title: Prioritizing conservation investments for mammal species globally.
abstract: We need to set priorities for conservation because we cannot do everything, everywhere, at the same time. We determined priority areas for investment in threat abatement actions, in both a cost-effective and spatially and temporally explicit way, for the threatened mammals of the world. Our analysis presents the first fine-resolution prioritization analysis for mammals at a global scale that accounts for the risk of habitat loss, the actions required to abate this risk, the costs of these actions and the likelihood of investment success. We evaluated the likelihood of success of investments using information on the past frequency and duration of legislative effectiveness at a country scale. The establishment of new protected areas was the action receiving the greatest investment, while restoration was never chosen. The resolution of the analysis and the incorporation of likelihood of success made little difference to this result, but affected the spatial location of these investments.
authors.affiliation: School of Biological Sciences, The University of Queensland, St. Lucia, Queensland 4072, Australia. k.wilson2@uq.edu.au
authors.forename: Kerrie A
authors.initials: KA
authors.lastname: Wilson
authors.forename: Megan C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Evans
authors.forename: Moreno
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Di Marco
authors.forename: David C
authors.initials: DC
authors.lastname: Green
authors.forename: Luigi
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Boitani
authors.forename: Hugh P
authors.initials: HP
authors.lastname: Possingham
authors.forename: Federica
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Chiozza
authors.forename: Carlo
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Rondinini
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D044822:Biodiversity; D003247:Conservation of Natural Resources / Q000191:economics / Q000379:methods*; D003362:Cost-Benefit Analysis; D017753:Ecosystem; D008322:Mammals / Q000254:growth & development*