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Balancing alternative land uses in conservation prioritization.

Atte Moilanen¹, Barbara J Anderson, Felix Eigenbrod

¹Finnish Centre of Excellence in Metapopulation Biology, Department of Biosciences, P.O. Box 65, FI-00014, University of Helsinki, Finland. atte.moilanen@helsinki.fi

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Balancing competing land uses like biodiversity, carbon storage, agriculture, and urban development is crucial for effective conservation. New methods successfully reduced conflicts between these land uses in Great Britain.

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Area of Science:

Ecology
Environmental Science
Conservation Biology

Background:

Ecosystems face increasing pressure to provide multiple, often conflicting, services.
Conservation prioritization requires recognizing competing land use needs during planning.

Purpose of the Study:

To develop methods for a conservation priority ranking that balances biodiversity, carbon storage, agricultural value, and urban development.
To illustrate these methods using data from competing land uses in Great Britain.

Main Methods:

Development of methods to integrate competing land use demands into conservation planning.
Application of these methods using spatial data for biodiversity, carbon, agriculture, and urban development in Great Britain.
Utilizing the Zonation software for spatial allocation and conflict analysis.

Main Results:

Identified significant conflicts between biodiversity and urban development in Britain.
Found largest carbon stocks in Scotland, with low agricultural or urban pressure.
Successfully balanced spatial allocation of land uses, significantly reducing conflicts compared to separate development.

Conclusions:

Integrating competing land use needs into conservation planning enhances prioritization success.
The developed methods and Zonation software offer a globally applicable framework for balancing land use conflicts.
Achieving a balance between conservation goals and development pressures is feasible with appropriate planning tools.