Half of resources in threatened species conservation plans are allocated to research and monitoring

How to best allocate limited resources for conserving imperilled species is a difficult challenge. Here the authors analyse data on over 2000 threatened species from USA, Australia, and New Zealand, finding that on average half of the budget is allocated to research and monitoring. Species with high...

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Main Authors: Rachel T. Buxton, Stephanie Avery-Gomm, Hsein-Yung Lin, Paul A. Smith, Steven J. Cooke, Joseph R. Bennett
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2020-09-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-18486-6