Developing a national level evidence-based toolbox for addressing freshwater biodiversity threats
Developing a national level evidence-based toolbox for addressing freshwater biodiversity threats
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- dc.contributor.author
- Reid, Jessica L.
- Bergman, Jordanna N.
- Kadykalo, Andrew N.
- Taylor, Jessica J.
- Twardek, William M.
- Rytwinski, Trina
- Chhor, Auston D.
- Frempong-Manso, Acacia
- Martel, André L.
- Lapointe, Nicolas W. R.
- Bennett, Joseph R.
- Nguyen, Vivian M.
- Reid, Andrea J.
- Marty, Jérôme
- Robinson, Stacey A.
- Drake, D. Andrew R.
- Winegardner, Amanda K.
- Gregory-Eaves, Irene
- Taylor, Mark K.
- Smol, John P.
- dc.date.accepted
- 2022-03-30
- dc.date.accessioned
- 2025-12-29T16:07:23Z
- dc.date.available
- 2025-12-29T16:07:23Z
- dc.date.issued
- 2022-04-12
- dc.date.submitted
- 2021-09-06
- dc.description - en
- Freshwater species around the world are in serious decline, and global recovery plans often lack the detail needed for action in specific regions. To help address this in Canada, researchers created a practical toolbox that helps decision makers evaluate which conservation actions are supported by strong scientific evidence. The toolbox includes scoring tools that rate how reliable and relevant different studies are, and it compiles 259 evidence summaries covering 50 management actions. Some actions, like habitat creation and invasive species removal, have strong evidence, while others need better research. This toolbox can guide decisions in Canada and serve as a model for other countries.
- dc.description.abstract - en
- Freshwater biodiversity is in a state of crisis. The recent development of a global emergency recovery plan to “bend the curve” for freshwater biodiversity lacks the necessary details for implementation in a regional context. Using Canada as an example, we describe a toolbox intended to equip decision-makers and practitioners with evidence-based tools for addressing threats to freshwater biodiversity. The toolbox includes two rubric-based scoring tools to inform users about the level of the reliability (e.g., transparent methods, critical appraisal) and relevancy to Canadian freshwater systems (e.g., habitat, species) of an evidence synthesis. Those scoring tools were applied to 259 evidence syntheses, also included in the toolbox, across fifty freshwater management actions. Habitat Creation, Invasive Species Removal, and Revegetation were found to have reliable evidence syntheses but there remain several actions for which the syntheses are not robust and where the evidence base is unreliable. We suggest the need for more rigorously conducted empirical tests of freshwater management actions, further evidence synthesis, and clearer conveyance of implications for decision-makers and practitioners. Decision-makers and practitioners should use the two scoring tools on syntheses outside this project and tailor them to their regions. Given the global interest in addressing the freshwater biodiversity crisis and the necessity to engage and empower decision-makers and practitioners on a regional basis, we anticipate this toolbox will serve as a model for regions beyond Canada. Future studies to understand if and how the toolbox is used will be needed to make refinements and ensure it benefits freshwater biodiversity.
- dc.description.fosrctranslation - fr
- Les espèces d'eau douce à travers le monde sont en grave déclin, et les plans de rétablissement mondiaux manquent souvent des détails nécessaires pour agir dans des régions spécifiques. Afin de remédier à cette situation au Canada, des chercheurs ont créé une boîte à outils pratique qui aide les décideurs à évaluer quelles mesures de conservation sont étayées par des preuves scientifiques solides. La boîte à outils comprend des outils de notation qui évaluent la fiabilité et la pertinence de différentes études, et compile 259 résumés de preuves couvrant 50 mesures de gestion. Certaines mesures, comme la création d'habitats et l'élimination des espèces envahissantes, s'appuient sur des preuves solides, tandis que d'autres nécessitent des recherches plus approfondies. Cette boîte à outils peut guider les décisions au Canada et servir de modèle pour d'autres pays.
- dc.identifier.issn
- 1873-2917
- 0006-3207
- dc.identifier.uri
- https://open-science.canada.ca/handle/123456789/4102
- dc.language.iso
- en
- dc.publisher - en
- Elsevier
- dc.publisher - fr
- Elsevier
- dc.relation.isreplacedby
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2022.109533
- dc.rights - en
- Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0)
- dc.rights - fr
- Creative Commons Attribution - Pas d'utilisation commerciale - Pas de modification 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0)
- dc.rights.openaccesslevel - en
- Green
- dc.rights.openaccesslevel - fr
- Vert
- dc.rights.uri - en
- https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
- dc.rights.uri - fr
- https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/deed.fr
- dc.subject - en
- Nature conservation
- Management
- Decision making
- dc.subject - fr
- Conservation de la nature
- Gestion
- Prise de décision
- dc.subject.en - en
- Nature conservation
- Management
- Decision making
- dc.subject.fr - fr
- Conservation de la nature
- Gestion
- Prise de décision
- dc.title - en
- Developing a national level evidence-based toolbox for addressing freshwater biodiversity threats
- dc.title.alternative - fr
- Développer une boîte à outils nationale fondée sur des données probantes pour lutter contre les menaces pesant sur la biodiversité en eau douce
- dc.type - en
- Accepted manuscript
- dc.type - fr
- Manuscrit accepté
- local.acceptedmanuscript.articlenum
- 109533
- local.article.journaltitle - en
- Biological Conservation
- local.article.journalvolume
- 269
- local.pagination
- 21 pages
- local.peerreview - en
- Yes
- local.peerreview - fr
- Oui
- local.requestdoi - en
- No
- local.requestdoi - fr
- No
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