Abstract
Systematic conservation planning is the most widely used approach for designing conservation area systems and other types of ecological network. Thus, user-friendly decision support tools are needed to guide conservation planners when using this approach. CLUZ is a QGIS plugin that can be used for on-screen conservation planning and also acts as an interface for Marxan, the most widely used spatial conservation prioritisation software package.
Highlights
One of the most important ways of tackling biodiversity loss is by creating and effectively managing conservation areas (Smith et al 2018)
CLUZ is a QGIS plugin that can be used for on-screen conservation planning and acts as an interface for Marxan, the most widely used spatial conservation prioritisation software package
Systematic conservation planning commonly involves: dividing up the planning region into a series of planning units; identifying and setting targets for the important conservation features; and; running spatial prioritisation software to identify the best sets of planning units that achieve the conservation goals
Summary
One of the most important ways of tackling biodiversity loss is by creating and effectively managing conservation areas (Smith et al 2018). CLUZ is a QGIS plugin that can be used for on-screen conservation planning and acts as an interface for Marxan, the most widely used spatial conservation prioritisation software package. Systematic conservation planning, Marxan, gap analysis, spatial conservation prioritisation, protected areas, OECMs
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