Using linear regressions, we assessed the association between conservation investments and biodiversity values across member states, accounting for a variety of conservation investment indicators, taxonomic groups (including groups of plants, vertebrates, and invertebrates), and indicators of biodiversity value. In general, we found clear overall associations between conservation investments and biodiversity variables. However, some countries received more or less investment than would be expected based on biodiversity values in those countries. We also found that the extensive use of birds as unique indicators of conservation effectiveness may lead to biased decisions. Our results can inform future decisions regarding funding allocation and thus improve distribution of EU conservation funds.