Conserving the Legacy of Evolution into the Future

Informations projet

CLEF

N° de convention de subvention: 659422

DOI

10.3030/659422

Projet clôturé

Date de signature de la CE 7 Avril 2015

Date de début 1 Septembre 2015

Date de fin 7 Mars 2018

Financé au titre de

• EXCELLENT SCIENCE - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions

Coût total

€ 185 076,00

Contribution de l’UE

€ 185 076,00

Coordonné par

CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE CNRS
France

Periodic Reporting for period 1 - CLEF (Conserving the Legacy of Evolution into the Future)

Période du rapport: 2015-09-01 au 2017-08-31

Résumé du contexte et des objectifs généraux du projet

New biodiversity is discovered daily, yet only a sliver of this biodiversity is used in conservation assessments. This overlooked biodiversity is important because it is often the foundation of the ecosystems that humanity depends upon. If only a handful of species are the sole focus of conservation, then we risk missing really important species that better represent the tree of life or functional diversity. The overall objectives of this project are to improve the models that tell us where species are and enable conservation priorities to include different dimensions of biodiversity.

Travail effectué depuis le début du projet jusqu’à la fin de la période considérée dans le rapport et principaux résultats atteints jusqu’à présent

This project has produced advances in understanding how well our biodiversity models predict biodiversity, and specifically shown the importance of considering all species simultaneously in predictive models. I demonstrated this for scales as diverse as small, virtually generated communities to bird, mammals, reptiles and amphibians across Europe. Second, I used a new framework to identify priority areas for biodiversity conservation. This work is being included in high-impact publications including a first-author paper in Nature, is being communicated through my blog, scientific presentations, through popular science publications, and results are included in the Map of Life project (https://mol.org/patterns/facets).

Progrès au-delà de l’état des connaissances et impact potentiel prévu (y compris l’impact socio-économique et les conséquences sociétales plus larges du projet jusqu’à présent)

The potential impacts of this project are improving conservation of biodiversity (especially that important to humans) by our own analyses that show which areas of the world should be conservation priorities for species, phylogenetic and functional diversity for all bird and mammal species, and by providing these methods for others to use this framework at a local or regional scale for conservation planning alongside other conservation concerns. This establishes a baseline for future conservation planning, which will hopefully have an imprint on future conservation efforts.

How much of the bird tree of life that could be protected by expanding protected areas by 5%