Genetic diversity targets and indicators in the CBD post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework must be improved

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dc.citation.volume248
dc.contributor.authorHoban S
dc.contributor.authorBruford M
dc.contributor.authorD'Urban Jackson J
dc.contributor.authorLopes-Fernandes M
dc.contributor.authorHeuertz M
dc.contributor.authorHohenlohe PA
dc.contributor.authorPaz-Vinas I
dc.contributor.authorSjögren-Gulve P
dc.contributor.authorSegelbacher G
dc.contributor.authorVernesi C
dc.contributor.authorAitken S
dc.contributor.authorBertola LD
dc.contributor.authorBloomer P
dc.contributor.authorBreed M
dc.contributor.authorRodríguez-Correa H
dc.contributor.authorFunk WC
dc.contributor.authorGrueber CE
dc.contributor.authorHunter ME
dc.contributor.authorJaffe R
dc.contributor.authorLiggins L
dc.contributor.authorMergeay J
dc.contributor.authorMoharrek F
dc.contributor.authorO'Brien D
dc.contributor.authorOgden R
dc.contributor.authorPalma-Silva C
dc.contributor.authorPierson J
dc.contributor.authorRamakrishnan U
dc.contributor.authorSimo-Droissart M
dc.contributor.authorTani N
dc.contributor.authorWaits L
dc.contributor.authorLaikre L
dc.date.available2020-08
dc.date.issued2020-08
dc.description.abstractThe 196 parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) will soon agree to a post-2020 global framework for conserving the three elements of biodiversity (genetic, species, and ecosystem diversity) while ensuring sustainable development and benefit sharing. As the most significant global conservation policy mechanism, the new CBD framework has far-reaching consequences- it will guide conservation actions and reporting for each member country until 2050. In previous CBD strategies, as well as other major conservation policy mechanisms, targets and indicators for genetic diversity (variation at the DNA level within species, which facilitates species adaptation and ecosystem function) were undeveloped and focused on species of agricultural relevance. We assert that, to meet global conservation goals, genetic diversity within all species, not just domesticated species and their wild relatives, must be conserved and monitored using appropriate metrics. Building on suggestions in a recent Letter in Science (Laikre et al., 2020) we expand argumentation for three new, pragmatic genetic indicators and modifications to two current indicators for maintaining genetic diversity and adaptive capacity of all species, and provide guidance on their practical use. The indicators are: 1) the number of populations with effective population size above versus below 500, 2) the proportion of populations maintained within species, 3) the number of species and populations in which genetic diversity is monitored using DNA-based methods. We also present and discuss Goals and Action Targets for post-2020 biodiversity conservation which are connected to these indicators and underlying data. These pragmatic indicators and goals have utility beyond the CBD; they should benefit conservation and monitoring of genetic diversity via national and global policy for decades to come.
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dc.identifierARTN 108654
dc.identifier.citationBIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION, 2020, 248
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.biocon.2020.108654
dc.identifier.eissn1873-2917
dc.identifier.elements-id433459
dc.identifier.harvestedMassey_Dark
dc.identifier.issn0006-3207
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10179/17378
dc.publisherElsevier Ltd
dc.relation.isPartOfBIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION
dc.subjectConvention on Biological Diversity
dc.subjectInternational conservation policy
dc.subjectBiodiversity monitoring
dc.subjectGenetic resources
dc.subjectTarget 13
dc.subjectGenetic erosion
dc.subjectNe/Nc
dc.subject.anzsrc05 Environmental Sciences
dc.subject.anzsrc06 Biological Sciences
dc.subject.anzsrc07 Agricultural and Veterinary Sciences
dc.titleGenetic diversity targets and indicators in the CBD post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework must be improved
dc.typeJournal article
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