Section: Ecology
Topic: Ecology, Environmental sciences
Integrating biodiversity assessments into local conservation planning: the importance of assessing suitable data sources
10.24072/pcjournal.331 - Peer Community Journal, Volume 3 (2023), article no. e98.
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Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) of land-use planning is a fundamental tool to minimize environmental impacts of artificialization. In this context, Systematic Conservation Planning (SCP) tools based on Species Distribution Models (SDM) are frequently used for the elaboration of spatially exhaustive biodiversity diagnostics. Despite the paradigm of “garbage in - garbage out” that emphasises the importance of testing the suitability of data for SDM and priority conservation areas, the assessment of database sources remains relatively rare. In addition, the lack of practical recommendations for the use of open-access databases by SEA stakeholders remains a problem. The aim of this study is to explore the quality of data sources that can be used in SEA to assess priority conservation areas in SEA. The study used data for nine taxonomic groups (commonly used in inventories for environmental impact assessment) and three databases available to SEA stakeholders. Three local administrative entities in very different socio-ecological contexts were used to examine three main issues : (i) the suitability of local versus regional or country databases for assessing conservation priorities, (ii) differences among taxonomic groups or territories in terms of the suitability of databases, (iii) the importance of the quality of databases for the application of SDM to assess priority conservation areas. Our study provides several clear messages for potential users of open-access databases. First, the need for prudence in the interpretation of biodiversity maps. Second, the collection of individual databases at the country scale is necessary to complete local data and ensure the suitability of SDM in a local context. Third, a data driven approach can lead to the use of notably different species communities to identify priority conservation areas when compared to the community in the original database. Finally, we propose a workflow to guide SEA stakeholders through the process of data rationalization and use in conservation planning.
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Ferraille, Thibaut; Kerbiriou, Christian; Bigard, Charlotte; Claireau, Fabien; Thompson, John D. Integrating biodiversity assessments into local conservation planning: the importance of assessing suitable data sources. Peer Community Journal, Volume 3 (2023), article no. e98. doi : 10.24072/pcjournal.331. https://peercommunityjournal.org/articles/10.24072/pcjournal.331/
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