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Measuring and Incorporating Vulnerability into Conservation Planning

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Conservation planning is the process of locating and designing conservation areas to promote the persistence of biodiversity in situ. To do this, conservation areas must be able to mitigate at least some of the proximate threats to biodiversity. Information on threatening processes and the relative vulnerability of areas and natural features to these processes is therefore crucial for effective conservation planning. However, measuring and incorporating vulnerability into conservation planning have been problematic. We develop a conceptual framework of the role of vulnerability assessments in conservation planning and propose a definition of vulnerability that incorporates three dimensions: exposure, intensity, and impact. We review and categorize methods for assessing the vulnerability of areas and the features they contain and identify the relative strengths and weaknesses of each broad approach. Our review highlights the need for further development and evaluation of approaches to assess vulnerability and for comparisons of their relative effectiveness.

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This research was supported by grants to the lead author from the University of Melbourne (Australia), the Menzies Centre for Australian Studies (Kings College, London, UK), the Australian Federation of University Women, the Holsworth Wildlife Research Fund (Australia), and by the European Commission as part of the BIOCORES project (PL ICA4-2000-10029). We thank Craig James for providing unpublished data. We also thank Simon Ferrier, Frank Davis, John Morrison, Daniel Wilson, and two anonymous reviewers for constructive comments on the article.

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  1. The Ecology Centre, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, 4072, Australia

    Kerrie Wilson

  2. Department of Environment and Conservation, Robert . L. Pressey, PO Box 402, Armidale, New South Wales, 2350, Australia

    Robert L. Pressey

  3. School of Conservation Sciences, Bournemouth University, Talbot Campus Poole, Dorset, BH12 5BB, United Kingdom

    Adrian Newton

  4. School of Botany, University of MelbourneMelbourne, Victoria, 3010, Australia

    Mark Burgman

  5. The Ecology Centre, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, 4072, Australia

    Hugh Possingham

  6. Forest Science Centre, University of Melbourne, Creswick, Victoria, 3363, Australia

    Chris Weston

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Wilson, K., Pressey, R.L., Newton, A. et al. Measuring and Incorporating Vulnerability into Conservation Planning. Environmental Management 35, 527–543 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00267-004-0095-9

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