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Research in Conservation Planning
The human-caused loss of biodiversity is one of the major issues of our age. The magnitude and ultimate consequences of that loss are currently not well understood. Nevertheless, governments and NGOs are engaged in concerted efforts to reduce biodiversity loss by expanding reserve networks and promoting more sustainable use of non-reserved landscapes. The field of systematic conservation planning has developed over the past 20 years in response to the need for better theory and methods for setting biodiversity conservation priorities at local to regional scales. Our research in conservation planning has included assessing the representativeness of existing reserve systems (Gap Analysis), developing methods for identifying new reserve sites, and designing decision support tools to enable regional conservation planners to make better use of existing data and information.
Follow this link to recent and current research projects in conservation planning.