Biome Awareness Disparity is BAD for tropical ecosystem conservation and restoration
Biome Awareness Disparity is BAD for tropical ecosystem conservation and restoration
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生物群落意识差异不利于热带生态系统的保护和恢复
DOI：
10.1111/1365-2664.14060
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发表时间：
2021
影响因子：
5.7
通讯作者：
Oliveira, Rafael S.
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作者：
Silveira, Fernando A. O.;Ordóñez‐Parra, Carlos A.;Moura, Livia C.;Schmidt, Isabel B.;Andersen, Alan N.;Bond, William;Buisson, Elise;Durigan, Giselda;Fidelis, Alessandra;Oliveira, Rafael S.
我们引入了生物群落意识差异（BAD）的概念-定义为未能理解所有生物群落在保护和恢复政策中的重要性-并量化了生物群落在热带恢复科学，实践和政策中的（a）关注和兴趣，（B）行动和（c）知识方面的差异。通过分析来自联合国生态系统恢复十年所有合作机构的50，000条推文，以及45条推文，通过对来自全球主要科学和环境新闻媒体的2000条推文的分析，我们发现，相对于生物群落的范围和多样性，人们的关注和兴趣存在很大差异。推特主要关注森林，而开放的生物群落（如草原，稀树草原和灌木丛）相对于其面积受到的关注较少。与这些关注度的差异相反，森林与开放生物群落之间的点赞和转发量是相等的，这表明这种差异可能并不反映公众的观点。通过文献回顾，我们发现恢复实验不成比例地集中在热带雨林，干燥森林和红树林。在开放生物群落中进行的研究中，超过一半的研究报告称植树是主要的恢复行动，这表明以森林为导向的技术应用不当。我们敦促科学家、政策制定者和土地管理者认识到开放生物群落在保护生物多样性、确保生态系统服务、减缓气候变化和改善人类生计方面的价值。解决生物群落认识差距问题将增加联合国生态系统恢复十年成功实现其承诺的可能性。
We introduce the concept of Biome Awareness Disparity (BAD)—defined as a failure to appreciate the significance of all biomes in conservation and restoration policy—and quantify disparities in (a) attention and interest, (b) action and (c) knowledge among biomes in tropical restoration science, practice and policy.By analysing 50,000 tweets from all Partner Institutions of the UN Decade of Ecosystem Restoration, and 45,000 tweets from the main science and environmental news media world‐wide, we found strong disparities in attention and interest relative to biome extent and diversity. Tweets largely focused on forests, whereas open biomes (such as grasslands, savannas and shrublands) received less attention in relation to their area. In contrast to these differences in attention, there were equivalent likes and retweets between forest versus open biomes, suggesting the disparities may not reflect the views of the general public.Through a literature review, we found that restoration experiments are disproportionately concentrated in rainforests, dry forests and mangroves. More than half of the studies conducted in open biomes reported tree planting as the main restoration action, suggesting inappropriate application of forest‐oriented techniques.Policy implications. We urge scientists, policymakers and land managers to recognise the value of open biomes for protecting biodiversity, securing ecosystem services, mitigating climate change and enhancing human livelihoods. Fixing Biome Awareness Disparity will increase the likelihood of the United Nations Decade on Ecosystem Restoration successfully delivering its promises.