Abstract
Abstract Central to systematic conservation planning is the use of software planning tools for decision support (Sarkar et al. 2006; Margules and Sarkar 2007), the most important of which are being reviewed in this book. Contemporary planning practices require tools that are accessible over the Internet and integrated with Geographical Information Systems (GIS) such as ArcGIS®. Availability, as well as computational efficiency (speed), are important when these tools are used for real-time negotiations involving stakeholders. Integration with GIS, especially for visualization, is important if the tools serve as decision support systems for formulating plans under alternative scenarios of habitat change. The ConsNet Portal is a Web-based resource for conservation planning. It includes an online interactive course (the ConsNet Primer) and the ability to run two software packages (ResNet and MultCSync) over the Web. These packages form part of the ConsNet Software Platform which consists of a suite of software packages for decision support during the identification of nominal conservation area networks (CANs). These packages enable the selection of CANs, analysis of the performance of biodiversity surrogates, establishment of connectivity between selected areas, and multi-criteria analysis (MCA) for incorporating socio-political criteria into network design.
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