title: Conservation Research Is Not Happening Where It Is Most Needed.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: School of Biological Sciences, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
authors.forename: Kerrie A
authors.initials: KA
authors.lastname: Wilson
authors.affiliation: School of Biological Sciences, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
authors.forename: Nancy A
authors.initials: NA
authors.lastname: Auerbach
authors.affiliation: Institute of Entomology, Biology Centre CAS, České Budějovice, Czech Republic.|Faculty of Science, University of South Bohemia in České Budějovice, České Budějovice, Czech Republic.
authors.forename: Katerina
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Sam
authors.affiliation: School of Biological Sciences, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
authors.forename: Ariana G
authors.initials: AG
authors.lastname: Magini
authors.affiliation: KPMG Botswana, Gaborone, Botswana.
authors.forename: Alexander St L
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Moss
authors.affiliation: Leibniz-Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries, Berlin, Germany.
authors.forename: Simone D
authors.initials: SD
authors.lastname: Langhans
authors.affiliation: School of Biological Sciences, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.|Indonesian Institute of Sciences, Pasuruan, East Java, Indonesia.
authors.forename: Sugeng
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Budiharta
authors.affiliation: School of Geography, Planning and Environmental Management, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
authors.forename: Dilva
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Terzano
authors.affiliation: School of Biological Sciences, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.|Borneo Futures Initiative, Ciputat, Jakarta, Indonesia.
authors.forename: Erik
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Meijaard
mesh_terms: D044822:Biodiversity; D003246:Conservation of Energy Resources; D012106:Research / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*