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DOI10.1016/j.biocon.2008.10.025
The role of private conservation areas in biodiversity representation and target achievement within the Little Karoo region, South Africa
Gallo, John A.1,4; Pasquini, Lorena2; Reyers, Belinda3; Cowling, Richard M.1
通讯作者Gallo, John A.
来源期刊BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION
ISSN0006-3207
EISSN1873-2917
出版年2009
卷号142期号:2页码:446-454
英文摘要

It is becoming increasingly difficult to manage and expand statutory conservation areas (i.e., parks and formally protected areas). Therefore, alternative opportunities for land conservation merit close!, attention. This paper examines the extent to which privately owned conservation areas ccntribute to biodiversity representation. Gap analyses were performed for a large semi-arid region in South Africa with a comprehensive database of private conservation areas. The distribution of private conservation areas was compared to statutory conservation areas using several landscape characteristics: biome and vegetation variant, elevation class, ecological process area, total area, and threat status (endangerment). Conservation target achievement for the vegetation variants was also assessed, as was the degree to which private conservation areas complemented statutory conservation areas by representing different landscape characteristics. The number of targets achieved nearly tripled if private conservation areas were considered in addition to statutory conservation areas. Further, private conservation areas significantly complemented statutory conservation areas in the types of biomes, elevation classes, and threat status classes conserved. Private conservation areas were especially important in conserving lower elevation habitat, and by association, endangered vegetation. This particular relationship is expected to be common worldwide. Our results indicate that private lands conservation deserves an increased allocation of resources for both research and implementation. (C) 2008 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.


英文关键词Private protected areas Stewardship Gap analysis Systematic conservation planning Conservation easements Private land conservation
类型Article
语种英语
国家South Africa ; England
收录类别SCI-E
WOS记录号WOS:000263303600020
WOS关键词CAPE FLORISTIC REGION ; PROTECTED AREAS ; NATURE-RESERVES ; LANDSCAPE ; HABITAT ; LAND ; DIVERSITY ; AUSTRALIA ; PATTERNS ; AMERICA
WOS类目Biodiversity Conservation ; Ecology ; Environmental Sciences
WOS研究方向Biodiversity & Conservation ; Environmental Sciences & Ecology
资源类型期刊论文
条目标识符http://119.78.100.177/qdio/handle/2XILL650/159993
作者单位1.Nelson Mandela Metropolitan Univ, Dept Bot, ZA-6031 Port Elizabeth, South Africa;
2.Univ Sheffield, Dept Geog, Sheffield S10 2TN, S Yorkshire, England;
3.CSIR, Nat Resources & Environm, ZA-7599 Stellenbosch, South Africa;
4.Univ Cape Town, Dept Bot, Plant Conservat Unit, ZA-7701 Rondebosch, South Africa
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Gallo, John A.,Pasquini, Lorena,Reyers, Belinda,et al. The role of private conservation areas in biodiversity representation and target achievement within the Little Karoo region, South Africa[J],2009,142(2):446-454.
APA Gallo, John A.,Pasquini, Lorena,Reyers, Belinda,&Cowling, Richard M..(2009).The role of private conservation areas in biodiversity representation and target achievement within the Little Karoo region, South Africa.BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION,142(2),446-454.
MLA Gallo, John A.,et al."The role of private conservation areas in biodiversity representation and target achievement within the Little Karoo region, South Africa".BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION 142.2(2009):446-454.
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