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Yicheng Wang¹, Qiaoling Fang², Sahan T M Dissanayake³

¹College of Resources and Environment, Qingdao Agricultural University, Qingdao, China.

|June 23, 2020

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Designing effective nature reserves is challenging. This study presents a novel optimization model for creating spatially coherent reserves that protect multiple species efficiently, proving computationally effective.

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Area of Science:

Conservation science
Operations research
Spatial ecology

Background:

Designing nature reserves requires balancing financial constraints with the need for spatially coherent systems that protect multiple species.
Integrating spatial criteria like contiguity and compactness into conservation planning models presents significant modeling and computational challenges.

Purpose of the Study:

To develop a novel linear integer programming model for designing spatially coherent nature reserve systems.
To incorporate spatial contiguity and compactness criteria into the optimization framework for multi-species conservation.

Main Methods:

Utilized graph theory concepts (paths) to ensure reserve contiguity.
Minimized the sum of distances to a central site to promote reserve compactness.
Developed and tested a linear integer programming model for spatial conservation planning.

Main Results:

The proposed model effectively addresses spatial contiguity and compactness in reserve design.
Computational efficiency tests indicate the model can be solved effectively for most randomly generated datasets.
Demonstrated the model's applicability through an empirical case study protecting Gopher Tortoises and Gopher Frogs.

Conclusions:

The novel optimization model provides an efficient solution for designing spatially coherent multi-species nature reserves.
The model's ability to handle spatial criteria enhances conservation planning effectiveness.
Empirical application confirms the model's practical utility in real-world conservation scenarios.