When all life counts in conservation

Wallach, AD; Lundgren, E; Batavia, C; Nelson, MP; Yanco, E; Linklater, WL; Carroll, SP; Celermajer, D; Brandis, KJ; Steer, J; Ramp, D

When all life counts in conservation

Wallach, AD

Lundgren, E Batavia, C

Nelson, MP Yanco, E

Linklater, WL

Carroll, SP

Celermajer, D Brandis, KJ

Steer, J Ramp, D

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Citation:: Conservation Biology, 2019
Issue Date:: 2019-01-01

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dc.contributor.author	Wallach, AD https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6640-3887	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Lundgren, E	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Batavia, C https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7323-9149	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Nelson, MP	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Yanco, E https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6611-222X	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Linklater, WL https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2627-693X	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Carroll, SP https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2094-9398	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Celermajer, D	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Brandis, KJ https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6807-0142	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Steer, J	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Ramp, D https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3202-9898	en_US
dc.date.available	2020-11-29T18:07:31Z
dc.date.issued	2019-01-01	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	Conservation Biology, 2019	en_US
dc.identifier.issn	0888-8892	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/137174
dc.description.abstract	© 2019 Society for Conservation Biology Conservation science involves the collection and analysis of data. These scientific practices emerge from values that shape who and what is counted. Currently, conservation data are filtered through a value system that considers native life the only appropriate subject of conservation concern. We examined how trends in species richness, distribution, and threats change when all wildlife count by adding so-called non-native and feral populations to the International Union for Conservation of Nature Red List and local species richness assessments. We focused on vertebrate populations with founding members taken into and out of Australia by humans (i.e., migrants). We identified 87 immigrant and 47 emigrant vertebrate species. Formal conservation accounts underestimated global ranges by an average of 30% for immigrants and 7% for emigrants; immigrations surpassed extinctions in Australia by 52 species; migrants were disproportionately threatened (33% of immigrants and 29% of emigrants were threatened or decreasing in their native ranges); and incorporating migrant populations into risk assessments reduced global threat statuses for 15 of 18 species. Australian policies defined most immigrants as pests (76%), and conservation was the most commonly stated motivation for targeting these species in killing programs (37% of immigrants). Inclusive biodiversity data open space for dialogue on the ethical and empirical assumptions underlying conservation science.	en_US
dc.relation	http://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/DP180100272
dc.relation.ispartof	Conservation Biology	en_US
dc.relation.isbasedon	10.1111/cobi.13447	en_US
dc.rights	info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.subject.classification	Ecology	en_US
dc.title	When all life counts in conservation	en_US
dc.type	Journal Article
utslib.for	05 Environmental Sciences	en_US
utslib.for	06 Biological Sciences	en_US
utslib.for	07 Agricultural and Veterinary Sciences	en_US
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pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Science
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Science/School of Life Sciences
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Abstract:

© 2019 Society for Conservation Biology Conservation science involves the collection and analysis of data. These scientific practices emerge from values that shape who and what is counted. Currently, conservation data are filtered through a value system that considers native life the only appropriate subject of conservation concern. We examined how trends in species richness, distribution, and threats change when all wildlife count by adding so-called non-native and feral populations to the International Union for Conservation of Nature Red List and local species richness assessments. We focused on vertebrate populations with founding members taken into and out of Australia by humans (i.e., migrants). We identified 87 immigrant and 47 emigrant vertebrate species. Formal conservation accounts underestimated global ranges by an average of 30% for immigrants and 7% for emigrants; immigrations surpassed extinctions in Australia by 52 species; migrants were disproportionately threatened (33% of immigrants and 29% of emigrants were threatened or decreasing in their native ranges); and incorporating migrant populations into risk assessments reduced global threat statuses for 15 of 18 species. Australian policies defined most immigrants as pests (76%), and conservation was the most commonly stated motivation for targeting these species in killing programs (37% of immigrants). Inclusive biodiversity data open space for dialogue on the ethical and empirical assumptions underlying conservation science.

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