Systematic Conservation Planning with Marxan

Abstract

Conservation planning is the science of choosing which actions to take where for the purpose of conserving biodiversity. Creating a system of protected areas is the most common form of systematic conservation planning. Hence, we will focus on the process of protected area selection in this chapter. Marxan is the most widely used software in the world for creating marine and terrestrial protected area systems. Because conservation planning is an important job skill for conservation and resource managers, you should understand the principles involved even if you don’t use this software in your job and even if you use software other than Marxan for systematic conservation planning. From this chapter, we would like you to.