Ecological forecasts to inform near-term management of threats to biodiversity.

ABSTRACT: Ecosystems are being altered by rapid and interacting changes in natural processes and anthropogenic threats to biodiversity. Uncertainty in historical, current and future effectiveness of actions hampers decisions about how to mitigate changes to prevent biodiversity loss and species extinctions. Research in resource management, agriculture and health indicates that forecasts predicting the effects of near-term or seasonal environmental conditions on management greatly improve outcomes. Such forecasts help resolve uncertainties about when and how to operationalize management. We reviewed the scientific literature on environmental management to investigate whether near-term forecasts are developed to inform biodiversity decisions in Australia, a nation with one of the highest recent extinc

SUBMITTER: Tulloch AIT 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7540556 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature