Mishal Gudka

Nov 6, 2024 | conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com | Mishal Gudka |David Obura |Eric A. Treml |Melita Samoilys

1 INTRODUCTION The need to address ongoing loss of ecosystems has been recognized through an explicit goal to conserve ecosystems in the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF) of the UN Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD, 2022). This multi-lateral treaty on biodiversity comprises four goals and 23 targets, as well as a monitoring framework consisting of 26 indicators to track progress.

Feb 21, 2024 | besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com | Mishal Gudka |David Obura |Eric A. Treml |Emily Nicholson

1 INTRODUCTION Coral reefs are one of the most biodiverse and valuable ecosystem types in the world (Adey, 2000; Anthony et al., 2017) but are also among the most threatened (Bellwood et al., 2019; Burke et al., 2011; Halpern et al., 2015; Hoegh-Guldberg et al., 2017) due to climate-driven and local pressures increasing in magnitude and frequency (Anthony et al., 2017; Beyer et al., 2018; Costa et al., 2020).

Feb 21, 2024 | biorxiv.org | Mishal Gudka |David Obura |Eric A. Treml |Melita Samoilys

AbstractCountries have committed to conserving and restoring ecosystems after signing the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF). The IUCN Red List of Ecosystems (RLE) will serve as a headline indicator to track progress of countries towards achieving this goal, and to guide action across the GBFs targets.