ArticleBioscience2020
A Severe Lack of Evidence Limits Effective Conservation of the World's Primates.
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59 authors.
Jessica JunkerGerman Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research, Leipzig, Germany and with the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, formerly the Department of Primatology, in Leipzig, Germany.
Silviu O PetrovanConservation Science Group, Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom.
Victor Arroyo-RodrÍguezInstituto de Investigaciones en Ecosistemas y Sustentabilidad, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Morelia, Mexico.
Ramesh BoonratanaMahidol University International College, Salaya, Thailand.
Dirck BylerGlobal Wildlife Conservation, Austin, Texas.
Colin A ChapmanDepartment of Anthropology, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada; with the School of Life Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Scottsville, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa; and with the Shaanxi Key Laboratory for Animal Conservation, at Northwest University, in Xi'an, China.
Dilip ChetryGibbon Conservation Centre, Assam, India.
Susan M CheyneBorneo Nature Foundation, Palangka Raya, Central Kalimantan, Indonesia, and with the Department of Social Sciences, Oxford Brookes University, Oxford, United Kingdom.
Fanny M CornejoStony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York.
Liliana CortÉs-OrtizDepartment of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan.
Guy CowlishawInstitute of Zoology, Zoological Society of London, London, in the United Kingdom.
Alec P ChristieConservation Science Group, Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom.
Catherine CrockfordTai Chimpanzee Project, Centre Suisse des Recherche Scientifique, Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire.
Stella De La TorreUniversidad San Francisco de Quito's Colegio de Ciencias Biológicas y Ambientales in Quito, Ecuador.
Fabiano R De MeloDepartment of Engenharia Florestal, Federal University of Viçosa, Viçosa, Brazil.
P FanSchool of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China.
Cyril C GrueterSchool of Human Sciences and with the School of Biological Sciences, University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Australia, Australia.
Diana C GuzmÁn-CaroAsociación Primatológica Colombiana, Bogotá, Colombia.
Eckhard W HeymannDeutsches Primatenzentrum, Leibniz-Institut für Primatenforschung, Göttingen, Germany.
Ilka HerbingerWorld Wide Fund for Wildlife Germany, Berlin, Germany.
Minh D HoangSouthern Institute of Ecology, Hochiminh City, Vietnam.
Robert H HorwichCommunity Baboon Sanctuary, Belize.
Tatyana HumleDurrell Institute of Conservation and Ecology, School of Anthropology and Conservation, University of Kent, Kent, United Kingdom.
Rachel A IkemehSW/Niger Delta Forest Project, part of the Foundation for Sustainability of Ecosystem, Wildlife, and Climate, Abuja, Nigeria.
Inaoyom S ImongWildlife Conservation Society Nigeria, Calabar, Nigeria.
Leandro JerusalinskyCentro Nacional de Pesquisa e Conservação de Primatas Brasileiros, in the Instituto Chico Mendes de Conservação da Biodiversidade. In João Pessoa, Brazil.
Steig E JohnsonDepartment of Anthropology and Archaeology, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
Peter M KappelerDeutsches Primatenzentrum, Leibniz-Institut für Primatenforschung, Göttingen, Germany, and with the Department of Sociobiology/Anthropology, Faculty of Biology and Psychology, at Georg-August Universität, in Göttingen, Germany.
Maria CecÍlia M KierulffInstituto Nacional da Mata Atlântica, in Espírito Santo, Brazil, and with the Instituto Pri-Matas, Minas Gerais, Brazil.
Inza KonÉCentre Suisse de Recherches Scientifiques, Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire. Rebecca Kormos is affiliated with the Department of Integrative Biology, University of California, Berkeley.
Rebecca KormosGerman Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research, Leipzig, Germany and with the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, formerly the Department of Primatology, in Leipzig, Germany.
Khac Q LeFreelance wildlife consultant, Hanoi, Vietnam.
Baoguo LiShaanxi Key Laboratory for Animal Conservation, College of Life Sciences, Northwest University, Xi'an, China.
Andrew J MarshallDepartment of Anthropology and the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology in the Program in the Environment and the School of Environment and Sustainability, Universit of Michigan in Ann Arbor, Michigan.
Erik MeijaardCenter of Excellence for Environmental Decisions, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, and with Borneo Futures, Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei.
Russel A MittermeierGlobal Wildlife Conservation, Austin, Texas.
Yasuyuki MuroyamaNatural Science Laboratory, Faculty of Business Administration, Toyo University, Tokyo, Japan.
Eleonora NeugebauerUniversität Leipzig, Dekanat der Fakultät für Lebenswissenschaften, Leipzig, Germany.
Lisa OrthIndependent researcher, Leipzig, Germany.
Erwin PalaciosConservación Internacional, Colombia, Bogotá.
Sarah K PapworthRoyal Holloway University of London, Egham, United Kingdom.
Andrew J PlumptreDepartment of Anthropology and the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology in the Program in the Environment and the School of Environment and Sustainability, Universit of Michigan in Ann Arbor, Michigan.
Ben M RawsonWorld Wide Fund for Wildlife Vietnam, Hanoi, Vietnam.
Johannes RefischGreat Apes Survival Partnership, United Nations Environment Programme, Nairobi, Kenya.
Jonah RatsimbazafyGroupe d'étude et de recherche sur les primates, Antananarivo, Madagascar.
Christian RoosDeutsches Primatenzentrum, Leibniz-Institut für Primatenforschung, Göttingen, Germany.
Joanna M SetchellDepartment of Anthropology, Durham University, Durham, United Kingdom.
Rebecca K SmithConservation Science Group, Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom.
Tene SopMax Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, formerly the Department of Primatology, Leipzig, Germany.
Christoph SchwitzerBristol Zoological Society, Bristol Zoo Gardens, Bristol, United Kingdom.
Kerry SlaterOperation Wallacea, Lincolnshire, United Kingdom.
Shirley C StrumUniversity of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, and with the Uaso Ngiro Baboon Project, Nairobi, Kenya.
William J SutherlandConservation Science Group, Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom.
MaurÍcio TalebiDepartamento de Cíências Ambientais and the Programa Análise Ambiental Integrada, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil.
Janette WallisDepartment of Environmental Studies, University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma.
Serge WichSchool of Natural Sciences and Psychology, Liverpool John Moores University, Liverpool, United Kingdom.
Elizabeth A WilliamsonFaculty of Natural Sciences, University of Stirling, Stirling, Scotland, United Kingdom.
Roman M WittigTai Chimpanzee Project, Centre Suisse des Recherche Scientifique, Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire.
Hjalmar S KÜhlGerman Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research, Leipzig, Germany and with the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, formerly the Department of Primatology, in Leipzig, Germany.
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Abstract
Threats to biodiversity are well documented. However, to effectively conserve species and their habitats, we need to know which conservation interventions do (or do not) work. Evidence-based conservation evaluates interventions within a scientific framework. The Conservation Evidence project has summarized thousands of studies testing conservation interventions and compiled these as synopses for various habitats and taxa. In the present article, we analyzed the interventions assessed in the primate synopsis and compared these with other taxa. We found that despite intensive efforts to study primates and the extensive threats they face, less than 1% of primate studies evaluated conservation effectiveness. The studies often lacked quantitative data, failed to undertake postimplementation monitoring of populations or individuals, or implemented several interventions at once. Furthermore, the studies were biased toward specific taxa, geographic regions, and interventions. We describe barriers for testing primate conservation interventions and propose actions to improve the conservation evidence base to protect this endangered and globally important taxon.
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