Conservation Priorities Flashcards
1
Q
What are the 3 main costs of conservation
A
Management Cost to other activities (livestock losses, crop destruction, human injury) Opportunity costs (alternative land, money, time, resources
2
Q
What are conservation’s 3 biggest conflicts
A
Farming
Extractive industries
Urban development
3
Q
what are 3 ways human-wildlife conflicts conservation
A
Wildlife may damage property/ threaten people
Humans retaliate against wildlife or clear wildlife habitats
People resits conservation
4
Q
Why are mathematical algoriths used in spatial conservation prioritization
A
works out how to maximise the representation of the desired biodiversity features efficiently under constraints of available choices
5
Q
What is the software that is used for conservation called?
A
Marxan
6
Q
What does Marxan do?
A
calculates function for a set of areas that combines biodiversity features with costs.
