Systematic conservation planning

C. R. Margules and R. L. Pressey
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C. R. Margules: CSIRO Wildlife and Ecology, Tropical Forest Research Centre, and the Rainforest Cooperative Research Centre
R. L. Pressey: NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service

Nature, 2000, vol. 405, issue 6783, 243-253

Abstract: Abstract The realization of conservation goals requires strategies for managing whole landscapes including areas allocated to both production and protection. Reserves alone are not adequate for nature conservation but they are the cornerstone on which regional strategies are built. Reserves have two main roles. They should sample or represent the biodiversity of each region and they should separate this biodiversity from processes that threaten its persistence. Existing reserve systems throughout the world contain a biased sample of biodiversity, usually that of remote places and other areas that are unsuitable for commercial activities. A more systematic approach to locating and designing reserves has been evolving and this approach will need to be implemented if a large proportion of today's biodiversity is to exist in a future of increasing numbers of people and their demands on natural resources.

Date: 2000
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