The identification of priority sites that ensure the achievement of conservation goals is key to direct conservation efforts. An estimation of the level of vulnerability of each priority area allows the identification of sites that need urgent conservation action. We present a systematic reserve selection for 1654 African mammals and amphibians that uses habitat suitability models as estimates of the area occupied by each species. These are based on the geographic range and habitat preferences for each species, which we collected in the framework of the World Conservation Union (IUCN) Global Amphibian Assessment and IUCN Global Mammal Assessment. Our results showed that in addition to existing protected areas, approximately 2.8 million km(2) of land is irreplaceable to achieve the protection of 10% of the area occupied by all amphibians and mammals. This figure is higher than previous estimates from other studies. Most irreplaceable sites are located in the sub-Saharan region. More than half (55%) of the irreplaceable sites have high human population density; for only 17% the human population density is low. African amphibians and mammals have therefore to be conserved in densely populated areas where innovative management policies will be required to accommodate conservation successfully (c) 2006 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

High human density in the irreplaceable sites for African vertebrates conservation / Rondinini, Carlo; Chiozza, Federica; Boitani, Luigi. - In: BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION. - ISSN 0006-3207. - STAMPA. - 133:3(2006), pp. 358-363. [10.1016/j.biocon.2006.06.013]

High human density in the irreplaceable sites for African vertebrates conservation

RONDININI, CARLO;CHIOZZA, Federica;BOITANI, Luigi
2006

Abstract

The identification of priority sites that ensure the achievement of conservation goals is key to direct conservation efforts. An estimation of the level of vulnerability of each priority area allows the identification of sites that need urgent conservation action. We present a systematic reserve selection for 1654 African mammals and amphibians that uses habitat suitability models as estimates of the area occupied by each species. These are based on the geographic range and habitat preferences for each species, which we collected in the framework of the World Conservation Union (IUCN) Global Amphibian Assessment and IUCN Global Mammal Assessment. Our results showed that in addition to existing protected areas, approximately 2.8 million km(2) of land is irreplaceable to achieve the protection of 10% of the area occupied by all amphibians and mammals. This figure is higher than previous estimates from other studies. Most irreplaceable sites are located in the sub-Saharan region. More than half (55%) of the irreplaceable sites have high human population density; for only 17% the human population density is low. African amphibians and mammals have therefore to be conserved in densely populated areas where innovative management policies will be required to accommodate conservation successfully (c) 2006 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
2006
conservation conflict; conservation planning; habitat suitability model; protected area; reserve selection; vulnerability
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High human density in the irreplaceable sites for African vertebrates conservation / Rondinini, Carlo; Chiozza, Federica; Boitani, Luigi. - In: BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION. - ISSN 0006-3207. - STAMPA. - 133:3(2006), pp. 358-363. [10.1016/j.biocon.2006.06.013]
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