Building and implementing systems of conservation areas

Abstract

OUTLINE

1. Introduction

2. Systematic conservation planning

3. Data for conservation planning

4. Methods for the selection of conservation areas

5. Representation or persistence? Dynamics and uncertainty

6. Global conservation planning

7. The future of conservation planning: Research challenges

The future of biodiversity depends critically on effective systems of conservation areas. The science underpinning the design and implementation of these systems has benefited from advances in ecology, data acquisition, and computational methods. Future success requires innovation on issues such as scale, the dynamic nature of threats and opportunities, and socioeconomic factors.