Conservation research is not happening where it is most needed

0458361 - BC 2017 RIV US eng J - Journal Article
Wilson, K. A. - Auerbach, N. A. - Sam, Kateřina - Magini, A. G. - Moos, A. St. L. - Langhans, S. D. - Budiharta, S. - Terzano, D. - Meijaard, E.
Conservation research is not happening where it is most needed.
PLOS Biology. Roč. 14, č. 3 (2016), e1002413. ISSN 1544-9173. E-ISSN 1545-7885
R&D Projects: GA ČR(CZ) GP14-32024P
Institutional support: RVO:60077344
Keywords : biological diversity * conservation research * environmental sciences
Subject RIV: EH - Ecology, Behaviour
Impact factor: 9.797, year: 2016
http://journals.plos.org/plosbiology/article?id=10.1371%2Fjournal.pbio.1002413

Target 19, set by the Convention on Biological Diversity, seeks to improve the knowledge, science base, and technologies relating to biodiversity. We will fail to achieve this target unless prolific biases in the field of conservation science are addressed. We reveal that comparatively less research is undertaken in the world’s most biodiverse countries, the science conducted in these countries is often not led by researchers based in-country, and these scientists are also underrepresented in important international fora. Mitigating these biases requires wide-ranging solutions: reforming open access publishing policies, enhancing science communication strategies, changing author attribution practices, improving representation in international processes, and strengthening infrastructure and human capacity for research in countries where it is most needed.
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