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Treading the Wallacean shortfall for an endemic, iconic and threatened butterfly

Dr Shuang Xing1, Mr Tsun Fung  Au1,2, Ms Pauline Dufour1, Dr Wenda Cheng1, Mr Felix  Landry Yuan1, Prof Fenghai Jia3, Prof Lien Van Vu4, Prof Min Wang5, Dr Timothy  Bonebrake1 1School of Biological Sciences, The University Of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China, 2Department of Geography, Indiana University, Bloomington, United States , 3Jiangxi University of Traditional…

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Marine ecological connectivity under the impact of climate change: can we climate-proof governance of ABNJ?

Dr Ekaterina Popova1, Prof Warwick  Sauer3, Prof  David Vousden3, Dr Essam Yassin  Mohammed2, Mr Stephen Kelly1, Dr Andrew Yool1 1National Oceanography Centre, Southampton, United Kingdom, 2International Institute for Environment and Development, London, United Kingdom, 3Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa Marine ecological connectivity is a complex natural phenomenon linking various components of marine ecosystems in time…

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Biodiversity in a shifting sea: challenges and solutions for working across the science-policy interface

Dr Abigail McQuatters-Gollop1 1University of Plymouth, Plymouth, United Kingdom Good policy decisions about the marine environment are based on scientific evidence. Working across the science-policy interface is challenging, however, as these two different communities have separate objectives, ways of communicating, areas of expertise, and even disparate languages. Understanding and communicating climate-driven changes in marine biodiversity…

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Argos System and Satellites for Migratory Species Conservation

Dr Sophie Baudel1, Mr. Yann Bernard1, Mr. Stephan Lauriol 1CLS, Ramonville, France   Argos is the main satellite telemetry system used by the wildlife research community, environmental agencies, NGOs, marine parks, etc. for animal tracking and scientific data collection to observe, analyze and understand large-scale migrations and propose conservation measures. Argos tracking data on hundreds…