Protecting Biodiversity: A Guide to Criteria Used by Global Conservation Organizations

Cover......Page 1
Table Of Contents......Page 4
Acknowledgements......Page 6
Executive Summary......Page 8
Approach Fundamentals......Page 11
Criteria......Page 12
Local Implementation......Page 13
Key Findings......Page 14
Conclusion......Page 16
Introduction......Page 18
Study Methods And Framework......Page 22
Implementation......Page 25
Approach Fundamentals......Page 28
Planning Principles......Page 30
Targets......Page 36
Criteria......Page 41
Conservation Value Criteria......Page 46
Monitoring And Adaptive Management......Page 50
Organizational Overview......Page 52
Approach Overview......Page 53
Sources Of Information......Page 54
Targets And Criteria......Page 55
Implementation And Monitoring......Page 56
Allliance For Zero Extinctionglobal Centers Of Imminent Extinction......Page 57
Approach Overview......Page 58
Targets And Criteria – Important Bird Areas (ibas)......Page 62
Implementation And Monitoring......Page 63
Organizational Overview......Page 65
Approach Specifics......Page 68
Targets And Criteria......Page 70
Implementation And Monitoring......Page 71
Conservation Internationalbiodiversity Hotspots & High Biodiversity Wilderness Areas......Page 73
Organizational Overview......Page 74
Approach Overview......Page 75
Targets And Criteria......Page 76
Implementation And Monitoring......Page 77
Implementation......Page 79
Approach Overview......Page 80
Targets And Criteria......Page 81
Implementation And Monitoring......Page 83
Implementation......Page 84
Approach Overview......Page 85
Targets And Criteria......Page 86
Implementation And Monitoring......Page 93
Implementation......Page 94
Regional Approaches......Page 96
African Wildlife Foundation – Africanheartlands Program......Page 97
Conservation International – Conservation Corridorsand Key Biodiversity Areas......Page 98
The Nature Conservancy (tnc) – Ecoregional Conserva-tion Planning......Page 99
World Wildlife Fund – Ecoregion-based Conservation......Page 100
Wildlife Conservation Society – Living Landscapes Program......Page 101
Local Implementation......Page 104
Emphasis On Supra-organismal Units......Page 108
Endemism As A Top Scientific Criterion......Page 109
Emphasis On Vulnerable And Irreplaceable Targets......Page 110
Being Practical In A Complicated World......Page 111
Conclusion......Page 114
Sources......Page 116
Glossary Of Terms......Page 122
Categories And Criteria......Page 128
Examples Of Criteria......Page 130
Natureserve Categories & Criteria......Page 134
Organizational Overview......Page 136
Approach Overview......Page 137
A Focus On Intact Forest Landscapes......Page 138
Targets And Criteria......Page 139
Implementaton......Page 141
Organizational Overview......Page 142
Approach Overview......Page 143
Targets And Criteria......Page 145
Implementation......Page 146
Implementation......Page 148
Approach Overview......Page 150
Coarse Filter Targets......Page 152
Fine Filter Targets......Page 153
Target Goals......Page 154
Implementation And Monitoring......Page 156
Implementation......Page 159
Authors......Page 164