The impact of conservation on the status of the world's vertebrates

Michael Hoffmann; Craig Hilton-Taylor; Ariadne Angulo; Monika Böhm; Thomas M. Brooks; Stuart H.M. Butchart; Kent E. Carpenter; Janice Chanson; Ben Collen; Neil A. Cox; William R.T. Darwall; Nicholas K. Dulvy; Lucy R. Harrison; Vineet Katariya; Caroline M. Pollock; Suhel Quader; Nadia I. Richman; Ana S.L. Rodrigues; Marcelo F. Tognelli; Jean Christophe Vié; John M. Aguiar; David J. Allen; Gerald R. Allen; Giovanni Amori; Natalia B. Ananjeva; Franco Andreone; Paul Andrew; Aida Luz Aquino Ortiz; Jonathan E.M. Baillie; Ricardo Baldi; Ben D. Bell; S. D. Biju; Jeremy P. Bird; Patricia Black-Decima; J. Julian Blanc; Federico Bolaños; Wilmar Bolivar-G.; Ian J. Burfield; James A. Burton; David R. Capper; Fernando Castro; Gianluca Catullo; Rachel D. Cavanagh; Alan Channing; Ning Labbish Chao; Anna M. Chenery; Federica Chiozza; Viola Clausnitzer; Nigel J. Collar; Leah C. Collett; Bruce B. Collette; Claudia F. Cortez Fernandez; Matthew T. Craig; Michael J. Crosby; Neil Cumberlidge; Annabelle Cuttelod; Andrew E. Derocher; Arvin C. Diesmos; John S. Donaldson; J. W. Duckworth; Guy Dutson; S. K. Dutta; Richard H. Emslie; Aljos Farjon; Sarah Fowler; Jörg Freyhof; David L. Garshelis; Justin Gerlach; David J. Gower; Tandora D. Grant; Geoffrey A. Hammerson; Richard B. Harris; Lawrence R. Heaney; S. Blair Hedges; Jean Marc Hero; Baz Hughes; Syed Ainul Hussain; Javier Icochea M.; Robert F. Inger; Nobuo Ishii; Djoko T. Iskandar; Richard K.B. Jenkins; Yoshio Kaneko; Maurice Kottelat; Kit M. Kovacs; Sergius L. Kuzmin; Enrique La Marca; John F. Lamoreux; Michael W.N. Lau; Esteban O. Lavilla; Kristin Leus; Rebecca L. Lewison; Gabriela Lichtenstein; Suzanne R. Livingstone; Vimoksalehi Lukoschek; David P. Mallon; Philip J.K. McGowan; Anna McIvor; Patricia D. Moehlman; Sanjay Molur; Antonio Muñoz Alonso; John A. Musick; Kristin Nowell; Ronald A. Nussbaum; Wanda Olech; Nikolay L. Orlov; Theodore J. Papenfuss; Gabriela Parra-Olea; William F. Perrin; Beth A. Polidoro; Mohammad Pourkazemi; Paul A. Racey; James S. Ragle; Mala Ram; Galen Rathbun; Robert P. Reynolds; Anders G.J. Rhodin; Stephen J. Richards; Lily O. Rodríguez; Santiago R. Ron; Carlo Rondinini; Anthony B. Rylands; Yvonne Sadovy De Mitcheson; Jonnell C. Sanciangco; Kate L. Sanders; Georgina Santos-Barrera; Jan Schipper; Caryn Self-Sullivan; Yichuan Shi; Alan Shoemaker; Frederick T. Short; Claudio Sillero-Zubiri; Débora L. Silvano; Kevin G. Smith; Andrew T. Smith; Jos Snoeks; Alison J. Stattersfield; Andrew J. Symes; Andrew B. Taber; Bibhab K. Talukdar; Helen J. Temple; Rob Timmins; Joseph A. Tobias; Katerina Tsytsulina; Denis Tweddle; Carmen Ubeda; Sarah V. Valenti; Peter Paul Van Dijk; Liza M. Veiga; Alberto Veloso; David C. Wege; Mark Wilkinson; Elizabeth A. Williamson; Feng Xie; Bruce E. Young; H. Resit Akçakaya; Leon Bennun; Tim M. Blackburn; Luigi Boitani; Holly T. Dublin; Gustavo A.B. Da Fonseca; Claude Gascon; Thomas E. Lacher; Georgina M. Mace; Susan A. Mainka; Jeffery A. McNeely; Russell A. Mittermeier; Gordon Mc Gregor Reid; Jon Paul Rodriguez; Andrew A. Rosenberg; Michael J. Samways; Jane Smart; Bruce A. Stein; Simon N. Stuart

doi:10.1126/science.1194442

The impact of conservation on the status of the world's vertebrates

Michael Hoffmann, Craig Hilton-Taylor, Ariadne Angulo, Monika Böhm, Thomas M. Brooks, Stuart H.M. Butchart, Kent E. Carpenter, Janice Chanson, Ben Collen, Neil A. Cox, William R.T. Darwall, Nicholas K. Dulvy, Lucy R. Harrison, Vineet Katariya, Caroline M. Pollock, Suhel Quader, Nadia I. Richman, Ana S.L. Rodrigues, Marcelo F. Tognelli, Jean Christophe ViéJohn M. Aguiar, David J. Allen, Gerald R. Allen, Giovanni Amori, Natalia B. Ananjeva, Franco Andreone, Paul Andrew, Aida Luz Aquino Ortiz, Jonathan E.M. Baillie, Ricardo Baldi, Ben D. Bell, S. D. Biju, Jeremy P. Bird, Patricia Black-Decima, J. Julian Blanc, Federico Bolaños, Wilmar Bolivar-G., Ian J. Burfield, James A. Burton, David R. Capper, Fernando Castro, Gianluca Catullo, Rachel D. Cavanagh, Alan Channing, Ning Labbish Chao, Anna M. Chenery, Federica Chiozza, Viola Clausnitzer, Nigel J. Collar, Leah C. Collett, Bruce B. Collette, Claudia F. Cortez Fernandez, Matthew T. Craig, Michael J. Crosby, Neil Cumberlidge, Annabelle Cuttelod, Andrew E. Derocher, Arvin C. Diesmos, John S. Donaldson, J. W. Duckworth, Guy Dutson, S. K. Dutta, Richard H. Emslie, Aljos Farjon, Sarah Fowler, Jörg Freyhof, David L. Garshelis, Justin Gerlach, David J. Gower, Tandora D. Grant, Geoffrey A. Hammerson, Richard B. Harris, Lawrence R. Heaney, S. Blair Hedges, Jean Marc Hero, Baz Hughes, Syed Ainul Hussain, Javier Icochea M., Robert F. Inger, Nobuo Ishii, Djoko T. Iskandar, Richard K.B. Jenkins, Yoshio Kaneko, Maurice Kottelat, Kit M. Kovacs, Sergius L. Kuzmin, Enrique La Marca, John F. Lamoreux, Michael W.N. Lau, Esteban O. Lavilla, Kristin Leus, Rebecca L. Lewison, Gabriela Lichtenstein, Suzanne R. Livingstone, Vimoksalehi Lukoschek, David P. Mallon, Philip J.K. McGowan, Anna McIvor, Patricia D. Moehlman, Sanjay Molur, Antonio Muñoz Alonso, John A. Musick, Kristin Nowell, Ronald A. Nussbaum, Wanda Olech, Nikolay L. Orlov, Theodore J. Papenfuss, Gabriela Parra-Olea, William F. Perrin, Beth A. Polidoro, Mohammad Pourkazemi, Paul A. Racey, James S. Ragle, Mala Ram, Galen Rathbun, Robert P. Reynolds, Anders G.J. Rhodin, Stephen J. Richards, Lily O. Rodríguez, Santiago R. Ron, Carlo Rondinini, Anthony B. Rylands, Yvonne Sadovy De Mitcheson, Jonnell C. Sanciangco, Kate L. Sanders, Georgina Santos-Barrera, Jan Schipper, Caryn Self-Sullivan, Yichuan Shi, Alan Shoemaker, Frederick T. Short, Claudio Sillero-Zubiri, Débora L. Silvano, Kevin G. Smith, Andrew T. Smith, Jos Snoeks, Alison J. Stattersfield, Andrew J. Symes, Andrew B. Taber, Bibhab K. Talukdar, Helen J. Temple, Rob Timmins, Joseph A. Tobias, Katerina Tsytsulina, Denis Tweddle, Carmen Ubeda, Sarah V. Valenti, Peter Paul Van Dijk, Liza M. Veiga, Alberto Veloso, David C. Wege, Mark Wilkinson, Elizabeth A. Williamson, Feng Xie, Bruce E. Young, H. Resit Akçakaya, Leon Bennun, Tim M. Blackburn, Luigi Boitani, Holly T. Dublin, Gustavo A.B. Da Fonseca, Claude Gascon, Thomas E. Lacher, Georgina M. Mace, Susan A. Mainka, Jeffery A. McNeely, Russell A. Mittermeier, Gordon Mc Gregor Reid, Jon Paul Rodriguez, Andrew A. Rosenberg, Michael J. Samways, Jane Smart, Bruce A. Stein, Simon N. Stuart

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Using data for 25,780 species categorized on the International Union for Conservation of Nature Red List, we present an assessment of the status of the world's vertebrates. One-fifth of species are classified as Threatened, and we show that this figure is increasing: On average, 52 species of mammals, birds, and amphibians move one category closer to extinction each year. However, this overall pattern conceals the impact of conservation successes, and we show that the rate of deterioration would have been at least one-fifth again as much in the absence of these. Nonetheless, current conservation efforts remain insufficient to offset the main drivers of biodiversity loss in these groups: agricultural expansion, logging, overexploitation, and invasive alien species.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	1503-1509
Number of pages	7
Journal	Science
Volume	330
Issue number	6010
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1194442
State	Published - Dec 10 2010
Externally published	Yes

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Hoffmann, M., Hilton-Taylor, C., Angulo, A., Böhm, M., Brooks, T. M., Butchart, S. H. M., Carpenter, K. E., Chanson, J., Collen, B., Cox, N. A., Darwall, W. R. T., Dulvy, N. K., Harrison, L. R., Katariya, V., Pollock, C. M., Quader, S., Richman, N. I., Rodrigues, A. S. L., Tognelli, M. F., ... Stuart, S. N. (2010). The impact of conservation on the status of the world's vertebrates. Science, 330(6010), 1503-1509. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1194442

Hoffmann, M, Hilton-Taylor, C, Angulo, A, Böhm, M, Brooks, TM, Butchart, SHM, Carpenter, KE, Chanson, J, Collen, B, Cox, NA, Darwall, WRT, Dulvy, NK, Harrison, LR, Katariya, V, Pollock, CM, Quader, S, Richman, NI, Rodrigues, ASL, Tognelli, MF, Vié, JC, Aguiar, JM, Allen, DJ, Allen, GR, Amori, G, Ananjeva, NB, Andreone, F, Andrew, P, Ortiz, ALA, Baillie, JEM, Baldi, R, Bell, BD, Biju, SD, Bird, JP, Black-Decima, P, Blanc, JJ, Bolaños, F, Bolivar-G., W, Burfield, IJ, Burton, JA, Capper, DR, Castro, F, Catullo, G, Cavanagh, RD, Channing, A, Chao, NL, Chenery, AM, Chiozza, F, Clausnitzer, V, Collar, NJ, Collett, LC, Collette, BB, Cortez Fernandez, CF, Craig, MT, Crosby, MJ, Cumberlidge, N, Cuttelod, A, Derocher, AE, Diesmos, AC, Donaldson, JS, Duckworth, JW, Dutson, G, Dutta, SK, Emslie, RH, Farjon, A, Fowler, S, Freyhof, J, Garshelis, DL, Gerlach, J, Gower, DJ, Grant, TD, Hammerson, GA, Harris, RB, Heaney, LR, Hedges, SB, Hero, JM, Hughes, B, Hussain, SA, Icochea M., J, Inger, RF, Ishii, N, Iskandar, DT, Jenkins, RKB, Kaneko, Y, Kottelat, M, Kovacs, KM, Kuzmin, SL, La Marca, E, Lamoreux, JF, Lau, MWN, Lavilla, EO, Leus, K, Lewison, RL, Lichtenstein, G, Livingstone, SR, Lukoschek, V, Mallon, DP, McGowan, PJK, McIvor, A, Moehlman, PD, Molur, S, Alonso, AM, Musick, JA, Nowell, K, Nussbaum, RA, Olech, W, Orlov, NL, Papenfuss, TJ, Parra-Olea, G, Perrin, WF, Polidoro, BA, Pourkazemi, M, Racey, PA, Ragle, JS, Ram, M, Rathbun, G, Reynolds, RP, Rhodin, AGJ, Richards, SJ, Rodríguez, LO, Ron, SR, Rondinini, C, Rylands, AB, De Mitcheson, YS, Sanciangco, JC, Sanders, KL, Santos-Barrera, G, Schipper, J, Self-Sullivan, C, Shi, Y, Shoemaker, A, Short, FT, Sillero-Zubiri, C, Silvano, DL, Smith, KG, Smith, AT, Snoeks, J, Stattersfield, AJ, Symes, AJ, Taber, AB, Talukdar, BK, Temple, HJ, Timmins, R, Tobias, JA, Tsytsulina, K, Tweddle, D, Ubeda, C, Valenti, SV, Van Dijk, PP, Veiga, LM, Veloso, A, Wege, DC, Wilkinson, M, Williamson, EA, Xie, F, Young, BE, Akçakaya, HR, Bennun, L, Blackburn, TM, Boitani, L, Dublin, HT, Da Fonseca, GAB, Gascon, C, Lacher, TE, Mace, GM, Mainka, SA, McNeely, JA, Mittermeier, RA, Reid, GMG, Rodriguez, JP, Rosenberg, AA, Samways, MJ, Smart, J, Stein, BA & Stuart, SN 2010, 'The impact of conservation on the status of the world's vertebrates', Science, vol. 330, no. 6010, pp. 1503-1509. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1194442

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