Biodiversity gains from efficient use of private sponsorship for flagship species conservation.

ABSTRACT: To address the global extinction crisis, both efficient use of existing conservation funding and new sources of funding are vital. Private sponsorship of charismatic 'flagship' species conservation represents an important source of new funding, but has been criticized as being inefficient. However, the ancillary benefits of privately sponsored flagship species conservation via actions benefiting other species have not been quantified, nor have the benefits of incorporating such sponsorship into objective prioritization protocols. Here, we use a comprehensive dataset of conservation actions for the 700 most threatened species in New Zealand to examine the potential biodiversity gains from national private flagship species sponsorship programmes. We find that private funding for flagship spe

SUBMITTER: Bennett JR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4389608 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature