Publication
Research priorities for maintaining biodiversity’s contributions to people in Latin America
Publisher:
UCL Press
Date:
22-02-2019
DOI:
10.14324/111.444/000014.V1
Abstract: Maintaining bio ersity is crucial for ensuring human well-being. We participated in a workshop held in Palenque, Mexico, in August 2018, that brought together thirty mostly early-career scientists working in different disciplines (natural, social and economic sciences) with the aim of identifying research priorities for studying the contributions of bio ersity to people and how these contributions might be impacted by environmental change. Five main groups of questions emerged: (1) Enhancing the quantity, quality, and availability of bio ersity data (2) Integrating different knowledge systems (3) Improved methods for integrating erse data (4) Fundamental questions in ecology and evolution and (5) Multi-level governance across boundaries. We discuss the need for increased capacity building and investment in research programs to address these challenges.