{"id":1337,"date":"2023-05-13T14:16:55","date_gmt":"2023-05-13T18:16:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wildlifeconnect.azurewebsites.net\/?p=1337"},"modified":"2023-06-15T22:30:33","modified_gmt":"2023-06-16T02:30:33","slug":"presentan-novedoso-indice-para-medir-la-conectividad-de-la-naturaleza","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wildlifeconnect.org\/en\/2023\/05\/presentan-novedoso-indice-para-medir-la-conectividad-de-la-naturaleza\/","title":{"rendered":"First-of-its-kind Index Measures the Connectedness of Nature"},"content":{"rendered":"[et_pb_section fb_built=\u00bb1&#8243; _builder_version=\u00bb4.21.0&#8243; _module_preset=\u00bbdefault\u00bb global_colors_info=\u00bb{}\u00bb theme_builder_area=\u00bbpost_content\u00bb][et_pb_row _builder_version=\u00bb4.21.0&#8243; _module_preset=\u00bbdefault\u00bb global_colors_info=\u00bb{}\u00bb theme_builder_area=\u00bbpost_content\u00bb][et_pb_column type=\u00bb4_4&#8243; _builder_version=\u00bb4.21.0&#8243; _module_preset=\u00bbdefault\u00bb global_colors_info=\u00bb{}\u00bb theme_builder_area=\u00bbpost_content\u00bb][et_pb_text _builder_version=\u00bb4.21.0&#8243; _module_preset=\u00bbdefault\u00bb hover_enabled=\u00bb0&#8243; global_colors_info=\u00bb{}\u00bb theme_builder_area=\u00bbpost_content\u00bb module_class=\u00bbhide_en\u00bb sticky_enabled=\u00bb0&#8243; display_conditions=\u00bbW10=\u00bb]<ul>\n<li><strong><em>La investigaci\u00f3n fue realizada por cient\u00edficos de WWF y de las universidades de Columbia Brit\u00e1nica y Colorado.\u00a0\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><em>El \u00edndice, \u00fanico en su clase, se presenta en la revista Science e identifica las zonas m\u00e1s importantes para el desplazamiento de los animales fuera de las \u00e1reas protegidas.<\/em><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_image src=\u00bbhttps:\/\/wildlifeconnect.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/original_ww188341_ed-1-768&#215;432-1.jpg\u00bb title_text=\u00bboriginal_ww188341_ed-1-768&#215;432&#8243; _builder_version=\u00bb4.21.0&#8243; _module_preset=\u00bbdefault\u00bb global_colors_info=\u00bb{}\u00bb theme_builder_area=\u00bbpost_content\u00bb][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text _builder_version=\u00bb4.21.0&#8243; _module_preset=\u00bbdefault\u00bb text_orientation=\u00bbcenter\u00bb custom_margin=\u00bb-25px||||false|false\u00bb custom_padding=\u00bb0px|100px|0px|100px|false|false\u00bb custom_padding_tablet=\u00bb0px|100px|0px|100px|false|false\u00bb custom_padding_phone=\u00bb|0px||0px|false|false\u00bb custom_padding_last_edited=\u00bbon|phone\u00bb global_colors_info=\u00bb{}\u00bb theme_builder_area=\u00bbpost_content\u00bb]<p><span>Aerial view of the Blue Wildebeest (Connochaetes taurinus) migration. Up to 1.5 million wildebeest move through the Mara\/Serengeti ecosystem each year. This is one of the worlds last great animal migrations. Masai Mara National Reserve. Kenya \u00a9 Martin Harvey \/ WWF<\/span><\/p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=\u00bb4.21.0&#8243; _module_preset=\u00bbdefault\u00bb hover_enabled=\u00bb0&#8243; global_colors_info=\u00bb{}\u00bb theme_builder_area=\u00bbpost_content\u00bb sticky_enabled=\u00bb0&#8243; custom_padding=\u00bb||0px|||\u00bb]<p><strong>June 3, 2022:<span>\u00a0<\/span><\/strong>New research published yesterday in<span>\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.science.org\/doi\/10.1126\/science.abl8974\"><em>Science<\/em><\/a><span>\u00a0<\/span>maps how animals move between the world\u2019s land-based protected areas for the first time and introduces a new index that measures how connected each of the world\u2019s protected areas (PAs) are, called the Protected Area Isolation index (PAI).<\/p>\n<p>The connectedness of nature, known as ecological connectivity, is fundamental to animal movement between habitats. Connected habitats allow species to move across landscapes to find food and water, mate effectively to maintain genetic diversity and healthy wildlife populations, and adapt to the impacts of climate change.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ve identified the world\u2019s most vital areas for connectivity,\u201d said Angela Brennan, Conservation Scientist, University of British Columbia (UBC), World Wildlife Fund (WWF) Fellow, and the study\u2019s lead author. \u201cThese can now be incorporated into global conservation blueprints to capture a dimension of biodiversity not sufficiently considered.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Despite global policies requiring that protected area systems are well-connected, the functional connectivity of land-based PAs globally has remained largely unknown. What we do know is that the isolation of animal populations interrupts the flow of genes and other vital ecological processes, putting species, habitats and the benefits they provide to humans at grave risk.<\/p>\n<p>This first-of-its-kind research by scientists from UBC, WWF, and the University of Colorado identifies the most important areas for animal movement outside of PAs, and builds upon previous research showing that animals are able to move further through habitats with less human modification.<\/p>\n<p>Further, about 70% of the most important unprotected areas for animal movement also overlap with areas that are prioritized for conservation under global frameworks for their rich diversity of plant and animal species.<\/p>\n<p>With this knowledge, governments, the private sector, conservationists and other stakeholders can better prioritize conservation actions for PAs and the tracks of land needed for large-scale animal movements between them (ecological corridors), ultimately slowing the rapid loss of nature witnessed around the world.<\/p>\n<p>This research introduces the Protected Area Isolation index (PAI), an estimation of isolation of a PA based on two primary factors: the proximity of PAs to one another, and a synthesis of how dozens of mammal species move across landscapes with different degrees of human modification. Never before has there been a scientific indicator that can be used globally to measure how isolated the world\u2019s PAs are from the viewpoint of moving animals. And unlike other global connectivity indicators, it factors in published data on animal movement in response to both intact and human-modified landscapes.<\/p>\n<p>The PAI can play a key role in the next decade of international conservation efforts. 196 of the world\u2019s governments are Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), which is currently setting the agenda for the next ten years in its \u2018Global Biodiversity Framework\u2019 (GBF), connectivity provisionally included  in several of the framework\u2019s targets. However, previous GBF targets relevant to connectivity have fallen short.  With the development of this established scientific method for assessing  functional connectivity at the global scale, it will be much more feasible to track progress.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor the first time, we have a metric that reflects how connected protected areas are for mammals and it can be used by nations to monitor their progress towards global connectivity goals,\u201d said study co-author Robin Naidoo, Lead Wildlife Conservation Scientist, WWF-US. \u201cUsing the PAI can empower country signatories of CBD to visualize and measure the ability of animals to move between protected areas, track progress over time, compare how countries are performing relative to one another, and enhance transparency and accountability.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The PAI will also help accelerate efforts to secure connectivity on ground, offering a readily usable methodology to measure connectivity change over time \u2013 thus enabling us to better understand what interventions are working, and what are not.   WWF recently launched a new initiative \u2013 Wildlife Connect \u2013 which aims to protect, manage, and restore ecological connectivity in large landscapes, and will be rolling out the PAI approach in landscapes as vast as the 1 million square km Chaco Pantanal in South America.<span>\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/wildlifeconnect.org\/en\/\"><em>Wildlife Connect<\/em><\/a>, cuyo objetivo es proteger, gestionar y restaurar la conectividad ecol\u00f3gica en grandes paisajes, y pondr\u00e1 en marcha el enfoque del IAAP en paisajes tan vastos como el Chaco Pantanal, de un mill\u00f3n de kil\u00f3metros cuadrados, en Sudam\u00e9rica.<\/p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=\u00bb4.21.0&#8243; _module_preset=\u00bbdefault\u00bb theme_builder_area=\u00bbpost_content\u00bb][et_pb_column _builder_version=\u00bb4.21.0&#8243; _module_preset=\u00bbdefault\u00bb type=\u00bb4_4&#8243; theme_builder_area=\u00bbpost_content\u00bb][et_pb_text _builder_version=\u00bb4.21.0&#8243; _module_preset=\u00bbdefault\u00bb theme_builder_area=\u00bbpost_content\u00bb hover_enabled=\u00bb0&#8243; sticky_enabled=\u00bb0&#8243; module_class=\u00bbhide_es\u00bb]<p>\u2014\u00a0<strong>ENDS\u00a0 \u2014\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Notes to editor:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>For more information please contact:<br \/>Elizabeth Davis, WWF<br \/><a href=\"mailto:elizabeth.davis@wwfus.org\">elizabeth.davis@wwfus.org<\/a><\/p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=\u00bb4.21.0&#8243; _module_preset=\u00bbdefault\u00bb theme_builder_area=\u00bbpost_content\u00bb hover_enabled=\u00bb0&#8243; sticky_enabled=\u00bb0&#8243; module_class=\u00bbhide_en\u00bb]<p><strong>\u2014 ENDS  \u2014<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\" translation-block\">__<\/p>\n<p><strong>Notes to editor:<\/strong><br \/>For more information please contact:<br \/>Elizabeth Davis, WWF<span>\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"mailto:elizabeth.davis@wwfus.org\">elizabeth.davis@wwfus.org<\/a><a href=\"mailto:lrodriguez@wwfmex.org\"><br \/><\/a>----<span>\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"mailto:alex.walls@ubc.ca\">alex.walls@ubc.ca<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\" translation-block\">Lea el art\u00edculo completo en<span>&nbsp;<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.science.org\/doi\/10.1126\/science.abl8974\" target=\"_self\"><em>Science<\/em><\/a><br>Puede encontrar m\u00e1s informaci\u00f3n sobre la conectividad y la iniciativa Wildlife Connect de WWF, el Centro para la Conservaci\u00f3n de Grandes Paisajes y el Grupo de Especialistas en Conservaci\u00f3n de la Conectividad de la Comisi\u00f3n Mundial de \u00c1reas Protegidas de la UICN<span>&nbsp;<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wildlifeconnect.org\/\" target=\"_self\">aqu\u00ed.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Acerca de la Universidad de Columbia Brit\u00e1nica (UBC)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>La Universidad de Columbia Brit\u00e1nica es un centro global de investigaci\u00f3n y ense\u00f1anza, clasificado sistem\u00e1ticamente entre las 20 mejores universidades p\u00fablicas del mundo. Desde 1915, el esp\u00edritu emprendedor de la UBC ha adoptado la innovaci\u00f3n y desafiado el statu quo. La UBC incita a sus estudiantes, personal y profesores a desafiar las convenciones, liderar el descubrimiento y a explorar nuevas formas de aprendizaje. En la UBC, el pensamiento audaz tiene un lugar para convertirse en ideas que pueden cambiar el mundo.<\/p>\n<p class=\" translation-block\"><strong>Acerca de WWF<\/strong><span>&nbsp;<\/span>WWF es una de las organizaciones independientes de conservaci\u00f3n m\u00e1s grandes y con mayor experiencia en el mundo. WWF naci\u00f3 en 1961 y es conocida por el s\u00edmbolo del panda. Cuenta con una red mundial que trabaja en m\u00e1s de 100 pa\u00edses. Su misi\u00f3n es detener la degradaci\u00f3n del ambiente natural del planeta y construir un futuro en el que los seres humanos vivan en armon\u00eda con la naturaleza, conservando la diversidad biol\u00f3gica mundial, asegurando que el uso de los recursos naturales renovables sea sostenible y promoviendo la reducci\u00f3n de la contaminaci\u00f3n y del consumo desmedido. Para saber m\u00e1s visite:<span>&nbsp;<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wwf.org.mx\/\" target=\"_self\">www.wwf.org.mx<\/a><span>&nbsp;<\/span>y<span>&nbsp;<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.panda.org\/\" target=\"_self\">www.panda.org<\/a>. Siga<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/wwfnews\" target=\"_self\"><span>&nbsp;<\/span>@WWFNews<\/a><span>&nbsp;<\/span>en Twitter para estar al d\u00eda de las \u00faltimas noticias sobre conservaci\u00f3n; y suscr\u00edbase a nuestro bolet\u00edn y a las alertas de noticias<span>&nbsp;<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.worldwildlife.org\/pages\/join-the-press-list-for-wwf-news\" target=\"_self\">aqu\u00ed<\/a>.<\/p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>La investigaci\u00f3n fue realizada por cient\u00edficos de WWF y de las universidades de Columbia Brit\u00e1nica y Colorado.\u00a0\u00a0 El \u00edndice, \u00fanico en su clase, se presenta en la revista Science e identifica las zonas m\u00e1s importantes para el desplazamiento de los animales fuera de las \u00e1reas protegidas. 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