Time Horizons and Extinction Risk in Endangered Species Categorization Systems

摘要: Assessing extinction risk is a fundamental issue in conservation biology. However, national and international legislation the implementing regulations that establish categorization procedures often include vague definitions of analytic time horizons (e.g., “foreseeable future”). Because there no single framework for interpreting these terms, individual decisions are made on case-by-case basis. We examine how lack an priori assessing over can lead to capricious decisionmaking, which turn hinder biodiversity scientific credibility. give recommendations making more transparent consistent with respect risk.