@anotherbobsmith.bsky.social just found you on bsky, great paper thanks. very useful for our work in @globalmangroves.bsky.social

The implementation plan is part of what has made this map a success for conservation.

Other authors have criticized conservation mapping (e.g. www.nature.com/articles/s41...).
Conservation maps can help save biodiversity. We just need to be clear about what their purpose is.

"This has led groups of researchers to publish increasingly detailed maps of global conservation area priorities, but none of these articles have directly influenced the implementation of the biodiversity hotspot approach..."

The key gap they identify is that academics are making conservation maps but not linking those to an implementation plan. The authors explain the biodiversity hotspot map is well known in the academic literature, but its implementation plan is not. I quote:

Thought we were the only ones protecting feral deer down here in tassie!

I dont know why we aren’t taking false references more seriously. To me its as bad as data fraud. Made up evidence. The Aus gov accepted that report that had made up refs, and we only refunded some of the money

Thanks for the tips I’ve found it hard to get started

Its like that movie ‘Up in the Air’