Using social media records to inform conservation planning

Using social media records to inform conservation planning

© 2023 The Authors. Conservation Biology published by Wiley Periodicals LLC on behalf of Society for Conservation Biology.

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Veröffentlicht in:Conservation biology : the journal of the Society for Conservation Biology. - 1999. - 38(2024), 1 vom: 05. Feb., Seite e14161
1. Verfasser: Chowdhury, Shawan (VerfasserIn)
Weitere Verfasser: Fuller, Richard A, Ahmed, Sultan, Alam, Shofiul, Callaghan, Corey T, Das, Priyanka, Correia, Ricardo A, Di Marco, Moreno, Di Minin, Enrico, Jarić, Ivan, Labi, Mahzabin Muzahid, Ladle, Richard J, Rokonuzzaman, M, Roll, Uri, Sbragaglia, Valerio, Siddika, Asma, Bonn, Aletta
Format: Online-Aufsatz
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: 2024
Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk:Conservation biology : the journal of the Society for Conservation Biology
Schlagworte:Journal Article Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't Bangladesh Wallacean shortfall ciencia ciudadana citizen science conservation planning crowdsourcing déficit wallaceano iEcology mehr... megadiverse countries países megadiversos planeación de la conservación protected area redes sociales social media tropics trópicos área protegida 众包 保护地 保护规划 公民科学 华莱士知识空缺 孟加拉国 热带 社交媒体 高生物多样性国家
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Zusammenfassung:© 2023 The Authors. Conservation Biology published by Wiley Periodicals LLC on behalf of Society for Conservation Biology.
Citizen science plays a crucial role in helping monitor biodiversity and inform conservation. With the widespread use of smartphones, many people share biodiversity information on social media, but this information is still not widely used in conservation. Focusing on Bangladesh, a tropical megadiverse and mega-populated country, we examined the importance of social media records in conservation decision-making. We collated species distribution records for birds and butterflies from Facebook and Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF), grouped them into GBIF-only and combined GBIF and Facebook data, and investigated the differences in identifying critical conservation areas. Adding Facebook data to GBIF data improved the accuracy of systematic conservation planning assessments by identifying additional important conservation areas in the northwest, southeast, and central parts of Bangladesh, extending priority conservation areas by 4,000-10,000 km2 . Community efforts are needed to drive the implementation of the ambitious Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework targets, especially in megadiverse tropical countries with a lack of reliable and up-to-date species distribution data. We highlight that conservation planning can be enhanced by including available data gathered from social media platforms
Beschreibung:Date Completed 30.01.2024
Date Revised 20.05.2024
published: Print-Electronic
Citation Status MEDLINE
ISSN:1523-1739
DOI:10.1111/cobi.14161