Biodiversité

Area-based conservation, including protected areas and OECMs, is the primary approach used to address biodiversity decline and now covers 8% of the world’s oceans and 17% of its lands. As it is set to diversify and expand under the 30x30 target to protect30% of the planet by 2030, we take stock of the approach, including its history in global policy and performance. We outline three priority directions to ensure area-based
conservation contributes to securing a sustainable and just future.

Fragmentation of ecosystems leads to loss of biodiversity in the remaining habitat patches, but retaining connecting corridors can reduce these losses. Using long-term data from a large, replicated experiment, Damschen et al. show quantitatively how these losses are reduced. In their pine savanna system, corridors reduced the likelihood of plant extinction in patches by about 2% per year and increased the likelihood of patch colonization by about 5% per year. These benefits continued to accrue over the course of the 18-year experiment.

Le suivi pluriannuel d’abondances de juvéniles de saumon atlantique (Salmo salar) de Basse-Normandie a plusieurs objectifs (évaluer ce qui s’est produit sur les principaux BV subrégionaux ; déceler la colonisation sur les cours d’eau où le saumon est discrètement présent ; évaluer les programmes de restaurations de la continuité migratoire engagés, fournir les références de productivité nécessaires à la gestion de l’exploitation (quotas).