Tropical field stations yield high conservation return on investment
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Abstract Conservation funding is currently limited; cost‐effective conservation solutions are essential. We suggest that the thousands of field stations worldwide can play key roles at the frontline of biodiversity conservation and have high intrinsic value. We assessed field stations’ conservation return on investment and explored the impact of COVID‐19. We surveyed leaders of field stations across tropical regions that host primate research; 157 field stations in 56 countries responded. Respondents reported improved habitat quality and reduced hunting rates at over 80% of field stations and lower operational costs per km 2 than protected areas, yet half of those surveyed have less funding now than in 2019. Spatial analyses support field station presence as reducing deforestation. These “earth observatories” provide a high return on investment; we advocate for increased support of field station programs and for governments to support their vital conservation efforts by investing accordingly.
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Portland State UniversitySan Diego Zoo Institute for Conservation ResearchInternational Union for Conservation of NatureUniversity of San DiegoCalifornia Miramar UniversityUniversity of Nebraska–LincolnUniversity of California, Los AngelesSapienza University of RomeRadboud University NijmegenRadboud University Medical CenterRadboud Institute for Molecular Life SciencesPrimate ConservationUniversidad San Francisco de QuitoThe University of Texas at AustinDurham UniversityUniversity of Wisconsin–MadisonUniversiti Malaysia TerengganuUniversity of DoualaNature Conservation AgencySabah Wildlife DepartmentSabah Environmental TrustMadagasikara VoakajySingapore PolytechnicUniversidad VeracruzanaLiverpool John Moores UniversityUniversity of LethbridgeUniversity of South AfricaUniversity of PretoriaUniversity of MichiganEmory UniversityUniversidade Federal de PernambucoPontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do SulInstitut Supérieur Pédagogique de BukavuMbarara University of Science and TechnologyMax Planck Institute for Evolutionary AnthropologyRainforest AllianceUniversity of TorontoMahidol UniversityMpala Research Center and Wildlife FoundationUniversidade Federal de Mato GrossoUniversity of OxfordInstitute of Human SciencesUniversity of AlgarveVancouver Island UniversityOxford Brookes UniversityBorneo Orangutan Survival FoundationColumbia UniversityYunkawasiNational Association of Chronic Disease DirectorsSmithsonian Tropical Research InstituteUniversity of KonstanzMax Planck Institute of Animal BehaviorNorth Carolina Zoo SocietyCameron UniversityKwame Nkrumah University of Science and TechnologyUniversity of ArushaUniversity of the Philippines Los BañosAssociation VahatraUniversidad Nacional Autónoma de MéxicoUniversitat de GironaGorongosa National ParkCalifornia State University, FullertonUniversity of OsloYale UniversityUniversidade do PortoCardiff UniversityGerman Primate CenterUniversity of GöttingenUniversidad Andina del CuscoUniversity of BanguiUniversity of the Philippines MindanaoUniversität HamburgUniversity of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignDali UniversityWildlife Information Liaison DevelopmentShiv Nadar FoundationDrexel UniversitySwiss Centre for Scientific ResearchUniversité Félix Houphouët-BoignyThe University of Texas Medical Branch at GalvestonUniversidade Federal do AmazonasUniversity of North Carolina at Chapel HillKibale Chimpanzee ProjectIndian River State CollegeMetropolitan Community College - Kansas CityUniversity of North GeorgiaUniversity of VendaUniversity of ExeterPhnom Penh International UniversityKyoto UniversityJapan Wildlife Research CenterNiger Delta UniversityWildlife Conservation SocietyNorthern Illinois UniversityUniversity of AntananarivoUniversidade de São PauloInstituto Chico Mendes de Conservação da BiodiversidadeUganda National Health Research OrganisationUniversity of Massachusetts BostonUniversity of RwandaInstitute of Primate ResearchNational Museums of KenyaUniversity of Palangka RayaBoston UniversityUniversity of ZurichCentro Científico Tecnológico - NordesteUniversity of Trans-Disciplinary Health Sciences and TechnologyCentre For Wildlife StudiesFauna and Flora InternationalMinistry of National Education and Scientific ResearchUniversidad de Los AndesUniversidad de PanamáPanama Canal AuthorityNSW Forestry CorporationMadagascar Biodiversity PartnershipUniversity of StirlingChulalongkorn UniversitySolusi UniversityToronto ZooThe Ohio State UniversityUniversity of CalgaryBahir Dar UniversityUniversity of LisbonCentre for Research in AnthropologyUniversidade Nova de LisboaFundación Para La Investigación Y Gestión En Servicios de SaludLincoln Park ZooNational University of Equatorial GuineaCheikh Anta Diop UniversityPeace CorpsInstitut Facultaire des Sciences de l'Information et de la CommunicationKent State UniversityConsejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y TécnicasNational University of MisionesInstituto de Biología SubtropicalBinus UniversityWildlife Conservation Society IndonesiaMakerere UniversityTexas State UniversityDuke UniversityInstituto de Desenvolvimento Sustentável MamirauáCentre National de Recherches sur l'EnvironnementCatholic University of MadagascarInstitut Pasteur de MadagascarUniversity of California, BerkeleyScience OxfordOxford Spires AcademyAndalas UniversityUniversity of El SalvadorWashington University in St. LouisWildlife Conservation Society CongoCarleton UniversityRegis UniversityUniversity of LoméInstituto de EcologíaAssociation of Zoos and AquariumsCollege of Science, Technology and Applied Arts of Trinidad and TobagoUniversité Libre de BruxellesPurdue University Fort WaynePara La TierraDrax (United Kingdom)University College LondonUniversity of NairobiUniversity of California San DiegoHarvard UniversityUniversidade Federal de São PauloRoyal Zoological Society of AntwerpInstituto Venezolano de Investigaciones CientíficasRutgers, The State University of New JerseyInstitute of Forest ScienceHealth Awareness (United States)Lyon 1 UniversitéCentre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueInstitut des Sciences CognitivesRobert S. Peabody Museum of ArchaeologyCentre National de la Recherche Appliquée au Developpement RuralStony Brook University
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Primate Behavior and EcologyWildlife Ecology and ConservationZoonotic diseases and public health