Representation of global and national conservation priorities by Colombia's Protected Area Network.

ABSTRACT:

Background

How do national-level actions overlap with global priorities for conservation? Answering this question is especially important in countries with high and unique biological diversity like Colombia. Global biodiversity schemes provide conservation guidance at a large scale, while national governments gazette land for protection based on a combination of criteria at regional or local scales. Information on how a protected area network represents global and national conservation priorities is crucial for finding gaps in coverage and for future expansion of the system.

Methodology/principal findings

We evaluated the agreement of Colombia's protected area network with global conservation priorities, and the extent to which the network reflects the country's biomes, spec

SUBMITTER: Forero-Medina G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2953503 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature