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  Conservation BiologyVolume 19 Issue 1, Pages 56 - 65 Published Online: 19 Jan 2005 ©2010, Society for Conservation Biology Published on behalf of the Society for Conservation Biology
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A Framework for Improved Monitoring of Biodiversity: Responses to the World Summit on Sustainable Development Copyright 2005 Society for Conservation Biology KEYWORDS assessment • biodiversity measurement • biodiversity monitoring • evaluation • World Summit on Sustainable Development KEYWORDS Cumbre Mundial de Desarrollo Sustentable • estimación • evaluación • medición de biodiversidad • monitoreo de biodiversidad ABSTRACTAbstract: The Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) and the World Summit on Sustainable Development (WSSD) endorsed the Hague Ministerial Declaration that calls for a significant reduction of the current rate of biodiversity loss at the global, regional, and national levels by 2010. We argue that there is a shortage of standardized, regularly repeated measurements of the state of biomes and their biota that could be used to monitor progress toward this goal. In particular, there are few data that directly or indirectly measure the delivery of ecosystem services that depend on biodiversity. Given the link made in the declaration between biodiversity and poverty alleviation, this deficiency is of special concern. We suggest that greater attention should be given to defining the questions about changes in biodiversity that are relevant to CBD and WSSD goals and propose a framework through which the links between these questions and programs of monitoring and research could be made stronger and more explicit. The framework consists of three stages. First is a scoping stage in which reviews of existing knowledge and interactions with stakeholders help to define the subject of the evaluation and lead to a preliminary model of the system of interest. Second is a design stage in which the types of measurement and sampling strategies are selected by evaluating their fitness for purpose and the resources available to conduct the work. The final stage is implementation and reporting, which considers data collection and storage and the evaluation and dissemination of results. This framework can be applied across a broad range of biodiversity attributes and scales and, if combined with a systematic review of the most important and relevant questions about changes in biodiversity, would improve the coverage, fitness for purpose, and value for money of biodiversity monitoring. Slowing the rate of loss of biodiversity requires conservation action, but to know where this is most needed and whether it is working requires better and more comprehensive monitoring. ABSTRACTResumen: La Convención de Diversidad Biológica (CDB) y la Cumbre Mundial de Desarrollo Sustentable (CMDS) avalaron la Declaración Ministerial de La Haya que llama a una reducción significativa de la tasa actual de pérdida de biodiversidad en los niveles global, regional y nacional para 2010. Argumentamos que hay escasez de mediciones estandarizadas, repetidas regularmente, del estado de biomas y su biota que pudieran ser utilizadas para monitorear el progreso hacia esa meta. En particular, hay pocos datos que miden, directa o indirectamente, el reparto de servicios ecosistémicos que dependen de la biodiversidad. Dada la relación entre la declaración entre biodiversidad y disminución de pobreza, esta deficiencia es de especial preocupación. Sugerimos se debe dar mayor atención a definir preguntas sobre cambios en la biodiversidad que son relevantes para metas de CDB y CMDS y proponer un marco en el que se pueden reforzar y hacer más explícitos los enlaces entre estas preguntas y programas de monitoreo e investigación. El marco consiste de tres etapas. La primera es una etapa de visualización en la que se revisa el conocimiento existente y se interactúa con los actores para definir el sujeto de evaluación y desarrollar un modelo preliminar del sistema de interés. La segunda es la etapa de diseño en la que se seleccionan estrategias de medición y muestreo así como los recursos disponibles para desarrollar el trabajo. La etapa final es la implementación y reporte, que considera la recolecta de datos y el almacenamiento y la evaluación y diseminación de resultados. Este marco puede aplicarse en una amplia gama de atributos y escalas de biodiversidad y, si se combina con una revisión sistemática de las preguntas más importantes y relevantes sobre cambios de biodiversidad, podría mejorar la cobertura, adecuación y valor del monitoreo de biodiversidad. Disminuir la tasa de pérdida de biodiversidad requiere de acciones de conservación, pero para saber donde se necesita y si esta funcionando requiere de monitoreo más adecuado e integral. Paper submited June 25, 2003; revised manuscript accepted June 24, 2004. | 
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