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Conservation Research Is Not Happening Where It Is Most Needed

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...

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Autores principales: Wilson, Kerrie A., Auerbach, Nancy A., Sam, Katerina, Magini, Ariana G., Moss, Alexander St. L., Langhans, Simone D., Budiharta, Sugeng, Terzano, Dilva, Meijaard, Erik
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4811576/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27023288
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.1002413
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author Wilson, Kerrie A.
Auerbach, Nancy A.
Sam, Katerina
Magini, Ariana G.
Moss, Alexander St. L.
Langhans, Simone D.
Budiharta, Sugeng
Terzano, Dilva
Meijaard, Erik
author_facet Wilson, Kerrie A.
Auerbach, Nancy A.
Sam, Katerina
Magini, Ariana G.
Moss, Alexander St. L.
Langhans, Simone D.
Budiharta, Sugeng
Terzano, Dilva
Meijaard, Erik
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description 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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spelling pubmed-48115762016-04-05 Conservation Research Is Not Happening Where It Is Most Needed Wilson, Kerrie A. Auerbach, Nancy A. Sam, Katerina Magini, Ariana G. Moss, Alexander St. L. Langhans, Simone D. Budiharta, Sugeng Terzano, Dilva Meijaard, Erik PLoS Biol Perspective 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. Public Library of Science 2016-03-29 /pmc/articles/PMC4811576/ /pubmed/27023288 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.1002413 Text en © 2016 Wilson et al http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are properly credited.
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Terzano, Dilva
Meijaard, Erik
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title_fullStr Conservation Research Is Not Happening Where It Is Most Needed
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title_short Conservation Research Is Not Happening Where It Is Most Needed
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4811576/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27023288
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.1002413
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