In 2010 world governments agreed to eliminate, phase out or reform incentives that harm biodiversity by 2020. Yet few governments have even identified such incentives, never mind taking action on them. While some subsidies are well studied, such as in fisheries and fossil fuel production, there is an urgent need for the conservation community to study the potential effects a broader array of subsidies have on biodiversity. In addition, we need a better understanding of who benefits from these subsidies. We term this pursuit ‘subsidy accountability’, which is crucial but challenging work crossing disciplines and government ministries. It requires ecologists, forensic accountants, and policy wonks, calculating and forecasting the positive and negative effects of subsidies and their elimination on biodiversity and vulnerable human populations. The Intergovernmental Panel for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services recently concluded that action on biodiversity loss requires transformative economic change; true action on subsidies is one step towards such change.

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资助灭绝？

2010年，世界各国政府同意在2020年之前消除，淘汰或改革对生物多样性造成损害的激励措施。然而，很少有政府甚至已经确定了此类激励措施，不必介意对其采取行动。虽然对一些补贴进行了很好的研究，例如在渔业和化石燃料生产中，但保护社区迫切需要研究各种补贴对生物多样性的潜在影响。此外，我们需要更好地了解谁将从这些补贴中受益。我们将这种追求称为“补贴责任制”，这对跨学科和政府部门的工作至关重要，但充满挑战。它要求生态学家，法务会计师和政策工作者，计算和预测补贴及其取消对生物多样性和脆弱人群的正反作用。政府间生物多样性和生态系统服务小组最近得出结论，对生物多样性丧失采取行动需要变革性的经济变革；对补贴采取真正的行动是朝着这种转变迈出的一步。