Costs are not necessarily correlated with threats in conservation landscapes

• Published in: Conservation letters Vol. 12; no. 5
• Main Authors: Sacre, Edmond, Pressey, Robert L., Bode, Michael
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Washington John Wiley & Sons, Inc 01.09.2019; Wiley
• Subjects: Acquisition; Biodiversity; Conservation; Conservation areas; conservation costs; conservation prioritization; conservation threats; Costs; data collection; Economic activity; economic theory; habitat loss; Habitats; land economics; Land purchases; Land use; land use change; landscapes; Marine conservation; Nonnative species; Planning; prioritization; protected areas; Queensland; sales; scientists; systematic conservation planning; Threats; Queensland Australia; Australia; Queensland

The priority of an area for conservation is determined by three primary factors: its biodiversity value, the level of threat it is facing, and its cost. Although much attention has been paid to the spatial relationship between biodiversity value and threats, and between biodiversity value and costs,...