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Representation of Ecological Regions by Protected Areas at the Global Scale
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Over the past 30 years, conservationists have sought ways to assess the quality of coverage provided by protected areas and to guide future site selection. One scheme among these addresses the degree to which areas protected for environmental conservation are representative of the ecological regions of a specified area. This has already been attempted at the scale of countries and regions. With the recent publication of the World Database of Protected Areas, quantitative analysis of representativeness at the global scale is finally feasible. We use GIS technology to overlay a map of ecological regions with a map of protected areas in order to identify biomes and geographic realms that are "under-represented" and "well represented" by protected areas. The results confirm an overemphasis on marginal land and dramatic landscapes, and the relative neglect of biomes with strong, alternative economic uses. Smaller biomes are typically better protected, as are those that have been targeted by conservation campaigns. Industrialized lifestyles and population pressure also appear to act as stimuli to protection. Our discussion suggests that analyses of patterns of representation are critical, but "over-representing" certain ecosystems—particularly those that contain high levels of biodiversity or are most threatened—should not be discounted as a conservation strategy.
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“On a global scale, there is clear preference for the protection of biomes that have become widely-publicized conservation 'targets,' such as mangroves and tropical rainforest, over landscapes such as grasslands that have not received such focused attention (Hazen and Anthamatten, 2004).”
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“The preference for the protection of forest over dryland and grassland ecosystems that can be seen at the global scale (Hazen and Anthamatten, 2004) may also be, in part, a reflection of the fact that forests are often a 'mapped' feature, whereas grasslands and drylands are invisible on all but the most specialized of maps.”
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- Hazen, H. D., & Anthamatten, P. J.
- Affiliations
- a University of Minnesota
- Venue
- Physical Geography
- Publisher
- Informa UK Limited
- Published
- 2004-01
- Volume
- 25
- Issue
- 6
- Pages
- 499-512
- ISSN
- 0272-3646
- 1930-0557
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- Language
- en
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