NDLI: The relationship among biodiversity, governance, wealth, and scientific capacity at a country level: Disaggregation and prioritization

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Author	Lira Noriega, Andrés Soberón, Jorge
Copyright Year	2014
Abstract	At a global level, the relationship between biodiversity importance and capacity to manage it is often assumed to be negative, without much differentiation among the more than 200 countries and territories of the world. We examine this relationship using a database including terrestrial biodiversity, wealth and governance indicators for most countries. From these, principal components analysis was used to construct aggregated indicators at global and regional scales. Wealth, governance, and scientific capacity represent different skills and abilities in relation to biodiversity importance. Our results show that the relationship between biodiversity and the different factors is not simple: in most regions wealth and capacity varies positively with biodiversity, while governance vary negatively with biodiversity. However, these trends, to a certain extent, are concentrated in certain groups of nations and outlier countries. We discuss our results in the context of collaboration and joint efforts among biodiversity-rich countries and foreign agencies.
Starting Page	391
Ending Page	400
Page Count	10
File Format	PDF
ISSN	00447447
Journal	AMBIO
Volume Number	44
Issue Number	5
e-ISSN	16547209
Language	English
Publisher	Springer Netherlands
Publisher Date	2014-12-06
Publisher Place	Dordrecht
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Subject Keyword	Biodiversity indicators Biodiversity assessment Decision makers Developing countries Environment Ecology Atmospheric Sciences Physical Geography Environmental Management Environmental Engineering/Biotechnology
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Geography, Planning and Development Ecology Environmental Chemistry Medicine

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