Top 100 research questions for biodiversity conservation in Southeast Asia
J. L. Coleman
(1)
,
J. S. Ascher
(1)
,
D. Bickford
(2)
,
D. Buchori
(3)
,
A. Cabanban
(4)
,
R. A. Chisholm
(1)
,
K. Y. Chong
(1)
,
P. Christie
(5)
,
G. R. Clements
(6)
,
T. E. E. Dela Cruz
(7)
,
W. Dresslerh
(8)
,
D. P. Edwards
(9)
,
C. M. Francis
(10)
,
D. A. Friess
(1)
,
X. Giam
(11)
,
L. Gibson
(12)
,
Danny Huang
(1)
,
A. C. Hughes
(13)
,
Zahraa Jaafar
(1)
,
A. Jain
(14)
,
L. P. Koh
(15)
,
E. P. Kudavidanage
(16, 17)
,
B. P. Y. -H. Lee
(18)
,
J. Lee
(19)
,
T. M. Lee
(20, 21)
,
M. Leggett
(22)
,
B. Leimona
(23)
,
M. Linkie
(22)
,
M. Luskin
(19, 24)
,
A. Lynam
(25)
,
E. Meijaard
(26)
,
V. Nijman
(27)
,
A. Olsson
(28)
,
S. Page
(29)
,
Pia Parolin
(30)
,
K. S. -H. Peh
(31)
,
M. R. Posa
(1)
,
G. W. Prescott
(1)
,
af A. Rahman
(1, 6)
,
S. J. Ramchunder
(32)
,
M. Rao
(25)
,
J. Reed
(33)
,
D. R. Richards
(34)
,
E. M. Slade
(35, 36)
,
R. Steinmetz
(37)
,
P. Y. Tan
(38)
,
D. Taylor
(32)
,
P. A. Todd
(1)
,
S. T. Vo
(39)
,
E. L. Webb
(1)
,
A. D. Ziegler
(32)
,
L. R. Carrasco
(1)
1
Department of Biological Sciences
2 University of La Verne
3 Bogor Agricultural University - IPB (INDONESIA)
4 Wetlands International [Pays-Bas]
5 University of Washington [Seattle]
6 Sunway University
7 University of Santo Tomas
8 University of Melbourne
9 Department of Animal and Plant Sciences
10 ECCC - Environment and Climate Change Canada
11 Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
12 School of Environmental Science and Engineering
13 CAS - Chinese Academy of Sciences
14 BirdLife International
15 Conservation International
16 Sabaragamuwa University of Sri Lanka
17 Tropical Ecosystem Research Network (TERN)
18 National Parks Board
19 ASE - Asian School of the Environment
20 School of life sciences
21 SYSU - Sun Yat-sen University [Guangzhou]
22 ICRAF - World Agroforestry Center [CGIAR, Indonésie]
23 World Agroforestry Centre
24 Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute
25 Wildlife Conservation Society
26 Borneo Futures
27 Oxford Brookes University
28 Conservation International
29 University of Leicester
30 ISA - Institut Sophia Agrobiotech
31 School of Biological Sciences
32 Department of Geography
33 CIFOR - Center for International Forestry Research
34 FCL, Singapore-ETH Centre, Singapore
35 Department of Zoology
36 Lancaster Environment Centre
37 WWF - World Wide Fund
38 NUS - National University of Singapore
39 Vietnamese Academy of Sciences and Technology
2 University of La Verne
3 Bogor Agricultural University - IPB (INDONESIA)
4 Wetlands International [Pays-Bas]
5 University of Washington [Seattle]
6 Sunway University
7 University of Santo Tomas
8 University of Melbourne
9 Department of Animal and Plant Sciences
10 ECCC - Environment and Climate Change Canada
11 Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
12 School of Environmental Science and Engineering
13 CAS - Chinese Academy of Sciences
14 BirdLife International
15 Conservation International
16 Sabaragamuwa University of Sri Lanka
17 Tropical Ecosystem Research Network (TERN)
18 National Parks Board
19 ASE - Asian School of the Environment
20 School of life sciences
21 SYSU - Sun Yat-sen University [Guangzhou]
22 ICRAF - World Agroforestry Center [CGIAR, Indonésie]
23 World Agroforestry Centre
24 Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute
25 Wildlife Conservation Society
26 Borneo Futures
27 Oxford Brookes University
28 Conservation International
29 University of Leicester
30 ISA - Institut Sophia Agrobiotech
31 School of Biological Sciences
32 Department of Geography
33 CIFOR - Center for International Forestry Research
34 FCL, Singapore-ETH Centre, Singapore
35 Department of Zoology
36 Lancaster Environment Centre
37 WWF - World Wide Fund
38 NUS - National University of Singapore
39 Vietnamese Academy of Sciences and Technology
Pia Parolin
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M. Rao
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Résumé
Southeast (SE) Asia holds high regional biodiversity and endemism levels but is also one of the world's most threatened regions. Local, regional and global threats could have severe consequences for the future survival of many species and the provision of ecosystem services. In the face of myriad pressing environmental problems, we carried out a research prioritisation exercise involving 64 experts whose research relates to conservation biology and sustainability in SE Asia. Experts proposed the most pressing research questions which, if answered, would advance the goals of biodiversity conservation and sustainable development in SE Asia. We received a total of 333 questions through three rounds of elicitation, ranked them (by votes) following a workshop and grouped them into themes. The top 100 questions depict SE Asia as a region where strong pressures on biodiversity interact in complex and poorly understood ways. They point to a lack of information about multiple facets of the environment, while exposing the many threats to biodiversity and human wellbeing. The themes that emerged indicate the need to evaluate specific drivers of biodiversity loss (wildlife harvesting, agricultural expansion, climate change, infrastructure development, pollution) and even to identify which species and habitats are most at risk. They also suggest the need to study the effectiveness of practice-based solutions (protected areas, ecological restoration), the human dimension (social interventions, organisational systems and processes and, the impacts of biodiversity loss and conservation interventions on people). Finally, they highlight gaps in fundamental knowledge of ecosystem function. These 100 questions should help prioritise and coordinate research, conservation, education and outreach activities and the distribution of scarce conservation resources in SE Asia.