We are facing a biodiversity crisis at the same time as we are acquiring an unprecedented view of the world’s biodiversity. Vast new datasets (e.g., species distributions, traits, phylogenies, and interaction networks) hold knowledge to better comprehend the depths of biodiversity change, reliably anticipate these changes, and inform conservation actions. To harness this information for conservation, we need to integrate the largely independent fields of biodiversity modeling and conservation. We highlight new developments in each respective field, early examples of how they are being brought together, and ideas for a future synthesis such that conservation decisions can be made with fuller awareness of the biodiversity at stake.

我们在面对世界生物多样性的空前观点的同时，正面临着生物多样性危机。大量新的数据集（例如，物种分布，性状，系统发育和相互作用网络）拥有知识，可以更好地理解生物多样性变化的深度，可靠地预测这些变化并为保护行动提供信息。为了利用这些信息进行保护，我们需要整合生物多样性建模和保护的大部分独立领域。我们重点介绍了各个领域的新发展，如何将它们整合在一起的早期示例，以及关于未来综合的想法，以便可以在对生物多样性有更充分的认识的情况下做出保护决定。