An exploration grant application is a request for funding by an experienced project leader in the areas of conservation, education, research, storytelling, and technology. We compared the number of species represented in sites prioritized. Atlanta is known as the city in a forest, and, normally, this type of conservation project would have only been focused on protecting the citys critically important tree canopy. To investigate the potential spatial overlap in carbon and biodiversity priorities, we used the landuse prioritisation software zonation moilanen et al. The goal is to support conservation organizations focused on longterm positive impacts for wildlife and habitats. We used the zonation software for spatial conservation prioritization to prioritize. An international standard is to conserve 20% of all habitats by 2012. Dnr programs supported by conservation fund revenues include wildlife and fish management, forest. On top of the above basic requirements, each funding scheme has a set of vetting criteria developed on the basis of the nature of projects involved, as well as the outcomes and. The marxan and zonation conservation value maps were used to measure the impact of using different planningunit cost metrics. The conservation fund is a environmental protection and conservation charity located in arlington, va. Usda forest service state and private forestry cooperative forestry organized by rick pringle, susan stein, sara comas, susan guynn clemson university and the forest service national open space conservation group this webinar is being recorded audio is.
We find limited overlap in priority regions across the three dimensions and with currently protected. On behalf of the pei wildlife conservation fund committee, thankyou to all islanders who contribute to this fund. For the top 17% of sites with the highest conservation values, priority areas based on taxonomic dimension were spatially scattered, whereas. Comparing the marxan and zonation decisionsupport tools. Zonation identifies networks of areas which represent as much of the biodiversity features as possible while minimizing cost or area required. The conservation fund is an american environmental nonprofit with a dual charter to pursue environmental preservation and economic development. Our approach is based on the combined assessment of three pillars, namely species distribution, landscape structure and connectivity, and ecosystem services, to optimize the allocation of conservation actions using the spatial prioritization software, zonation. Zonation of new protected area in southern ustyurt uzbekistan 6 abstract the study adapts systematic conservation planning map overlay and analysis approach for zonation into national context in uzbekistan.
This is why i believe in and support the conservation fund. The mn dnr used zonation software, a conservation planning tool that uses multiple datasets to assist in targetbased planning developed by the university of helsinki, to combine the results of the habitat, water quality and recreational models resulting in one overarching multiparameter prioritization model. Zoning for conservation and development in protected areas. Planning for growth and open space conservation this webinar series is sponsored by. Compared to other conservation planning tools, zonation produces a complementaritybased and balanced ranking of conservation priority over the entire landscape 19,20, rather than satisfying specific targets at minimum cost. Each year, project applications must be submitted to the office of grants and local. Using zero taxpayer dollars, the fund invests earnings from offshore oil and gas leasing to help strengthen communities, preserve our history and protect our. We summarize operational bestcase and worstcase scenarios for analysis stages. Foundation awf, conservation international ci, the jane goodall institute jgi, the nature conservancy tnc, wildlife conservation society wcs, world resources institute wri and world wildlife fund wwf. There is a strong support for conservation planning tools in our organization. Globally, the highest present priorities for carnivore conservation outside of the existing protected area network are in south america, subsaharan africa, south east asia, australia, and north. The wildlife conservation fund provides funding for the protection and enhancement of wildlife and wildlife habitats on prince edward island. Pdf systematic conservation planning in the eastern english.
Fish and wildlife service for habitat assessment, protection and restoration. Wildlife conservation fund projects help those species considered nongame, or those that are not hunted or fished. The mohamed bin zayed species conservation fund is an innovative philanthropy proving small grants to bootsontheground, getyourhandsdirty, inthefield species conservation projects for the worlds most threatened species. For example, the publicly available software, zonation, can be used for spatial conservation planning, facilitating the identification of areas important for retaining habitat quality and. Zonation produces a spatial priority ranking which can be used to inform conservation decision making. Methods and workflow for spatial conservation prioritization. Zonation of new protected area in southern ustyurt. While the zonation software itself does not come with a license fee, there nevertheless is a. Priority tends to be high in the surrounding areas, such as higashiyama, moriyama, and western nagoya city. Zonation was first put into use by the finnish authorities a decade ago, just a few years after the software was first released.
Spatial conservation prioritization of biodiversity. Marxan includes or excludes planning units in a conservation network based on information about the distribution of conservation features across your planning region. Approved environmental research, technology demonstration and conference projects. At the local level, for example, the fund has been engaging with atlanta communitybased groups, department of watershed management, and a wide variety of nongovernmental entities and corporation to design, construct and manage new storm water parks in the proctor creek. Programs and tools click on any link below for more detailed information about the tool, including data requirements, intended use, and links to its homepage and user guide.
The zonation algorithm iteratively removes the least valuable cells from the landscape while minimizing marginal loss of conservation value, and accounting for connectivity needs and. University of wisconsinmadison1 1 also senior fellow, center for applied biodiversity science, conservation international. We modelled the distributions of 6,325 species amphibians, birds, freshwater fish, mammals, plants and reptiles using 4,389,489 occurrence data points. Here, we provide the first biological map of priority areas that captures all three dimensions of mammalian biodiversity. The utility of several zonation analysis types are discussed. These features provide users with decision support to achieve an efficient allocation of resources across a range of different uses. Since its founding in 1985, the organization has protected more than 7 million acres of land and water in all 50 states, including parks, historic battlefields, and wild areas. Zoning for conservation and development in protected areas lisa naughton. Charity navigator rating for the conservation fund. Because the details of the zonation software and its algorithms have been. Other funding sources conservation leadership programme. Given these differences, one might expect marxan and. Methods and workflow for spatial conservation prioritization using.
Priority areas for global mammal conservation across the three dimensions of biodiversity. We then applied the zonation software for spatial conservation prioritization. Systematic conservation planning in the eastern english channel. We then identify existing technical options in the zonation software for dealing with. Abcg is supported by usaid to advance understanding of critical conservation challenges and their solutions in subsaharan africa. The fund explores creative techniques to further this objective and ensure that these areas are protected in accordance with local land use plans and state or national land use polices. The zonation framework and software for conservation prioritization. Apr 08, 20 software tools for conservation biologists 8 04 20 given the popularity of certain prescriptive posts on, i thought it prudent to compile a list of software that my lab and i have found particularly useful over the years. Disney worldwide conservation fund rapid response fund. Wildlife conservation fund nebraska game and parks. This integrated solution streamlines your practice, puts title information at your fingertips, delivers documents directly to your deskto. Identify areas that efficiently meet targets for a range of biodiversity features for minimal cost.
The author thanks the many people who supplied information for this document, particularly nora alvarez, kurt brown, oscar castillo, avecita. We utilized the systematic conservation planning software zonation as a decisionsupport tool to ensure representation of biodiversity features while balancing selection of protected areas based on the likelihood of threats. Conservation priorities as calculated by the zonation software are shown in fig. Jul 18, 2017 approximately a quarter of all land mammals are currently threatened, mostly by human activities including habitat loss and harvesting. We focus on common pre and postprocessing stages of analysis. Zonation framework and software for conservation prioritization. Zonation is a freely available framework and software for conservation resource allocation. Zonation, a systematic conservation planning tool, was applied to explicitly spatialize conservation prioritization, and we proposed an analytical framework to define priority areas for ecosystem services conservation and delineated a rigid urban growth boundary.
Global raptor research and conservation priorities. Kyoto gets to the heart of consumption issues, because it encourages the development of clean societies and recognizes that the developed world is in the best position to do something to reverse the effects of climate change, says don henry, executive director of the australian conservation fund. We found that important areas for mammal conservation had strikingly different spatial patterns for the three dimensions of biodiversity figs. The disney worldwide conservation fund provides financial support for the study of wildlife, the protection of habitats and community conservation and education. Global priorities for conservation across multiple dimensions. Identifying conservation priorities for plant species in. In this instance, the transition from development to implementation was remarkably short. Proceeds from the bonds will go to scale up the conservation fund s working forest fund, which is dedicated to mitigating climate change. Spatial conservation prioritization scp concerns, for example, identification of. We summarize spatial conservation prioritization analysis workflow using zonation. Spatial conservation prioritization for the east asian. It produces a hierarchical prioritization of the landscape based on the occurrence levels of biodiversity features in sites cells by iteratively removing the least valuable remaining cell while accounting for connectivity and generalized complementarity. The land and water conservation fund was established by congress in 1964 to fulfill a bipartisan commitment to safeguard our natural areas, water resources and cultural heritage, and to provide recreation opportunities to all americans.
Zonation systematic conservation planning tool ecosystem prioritisation is undertaken using zonation, a tool software that prioritises ecosystem or habitat sites based on their representation i. Zonation is a conservation planning framework and software that identifies areas important for retaining habitat quality and connectivity for multiple species, indirectly aiming at species longterm persistence. Compromisestradeoffs are expected then, for both conservation and socioeconomic fishing. Zonation allows a direct link from highresolution gis data to habitat modelling to conservation prioritization. Conservation fund article about conservation fund by the. Zonation is methods and software for spatial conservation prioritization. Assessment of ecosystem services with land use maps. The conservation fund the fund endeavors to protect important landscapes having significant natural, historic or open space values. Tradeoffs in carbon storage and biodiversity conservation.
Creating and designing parks with social equity as an. Ecf approved projects environment and conservation fund. Zonation spatial conservation planning methods and software. Zonation is also useful for teaching about spatial conservation.
Marxan does not consider uncertainty in the data so the quality of what you put in is reflected in the results generated. An anatolian shepherd dog guards a herd of goats at the cheetah conservation fund ccf center in otjiwarongo, namibia, on august, 20. Zonation has been developed with funding from multiple sources. Global priorities for national carnivore conservation under. Green taxation and green accounting effective methods for. In order to identify the priority areas for carnivore conservation, we used the zonation version 4.
The zonation framework and software for conservation. The conservation fund, working with public, private and nonprofit partners, protects americas legacy of land and water resources through land acquisition, sustainable community and economic development, and leadership training, emphasizing the integration of economic and environmental goals. The fund works with community and government leaders, businesses. The systematic conservation approach is now commonly used for the design of efficient marine protected area mpa networks, and identifying these priority areas often. Global priorities for conservation across multiple. Ecf, environment, nature conservation, fund, approved projects, research, technology demonstration. Jan 15, 2019 we used the software zonation version 4. We work cooperatively with federal and state agencies, as well as national, regional and local land trusts, landowners and other conservation partners to successfully compete for federal funds available through the u. Zonation is a framework and software for spatial conservation prioritization that primarily operates on sets of raster grids that map the occurrence.
We used the spatial prioritization software zonation moilanen et al. The conservation fund is rated 4 out of 4 stars by charity navigator. This analysis investigated this issue using the marxan and zonation software packages. First, we identified environmental drivers underpinning taxon. Software tools for conservation biologists 8 04 20 given the popularity of certain prescriptive posts on, i thought it prudent to compile a list of software that my lab and i have found particularly useful over the years. Zonation uses principles of complementarity to produce continuous ranking of biodiversity value from input species distribution models, habitats and bioregions, so that selection of any subset of. Habitat conservation fund program under the california wildlife protection act of 1990 proposition 117 initiative frequently asked questions general questions q. Donated dollars have big impact, since wildlife conservation fund dollars are matched with other grants, so that a dollar donated becomes 4 dollars for helping wildlife. The conservation fund works extensively on solutions that advance green infrastructure to protect cities and watersheds. Ecosystem services and connectivity in spatial conservation.
The applicant and his or her team members are expected to demonstrate successful completion of. Landscape land conservation software manages land conservation acquisition and stewardship projects and activities. However, the zonation outputs can be modified to identify priority areas for meeting specified targets, and this is why marine conservation planners have used both software packages to identify mpa networks based on a targetsetting approach e. The fund is generated from the annual licence fees of anglers, hunters and trappers and from the sale of motor vehicle conservation plates. These tools are specifically created to help you do your job quickly and accurately. One of the major contributions was conservation prioritization software zonation, which is widely used in science and conservation practice.
Fortunately, the conservation fund, in partnership with the city of atlanta and the u. Conservation fund introduction the conservation fund is a segregated seg trust fund used to finance many of the states resource management programs administered by the department of natural resources dnr. The drive for your success starts with our software and applications. It produces a hierarchical prioritization of the landscape based on the occurrence levels of biodiversity features in sites cells by iteratively removing the least valuable remaining cell while accounting for. In 1996 the riverbanks society established the riverbanks conservation support fund in order to provide important assistance to conservation biologists involved in an array of wildlife conservation projects both in the us and abroad. Software developed in cbig digital geography lab university of. Next, we developed maps showing global patterns of raptor research and conservation priority, using the software zonation version 4. Forest service, was able to purchase the land and save the forest. What makes marxan the most widely used conservation planning software in the world. We compared the number of species represented in sites prioritized by rwr to numbers of species represented in sites prioritized by the zonation software package for 11 datasets in which the size of individual planning units sites ranged from zonation solutions. Development of a software platform for air ventilation assessment in urban areas.
Systematic conservation planning in the eastern english. Software to manage your land conservation projects. A number of conservation planning support software packages that use gis. Wildlife conservation fund government of prince edward island. The conservation fund s role in making the first national monument in the state of delaware a reality is a powerful testament of how collaberative efforts between various organzations can have on making a vision a reality. I wanted to lend my support to conservation in the broadest possible sense. Frontiers designating spatial priorities for marine. Here we report that prioritizing sites in order of rarityweighted richness rwr is a simple, reliable way to identify sites that represent all species in the fewest number of sites minimum set problem or to identify sites that represent the largest number of species within a given number of. Dec 11, 2018 we modelled the distributions of 6,325 species amphibians, birds, freshwater fish, mammals, plants and reptiles using 4,389,489 occurrence data points. Computational core for zonation conservation planning software. Organizational support our organization is very aware of the capabilities of conservation tools for planningrelated work. The software for spatial conservation prioritization zonation version 4 moilanen et al.
Two, we used the benefitfunction conservation prioritysetting software zonation to map biodiversity value of each cell methods in materials s1. Heuristically expressed, we sought to identify areas where many vultures occur and threats are most intense. When planning conservation in the small pacific islands, the context is more unique due to their small size and heavy reliance on fishing and resources from the coral reefs. Here we report that prioritizing sites in order of rarityweighted richness rwr is a simple, reliable way to identify sites that represent all species in the fewest number of sites minimum set problem or to identify sites that represent the largest number of species within a given number of sites maximum coverage problem. Sustainability free fulltext delineating urban growth. Zoning protected areas1 collaborative land use planning. While the zonation software itself does not come with a license fee, there. Ak thanks the kone foundation for financial support.
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