Systematic Conservation Planning with Marxan

Title
Systematic Conservation Planning with Marxan
Publication Date
2017
Author(s)
Watts, Matthew
( author )
OrcID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9094-1335
Email: mwatts24@une.edu.au
UNE Id une-id:mwatts24
Stewart, Romola
Martin, Tara G
Klein, Carissa J
Carwardine, Josie
Possingham, Hugh P
Editor
Editor(s): Sarah E Gergel and Monica G Turner
Type of document
Book Chapter
Language
en
Entity Type
Publication
Publisher
Springer
Place of publication
New York, United States of America
Edition
2
DOI
10.1007/978-1-4939-6374-4_13
UNE publication id
une:21279
Abstract
Conservation planning is the science of choosing which actions to take where for the purpose of conserving biodiversity. Creating a system of protected areas is the most common form of systematic conservation planning. Hence, we will focus on the process of protected area selection in this chapter. Marxan is the most widely used software in the world for creating marine and terrestrial protected area systems. Because conservation planning is an important job skill for conservation and resource managers, you should understand the principles involved even if you don't use this software in your job and even if you use software other than Marxan for systematic conservation planning. From this chapter, we would like you to: 1. Gain an understanding of the principles of conservation planning: representation, complementarity, adequacy, efficiency, and spatial compactness; 2. See and understand how these principles can be applied to a practical example; and 3. Gain familiarity with Marxan software (via the Zonae Cogito interface). In Exercise 1, you will explore a simple reserve design problem using a spreadsheet exercise (Exercise1.xls) to implement the basic principles of reserve design in a simple hypothetical landscape. In Exercise 2, you will use Marxan to design systems of protected areas in Tasmania. You will run Marxan through Zonae Cogito, a decision support system through which Marxan can be run in an interactive and user-friendly way. Software installation for Exercise 2 requires following detailed instructions ... and will likely require administrator privileges on your machine to install and operate properly. All the data files needed to complete the exercises can be found on the book website, along with some options for additional advanced exercises.
Link
Citation
Learning Landscape Ecology: A Practical Guide to Concepts and Techniques, p. 211-227
ISBN
9781493963744
9781493963720
Start page
211
End page
227

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