The 196 parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) will soon agree to a post-2020 global framework for conserving the three elements of biodiversity (genetic, species, and ecosystem diversity) while ensuring sustainable development and benefit sharing. As the most significant global conservation policy mechanism, the new CBD framework has far-reaching consequences- it will guide conservation actions and reporting for each member country until 2050. In previous CBD strategies, as well as other major conservation policy mechanisms, targets and indicators for genetic diversity (variation at the DNA level within species, which facilitates species adaptation and ecosystem function) were undeveloped and focused on species of agricultural relevance. We assert that, to meet global conservation goals, genetic diversity within all species, not just domesticated species and their wild relatives, must be conserved and monitored using appropriate metrics. Building on suggestions in a recent Letter in Science (Laikre et al., 2020) we expand argumentation for three new, pragmatic genetic indicators and modifications to two current indicators for maintaining genetic diversity and adaptive capacity of all species, and provide guidance on their practical use. The indicators are: 1) the number of populations with effective population size above versus below 500, 2) the proportion of populations maintained within species, 3) the number of species and populations in which genetic diversity is monitored using DNA-based methods. We also present and discuss Goals and Action Targets for post-2020 biodiversity conservation which are connected to these indicators and underlying data. These pragmatic indicators and goals have utility beyond the CBD; they should benefit conservation and monitoring of genetic diversity via national and global policy for decades to come

Hoban, S.; Bruford, M.; D’Urban Jackson, J.; Lopes-Fernandes, M.; Heuertz, M.; Paul A. Hohenlohe, P.A.; Sjögren-Gulve, P.; Segelbacher, G.; Vernesi, C.; Aitken, S.; Bertola, L.D.; Bloomer, P.; Breed, M.; Rodríguez-Correa, F.; W., C.; Grueber, C.E.; Hunter, M.E.; Jaffe, R.; Liggins, L.; Mergeay, J.; Moharrek, F.; O’Brien, D.; Ogden, R.; Palma-Silva, C.; Paz-Vinas, I.; Pierson, P.; Ramakrishnan, U.; Simo-Droissart, M.; Tani, N.; Waits, L.; Laikre, L. (2020). Genetic diversity targets and indicators in the CBD post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework must be improved. BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION, 248: 108654. doi: 10.1016/j.biocon.2020.108654 handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10449/65228

Genetic diversity targets and indicators in the CBD post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework must be improved

Vernesi C.;
2020-01-01

Abstract

The 196 parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) will soon agree to a post-2020 global framework for conserving the three elements of biodiversity (genetic, species, and ecosystem diversity) while ensuring sustainable development and benefit sharing. As the most significant global conservation policy mechanism, the new CBD framework has far-reaching consequences- it will guide conservation actions and reporting for each member country until 2050. In previous CBD strategies, as well as other major conservation policy mechanisms, targets and indicators for genetic diversity (variation at the DNA level within species, which facilitates species adaptation and ecosystem function) were undeveloped and focused on species of agricultural relevance. We assert that, to meet global conservation goals, genetic diversity within all species, not just domesticated species and their wild relatives, must be conserved and monitored using appropriate metrics. Building on suggestions in a recent Letter in Science (Laikre et al., 2020) we expand argumentation for three new, pragmatic genetic indicators and modifications to two current indicators for maintaining genetic diversity and adaptive capacity of all species, and provide guidance on their practical use. The indicators are: 1) the number of populations with effective population size above versus below 500, 2) the proportion of populations maintained within species, 3) the number of species and populations in which genetic diversity is monitored using DNA-based methods. We also present and discuss Goals and Action Targets for post-2020 biodiversity conservation which are connected to these indicators and underlying data. These pragmatic indicators and goals have utility beyond the CBD; they should benefit conservation and monitoring of genetic diversity via national and global policy for decades to come
Convention on Biological Diversity
International conservation policy
Biodiversity monitoring
Genetic resources
Target 13
Genetic erosion
Ne/Nc
Settore BIO/18 - GENETICA
2020
Hoban, S.; Bruford, M.; D’Urban Jackson, J.; Lopes-Fernandes, M.; Heuertz, M.; Paul A. Hohenlohe, P.A.; Sjögren-Gulve, P.; Segelbacher, G.; Vernesi, C.; Aitken, S.; Bertola, L.D.; Bloomer, P.; Breed, M.; Rodríguez-Correa, F.; W., C.; Grueber, C.E.; Hunter, M.E.; Jaffe, R.; Liggins, L.; Mergeay, J.; Moharrek, F.; O’Brien, D.; Ogden, R.; Palma-Silva, C.; Paz-Vinas, I.; Pierson, P.; Ramakrishnan, U.; Simo-Droissart, M.; Tani, N.; Waits, L.; Laikre, L. (2020). Genetic diversity targets and indicators in the CBD post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework must be improved. BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION, 248: 108654. doi: 10.1016/j.biocon.2020.108654 handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10449/65228
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