An interoperable and standardized protocol for reporting systematic conservation planning projects
Abstract Systematic conservation planning (SCP) is an operational and scientific framework that assists in deciding where, how, and when to implement conservation intervention. Studies using SCP approaches have proliferated due to their immediate relevance for applied conservation. For example, they...
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| author | Martin Jung Vanessa M. Adams Diogo Alagador Jorge G. Álvarez‐Romero Miguel B. Araujo Anni Arponen Maria Beger Jutta Beher Silvia B. Carvalho Sylvaine Giakoumi Jeffrey O. Hanson Virgilio Hermoso Kerstin Jantke Heini Kujala Jennifer McGowan Anna Metaxas Louise O'Connor Jose Salgado‐Rojas Richard Schuster Bob Smith Piero Visconti |
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| description | Abstract Systematic conservation planning (SCP) is an operational and scientific framework that assists in deciding where, how, and when to implement conservation intervention. Studies using SCP approaches have proliferated due to their immediate relevance for applied conservation. For example, they can help identify cost‐effective opportunities for expanding areas under conservation management to achieve high‐level policy goals such as those of the Global Biodiversity Framework. Yet SCP can be conducted in various ways, and results can vary depending on problem formulation, parameterizations, contexts, and prioritization approaches. There is a need to facilitate comparison of SCP studies to understand key criteria and assumptions made in the planning process. Here, we propose a standardized reporting protocol for SCP that is readily applicable across study aims, realms, and spatial scales. The new Overview and Design Protocol for Systematic Conservation Planning (ODPSCP) describes the key steps from the design to the computational stages of SCP. It enables researchers, scientific editors, and decision‐ and policymakers to assess the scope and comprehensiveness of SCP exercises. To facilitate uptake and ease of reporting, the protocol is openly available through an interactive web interface and which can be further enhanced following methodological advancements in conservation planning. We encourage the conservation community to adopt the reporting protocol to promote transparency and reproducibility, standardized reporting as well as facilitate peer review and independent evaluation. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-e74cfb7090c54fddb75a55e8a0d966c82025-08-20T03:28:14ZengWileyConservation Science and Practice2578-48542025-07-0177n/an/a10.1111/csp2.70097An interoperable and standardized protocol for reporting systematic conservation planning projectsMartin Jung0Vanessa M. Adams1Diogo Alagador2Jorge G. Álvarez‐Romero3Miguel B. Araujo4Anni Arponen5Maria Beger6Jutta Beher7Silvia B. Carvalho8Sylvaine Giakoumi9Jeffrey O. Hanson10Virgilio Hermoso11Kerstin Jantke12Heini Kujala13Jennifer McGowan14Anna Metaxas15Louise O'Connor16Jose Salgado‐Rojas17Richard Schuster18Bob Smith19Piero Visconti20Biodiversity, Ecology, and Conservation Research Group International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) Laxenburg AustriaSchool of Geography, Planning, and Spatial Sciences University of Tasmania Tasmania AustraliaBiodiversity Chair, MED: Mediterranean Institute for Agriculture, Environment and Development University of Evora Evora PortugalThe Nature Conservancy Global Science Hobart Tasmania AustraliaBiodiversity Chair, MED: Mediterranean Institute for Agriculture, Environment and Development University of Evora Evora PortugalResearch Group Politics of Nature and the Environment (PONTE), Administrative Studies, Faculty of Management and Business Tampere University Tampere FinlandSchool of Biology University of Leeds Leeds UKBiodiversity, Ecology, and Conservation Research Group International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) Laxenburg AustriaCIBIO, Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos InBIO Laboratório Associado, Campus de Vairão, Universidade do Porto Vairão PortugalDepartment of Integrative Marine Ecology Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn, Sicily Marine Centre, Lungomare Cristoforo Colombo (complesso Roosevelt) Palermo ItalyDepartment of Biology Carleton University Ottawa CanadaDepartamento de Biología de la Conservación y Cambio Global Estación Biológica de Doñana (EBD‐CSIC) Sevilla SpainCenter for Earth System Research and Sustainability Universität Hamburg Hamburg GermanyFinnish Museum of Natural History Helsinki FinlandCentre for Biodiveristy and Conservation Science School of the Environment, University of Queensland Brisbane AustraliaDepartment of Oceanography Dalhousie University Halifax Nova Scotia CanadaBiodiversity, Ecology, and Conservation Research Group International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) Laxenburg AustriaForest Sciences Centre of Catalonia Solsona SpainNature Conservancy of Canada Toronto Ontario CanadaDurrell Institute of Conservation and Ecology (DICE) University of Kent Canterbury UKBiodiversity, Ecology, and Conservation Research Group International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) Laxenburg AustriaAbstract Systematic conservation planning (SCP) is an operational and scientific framework that assists in deciding where, how, and when to implement conservation intervention. Studies using SCP approaches have proliferated due to their immediate relevance for applied conservation. For example, they can help identify cost‐effective opportunities for expanding areas under conservation management to achieve high‐level policy goals such as those of the Global Biodiversity Framework. Yet SCP can be conducted in various ways, and results can vary depending on problem formulation, parameterizations, contexts, and prioritization approaches. There is a need to facilitate comparison of SCP studies to understand key criteria and assumptions made in the planning process. Here, we propose a standardized reporting protocol for SCP that is readily applicable across study aims, realms, and spatial scales. The new Overview and Design Protocol for Systematic Conservation Planning (ODPSCP) describes the key steps from the design to the computational stages of SCP. It enables researchers, scientific editors, and decision‐ and policymakers to assess the scope and comprehensiveness of SCP exercises. To facilitate uptake and ease of reporting, the protocol is openly available through an interactive web interface and which can be further enhanced following methodological advancements in conservation planning. We encourage the conservation community to adopt the reporting protocol to promote transparency and reproducibility, standardized reporting as well as facilitate peer review and independent evaluation.https://doi.org/10.1111/csp2.70097conservation prioritizationintercomparisonmarxanmetadatareporting standardsystematic conservation planning |
| spellingShingle | Martin Jung Vanessa M. Adams Diogo Alagador Jorge G. Álvarez‐Romero Miguel B. Araujo Anni Arponen Maria Beger Jutta Beher Silvia B. Carvalho Sylvaine Giakoumi Jeffrey O. Hanson Virgilio Hermoso Kerstin Jantke Heini Kujala Jennifer McGowan Anna Metaxas Louise O'Connor Jose Salgado‐Rojas Richard Schuster Bob Smith Piero Visconti An interoperable and standardized protocol for reporting systematic conservation planning projects Conservation Science and Practice conservation prioritization intercomparison marxan metadata reporting standard systematic conservation planning |
| title | An interoperable and standardized protocol for reporting systematic conservation planning projects |
| title_full | An interoperable and standardized protocol for reporting systematic conservation planning projects |
| title_fullStr | An interoperable and standardized protocol for reporting systematic conservation planning projects |
| title_full_unstemmed | An interoperable and standardized protocol for reporting systematic conservation planning projects |
| title_short | An interoperable and standardized protocol for reporting systematic conservation planning projects |
| title_sort | interoperable and standardized protocol for reporting systematic conservation planning projects |
| topic | conservation prioritization intercomparison marxan metadata reporting standard systematic conservation planning |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1111/csp2.70097 |
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