Supporting Conservation: The Roles of Flagship Species and Identifiable Victims

Flagship Species Conservation and Introduced Species Invasion : Toxic Aspects Along Loire River (France)

Flagship umbrella species needed for the conservation of overlooked aquatic biodiversity.

Gregor Kalinkat, ∗ Juliano S. Cabral, William Darwall, G. Francesco Ficetola, Judith L. Fisher, Darren P. Giling, Marie-Pierre Gosselin, Hans-Peter Grossart, Sonja C. Jähnig, Jonathan M. Jeschke, Klaus Knopf, Stefano Larsen, Gabriela Onandia, Marlene Pätzig, Wolf-Christian Saul, Gabriel Singer, Erik Sperfeld, and Ivan Jarić Leibniz-Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries (IGB), Müg...

The problem of rape and supporting victims.

centres and also offer counselling services. The umbrella organisation, the Rape Crisis Federation (RCF), acts as a referral service to individual women who are seeking advice and/or support around the issues of rape or sexual assault. For further information see the editorial on pages 120–122. • Victim Support. This is a national charity that helps people cope with crime. For further informati...

Biodiversity gains from efficient use of private sponsorship for flagship species conservation.

To address the global extinction crisis, both efficient use of existing conservation funding and new sources of funding are vital. Private sponsorship of charismatic 'flagship' species conservation represents an important source of new funding, but has been criticized as being inefficient. However, the ancillary benefits of privately sponsored flagship species conservation via actions benefitin...

Using a systematic approach to select flagship species for bird conservation.

Conservation marketing campaigns that focus on flagship species play a vital role in biological diversity conservation because they raise funds and change people's behavior. However, most flagship species are selected without considering the target audience of the campaign, which can hamper the campaign's effectiveness. To address this problem, we used a systematic and stakeholder-driven approa...