Credit Systems for Bycatch and Biodiversity Conservation

Compensatory mitigation as a solution to fisheries bycatch–biodiversity conservation conflicts

© The Ecological Society of America www.frontiersinecology.org G fisheries provide approximately 16% of all protein consumed by humans, employ about 200 million people, and are valued at US$82 billion (Botsford et al. 1997; FAO Fisheries Department 2004). Eight percent, or 7.2 million tons, of the global catch is comprised of non-target species and discarded, and this mortality is having major ...

Conserving agricultural biodiversity for use in sustainable food systems Conservation

Wilderness and biodiversity conservation.

Human pressure threatens many species and ecosystems, so conservation efforts necessarily prioritize saving them. However, conservation should clearly be proactive wherever possible. In this article, we assess the biodiversity conservation value, and specifically the irreplaceability in terms of species endemism, of those of the planet's ecosystems that remain intact. We find that 24 wilderness...

Comparative genomics for biodiversity conservation

Genomic approaches are gathering momentum in biology and emerging opportunities lie in the creative use of comparative molecular methods for revealing the processes that influence diversity of wildlife. However, few comparative genomic studies are performed with explicit and specific objectives to aid conservation of wild populations. Here I provide a brief overview of comparative genomic appro...

Habitat Modeling for Biodiversity Conservation

Habitat models address only 1 component of biodiversity but can be useful in addressing and managing single or multiple species and ecosystem functions, for projecting disturbance regimes, and in supporting decisions. I review categories and examples of habitat models, their utility for biodiversity conservation, and their roles in making conservation decisions. I suggest the use of influence d...