Index Catalog // Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew research repository

2015

Journal article

Green Plants in the Red: A Baseline Global Assessment for the IUCN Sampled Red List Index for Plants.

Brummitt, Neil A. ; Bachman, Steven P. ; Griffiths-Lee, Janine ; Lutz, Maiko ; Moat, Justin …

Plants , Gymnosperms , Species diversity , Habitats, Biodiversity, Monocotyledons , Flowering plants , and Legumes

2019

Journal article

Extinction risk and conservation gaps for Aloe (Asphodelaceae) in the Horn of Africa

Identification of conservation priorities is essential for conservation planning, especially as the biodiversity crisis develops. We aimed to support conservation prioritisation by addressing knowledge gaps for the genus Aloe in the Horn of Africa. Specifically, we developed a dataset of herbarium voucher specimens and occurrence data to estimate geographic distribution...

Bachman, Steven P. ; Wilkin, Paul ; Reader, Tom ; Field, Richard ; Weber, Odile …

Red List, threats, IUCN, and protected areas

2020

Journal article

An assessment of the conservation status of Restrepia (Orchidaceae) reveals the threatened status of the genus.

Millner, Helen J. ; Bachman, Steven P. ; Baldwin, Timothy C.

Red List, Endangered categories, GeoCAT, South America, Central America, Restrepia, and Deforestation

2020

Journal article

Caution Needed When Predicting Species Threat Status for Conservation Prioritization on a Global Scale

The recent Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) report highlighted the large scale of extinction risks to biodiversity (Díaz et al., 2019). Assessing species' extinction risk is vital for setting conservation priorities and the first step toward protecting particular areas or groups. A widely accepted approach to...

Walker, Barnaby E. ; Leão, Tarciso C. C. ; Bachman, Steven P. ; Bolam, Friederike C. ; Nic Lughadha, Eimear

conservation, extinction risk, IUCN Red List, automation, machine learning, and transparency

2021

Journal article

Evidence-based guidelines for developing automated conservation assessment methods [PREPRINT].

Assessing species’ extinction risk is vital to setting conservation priorities. However, assessment endeavours like the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species have significant gaps in coverage of some taxonomic groups. Automated assessment (AA) methods are gaining popularity to fill these gaps, leveraging improvements in computing and digitally-available information. Choices made...

Walker, Barnaby E. ; Leão, Tarciso C.C. ; Bachman, Steven P. ; Lucas, Eve ; Nic Lughadha, Eimear

Biodiversity conservation, Automation, Machine learning, IUCN Red List, and Conservation assessments

2022

Journal article

The ECAT dataset: expert-validated distribution data of endemic and sub-endemic trees of Central Africa (Dem. Rep. Congo, Rwanda, Burundi).

In this data paper, we present a specimen-based occurrence dataset compiled in the framework of the Conservation of Endemic Central African Trees (ECAT) project with the aim of producing global conservation assessments for the IUCN Red List. The project targets all tree species endemic or sub-endemic to the Central African...

Tack, Wesley ; Engledow, Henry ; Veríssimo Pereira, Nuno ; Amani, Christian ; Bachman, Steven P. …

Herbarium, Endemics, Data cleaning, Conservation, Geographic range, Threatened, Data capture, Africa, Flora, IUCN Red List, and Flowering plants

2022

Journal article

Plant species biogeographic origin shapes their current and future distribution on the world's highest island mountain.

Trethowan, Liam A. ; Walker, Barnaby E. ; Bachman, Steven P. ; Heatubun, Charlie ; Puradyatmika, Pratita …

Sunda, Global change, Biogeography, Indonesia, Herbarium specimens, and Sahul

2022

Journal article

Issues with species occurrence data and their impact on extinction risk assessments.

Ribeiro, Bruno R. ; Guidoni-Martins, Karlo ; Tessarolo, Geiziane ; Velazco, Santiago José Elías ; Jardim, Lucas …

GBIF, Plants, Data quality, Fitness-for-use, Biodiversity data, and Rapid extinction risk assessment

2022

Journal article

Evidence‐based guidelines for automated conservation assessments of plant species.

Walker, Barnaby E. ; Leão, Tarciso C.C. ; Bachman, Steven P. ; Lucas, Eve ; Lughadha, Eimear Nic

Machine learning, Biodiversity conservation, Automation, and IUCN Red List

2022

Journal article

Madagascar’s extraordinary biodiversity: Evolution, distribution, and use.

Madagascar’s biota is hyperdiverse and includes exceptional levels of endemicity. We review the current state of knowledge on Madagascar’s past and current terrestrial and freshwater biodiversity by compiling and presenting comprehensive data on species diversity, endemism, and rates of species description and human uses, in addition to presenting an updated...

Antonelli, Alexandre ; Smith, Rhian J. ; Perrigo, Allison L. ; Crottini, Angelica ; Hackel, Jan …

Evolution, Taxonomy, Madagasacar, Natural resources, Phylogenetic diversity, Digitization, Distribution, Biodiversity, Endemism, and Conservation

2022

Journal article

Madagascar’s extraordinary biodiversity: Threats and opportunities.

Madagascar’s unique biota is heavily affected by human activity and is under intense threat. Here, we review the current state of knowledge on the conservation status of Madagascar’s terrestrial and freshwater biodiversity by presenting data and analyses on documented and predicted species-level conservation statuses, the most prevalent and relevant threats,...