A global analysis of management capacity and ecological outcomes in terrestrial protected areas

Protecting important sites is a key strategy for halting the loss of biodiversity. However, our understanding of the relationship between management inputs and biodiversity outcomes in protected areas (PAs) remains weak. Here, we examine biodiversity outcomes using species population trends in PAs d...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Geldmann, J., Coad, L.M., Barnes, M.D., Craigie, I.D., Woodley, S., Balmford, A., Brooks, T.M., Hockings, M., Knights, K., Mascia, M.B., McRae, L., Burgess, Neil D.
Format: Journal Article
Language:Inglés
Published: Wiley 2018
Subjects:
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/112077
_version_ 1855513551287877632
author Geldmann, J.
Coad, L.M.
Barnes, M.D.
Craigie, I.D.
Woodley, S.
Balmford, A.
Brooks, T.M.
Hockings, M.
Knights, K.
Mascia, M.B.
McRae, L.
Burgess, Neil D.
author_browse Balmford, A.
Barnes, M.D.
Brooks, T.M.
Burgess, Neil D.
Coad, L.M.
Craigie, I.D.
Geldmann, J.
Hockings, M.
Knights, K.
Mascia, M.B.
McRae, L.
Woodley, S.
author_facet Geldmann, J.
Coad, L.M.
Barnes, M.D.
Craigie, I.D.
Woodley, S.
Balmford, A.
Brooks, T.M.
Hockings, M.
Knights, K.
Mascia, M.B.
McRae, L.
Burgess, Neil D.
author_sort Geldmann, J.
collection Repository of Agricultural Research Outputs (CGSpace)
description Protecting important sites is a key strategy for halting the loss of biodiversity. However, our understanding of the relationship between management inputs and biodiversity outcomes in protected areas (PAs) remains weak. Here, we examine biodiversity outcomes using species population trends in PAs derived from the Living Planet Database in relation to management data derived from the Management Effectiveness Tracking Tool (METT) database for 217 population time‐series from 73 PAs. We found a positive relationship between our METT‐based scores for Capacity and Resources and changes in vertebrate abundance, consistent with the hypothesis that PAs require adequate resourcing to halt biodiversity loss. Additionally, PA age was negatively correlated with trends for the mammal subsets and PA size negatively correlated with population trends in the global subset. Our study highlights the paucity of appropriate data for rigorous testing of the role of management in maintaining species populations across multiple sites, and describes ways to improve our understanding of PA performance.
format Journal Article
id CGSpace112077
institution CGIAR Consortium
language Inglés
publishDate 2018
publishDateRange 2018
publishDateSort 2018
publisher Wiley
publisherStr Wiley
record_format dspace
spelling CGSpace1120772024-06-26T09:36:32Z A global analysis of management capacity and ecological outcomes in terrestrial protected areas Geldmann, J. Coad, L.M. Barnes, M.D. Craigie, I.D. Woodley, S. Balmford, A. Brooks, T.M. Hockings, M. Knights, K. Mascia, M.B. McRae, L. Burgess, Neil D. biodiversity protected areas species databases ecology Protecting important sites is a key strategy for halting the loss of biodiversity. However, our understanding of the relationship between management inputs and biodiversity outcomes in protected areas (PAs) remains weak. Here, we examine biodiversity outcomes using species population trends in PAs derived from the Living Planet Database in relation to management data derived from the Management Effectiveness Tracking Tool (METT) database for 217 population time‐series from 73 PAs. We found a positive relationship between our METT‐based scores for Capacity and Resources and changes in vertebrate abundance, consistent with the hypothesis that PAs require adequate resourcing to halt biodiversity loss. Additionally, PA age was negatively correlated with trends for the mammal subsets and PA size negatively correlated with population trends in the global subset. Our study highlights the paucity of appropriate data for rigorous testing of the role of management in maintaining species populations across multiple sites, and describes ways to improve our understanding of PA performance. 2018-05 2021-03-08T08:17:38Z 2021-03-08T08:17:38Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/112077 en Open Access Wiley Geldmann, J., Coad, L., Barnes, M.D., Craigie, I.D., Woodley, S., Balmford, A., Brooks, T.M., Hockings, M., Knights, K., Mascia, M.B., McRae, L., Burgess, N.D. 2018. A global analysis of management capacity and ecological outcomes in terrestrial protected areas. Conservation Letters, 11 (3): e12434. https://doi.org/10.1111/conl.12434
spellingShingle biodiversity
protected areas
species
databases
ecology
Geldmann, J.
Coad, L.M.
Barnes, M.D.
Craigie, I.D.
Woodley, S.
Balmford, A.
Brooks, T.M.
Hockings, M.
Knights, K.
Mascia, M.B.
McRae, L.
Burgess, Neil D.
A global analysis of management capacity and ecological outcomes in terrestrial protected areas
title A global analysis of management capacity and ecological outcomes in terrestrial protected areas
title_full A global analysis of management capacity and ecological outcomes in terrestrial protected areas
title_fullStr A global analysis of management capacity and ecological outcomes in terrestrial protected areas
title_full_unstemmed A global analysis of management capacity and ecological outcomes in terrestrial protected areas
title_short A global analysis of management capacity and ecological outcomes in terrestrial protected areas
title_sort global analysis of management capacity and ecological outcomes in terrestrial protected areas
topic biodiversity
protected areas
species
databases
ecology
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/112077
work_keys_str_mv AT geldmannj aglobalanalysisofmanagementcapacityandecologicaloutcomesinterrestrialprotectedareas
AT coadlm aglobalanalysisofmanagementcapacityandecologicaloutcomesinterrestrialprotectedareas
AT barnesmd aglobalanalysisofmanagementcapacityandecologicaloutcomesinterrestrialprotectedareas
AT craigieid aglobalanalysisofmanagementcapacityandecologicaloutcomesinterrestrialprotectedareas
AT woodleys aglobalanalysisofmanagementcapacityandecologicaloutcomesinterrestrialprotectedareas
AT balmforda aglobalanalysisofmanagementcapacityandecologicaloutcomesinterrestrialprotectedareas
AT brookstm aglobalanalysisofmanagementcapacityandecologicaloutcomesinterrestrialprotectedareas
AT hockingsm aglobalanalysisofmanagementcapacityandecologicaloutcomesinterrestrialprotectedareas
AT knightsk aglobalanalysisofmanagementcapacityandecologicaloutcomesinterrestrialprotectedareas
AT masciamb aglobalanalysisofmanagementcapacityandecologicaloutcomesinterrestrialprotectedareas
AT mcrael aglobalanalysisofmanagementcapacityandecologicaloutcomesinterrestrialprotectedareas
AT burgessneild aglobalanalysisofmanagementcapacityandecologicaloutcomesinterrestrialprotectedareas
AT geldmannj globalanalysisofmanagementcapacityandecologicaloutcomesinterrestrialprotectedareas
AT coadlm globalanalysisofmanagementcapacityandecologicaloutcomesinterrestrialprotectedareas
AT barnesmd globalanalysisofmanagementcapacityandecologicaloutcomesinterrestrialprotectedareas
AT craigieid globalanalysisofmanagementcapacityandecologicaloutcomesinterrestrialprotectedareas
AT woodleys globalanalysisofmanagementcapacityandecologicaloutcomesinterrestrialprotectedareas
AT balmforda globalanalysisofmanagementcapacityandecologicaloutcomesinterrestrialprotectedareas
AT brookstm globalanalysisofmanagementcapacityandecologicaloutcomesinterrestrialprotectedareas
AT hockingsm globalanalysisofmanagementcapacityandecologicaloutcomesinterrestrialprotectedareas
AT knightsk globalanalysisofmanagementcapacityandecologicaloutcomesinterrestrialprotectedareas
AT masciamb globalanalysisofmanagementcapacityandecologicaloutcomesinterrestrialprotectedareas
AT mcrael globalanalysisofmanagementcapacityandecologicaloutcomesinterrestrialprotectedareas
AT burgessneild globalanalysisofmanagementcapacityandecologicaloutcomesinterrestrialprotectedareas