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@article{1623516,
author = {Rochette, AnneandJulie and Akpona, Jean Didier T. and Akpona, Hugues Adeloui and Akouehou, Gaston S. and Mayundo Kwezi, Blanchard and Djagoun, Chabi A.M. Sylvestre and Habonimana, Bernadette and Idohou, Rodrigue and Legba, Ingride S. and Nzigidahera, Benoît and Matilo, Augustin Orou and Taleb, Mohammed Sghir and Toirambe Bamoninga, Benjamin and Ivory, Sarah and Janssens de Bisthoven, Luc and Vanhove, Maarten Pieterjan},
article_location = {BRISTOL},
article_number = {3},
doi = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/aaf495},
keywords = {science-policy interface; monitoring; reporting; verification; capacity building; biodiversity indicators},
language = {eng},
issn = {1748-9318},
journal = {Environmental Research Letters},
title = {Developing policy-relevant biodiversity indicators: lessons learnt from case studies in Africa},
url = {https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1748-9326/aaf495},
volume = {14},
year = {2019}
}
TY - JOUR
ID - 1623516
AU - Rochette, Anne-Julie - Akpona, Jean Didier T. - Akpona, Hugues Adeloui - Akouehou, Gaston S. - Mayundo Kwezi, Blanchard - Djagoun, Chabi A.M. Sylvestre - Habonimana, Bernadette - Idohou, Rodrigue - Legba, Ingride S. - Nzigidahera, Benoît - Matilo, Augustin Orou - Taleb, Mohammed Sghir - Toirambe Bamoninga, Benjamin - Ivory, Sarah - Janssens de Bisthoven, Luc - Vanhove, Maarten Pieterjan
PY - 2019
TI - Developing policy-relevant biodiversity indicators: lessons learnt from case studies in Africa
JF - Environmental Research Letters
VL - 14
IS - 3
SP - 1-18
EP - 1-18
PB - IOP PUBLISHING LTD
SN - 17489318
KW - science-policy interface
KW - monitoring
KW - reporting
KW - verification
KW - capacity building
KW - biodiversity indicators
UR - https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1748-9326/aaf495
L2 - https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1748-9326/aaf495
N2 - There is an increasing need for monitoring schemes that help understand the evolution of the global biodiversity crisis and propose solutions for the future. Indicators, including temporal baselines, are crucial to measure the change in biodiversity over time, to evaluate progress towards its conservation and sustainable use and to set conservation priorities. They help design and monitor national and regional policies on biodiversity; they also feed into national reporting on international agreements such as the Convention on Biological Diversity and the Sustainable Development Goals. We analyse the methodological approach of five small African projects resulting from a call to promote indicator development, improve monitoring capacity and strengthen the science-policy interface in the field of biodiversity. We compared their approach to existing guidance provided by the international community, specifically the Biodiversity Indicators Partnership. To this end, we assess whether internationally recommended steps are effectively applied to national/local biodiversity monitoring in selected developing countries. We also present lessons learnt from workshop interactions between partners involved in these projects. Through our pilot projects we identified data availability and data accessibility, together with the involvement of stakeholders, as critical steps in indicator development. Moreover, there is a need for a better awareness and a wider application of the indicator concept itself. Hence, training of key actors both in the policy and science spheres is needed to operationalize indicators and ensure their continuity and sustainability. We hope that these case studies and lessons learnt can stimulate and support countries in the Global South to formulate policy-relevant biodiversity indicators.
ER -
ROCHETTE, Anne-Julie, Jean Didier T. AKPONA, Hugues Adeloui AKPONA, Gaston S. AKOUEHOU, Blanchard MAYUNDO KWEZI, Chabi A.M. Sylvestre DJAGOUN, Bernadette HABONIMANA, Rodrigue IDOHOU, Ingride S. LEGBA, Beno$\backslash$\^{}$\backslash$i$\{\}$t NZIGIDAHERA, Augustin Orou MATILO, Mohammed Sghir TALEB, Benjamin TOIRAMBE BAMONINGA, Sarah IVORY, Luc JANSSENS DE BISTHOVEN and Maarten Pieterjan VANHOVE. Developing policy-relevant biodiversity indicators: lessons learnt from case studies in Africa. \textit{Environmental Research Letters}. BRISTOL: IOP PUBLISHING LTD, 2019, vol.~14, No~3, p.~1-18. ISSN~1748-9318. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/aaf495.
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