ReviewPhilosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences2023
Monitoring biodiversity loss in rapidly changing Afrotropical ecosystems: an emerging imperative for governance and research.
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15 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- A systematic review of poeciliid fish invasions in Africa.BMC ecology and evolution · 2024Pooled it
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- Economic Costs of Biological Invasions in Marine Systems.Integrative zoology · 2026Article
- Degradation of fish food webs in the Anthropocene.Science advances · 2026Article
- Critical classification parameters linking species to Plant Functional Type in African ecosystems.Scientific data · 2026Article
- Climate change, health and environmental policy in Africa: structural constraints, regional disparities and global inequities.Frontiers in public health · 2026Review
- An African perspective to biodiversity conservation in the twenty-first century.Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences · 2025Article
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- Participatory and Spatially Explicit Assessment to Envision the Future of Land-Use/Land-Cover Change Scenarios on Selected Ecosystem Services in Southwestern Ghana.Environmental management · 2024Article
- Highlighting overlooked biodiversity through online platforms: The "Chalcid Wasps of Cyprus" website.Biodiversity data journal · 2024Article
- Detecting and attributing the causes of biodiversity change: needs, gaps and solutions.Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences · 2023Article
- Camera trapping expands the view into global biodiversity and its change.Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences · 2023Article
- Monitoring the fabric of nature: using allometric trophic network models and observations to assess policy effects on biodiversity.Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences · 2023Article
- Economic factors underlying biodiversity loss.Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences · 2023Review
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Abstract
Africa is experiencing extensive biodiversity loss due to rapid changes in the environment, where natural resources constitute the main instrument for socioeconomic development and a mainstay source of livelihoods for an increasing population. Lack of data and information deficiency on biodiversity, but also budget constraints and insufficient financial and technical capacity, impede sound policy design and effective implementation of conservation and management measures. The problem is further exacerbated by the lack of harmonized indicators and databases to assess conservation needs and monitor biodiversity losses. We review challenges with biodiversity data (availability, quality, usability and database access) as a key limiting factor that impacts funding and governance. We also evaluate the drivers of both ecosystems change and biodiversity loss as a central piece of knowledge to develop and implement effective policies. While the continent focuses more on the latter, we argue that the two are complementary in shaping restoration and management solutions. We thus underscore the importance of establishing monitoring programmes focusing on biodiversity-ecosystem linkages in order to inform evidence-based decisions in ecosystem conservation and restoration in Africa. This article is part of the theme issue 'Detecting and attributing the causes of biodiversity change: needs, gaps and solutions'.
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