Conservation assessment is a rapidly evolving discipline whose stated goal is the design of
networks of protected areas that represent and ensure the persistence of nature (ie, species …

Conservation planning is often informed by quantitative targets: these are minimum amounts
of the distribution of a species, vegetation type, or other biodiversity feature intended for …

Conserving biodiversity requires identifying and addressing the myriad of problems
generated when humans exploit natural resources. This chapter first explores ways in which …

Abstract “How much is enough?” is a question that conservationists, scientists, and
policymakers have struggled with for years in conservation planning. To answer this …

The preoccupation of many conservation planners with the refinement of systematic
assessment techniques has manifested an “implementation crisis” in conservation planning …

A widely recognized challenge in natural resource management and conservation is the gap
between the knowledge generated by researchers and the information being used to inform …

Commonalities and complementarities among approaches to conservation monitoring and
evaluation (M&E) are not well articulated, creating the potential for confusion, misuse, and …

Background Systematic conservation planning is a discipline concerned with the
prioritisation of resources for biodiversity conservation and is often used in the design or …

Improving the use of scientific evidence in conservation policy has been a long-standing
focus of the conservation community. A plethora of studies have examined conservation …

Over the last three decades a great deal of research, money, and effort have been put into
the development of theory and techniques designed to make conservation more efficient …