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Correcting common misconceptions to inspire conservation action in urban environments
Correcting common misconceptions to inspire conservation action in urban environments
Journal Article

Correcting common misconceptions to inspire conservation action in urban environments

2019
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Overview
Despite repeated calls to action, proposals for urban conservation are often met with surprise or scepticism. There remains a pervasive narrative in policy, practice, and the public psyche that urban environments, although useful for engaging people with nature or providing ecosystem services, are of little conservation value. We argue that the tendency to overlook the conservation value of urban environments stems from misconceptions about the ability of native species to persist within cities and towns and that this, in turn, hinders effective conservation action. However, recent scientific evidence shows that these assumptions do not always hold. Although it is generally true that increasing the size, quality, and connectivity of habitat patches will improve the probability that a species can persist, the inverse is not that small, degraded, or fragmented habitats found in urban environments are worthless. In light of these findings we propose updated messages that guide and inspire researchers, practitioners, and decision makers to undertake conservation action in urban environments: consider small spaces, recognize unconventional habitats, test creative solutions, and use science to minimize the impacts of future urban development. A pesar de las repetidas llamadas a actuar, las propuestas para la conservación urbana con frecuencia se enfrentan a reacciones de sorpresa o escepticismo. Todavía existe una narrativa penetrante en la política, la práctica y el psique del público que dicta que los ambientes urbanos, aunque sean útiles para comprometer a las personas con la naturaleza o para proporcionar servicios ambientales, tienen poco valor para la conservación. Argumentamos que la tendencia de pasar por alto el valor para la conservación de los ambientes urbanos surge de las ideas erróneas sobre la habilidad que tienen las especies nativas para persistir dentro de ciudades y pueblos y que esto, en cambio, impide la acción efectiva de la conservación. A pesar de esto, la evidencia científica reciente muestra que estas suposiciones no siempre se sostienen. Aunque casi siempre es verdad que incrementar el tamaño, la calidad y la conectividad de los fragmentos de hábitat mejorará la probabilidad de que una especie pueda persistir, lo contrario, que los hábitats fragmentados, degradados y pequeños que se encuentran en los ambientes urbanos son inútiles, no lo es. A la luz de estos hallazgos proponemos mensajes actualizados que guíen e inspiren a los investigadores, practicantes y a los tomadores de decisiones a emprender acciones de conservación en ambientes urbanos: considerar espacios pequeños, reconocer hábitats poco convencionales, probar con soluciones creativas, y utilizar la ciencia para minimizar los impactos de desarrollos urbanos futuros. 尽管人们一再呼吁要采取城市保护行动,然而却常常对相关提案表示诧异或怀疑。在政策制定、实践行 动和公众心理中仍存在ー种普遍的认识,即城市环境虽然有助于人们亲近自然并提供生态系统服务,但其保护价 值微乎其微。我们认为,这种忽视城市环境保护价值的彳顷向来源于对本地物种在城市和乡镇间续存能力的误解, 而这反过来又阻碍了有效的保护行动。然而,最近的科学证据表明这些种种假设并不总是成立。虽然通常情况 下増加生境斑块的大小、提高其质量和连接度可以提高物种续存的可能性,/旦反过来看并不是说退化或碎片化 的小面积生境在城市环境中就毫无价值。鉴于以上发现,我们建议更新这些指导和激励研究者、实践者和决策 者采取城市环境保护行动的信息,应考虑小尺度空间的保护、认识非传统生境、尝试创新性解决方氣并利用科 学知识来减少未来城市发展带来的影晌。