Article
Environmental Sciences
Elin A. Thomas, Aoife Molloy, Nova B. Hanson, Monika Boehm, Mary Seddon, Julia D. Sigwart
Summary: The study shows that 62% of molluscs endemic to hydrothermal vents are under threat, with some species fully protected while others facing threats from deep-sea mining. The relative threat index highlights greater risks at vent fields in the Indian Ocean, while vent sites within established marine protected areas have a higher proportion of species assessed as Least Concern.
FRONTIERS IN MARINE SCIENCE
(2021)
Article
Biodiversity Conservation
Richard Fox, Emily B. Dennis, Andrew F. Brown, Jon Curson
Summary: Regular reassessment of extinction risk is important for prioritizing conservation action. This study provides an updated assessment of extinction risk in Great Britain by using population monitoring data and citizen-science records of butterflies. The findings show that the status of butterflies in Great Britain has deteriorated and a significant number of species are threatened.
INSECT CONSERVATION AND DIVERSITY
(2022)
Article
Biodiversity Conservation
Carly R. Cowell, Eimear Nic Lughadha, Pippin M. L. Anderson, Tarciso Leao, Jenny Williams, Wendy A. Annecke
Summary: Protected areas in biodiversity hotspots face the challenge of monitoring locally rare and threatened plant species with limited budgets. This study evaluates the effectiveness of using the Red List for prioritizing species in Table Mountain National Park (TMNP) and suggests that more in-field data and monitoring are required to prevent extinctions in protected areas.
BIODIVERSITY AND CONSERVATION
(2023)
Article
Geography, Physical
Liping Li, Haining Qin, Eimear Nic Lughadha, Yaomin Zheng, Huawei Wan, Jack Plummer, Melanie-Jayne R. Howes, Huiyuan Liu, Yangming Jiang, Tuo Wang, Huihui Zhao, Zhanfeng Shen, Huiping Huang
Summary: Based on the assessments in 2013 and 2020, a total of 4,088 (10.39%) species of Chinese higher plants are threatened in 2020, with 2,875 (7.31%) considered Near Threatened and 27,593 (70.16%) categorized as Least Concern. The Red List Index showed different patterns in the two years, indicating effective protection for threatened plant species in China. Attention should be given to non-threatened species in the future for conservation purposes.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF DIGITAL EARTH
(2023)
Article
Biodiversity Conservation
Victor Cazalis, Luca Santini, Pablo M. Lucas, Manuela Gonzalez-Suarez, Michael Hoffmann, Ana Benitez-Lopez, Michela Pacifici, Aafke M. Schipper, Monika Boehm, Alexander Zizka, Viola Clausnitzer, Carsten Meyer, Martin Jung, Stuart H. M. Butchart, Pedro Cardoso, Giordano Mancini, H. Resit Akcakaya, Bruce E. Young, Guillaume Patoine, Moreno Di Marco
Summary: The usefulness of the IUCN Red List is hindered by the lack of data on 14% of species. This study proposes a reproducible method to help prioritize the reassessment of data-deficient species and provides a list of species likely to have sufficient data, thereby improving the comprehensiveness of the IUCN Red List.
CONSERVATION BIOLOGY
(2023)
Article
Oceanography
Edwin S. Uribe, Andrea Luna-Acosta, Andres Etter
Summary: The study conducted in the Colombian Caribbean for the first time using the Red List of Ecosystems methodology to assess collapse risk for coral ecosystems found that all ecosystem units at the three scales were assessed from vulnerable to critically endangered, proposing practical management recommendations.
OCEAN & COASTAL MANAGEMENT
(2021)
Article
Biodiversity Conservation
Alica Hindakova, Maciej Gabka, Richard Hrivnak
Summary: A critical revision of charophytes collected in Slovakia from 1887 up to present provided an updated checklist and red list, with 36.8% classified as regionally extinct, 21% as endangered, 21% as vulnerable, 10.6% as near-threatened, and 5.3% as critically endangered.
Article
Biodiversity Conservation
J. Terraube, R. Gardiner, K. Hohwieler, C. H. Frere, R. H. Cristescu
Summary: Protected areas have a significant positive effect on the occurrence of koalas, with forest protection being a key factor. Strictly protected areas do not affect koala occurrence, and the composition of the forest is not the main driver of the observed differences along the protection gradient.
BIODIVERSITY AND CONSERVATION
(2023)
Article
Biodiversity Conservation
Gregory M. Mueller, Kelmer Martins Cunha, Tom W. May, Jessica L. Allen, James R. S. Westrip, Catia Canteiro, Diogo Henrique Costa-Rezende, Elisandro Ricardo Drechsler-Santos, Aida M. Vasco-Palacios, Antony Martyn Ainsworth, Genivaldo Alves-Silva, Frank Bungartz, Amanda Chandler, Susana C. Goncalves, Irmgard Krisai-Greilhuber, Reda Irsenaite, John Bjarne Jordal, Thiago Kosmann, James Lendemer, Richard Troy McMullin, Armin Mesic, Viviana Motato-Vasquez, Yoshihito Ohmura, Rikke Reese Naesborg, Claudia FerMi, Irja Saar, Diego Simijaca, Rebecca Yahr, Anders Dahlberg
Summary: Fungal species are also vulnerable to the threats faced by animals and plants, and recent efforts have led to an increase in the number of published fungal assessments. The 597 assessed fungal species in the 2022-1 IUCN Red List update provide the first global review of the extinction risk and threats faced by fungi. Nearly 50% of the assessed species are threatened, with habitat loss/degradation, climate change, invasive species, and pollution identified as the primary threats.
Article
Biodiversity Conservation
Charles J. Marsh, Mindy M. Syfert, Elina Aletrari, Yoni Gavish, William E. Kunin, Neil Brummitt
Summary: Geographic range size is a commonly used criterion for assessing species extinction risk. IUCN applies two measures, EOO and AOO, to capture different aspects of a species' distribution. Different methods and parameter choices can greatly affect the Red List status of species, with 2-100% of species being considered threatened depending on methodology. It is important to retain methodological information in assessments and be cautious when applying certain methods to poorly-recorded species.
BIODIVERSITY AND CONSERVATION
(2023)
Article
Biodiversity Conservation
Monika Bohm, David L. Waldien, Gregory P. Setliff, Kristine O. Abenis, Luis F. Aguirre, Perpetra Akite, Marnelli S. Alviola, Phillip A. Alviola, Jose Luis Aramayo Bejarano, Jade Aster T. Badon, Aimee Lynn A. Barrion-Dupo, Gilianne Brodie, Analyn Cabras, Catia Canteiro, James A. Danoff-Burg, Emmanuel Ryan C. De Chavez, Mariano Roy M. Duya, Orlando L. Eusebio, Norashikin Fauzi, Zachary J. Glass, Noelle E. Grabowski, Juan Fernando Guerra Serrudo, Sergio S. Henriques, Brent M. Horton, Vijaya Kumaran Jayaraj, Beth A. Kaplin, Shannon M. Keller, Maria Julieta Ledezma Arias, Ireneo L. Lit, Cristian C. Lucanas, Milton Norman D. Medina, Michael D. Meyer, Jenna Miladin, Ahmim Mourad, Gregory M. Mueller, Shiloh S. Narayan, Jeremy C. B. Naredo, Tamara Osborne-Naikatini, Joseph B. Rasalan, Bindiya Rashni, Simon Musila, Appalasamy Suganthi, Nunia Thomas-Moko, Chrestine B. Torrejos, John R. Wallace, Hilda Waqa-Sakiti, Sheryl Yap
Summary: Global biodiversity decline continues, and it is crucial to bring in new and diverse contributors to fill data gaps. Linking academia with assessment processes can enhance species assessments. Professors can integrate Red List learning into teaching, helping students develop professional networks and research skills.
Article
Fisheries
Rafael Miranda, Imanol Miqueleiz, William Darwall, Catherine Sayer, Nicholas K. Dulvy, Kent E. Carpenter, Beth Polidoro, Nadia Dewhurst-Richman, Caroline Pollock, Craig Hilton-Taylor, Robin Freeman, Ben Collen, Monika Boehm
Summary: Global biodiversity targets require monitoring of species at risk and quantifying biodiversity trends. This study uses the Red List Index (RLI) to analyze the conservation status of world fishes in 2010. The results show that 15.1% of sampled species are threatened with extinction, with fishing being the main threat for marine species and pollution from agriculture and forestry effluents for freshwater fishes.
REVIEWS IN FISH BIOLOGY AND FISHERIES
(2022)
Article
Biodiversity Conservation
Timothy D. Meehan, Michael S. Crossley
Summary: Assessing invertebrate species for the IUCN Red List involves fitting statistical models to abundance data and calculating TYC estimates. The monarch butterfly assessment used models assuming constant change rates, but our analysis showed that change rates were variable. The recommended approach for evaluating monarch conservation status is to use models with variable change rates.
INSECT CONSERVATION AND DIVERSITY
(2023)
Article
Biology
Katarina Misikova, Katarina Godovicova, Pavel Sirka, Rudolf Soltes
Summary: The assessment of liverworts and hornworts in Slovakia reveals that 22.9% of the species are threatened, with the main factors being anthropogenic changes in natural conditions and degradation of ecosystems. Among them, 128 species were assessed as having no immediate threat.
Article
Environmental Sciences
Pablo Leon Higueras, Raimundo Jimenez-Ballesta, Jose Maria Esbri, Rosario Garcia-Gimenez, Eva Maria Garcia-Noguero, Rodrigo Alvarez, Jesus Daniel Peco, Carolina Garcia-Noguero, Juan Antonio Campos
Summary: Monazite is a rare and strategic mineral that is not frequently found in mineable ore deposits. This study assessed the occurrence and risks associated with concentrations of monazite in Mediterranean red soil and found that it is poor in radioactive elements, concentrated in the top soil layers, and potentially immobilized in other minerals. Further research is needed to better understand the speciation of Rare Earth Elements in soils.
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH
(2021)
Article
Biodiversity Conservation
Justin Moat, Steven P. Bachman, Richard Field, Doreen S. Boyd
CONSERVATION BIOLOGY
(2018)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Felix Forest, Justin Moat, Elisabeth Baloch, Neil A. Brummitt, Steve P. Bachman, Steffi Ickert-Bond, Peter M. Hollingsworth, Aaron Liston, Damon P. Little, Sarah Mathews, Hardeep Rai, Catarina Rydin, Dennis W. Stevenson, Philip Thomas, Sven Buerki
SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
(2018)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Aaron P. Davis, Helen Chadburn, Justin Moat, Robert O'Sullivan, Serene Hargreaves, Eimear Nic Lughadha
Article
Archaeology
Sanna Saunaluoma, Niko Anttiroiko, Justin Moat
ARCHAEOLOGICAL PROSPECTION
(2019)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Nadia Bystriakova, Pablo Hendrigo Alves De Melo, Justin Moat, Eimear Nic Lughadha, Alexandre K. Monro
SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
(2019)
Article
Biodiversity Conservation
Harith Farooq, Josue Azevedo, Francesco Belluardo, Cristovao Nanvonamuquitxo, Dominic Bennett, Justin Moat, Amadeu Soares, Soren Faurby, Alexandre Antonelli
DIVERSITY AND DISTRIBUTIONS
(2020)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Pascale Schuit, Justin Moat, Tadesse Woldemariam Gole, Zeleke Kebebew Challa, Jeremy Torz, Steven Macatonia, Graciano Cruz, Aaron P. Davis
Summary: The study demonstrates that participating in the specialty coffee market can increase income for coffee farmers, but with certain conditions. The high prices of specialty coffee can boost forest coffee production and promote forest conservation.
Article
Geography, Physical
David G. Beresford-Jones, David E. Friesem, Fraser Sturt, Alexander Pullen, George Chauca, Justin Moat, Manuel Gorriti, Patricia K. Maita, Delphine Joly, Oliver Huaman, Kevin J. Lane, Charles French
Summary: Shell middens are significant signs of hunter-gatherers exploiting rich, sustainable, easily visible, and accessible marine resources worldwide. Investigations at La Yerba II site in Peru reveal that over 4.5 meters of stratigraphy accumulated in less than 500 years, starting around 7000 years ago. The site offers insights into the local history of sea-level changes, the transition to sedentism, and the formation of new estuarine and beach habitats.
QUATERNARY SCIENCE REVIEWS
(2022)
Article
Plant Sciences
Aaron P. Davis, Delphine Mieulet, Justin Moat, Daniel Sarmu, Jeremy Haggar
Summary: Coffea stenophylla, a narrow-leaved wild coffee from Upper West Africa, has a sensory profile similar to high-quality Arabica coffee but can thrive at higher temperatures. This plant can broaden the climate envelope for high-quality coffee and may be a valuable resource for developing climate-resilient coffee crop plants.
Review
Biodiversity Conservation
Olwen M. Grace, Jon C. Lovett, Charles J. N. Gore, Justin Moat, Ian Ondo, Samuel Pironon, Moses K. Langat, Oscar A. Perez-Escobar, Andrew Ross, Mary Suzan Abbo, Krishna K. Shrestha, Balakrishna Gowda, Kerrie Farrar, Jessica Adams, Rodrigo Camara-Leret, Mauricio Diazgranados, Tiziana Ulian, Saut Sagala, Elisabeth Rianawati, Amit Hazra, Omar R. Masera, Alexandre Antonelli, Paul Wilkin
PLANTS PEOPLE PLANET
(2020)
Article
Biodiversity Conservation
Philip C. Stevenson, Martin Bidartondo, Robert Blackhall-Miles, Timothy R. Cavagnaro, Amanda Cooper, Benoit Geslin, Hauke Koch, Mark A. Lee, Justin Moat, Richard O'Hanlon, Henrik Sjoman, Adriano Sofo, Kalliopi Stara, Laura M. Suz
PLANTS PEOPLE PLANET
(2020)
Article
Biodiversity Conservation
Connor T. Panter, Rosemary L. Clegg, Justin Moat, Steven P. Bachman, Bente B. Klitgard, Rachel L. White
CONSERVATION SCIENCE AND PRACTICE
(2020)
Review
Biodiversity Conservation
Eimear Nic Lughadha, Steven P. Bachman, Tarciso C. C. Leao, Felix Forest, John M. Halley, Justin Moat, Carmen Acedo, Karen L. Bacon, Ryan F. A. Brewer, Gildas Gateble, Susana C. Goncalves, Rafael Govaerts, Peter M. Hollingsworth, Irmgard Krisai-Greilhuber, Elton J. de Lirio, Paloma G. P. Moore, Raquel Negrao, Jean Michel Onana, Landy R. Rajaovelona, Henintsoa Razanajatovo, Peter B. Reich, Sophie L. Richards, Malin C. Rivers, Amanda Cooper, Joao Iganci, Gwilym P. Lewis, Eric C. Smidt, Alexandre Antonelli, Gregory M. Mueller, Barnaby E. Walker
PLANTS PEOPLE PLANET
(2020)
Article
Ecology
Susana Baena, Doreen S. Boyd, Paul Smith, Justin Moat, Giles M. Foody
REMOTE SENSING IN ECOLOGY AND CONSERVATION
(2016)