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Reconciling biodiversity conservation and flood risk reduction : The new strategy for freshwater protected areas

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Title: Reconciling biodiversity conservation and flood risk reduction : The new strategy for freshwater protected areas
Authors: Akasaka, Takumi Browse this author
Mori, Terutaka Browse this author
Ishiyama, Nobuo Browse this author
Takekawa, Yuya Browse this author
Kawamoto, Tomonori Browse this author
Inoue, Mikio Browse this author
Mitsuhashi, Hiromune Browse this author
Kawaguchi, Yoichi Browse this author
Ichiyanagi, Hidetaka Browse this author
Onikura, Norio Browse this author
Miyake, Yo Browse this author
Katano, Izumi Browse this author
Akasaka, Munemitsu Browse this author
Nakamura, Futoshi Browse this author →KAKEN DB
Keywords: aquatic animals
climate change
complementarity
eco-DRR
river
win-win strategy
Issue Date: Jun-2022
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Journal Title: Diversity & distributions
Volume: 28
Issue: 6
Start Page: 1191
End Page: 1201
Publisher DOI: 10.1111/ddi.13517
Abstract: Aim Natural disaster risk reduction (DRR) is becoming a more important function of protected area (PAs) for current and future global warming. However, biodiversity conservation and DRR have been handled separately and their interrelationship has not been explicitly addressed. This is mainly because, due of prevailing strategies and criteria for PA placement, a large proportion of PAs are currently located far from human-occupied areas, and habitats in human-occupied areas have been largely ignored as potential sites for conservation despite their high biodiversity. If intensely developed lowland areas with high flooding risk overlap with important sites for biodiversity conservation, it would be reasonable to try to harmonize biodiversity conservation and human development in human-inhabited lowland areas. Here, we examined whether extant PAs can conserve macroinvertebrate and freshwater fish biodiversity and whether human-inhabited lowland flood risk management sites might be suitable to designate as freshwater protected areas (FPAs). Location Across Japan. Methods We examined whether extant PAs can conserve macroinvertebrate and freshwater fish biodiversity and analysed the relationship between candidate sites for new FPAs and flood disaster risk and land use intensity at a national scale across Japan based on distribution data for 131 freshwater fish species and 1395 macroinvertebrate species. Results We found that extant PAs overlapped with approximately 30% of conservation-priority grid cells (1 km(2)) for both taxa. Particularly for red-listed species, only one species of freshwater fish and three species of macroinvertebrate achieved the representation target within extant PAs. Moreover, more than 40% of candidate conservation-priority grid cells were located in flood risk and human-occupied areas for both taxa. Main conclusions Floodplain conservation provides suitable habitat for many freshwater organisms and helps control floodwaters, so establishing new FPAs in areas with high flood risk could be a win-win strategy for conserving freshwater biodiversity and enhancing ecosystem-based DRR (eco-DRR).
Type: article
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/2115/85677
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