Entries in planning (26)
Land conservation programs not strategically targeting projects to control growth
Research Briefs | Feb 15, 2010 A new study looks at whether land conservation programs are targeting their efforts to control the path of development and promote smart growth...
Conserving the jaguar: a continent-wide assessment of habitat corridors
Research Briefs | Feb 9, 2010 In order to protect the relative genetic health of jaguar populations and to establish priorities for habitat conservation, researchers use an innovative model to map potential corridors between 90 remaining areas of high jaguar density throughout Central and South America...
Evaluating coastal feeding habitat for marine birds
Research Briefs | Jan 20, 2010 
Prioritizing wildlife migration routes for conservation
Research Briefs | Jan 13, 2010 
Prioritizing land preservation: a GIS approach
Research Briefs | Jan 5, 2010 For organizations that protect land by purchasing property (or the underlying development rights), a simple but harsh reality reins: Land is expensive. Money is limited. So you have to spend wisely. In this regard, a new study may help land conservationists identify the highest priority properties for preservation...
Quantifying the environmental benefits of wetland restoration
Research Briefs | Dec 21, 2009 A new study presents a model that could make the job of restoration planners much easier. Researchers created and tested a prototype for quantifying the amount that prospective restoration projects would reduce flooding and retain sediment and nutrients...
Steep, high, and remote: bias found in the location of protected areas
Research Briefs | Dec 14, 2009 Researchers conducted a geospatial analysis of protected area networks in 147 countries and found that most were biased towards high elevations, steep slopes, and lands remote from urbanization. These results cast doubt on the value of many of these protected area networks for conservation...