Integrating biodiversity, ecosystem services and socio-economic data to identify priority areas and landowners for conservation actions at the national scale

Biological Conservation

Volumn 206, Issue , 2017, Pages 56-64

  Di Minin, Enrico ^a,b   Soutullo, Alvaro ^c   Bartesaghi, Lucia ^d   Rios, Mariana ^d   Szephegyi, Maria Nube ^e   Moilanen, Atte ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE LA REPÚBLICA   (Uruguay)

^d Sistema Nacional de reas Protegidas   (Uruguay)

^e Vida Silvestre Uruguay   (Uruguay)

Author keywords

Aichi target 11; Ecosystem services; Spatial conservation prioritization; Sustainable development goals; Temperate grassland; Zonation software

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; DEVELOPING WORLD; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; GRASSLAND; LANDOWNER; PRIORITIZATION; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; SOFTWARE; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TEMPERATE ENVIRONMENT; TRADE-ENVIRONMENT RELATIONS; TRADE-OFF;

URUGUAY;

EID: 85007414189     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2016.11.037     Document Type: Article

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