Informed opportunism for conservation planning in the Solomon Islands

Conservation Letters

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 38-46

  Game, Edward T ^a   Lipsett Moore, Geoffrey ^a   Hamilton, Richard ^a   Peterson, Nate ^a   Kereseka, Jimmy ^b   Atu, William ^a   Watts, Matthew ^c   Possingham, Hugh ^c  

^a THE NATURE CONSERVANCY   (United States)

^b Environmental Office   (Solomon Islands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Community based conservation; Coral reefs; Dynamic conservation planning; Marxan; Mpa; Protected areas; Systematic conservation planning.

Indexed keywords

ANTHOZOA;

EID: 79957662455     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1755263X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-263X.2010.00140.x     Document Type: Article

References (39)

1. Allison, G.W., Gaines S.D., Lubchenco J., Possingham H.P. (2003) Ensuring persistence of marine reserves: catastrophes require adopting an insurance factor. Ecol Appl 13, S8-S24.
2. Ball, I.R., Possingham H.P., Watts M.E. (2009) Marxan and relatives: software for spatial conservation prioritization. Pages 185-210 in A. Moilanen, K.A. Wilson, H.P. Possingham, editors. Spatial conservation prioritization: quantative methods & computational tools. Oxford University Press, Oxford.
3. Ban, N.C., Hansen G.J.A., Jones M., Vincent A.C.J. (2009) Systematic marine conservation planning in data-poor regions: socioeconomic data is essential. Marine Policy 33, 794-800.
4. Brashares, J.S., Arcese P., Sam M.K. (2001) Human demography and reserve size predict wildlife extinction in West Africa. Proc R Soc Lond B 268, 2473-2478.
5. Brown, C., Durst P. (2003) State of forestry in Asia and the Pacific - status, changes and trends. Food and Agricultural Organisation, Bangkok.
6. Cameron, S.E., Williams K.J., Mitchell D.K. (2008) Efficiency and concordance of alternative methods for minimizing opportunity costs in conservation planning. Conserv Biol 22, 886-896.
7. Carwardine, J., Rochester W.A., Richardson K.S., Williams K.J., Pressey R.L., Possingham H.P. (2007) Conservation planning with irreplaceability: does the method matter? Biodivers Conserv 16, 245-258.
8. CBD. (2006) Decisions adopted by the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity at its eighth meeting (Decision VIII/15, Annex IV). Convention on Biological Diversity, Curitiba, Brazil.
9. Costello, C., Polasky S. (2004) Dynamic reserve site selection. Resour Energy Econ 26, 157-174.
10. Cowling, R.M., Wilhelm-Rechmann A. (2007) Social assessment as a key to conservation success. Oryx 41, 135.
11. Diamond, J.M., Mayr E. (1976) Species-area relation for birds of the Solomon Archipelago. Proc Natll Acad Sci USA 73, 262-266.
12. Fernandes, L., Day J., Lewis A. et al. (2005) Establishing representative no-take areas in the Great Barrier Reef: large-scale implementation of theory on marine protected areas. Conserv Biol 19, 1733-1744.
13. Game, E.T., Grantham H.S. (2008) Marxan user manual; for Marxan version 1.8.10. The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia and Pacific Marine Analysis and Research Association Brisbane, Vancouver, Canada.
14. Groves, C.R., Jensen D.B., Valutis L.L. et al. (2002) Planning for biodiversity conservation: putting conservation science into practice. Bioscience 52, 499-512.
15. Keppel, G., Buckley Y.M., Possingham H.P. (2010) Drivers of lowland rain forest community assembly, species diversity and forest structure on islands in the tropical South Pacific. J Ecol 98, 87-95.
16. Knight, A.T., Cowling R.M. (2007) Embracing opportunism in the selection of priority conservation areas. Conserv Biol 21, 1124-1126.
17. Knight, A.T., Cowling R.M. (2008) Clearing the mud from the conservation opportunity debate: reply to Pressey and Bottrill. Conserv Biol 22, 1346-1348.
18. Knight, A.T., Cowling R.M., Difford M., Campbell B.M. (2010) Mapping human and social dimensions of conservation opportunity for the scheduling of conservation action on private land. Conserv Biol, doi: 10.1111/j.1523-1739.2010.01494.x.
19. Knight, A.T., Cowling R.M., Rouget M., Balmford A., Lombard A.T., Campbell B.M. (2008) Knowing but not doing: selecting priority conservation areas and the research-implementation gap. Conserv Biol 22, 610-617.
20. Knight, A.T., Driver A., Cowling R.M., (2006) Designing systematic conservation assessments that promote effective implementation: best practice from South Africa. Conserv Biol 20, 739-750.
21. Leathwick, J., Moilanen A., Francis M. (2008) Novel methods for the design and evaluation of marine protected areas in offshore waters. Conserva Lett 1, 91-102.
22. Lourival, R., McCallum H., Grigg G., Arcangelo C., Machado R., Possingham H. (2009) A systematic evaluation of the conservation plans for the Pantanal wetland in Brazil. Wetlands 29, 1189-1201.
23. Margules, C.R., Pressey R.L. (2000) Systematic conservation planning. Nature 405, 243-253.
24. McBride, M.F., Wilson, K.A., Bode M., Possingham H.P. (2007) Incorporating the effects of socioeconomic uncertainty into priority setting for conservation investment. Conserv Biol 21, 1463-1474.
25. McClatchey, W.C., Sirikolo M.Q., Boe H., Biliki E., Vothoc F. (2005) A proposed PABITRA study area on Lauru Island, Western Solomon Islands. Pac Sci 59, 213-239.
26. Meir, E., Andelman S., Possingham H.P. (2004). Does conservation planning matter in a dynamic and uncertain world? Ecol Lett 7, 615-622.
27. Morrison, C., Pickacha P., Pitakia T., Boseto D. (2007) Herpetofauna, community education and logging on Choiseul Island, Solomon Islands: implications for conservation. Pac Conserv Biol 13, 250-258.
28. Mullins, M., Flaherty M. (1995) Customary landowner involvement in the Kumil timber project, Papua New Guinea. Geoforum 26, 89-105.
29. Noss, R.F., Carroll C., Vance-Borland K., Wuerthner G. (2002) A multicriteria assessment of the irreplaceability and vulnerability of sites in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem. Conserv Biol 16, 895-908.
30. Possingham, H.P., Ball I., Andelman S. (2000) Mathematical methods for identifying representative reserve networks. Pages 291-305 in S. Ferson, M. Burgman, editors. Quantitative methods for conservation biology. Springer-Verlag, New York.
31. Possingham, H.P., Wilson K.A., Andelman S.J., Vyne C.H. (2006) Protected areas: goals, limitation and design. in M.J. Groom, G.K. Meffe, C.R. Carroll, editors. Principles of conservation biology, 3rd Edition. Sinauer Associates, Inc., Sunderland, MA.
32. Pressey, R.L. (1994) Ad hoc reservations: forward or backwards steps in developing representative reserve systems? Conserv Biol 8, 662-668.
33. Pressey, R.L., Bottrill M.C. (2008) Opportunism, threats and the evolution of systematic conservation planning. Conserv Biol 22, 1340-1345.
34. Smith, R.J., Verissimo D., Leader-Williams N., Cowling R.M., Knight A.T. (2009) Let the locals lead. Nature 462, 280-281.
35. Stewart, R.R., Ball I.R., Possingham H.P. (2007) The effect of incremental reserve design and changing reservation goals on the long-term efficiency of reserve systems. Conserv Biol 21, 346-354.
36. Veron, J.E.N., Devantier L.M., Turak E. et al. (2009) Delineating the Coral Triangle. Galaxea, J Coral Reef Studis 11, 91-100.
37. Watts, M.E., Stewart R.R., Segan D., Kircher L. (2009) Using the Zonae Cogito Decision Support System. University of Queensland, Brisbane.
38. Wiersma, Y.F., Nudds T.D. (2009) Efficiency and effectiveness in representative reserve design in Canada: the contribution of existing protected areas. Biol Conserv 142, 1639-1646.
39. Wunder, S. 2007. The efficiency of payments for environmental services in tropical conservation. Conserv Biol 21, 48-58.