{"id":9981,"date":"2020-10-27T10:40:53","date_gmt":"2020-10-27T14:40:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/?p=9981"},"modified":"2026-02-23T15:51:47","modified_gmt":"2026-02-23T20:51:47","slug":"carleton-researchers-find-half-of-budgets-for-species-conservation-is-used-for-monitoring-not-protecting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/2020\/carleton-researchers-find-half-of-budgets-for-species-conservation-is-used-for-monitoring-not-protecting\/","title":{"rendered":"Carleton Researchers, Rachel Buxton and Joseph Bennett, Find Half of Budgets for Species Conservation is Used for Monitoring, Not Protecting"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-5xl  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n            <div class=\"cu-textmedia flex flex-col lg:flex-row mx-auto gap-6 md:gap-10 my-6 md:my-12 first:mt-0 max-w-5xl\">\n        <div class=\"justify-start cu-textmedia-content cu-prose-first-last\" style=\"flex: 0 0 100%;\">\n            <header class=\"font-light prose-xl cu-pageheader md:prose-2xl cu-component-updated cu-prose-first-last\">\n                                    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold !mt-2 mb-4 md:mb-6 relative after:absolute after:h-px after:bottom-0 after:bg-cu-red after:left-px text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] pb-5 after:w-10 text-cu-black-700 not-prose\">\n                        Carleton Researchers, Rachel Buxton and Joseph Bennett, Find Half of Budgets for Species Conservation is Used for Monitoring, Not Protecting\n                    <\/h1>\n                \n                                \n                            <\/header>\n\n                    <\/div>\n\n            <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<p>Researchers from Carleton University and Environment and Climate Change Canada studied recovery plans for more than 2,000 endangered species across the United States, New Zealand and New South Wales, Australia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Threatened species need fast action to avoid extinction and, as a researcher, discovering how few of our precious resources are being budgeted for action has been a wake-up call,&#8221; said Carleton&#8217;s Rachel Buxton.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;As scientists, we love to collect data,&#8221; said Joseph Bennett, &#8220;But it is more important to protect species from extinction. We want to make sure we are being wise with our resources&#8230;&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/newsroom.carleton.ca\/2020\/carleton-researchers-find-half-of-budgets-for-species-conservation-is-used-for-monitoring-not-protecting\/\">Read More<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"160\" height=\"90\" src=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/230\/koala-160x90.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9987\" srcset=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/230\/koala-160x90.jpg 160w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/230\/koala-240x135.jpg 240w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/230\/koala-400x225.jpg 400w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/230\/koala-360x202.jpg 360w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/230\/koala.jpg 635w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 160px) 100vw, 160px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Related Article with Radio Canada Internationa<\/em>l, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rcinet.ca\/en\/2020\/09\/22\/study-raises-questions-about-how-funds-are-allocated-to-save-endangered-species\/\">&#8220;Study Raises Questions About Allocation of Funds to Save Endangered Species&#8221;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Researchers from Carleton University and Environment and Climate Change Canada studied recovery plans for more than 2,000 endangered species across the United States, New Zealand and New South Wales, Australia. &#8220;Threatened species need fast action to avoid extinction and, as a researcher, discovering how few of our precious resources are being budgeted for action has [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":8317,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9981","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"acf":{"cu_post_thumbnail":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9981","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9981"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9981\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9985,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9981\/revisions\/9985"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8317"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9981"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9981"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9981"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}