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The effects of isolation, area size, and habitat quality on the
survival of animal and plant populations in the cultural landscape
are central aspects of a research project started in Germany in
1993 (,Forschungsverbund, Isolation, FHichengroBe und
BiotopquaIiHit', abbreviated to 'FIFB'). After a long period of
preparation, scientists from seven univer sities and one research
institution started to work within the frame of this project. Fund
ing for four years was provided by the former German Federal
Ministry of Research and Technology (BMFT), now the Ministry of
Education and Research (BMBF). A strong focus of the project has
been the improvement of the methodology for environmental impact
assessments and the implementation of results into environmental
planning. As there is a certain risk that national projects develop
some kind of 'mental in breeding', it was decided to discuss
concepts, methods, and first results with scientists of
international reputation at a rather early stage of the project.
For this purpose, an inter national workshop was held in the small
village of Lubast, north of Leipzig (state of Saxony) in March
1995. 130 scientists from 10 nations met to discuss and debate
issues surrounding habitat fragmentation for three days. Papers
presented there formed the basis for this book. As discussions
included general reviews as well as particular case studies, we
decided to structure this book in a similar way. Consequently, a
combination of broad and more general, review-like papers as well
as original papers are presented.
The effects of isolation, area size, and habitat quality on the
survival of animal and plant populations in the cultural landscape
are central aspects of a research project started in Germany in
1993 (, Forschungsverbund, Isolation, FHichengroBe und
BiotopquaIiHit', abbreviated to 'FIFB'). After a long period of
preparation, scientists from seven univer sities and one research
institution started to work within the frame of this project. Fund
ing for four years was provided by the former German Federal
Ministry of Research and Technology (BMFT), now the Ministry of
Education and Research (BMBF). A strong focus of the project has
been the improvement of the methodology for environmental impact
assessments and the implementation of results into environmental
planning. As there is a certain risk that national projects develop
some kind of 'mental in breeding', it was decided to discuss
concepts, methods, and first results with scientists of
international reputation at a rather early stage of the project.
For this purpose, an inter national workshop was held in the small
village of Lubast, north of Leipzig (state of Saxony) in March
1995. 130 scientists from 10 nations met to discuss and debate
issues surrounding habitat fragmentation for three days. Papers
presented there formed the basis for this book. As discussions
included general reviews as well as particular case studies, we
decided to structure this book in a similar way. Consequently, a
combination of broad and more general, review-like papers as well
as original papers are presented."
Systematic Conservation Planning provides a clear, comprehensive
guide to the process of deriving a conservation area network for
regions, which will best represent the biodiversity of regions in
the most cost-effective way. The measurement of biodiversity,
design of field sampling strategies, alongside different data
treatment methods are detailed helping to provide a conceptual
framework for identifying conservation area networks, underpinned
by the concept of complementarity. Setting conservation targets and
then multi-criteria analyses, using complementarity but bringing in
other criteria reflecting competing uses of land or water, to show
how conservation area networks can achieve conservation targets in
ways that also allow for the production of food, fiber and shelter
are also discussed. Providing a clear procedure for identifying
conservation priority areas underpinned by cutting edge science,
this book will be of interest to graduate students, academics,
planners and decision makers dealing with natural resource use and
exploitation, alongside conservation NGOs.
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