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Watershed Planning within a Quantitative Scenario Analysis Framework
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Conservation planning with uncertain climate change projections.

Heini Kujala1, Atte Moilanen, Miguel B Araújo

  • 1Metapopulation Research Group, Department of Biosciences, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.

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Conservation planning must address climate change uncertainties. This study presents a framework to prioritize areas for biodiversity conservation, considering shifting species distributions and climate impacts, ensuring robust decision-making for amphibians and reptiles in Europe.

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Area of Science:

  • Ecology
  • Conservation Biology
  • Climate Change Science

Background:

  • Climate change poses a significant threat to global biodiversity.
  • Conservation efforts are hindered by uncertainties in climate change projections and their ecological impacts.
  • Accurate conservation prioritization requires accounting for dynamic species distributions and environmental changes.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To propose a novel framework for conservation prioritization that explicitly incorporates multiple sources of uncertainty related to climate change.
  • To improve the robustness of conservation decision-making in the face of climate change unpredictability.
  • To identify priority areas for amphibian and reptile conservation in Europe under future climate scenarios.

Main Methods:

  • Developed a framework to integrate uncertainties from shifting species distributions, species connectivity, climate scenarios, distribution modeling, and confidence levels.
  • Quantified risks and trade-offs associated with different climate change scenarios.
  • Tested the sensitivity of conservation prioritization results to various assumptions about climate change impacts.

Main Results:

  • Demonstrated that robust conservation prioritization is achievable by simultaneously considering present and potential future species distributions.
  • Identified key areas for amphibian and reptile conservation in Europe using the developed framework.
  • Showcased the importance of systematically addressing uncertainties in conservation planning.

Conclusions:

  • The proposed framework enhances conservation decision-making by systematically treating uncertainties in climate change impacts.
  • Effective conservation strategies must account for both current and future species distributions.
  • Prioritizing areas for biodiversity conservation under climate change requires a robust, uncertainty-aware approach.