scholarly journals Systematic Conservation Planning: A Better Recipe for Managing the High Seas for Biodiversity Conservation and Sustainable Use

2013 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 41-54 ◽  
Author(s):  
Natalie C. Ban ◽  
Nicholas J. Bax ◽  
Kristina M. Gjerde ◽  
Rodolphe Devillers ◽  
Daniel C. Dunn ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Biodiversity Conservation ◽  
Conservation Planning ◽  
Sustainable Use ◽  
Systematic Conservation Planning ◽  
High Seas

scholarly journals INVESTIGATING CROSS CONGRUENCE BETWEEN BUTTERFLY TAXA AND ECOLOGICAL COMMUNITY WITHIN THE FRAMEWORK OF SYSTEMATIC CONSERVATION PLANNING: A CASE STUDY FROM LESSER CAUCASUS ECOREGION OF TURKEY

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Banu Kaya özdemirel
Keyword(s):  
Protected Areas ◽  
Biodiversity Conservation ◽  
Site Selection ◽  
Conservation Planning ◽  
Environmental Parameters ◽  
Systematic Conservation Planning ◽  
Ecological Community ◽  
North Eastern ◽  
Lesser Caucasus

Cross taxa congruence was investigated between butterfly taxa and ecological community for fine spatial scale (10 × 10 km² UTM grids) in north-eastern part of Turkey. The study area was evaluated within the scope of systematic conservation planning, and analyses were performed for sets of priority protected areas composed using complementarity-based site selection software Marxan. Cross taxa congruence was subsequently examined both in species richness and ecologic complementarity. Accordingly, it has been observed that the cross-taxon congruence between butterfly taxa and ecological community was relatively better than the results of previous studies. Another remarkable finding is that ecological community was a more robust surrogate than butterfly taxa. Although the results are valuable for conservation studies, they highlight the fact that a simple surrogate-based site selection would be inadequate to represent overall biodiversity.  The weakness of congruence patterns among surrogates would also lead to gaps in biodiversity conservation. These findings therefore draw attention to the necessities of incorporating surrogates of distinct ecology or some other surrogates like environmental parameters into conservation planning. Otherwise, there may be mistakes regarding species representation and the vast majority of species may be misrepresented in protected areas and protected area plans. At this point, it should be emphasized that understating cross taxa congruence and/or relationships is a key component for efficient biodiversity conservation.

scholarly journals Reply to Biodiversity conservation gaps in Brazil: A role for systematic conservation planning

2018 ◽  
Vol 16 (3) ◽  
pp. 166-167
Author(s):  
Ubirajara Oliveira ◽  
Britaldo Silveira Soares-Filho ◽  
Adriano Pereira Paglia ◽  
Antonio D. Brescovit ◽  
Claudio J.B. de Carvalho ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Biodiversity Conservation ◽  
Conservation Planning ◽  
Systematic Conservation Planning

scholarly journals Biodiversity and Systematic Conservation Planning for the Twenty-first Century: A Philosophical Perspective

2015 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-11 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sahotra Sarkar
Keyword(s):  
Habitat Use ◽  
Cultural Values ◽  
Biodiversity Conservation ◽  
Conservation Biology ◽  
Conservation Planning ◽  
First Century ◽  
Systematic Conservation Planning ◽  
Philosophical Perspective ◽  
Trade Offs ◽  
Surrogate Measures

The concept of biodiversity, its introduction in conservation biology, and its evolution in the framework of systematic conservation planning, are analyzed. Attempts to quantify biodiversity and to find surrogate measures for it are described. It is shown that biodiversity originated as and remains a fundamentally normative concept. However, while attempts to reduce biodiversity conservation to the achievement of sustainability are misplaced, natural values other than biodiversity also merit promotion. Multi-criteria analysis can be used to capture necessary trade-offs between these values when they are in conflict. Moreover, given the possibility of trade-off analysis, socio-cultural values can also be integrated into habitat use decisions along with natural values. Thus biodiversity conservation can be integrated into more general framework of habitat use planning.Conservation Science Vol.2(1) 2014: 1-11

scholarly journals Combined application of biophysical habitat mapping and systematic conservation planning to assess efficiency and representativeness of the existing High Seas MPA network in the Northeast Atlantic

2015 ◽  
Vol 72 (5) ◽  
pp. 1483-1497 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jon L. Evans ◽  
Frances Peckett ◽  
Kerry L. Howell
Keyword(s):  
Conservation Planning ◽  
Systematic Conservation Planning ◽  
Network Efficiency ◽  
Northeast Atlantic ◽  
Combined Application ◽  
Seabed Topography ◽  
The Difference ◽  
Selection Of ◽  
Mpa Network ◽  
High Seas

Abstract The High Seas are increasingly the subject of exploitation. Although Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) are seen as a useful tool in the sustainable management of the oceans, progress in the implementation of MPA networks in areas beyond national jurisdiction has been limited. Specifically, the criteria of “representativeness” has received little consideration. This study uses the systematic conservation planning software Marxan coupled with a biologically meaningful biophysical habitat map to investigate representative MPA network scenarios and to assess the efficiency and representativeness of the existing High Seas MPA network in the Northeast Atlantic. Habitat maps were created based on the layers of water mass structure and seabed topography resulting in 30 different habitats, in six distinct regions. Conservation targets were set at 10 and 30% representation of each habitat within the final network. Two portfolios were created. The first portfolio (P1) ignored the presence of the existing MPA network within the study area allowing a non-biased selection of planning units (PUs) or sites to be chosen. The second (P2) enforced the selection of areas within the existing MPA network. Efficiency was measured as the difference in the percentage area contained within the “best scenario” MPAs from the un-bias run (P1) compared with (P2). Representativety of the existing network was assessed through the investigation of the properties of PUs included within MPAs in the “best scenario” Marxan output of P2. The results suggest that the current MPA network is neither efficient nor representative. There were clear differences in the spatial distribution of PUs selected in P1 compared with P2. The area required to be protected to achieve that the representation of 10 and 30% of each habitat was 8–10 and 1–4% higher, respectively, in P2 compared with P1. Abyssal areas in all regions are underrepresented within the current MPA network.

scholarly journals Optimized Spatial Priorities for Biodiversity Conservation in China: A Systematic Conservation Planning Perspective

PLoS ONE ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 9 (7) ◽  
pp. e103783 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ruidong Wu ◽  
Yongcheng Long ◽  
George P. Malanson ◽  
Paul A. Garber ◽  
Shuang Zhang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Biodiversity Conservation ◽  
Conservation Planning ◽  
Systematic Conservation Planning

Why are we still using a ?one size fits all? philosophy for systematic reserve planning in Australia?

2008 ◽  
Vol 14 (4) ◽  
pp. 233 ◽  
Author(s):  
James Watson ◽  
Richard A. Fuller ◽  
Lissa Barr
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Biodiversity Conservation ◽  
Conservation Planning ◽  
Systematic Conservation Planning

Funds available for investment in biodiversity conservation are small in comparison with the resources available to those interested in using the land for other purposes. In response to this disparity, the discipline of systematic conservation planning has developed tools to optimize decision making for investing limited conservation funds in the most effective and transparent manner possible (Possingham et al. 2006). Since its origins in the mid-1980s, systematic conservation planning has grown rapidly, spawning hundreds of peer-reviewed papers (Pressey et al. 2007). Importantly, it now shapes policy legislation in many terrestrial and marine regions across the globe.

Applying systematic conservation planning to improve the allocation of restoration actions at multiple spatial scales

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ben L. Gilby ◽  
Andrew D. Olds ◽  
Christopher J. Brown ◽  
Rod M. Connolly ◽  
Christopher J. Henderson ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Conservation Planning ◽  
Spatial Scales ◽  
Systematic Conservation Planning ◽  
Multiple Spatial Scales
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