Indigenous Peoples' Lands are critical for safeguarding vertebrate diversity across the tropics
Sze, Jocelyne S. (University of Sheffield. Ecology and Evolutionary Biology)
Childs, Dylan Z. (University of Sheffield. Ecology and Evolutionary Biology)
Carrasco, Luis Roman (National University of Singapore. Department of Biological Sciences)
Fernández-Llamazares, Álvaro (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Institut de Ciència i Tecnologia Ambientals)
Garnett, Stephen (Charles Darwin University)
Edwards, David (University of Cambridge. Department of Plant Sciences and Conservation Research Institute)
Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Biologia Animal, de Biologia Vegetal i d'Ecologia

Data:	2023
Resum:	Indigenous Peoples are long-term custodians of their lands, but only recently are their contributions to conservation starting to be recognized in biodiversity policy and practice. Tropical forest loss and degradation are lower in Indigenous lands than unprotected areas, yet the role of Indigenous Peoples' Lands (IPL) in biodiversity conservation has not been properly assessed from regional to global scales. Using species distribution ranges of 11,872 tropical forest-dependent vertebrates to create area of habitat maps, we identified the overlap of these species ranges with IPL and then compared values inside and outside of IPL for species richness, extinction vulnerability, and range-size rarity. Of assessed vertebrates, at least 76. 8% had range overlaps with IPL, on average overlapping ~25% of their ranges; at least 120 species were found only within IPL. Species richness within IPL was highest in South America, while IPL in Southeast Asia had highest extinction vulnerability, and IPL in Dominica and New Caledonia were important for range-size rarity. Most countries in the Americas had higher species richness within IPL than outside, whereas most countries in Asia had lower extinction vulnerability scores inside IPL and more countries in Africa and Asia had slightly higher range-size rarity in IPL. Our findings suggest that IPL provide critical support for tropical forest-dependent vertebrates, highlighting the need for greater inclusion of Indigenous Peoples in conservation target-setting and program implementation, and stronger upholding of Indigenous Peoples' rights in conservation policy.
Ajuts:	Agencia Estatal de Investigación RYC2021-034198-I
Nota:	Unidad de excelencia María de Maeztu CEX2019-000940-M
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Llengua:	Anglès
Document:	Article ; recerca ; Versió acceptada per publicar
Matèria:	Area of habitat ; Extinction vulnerability ; Forest-dependent vertebrates ; Indigenous Peoples' Lands ; Range-size rarity ; Species richness ; Tropical biodiversity
Publicat a:	Global change biology, (October 2023) , art. 16981, ISSN 1365-2486

DOI: 10.1111/gcb.16981
PMID: 37888836

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