TY - JOUR

T1 - Safeguarding Imperiled Biodiversity and Evolutionary Processes in the Wallacea Center of Endemism

AU - Struebig, Matthew

AU - Aninta, Sabhrina G.

AU - Beger, Maria

AU - Bani, Alessia

AU - Barus, Henry

AU - Brace, Selina

AU - Davies, Zoe

AU - De Brauwer, Maarten

AU - Diele, Karen

AU - Djakiman, Cilun

AU - Djamaluddin, Rignolda

AU - Drinkwater, Rosie

AU - Drumbell, Alex

AU - Evans, Darren

AU - Fusi, Marco

AU - Herrera-Alsina, Leonel

AU - Iksander, Djoko T.

AU - Jompa, Jamluddin

AU - Juliandi, Berry

AU - Lancaster, Lesley T.

AU - Limmon, Gino

AU - Lindawati , null

AU - Lo, Michaela G Y

AU - Lupiyaningdyah , Pungki

AU - McCannon, Molly

AU - Meijaard, Erik

AU - Mitchell, Simon L.

AU - Mumbunan, Sonny

AU - O'Connell, Darren

AU - Osborne, Owen

AU - Papadopulos, Alexander S. T.

AU - Rahajoe, Joeni S.

AU - Rosaria, null

AU - Rossiter, Stephen J.

AU - Rugayah, null

AU - Rustiami, Himmah

AU - Salzmann, Ulrich

AU - Sheherazade, null

AU - Sudiana, I. Made

AU - Sukara, Endang

AU - Tasirin, Johny S.

AU - Tjoa, Aiyen

AU - Travis, Justin M. J.

AU - Trethowan, Liam

AU - Trianto, Agus

AU - Utteridge, Tim

AU - Voigt, Maria

AU - Winarni, Nurul

AU - Zakaria, Zulianto

AU - Edwards, David P.

AU - Frantz, Laurent

AU - Supriatna, Jatna

PY - 2022/11

Y1 - 2022/11

N2 - Wallacea—the meeting point between the Asian and Australian fauna—is one of the world's largest centers of endemism. Twenty-three million years of complex geological history have given rise to a living laboratory for the study of evolution and biodiversity, highly vulnerable to anthropogenic pressures. In the present article, we review the historic and contemporary processes shaping Wallacea's biodiversity and explore ways to conserve its unique ecosystems. Although remoteness has spared many Wallacean islands from the severe overexploitation that characterizes many tropical regions, industrial-scale expansion of agriculture, mining, aquaculture and fisheries is damaging terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems, denuding endemics from communities, and threatening a long-term legacy of impoverished human populations. An impending biodiversity catastrophe demands collaborative actions to improve community-based management, minimize environmental impacts, monitor threatened species, and reduce wildlife trade. Securing a positive future for Wallacea's imperiled ecosystems requires a fundamental shift away from managing marine and terrestrial realms independently.

AB - Wallacea—the meeting point between the Asian and Australian fauna—is one of the world's largest centers of endemism. Twenty-three million years of complex geological history have given rise to a living laboratory for the study of evolution and biodiversity, highly vulnerable to anthropogenic pressures. In the present article, we review the historic and contemporary processes shaping Wallacea's biodiversity and explore ways to conserve its unique ecosystems. Although remoteness has spared many Wallacean islands from the severe overexploitation that characterizes many tropical regions, industrial-scale expansion of agriculture, mining, aquaculture and fisheries is damaging terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems, denuding endemics from communities, and threatening a long-term legacy of impoverished human populations. An impending biodiversity catastrophe demands collaborative actions to improve community-based management, minimize environmental impacts, monitor threatened species, and reduce wildlife trade. Securing a positive future for Wallacea's imperiled ecosystems requires a fundamental shift away from managing marine and terrestrial realms independently.

U2 - 10.1093/biosci/biac085

DO - 10.1093/biosci/biac085

M3 - Article

C2 - 36325105

VL - 72

SP - 1118

EP - 1130

JO - BioScience

JF - BioScience

SN - 1525-3244

IS - 11

ER -