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    Transformation of crop and timber production can reduce the risk of species extinction by 40%

    • Last Update: 2021-08-12
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    A paper published in the journal Nature Ecology & Evolution pointed out that ensuring the sustainability of crops and timber production is the most important way to slow the decline of terrestrial wildlife populations, which can reduce amphibians and birds.


    “The inability to measure the contribution of conservation actions is a major obstacle that has hindered companies, governments, and other parties from participating in biodiversity conservation for many years,” said IUCN Director-General Dr.


    This article developed the "Species Threat Abatement and Restoration" STAR (Species Threat Abatement and Restoration) index, and applied it to the three animal taxa of the World Conservation Union (IUCN) Red List of Endangered Species, namely amphibians, birds and Mammals


    Conservation and restoration actions aimed at more species, especially the most threatened species, will result in higher STAR scores


    "The world is in a crisis of biodiversity and resources are limited, but our research shows that the risk of extinction is concentrated in a relatively small area where there are a large number of highly threatened species.


    To show how individual organizations use this index, the author applied STAR to an 88,000 hectare commercial rubber project in central Sumatra, Indonesia


    The STAR index will provide timely information for major international negotiations related to nature in 2021


    “The post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework seeks actions to improve the overall status of biodiversity,” said Elizabeth Maruma Mrema, Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity.


     

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