Advances in systematic conservation planning to meet global biodiversity goals
Year: 2025
Type: review
Abstract: Systematic conservation planning (SCP) involves the cost-effective placement and application of management actions to achieve biodiversity conservation objectives. Given the political momentum for greater global nature protection, restoration, and improved management of natural resources articulated in the targets of the Global Biodiversity Framework, assessing the state-of-the-art of SCP is timely. Recent advances in SCP include faster and more exact algorithms and software, inclusion of ecosystem services and multiple facets of biodiversity (e.g., genetic diversity, functional diversity), climate-smart approaches, prioritizing multiple actions, and increased SCP accessibility through online tools. To promote the adoption of SCP by decision-makers, we provide recommendations for bridging the gap between SCP science and practice, such as standardizing the communication of planning uncertainty and capacity-building training courses.
Source: Trends in Ecology & Evolution
Authors: Sylvaine Giakoumi, Anthony J. Richardson, Aggeliki Doxa, Stefano Moro, Marco Andrello, Jeffrey O. Hanson, Virgilio Hermoso, Tessa Mazor, Jennifer McGowan, Heini Kujala, Elizabeth Law, Jorge G. Álvarez-Romero, Rafael A. Magris, Elena Gissi, Nur Arafeh-Dalmau, Anna Metaxas, Elina A. Virtanen, Natalie C. Ban, Robert M. Runya, Daniel C. Dunn, Simonetta Fraschetti, Ibon Galparsoro, Robert J. Smith, Francois Bastardie, Vanessa Stelzenmüller, Hugh P. Possingham, Stelios Katsanevakis
Institutions: Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, The University of Queensland, CSIRO Environment, University of Crete, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, National Research Council, Institute for the Study of Anthropic Impact and Sustainability in the Marine Environment, Carleton University, Estación Biológica de Doñana, Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action, University of Helsinki, Finnish Museum of Natural History, James Cook University, Ministry of the Environment, Instituto Chico Mendes de Conservação da Biodiversidade, Istituto di Scienze Marine del Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Hopkins Marine Station, Stanford University, Dalhousie University, Finnish Environment Institute, University of Victoria, Marine Institute, University of Naples Federico II, AZTI, University of Kent, Technical University of Denmark, Johann Heinrich von Thünen-Institut, University of the Aegean
Language: English
Subfield: Global and Planetary Change
Field: Environmental Science
Domain: Physical Sciences
SDG: Life on land
Open Access status: hybrid
Estimated APC paid: $7,030
Award: G1902603232
OpenAlex ID: W4406904698