Santiago Velazco Co-Authors Paper in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

COGS researcher Santiago José Elías Velasco joins a consortium of international biodiversity scholars in publishing an article in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. This article argues that the Kunming–Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework cannot meet its goals if it continues relying mostly on retrospective monitoring, and it calls for integrating predictive biodiversity models into conservation planning. The authors propose creating a World Biodiversity Research Programme to coordinate international modeling efforts, improve data and capacity gaps, and provide forward-looking guidance so nations can design effective actions that genuinely halt biodiversity loss rather than only track its decline.