Conserving what, where and how? Cost-efficient measures to conserve biodiversity in Denmark

Anders Højgård Petersen; Niels Strange; Signe Anthon; Thomas Bue Bjørner; Carsten Rahbek

doi:10.1016/j.jnc.2015.10.004

Conserving what, where and how? Cost-efficient measures to conserve biodiversity in Denmark

Anders Højgård Petersen, Niels Strange, Signe Anthon, Thomas Bue Bjørner, Carsten Rahbek

Sektion for Miljø og Naturressourcer

12 Citationer (Scopus)

Abstract

Biodiversity conservation efforts in Europe have traditionally focused on farmland and open nature areas such as grasslands, heathlands and meadows, while little attention has been devoted to conservation actions in forest. Using detailed information on the geographical distribution of about 900 terrestrial species in Denmark we apply systematic conservation planning techniques to identify how to protect biodiversity at the lowest cost to society. The results suggest that conservation actions in forest should be given a higher priority. Thus, three to four times the number of forest species are protected per million € compared with species living in open land natural areas. Furthermore, a gap analysis finds the current designation of Natura 2000 and other protected areas is skewed toward open land natural areas, and insufficient to meet the conservation targets on forest species.

Originalsprog	Engelsk
Tidsskrift	Journal for Nature Conservation
Vol/bind	29
Sider (fra-til)	33-44
Antal sider	12
ISSN	1617-1381
DOI	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jnc.2015.10.004
Status	Udgivet - 1 feb. 2016

Emneord

Biodiversity
Conservation planning
Cost-efficiency
Denmark
Gap-analysis

Adgang til dokumentet

10.1016/j.jnc.2015.10.004

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