Identifying optimal solutions between competing economic and conservation land use objectives for species that require widely distributed resources

Mastrantonis, Stanley; Craig, Michael; Hobbs, Richard J.; Grigg, A. H.; Renton, Michael

doi:10.1016/j.envsoft.2021.105292

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“…While human land-use intensifies, adaptive measures require a landscape approach which engages multiple stakeholders, reconciles competing ecosystem services, and enables participatory and adaptive management to be successful (Sayer et al, 2013). Multiple techniques can assist its spatial design (e.g., Moilanen et al, 2011;Mastrantonis et al, 2022), but more importantly, the paradigm shift from projectoriented to process-oriented, from top-down to bottom-up approaches can only take place if it is supported by the local social and political context (Biesbroek et al, 2010;Voß and Bornemann, 2011;Patrick Bixler et al, 2015). Conservation measures targeted at individual species such as captive breeding and assisted migration, although successful on project level, will not effectively mitigate global biodiversity loss given the rapid deteriorating status of vertebrates (Butchart et al, 2006;Hoffmann et al, 2010;Ceballos et al, 2020).…”

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The effectiveness of a large protected area to conserve a global endemism hotspot may vanish in the face of climate and land-use changes

2022

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Endemic vertebrates are a crucial component of biodiversity, yet face disproportionally high extinction risk as climate and land-use changes drive habitat loss. Large protected areas are therefore deemed necessary to mitigate biodiversity loss. In 2021, China’s Giant Panda National Park (GPNP, 27,134 km2) was established in one of the global endemism hotspots. In this study we ask the question whether this large national park is able to conserve the many threatened endemic vertebrates occurring in the region in the face of climate and land-use changes, in order to assess the long-term effectiveness of the GPNP. We used species distribution modeling techniques to project the distributions of 40 threatened terrestrial (and freshwater) endemic vertebrates under land-use and climate change scenarios SSP2–4.5, SSP3–7.0 and SSP5–8.5 in 2081–2100, and assessed the extent to which their distributions are covered by the GPNP, now and in the future. We found that by 2081–2100, two thirds of the threatened endemic vertebrates are predicted to lose part (15–79%, N = 4) of or (nearly) their entire (80–100% loss, N = 23) range under all three climate and land-use change scenarios. Consequently, fewer species are predicted to occur in the GPNP than at present. Our findings confirm the high vulnerability of threatened endemic species to climate and land-use changes, despite protected areas. Habitat loss due to climate and land-use changes elevate extinction risk of species in endemism hotspots across the globe. Urgent, widespread and intensified mitigation measures and adaptation measures are required at a landscape scale for effective conservation efforts in the future.

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The effectiveness of a large protected area to conserve a global endemism hotspot may vanish in the face of climate and land-use changes

2022

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Local biodiversity actions for sustainable development goal 15 (life on land) in China

Zhou,

Zhang,

et al. 2024

Sustainable Development

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Achieving sustainable development goal (SDG) 15 (life on land) depends on local conservation efforts. However, the lack of species data and inadequate ecological corridor designs significantly hinder conservation efficiency. This study focused on Sanmenxia City in China and utilized the Integrated Valuation of Ecosystem Services and Trade‐offs model, the GeoDetector model, and the Minimum Cumulative Resistance model to identify potential habitats, their influencing factors, and ecological corridors. We then adopted a new corridor feasibility model to compare the impacts of different ecological resistance, thereby identifying key biodiversity spaces. Results indicated a decline in habitat quality since 2000, primarily influenced by climate, topography, and land use. Simulation‐derived corridors using the habitat quality method were more effective than those based on expert experience. We identified 2808.45 km2 of potential habitats and 20 critical corridors for land animals. This study deepens the understanding of ecological resistance impacts on corridors and provides new insights into local actions for SDG 15.

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Dynamic simulation and analysis of land use competition patterns to support sustainable territorial spatial management: a case study of Shenyang City, Northeast China

Wang,

Song,

Ren

et al. 2023

Environ Sci Pollut Res

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Identifying optimal solutions between competing economic and conservation land use objectives for species that require widely distributed resources

Cited by 4 publications

References 45 publications

The effectiveness of a large protected area to conserve a global endemism hotspot may vanish in the face of climate and land-use changes

The effectiveness of a large protected area to conserve a global endemism hotspot may vanish in the face of climate and land-use changes

Local biodiversity actions for sustainable development goal 15 (life on land) in China

Dynamic simulation and analysis of land use competition patterns to support sustainable territorial spatial management: a case study of Shenyang City, Northeast China

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