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2022-08-02Zeitschriftenartikel
The future of sub-Saharan Africa’s biodiversity in the face of climate and societal change
dc.contributor.authorChapman, Colin A.
dc.contributor.authorAbernathy, Katherine
dc.contributor.authorChapman, Lauren J.
dc.contributor.authorDowns, Colleen
dc.contributor.authorEffiom, Edu O.
dc.contributor.authorGogarten, Jan F.
dc.contributor.authorGolooba, Martin
dc.contributor.authorKalbitzer, Urs
dc.contributor.authorLawes, Michael J.
dc.contributor.authorMekonnen, Addisu
dc.contributor.authorOmeja, Patrick
dc.contributor.authorRazafindratsima, Onja
dc.contributor.authorSheil, Douglas
dc.contributor.authorTabor, Gary M.
dc.contributor.authorTumwesigye, Charles
dc.contributor.authorSarkar, Dipto
dc.date.accessioned2024-09-19T14:23:54Z
dc.date.available2024-09-19T14:23:54Z
dc.date.issued2022-08-02none
dc.identifier.other10.3389/fevo.2022.790552
dc.identifier.urihttp://edoc.rki.de/176904/12238
dc.description.abstractMany of the world’s most biodiverse regions are found in the poorest and second most populous continent of Africa; a continent facing exceptional challenges. Africa is projected to quadruple its population by 2100 and experience increasingly severe climate change and environmental conflict—all of which will ravage biodiversity. Here we assess conservation threats facing Africa and consider how these threats will be affected by human population growth, economic expansion, and climate change. We then evaluate the current capacity and infrastructure available to conserve the continent’s biodiversity. We consider four key questions essential for the future of African conservation: (1) how to build societal support for conservation efforts within Africa; (2) how to build Africa’s education, research, and management capacity; (3) how to finance conservation efforts; and (4) is conservation through development the appropriate approach for Africa? While the challenges are great, ways forward are clear, and we present ideas on how progress can be made. Given Africa’s current modest capacity to address its biodiversity crisis, additional international funding is required, but estimates of the cost of conserving Africa’s biodiversity are within reach. The will to act must build on the sympathy for conservation that is evident in Africa, but this will require building the education capacity within the continent. Considering Africa’s rapidly growing population and the associated huge economic needs, options other than conservation through development need to be more effectively explored. Despite the gravity of the situation, we believe that concerted effort in the coming decades can successfully curb the loss of biodiversity in Africa.eng
dc.language.isoengnone
dc.publisherRobert Koch-Institut
dc.rights(CC BY 3.0 DE) Namensnennung 3.0 Deutschlandger
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/de/
dc.subjectclimate changeeng
dc.subjecthuman population growtheng
dc.subjecteconomic developmenteng
dc.subjectsustainable developmenteng
dc.subjectbiodiversityeng
dc.subjecttropical forestseng
dc.subject.ddc610 Medizin und Gesundheitnone
dc.titleThe future of sub-Saharan Africa’s biodiversity in the face of climate and societal changenone
dc.typearticle
dc.identifier.urnurn:nbn:de:0257-176904/12238-4
dc.type.versionpublishedVersionnone
local.edoc.container-titleFrontiers in Ecology and Evolutionnone
local.edoc.container-issn2296-701Xnone
local.edoc.pages18none
local.edoc.type-nameZeitschriftenartikel
local.edoc.container-typeperiodical
local.edoc.container-type-nameZeitschrift
local.edoc.container-urlhttps://www.frontiersin.org/journals/ecology-and-evolutionnone
local.edoc.container-publisher-nameFrontiers Meadia S.A.none
local.edoc.container-volume10none
local.edoc.container-reportyear2022none
dc.description.versionPeer Reviewednone

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