A GIS-based policy support tool to determine national responsibilities and priorities for biodiversity conservation.

ABSTRACT: Efficient biodiversity conservation requires that limited resources be allocated in accordance with national responsibilities and priorities. Without appropriate computational tools, the process of determining these national responsibilities and conservation priorities is time intensive when considering many species across geographic scales. Here, we have developed a computational tool as a module for the ArcGIS geographic information system. The ArcGIS National Responsibility Assessment Tool (NRA-Tool) can be used to create hierarchical lists of national responsibilities and priorities for global species conservation. Our tool will allow conservationists to prioritize conservation efforts and to focus limited resources on relevant species and regions. We showcase our tool with data on 258

SUBMITTER: Lin YP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7714368 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature