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0000-0002-5039-6272
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University of Tasmania
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Publisher: PeerJ
Date: 04-01-2021
DOI: 10.7717/PEERJ.9616
Abstract: Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities (IPLCs) have inhabited coastal areas, the seas, and remote islands for millennia, and developed place-based traditional ancestral knowledge and ersified livelihoods associated with the biocultural use of marine and coastal ecosystems. Through their cultural traditions, customary wise practices, and holistic approaches to observe, monitor, understand, and appreciate the Natural World, IPLCs have been preserving, managing, and sustainably using seascapes and coastal landscapes, which has been essential for bio ersity conservation. The international community has more than ever recognized the central role of IPLCs in the conservation of bio ersity-rich ecosystems, in particular, for the achievement of the Global Bio ersity Targets determined by the Parties to the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity to tackle bio ersity loss. However, much remains to be done to fully recognize and protect at national levels IPLCs’ Traditional Bio ersity Knowledge (TBK), ways of life, and their internationally recognized rights to inhabit, own, manage and govern traditional lands, territories, and waters, which are increasingly threatened. At the 2018 4th World Conference on Marine Bio ersity held in Montréal, Canada, eight themed working groups critically discussed progress to date and barriers that have prevented the achievement of the Aichi Bio ersity Targets agreed for the period 2011–2020, and priority actions for the Post-2020 Global Bio ersity Framework. Discussions in the “Application of Bio ersity Knowledge” working group focused on Targets 11 and 18 and the equal valuation of erse Bio ersity Knowledge Systems (BKS). This Perspective Paper summarizes the 10 Priority Actions identified for a holistic bio ersity conservation, gender equality and human rights-based approach that strengthens the role of IPLCs as bio ersity conservation decision-makers and managers at national and international levels. Furthermore, the Perspective proposes a measurable Target 18 post-2020 and discusses actions to advance the recognition of community-based alternative conservation schemes and TBK to ensure the long-lasting conservation, customary biocultural use, and sustainable multi-functional management of nature around the globe.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press (CUP)
Date: 2023
DOI: 10.1017/S0025315423000176
Abstract: The Galapagos Islands lie within the oceanic ecoregion of the Tropical Eastern Pacific, which has a unique fish assemblage composition due to the influence of several ocean currents and El Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO) events. In the El Niño phase of these events, water temperature changes facilitate the movement of fish species between oceanic ecoregions, as well as across the Eastern Pacific Barrier. Here, we present five new fish records for the Galapagos Marine Reserve based on underwater imagery. These include two rays ( Mobula thurstoni and Myliobatis longirostris ) and three bony fishes ( Lobotes pacifica , Lutjanus colorado and Sphyraena stellata ). Of these, the first species is proposed as potentially resident to the Galapagos, and the latter four as vagrant species in the Galapagos until further sightings can conclusively determine their status. The effects of ENSO, the use of underwater video technology, and the importance of up-to-date and accurate species listings to understand the impact of the climate crisis are discussed.
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 07-2023
Publisher: Public Library of Science (PLoS)
Date: 20-09-2019
Publisher: Inter-Research Science Center
Date: 15-04-2021
DOI: 10.3354/MEPS13628
Abstract: Mangroves are important habitats for a variety of ecologically, commercially and culturally important fishes. However, little is known about their role within the Tropical Eastern Pacific (TEP), and particularly in the Galapagos Archipelago, the westernmost limit for mangroves in the Americas, and the only oceanic islands in the TEP where mangroves are present. We describe patterns of fish composition in the 2 Galapagos bioregions where mangroves are present and assess potential environmental factors influencing fish community composition. Underwater Visual Census and Stereo Baited Remote Underwater Video stations (stereo-BRUVS) were used to s le fish communities. We identified 35029 fish representing 93 species, 67 genera and 36 families. Pomacentridae, Mugilidae, Haemulidae and Lutjanidae were the most common families. Juveniles made up 43% of the fish, 30 species were of importance to local artisanal fisheries and 80% of species were associated with reef habitats, suggesting mangroves in Galapagos may provide nursery habitats for economically valued species. Fish assemblage composition varied across bioregions, with 6 taxa responsible for driving these differences, including species of economic importance: Lutjanus novemfasciatus and Mycteroperca olfax . Species richness was 17% higher in the Central-Southeastern than in the Western region while higher species richness, Shannon-Wiener ersity and Pielou’s evenness were detected with BRUVS than through visual censuses. Our results highlight the role of mangroves as a habitat for a unique fish community composed of young, endemic and commercially important species, whose composition is likely driven by the isolation of the islands and its location in a convergence zone.
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