Environmental research infrastructures are not (yet) ready to address ecosystem conservation challenge
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Research infrastructures (RIs) are tools intended to be a fundamental pillar in producing knowledge regarding the functioning of Earth’s vital systems. However, it is unclear to what extent these instruments can help to deal with global biodiversity challenges. This paper presents the first assessment of the alignment between the services provided by environmental RIs, and the knowledge requested to address three specific Global Challenges concerning biodiversity loss at a global level: threatened species, alien species and ecosystem conservation. We characterized the specific needs and Subchallenges behind each Global Challenge. We also collected the services
provided by 44 relevant environmental RIs in a standardized form. Then, we assessed to what extent those services are useful to address the challenges’ needs. Our results show that RIs, as a whole, are better suited to respond to species-related challenges than to challenges involving whole ecosystems. Nevertheless, the overlap ...
Palabra/s clave
research infrastructures
biodiversity challenges
threatened species
alien species
ecosystem conservation