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| Category | Text Publication |
| Reference Category | Journals |
| DOI | 10.1038/s41893-023-01087-8 |
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| Title (Primary) | The role of non-English-language science in informing national biodiversity assessments |
| Author | Amano, T.; Berdejo-Espinola, V.; Akasaka, M.; de Andrade Junior, M.A.U.; Blaise, N.; Checco, J.; Çilingir, F.G.; Citegetse, G.; Tor, M.C.; Drobniak, S.M.; Giakoumi, S.; Golivets, M.
; Ion, M.C.; Jara-Díaz, J.P.; Katayose, R.; Lasmana, F.P.S.; Lin, H.-Y.; Lopez, E.; Mikula, P.; Morales-Barquero, L.; Mupepele, A.-C.; Narváez-Gómez, J.P.; Nguyen, T.H.; Nogueira Lisboa, S.; Nuñez, M.A.; Pavón-Jordán, D.; Pottier, P.; Prescott, G.W.; Samad, F.; Šćiban, M.; Seo, H.-M.; Shinoda, Y.; Vajna, F.; Vozykova, S.; Walsh, J.C.; Wee, A.K.S.; Xiao, H.; Zamora-Gutierrez, V. |
| Source Titel | Nature Sustainability |
| Year | 2023 |
| Department | BZF |
| Volume | 6 |
| Issue | 7 |
| Page From | 845 |
| Page To | 854 |
| Language | englisch |
| Topic | T5 Future Landscapes |
| Data and Software links | https://doi.org/10.17605/OSF.IO/Y94ZT |
| Supplements | https://static-content.springer.com/esm/art%3A10.1038%2Fs41893-023-01087-8/MediaObjects/41893_2023_1087_MOESM3_ESM.xlsx https://static-content.springer.com/esm/art%3A10.1038%2Fs41893-023-01087-8/MediaObjects/41893_2023_1087_MOESM4_ESM.xlsx https://static-content.springer.com/esm/art%3A10.1038%2Fs41893-023-01087-8/MediaObjects/41893_2023_1087_MOESM5_ESM.csv https://static-content.springer.com/esm/art%3A10.1038%2Fs41893-023-01087-8/MediaObjects/41893_2023_1087_MOESM6_ESM.zip |
| Abstract | Consulting the best available evidence is key to successful conservation decision-making. While much scientific evidence on conservation continues to be published in non-English languages, a poor understanding of how non-English-language science contributes to conservation decision-making is causing global assessments and studies to practically ignore non-English-language literature. By investigating the use of scientific literature in biodiversity assessment reports across 37 countries/territories, we have uncovered the established role of non-English-language literature as a major source of information locally. On average, non-English-language literature constituted 65% of the references cited, and these were recognized as relevant knowledge sources by 75% of report authors. This means that by ignoring non-English-language science, international assessments may overlook important information on local and/or regional biodiversity. Furthermore, a quarter of the authors acknowledged the struggles of understanding English-language literature. This points to the need to aid the use of English-language literature in domestic decision-making, for example, by providing non-English-language abstracts or improving and/or implementing machine translation. (This abstract is also avaialble in 21 other languages in Supplementary Data 4). |
| Persistent UFZ Identifier | https://www.ufz.de/index.php?en=20939&ufzPublicationIdentifier=23322 |
| Amano, T., Berdejo-Espinola, V., Akasaka, M., de Andrade Junior, M.A.U., Blaise, N., Checco, J., Çilingir, F.G., Citegetse, G., Tor, M.C., Drobniak, S.M., Giakoumi, S., Golivets, M., Ion, M.C., Jara-Díaz, J.P., Katayose, R., Lasmana, F.P.S., Lin, H.-Y., Lopez, E., Mikula, P., Morales-Barquero, L., Mupepele, A.-C., Narváez-Gómez, J.P., Nguyen, T.H., Nogueira Lisboa, S., Nuñez, M.A., Pavón-Jordán, D., Pottier, P., Prescott, G.W., Samad, F., Šćiban, M., Seo, H.-M., Shinoda, Y., Vajna, F., Vozykova, S., Walsh, J.C., Wee, A.K.S., Xiao, H., Zamora-Gutierrez, V. (2023): The role of non-English-language science in informing national biodiversity assessments Nat. Sustain. 6 (7), 845 - 854 10.1038/s41893-023-01087-8 |
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