Environmental conflicts and nature reserves: redesigning Sierra San Pedro Mártir National Park, Mexico

Nature reserves can be considered a land-use category that competes with other land-uses for territory. Therefore, one fundamental goal in conservation planning is to arrive at nature reserve designs that protect the most valuable lands for conservation, and avoid the inclusion of tracts of land val...

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Published in:	Biological conservation Vol. 117; no. 2; pp. 111 - 126
Main Authors:	Bojórquez-Tapia, Luis A, de la Cueva, Horacio, Dı́az, Salomón, Melgarejo, Daniela, Alcantar, Georgina, José Solares, Marı́a, Grobet, Gerardo, Cruz-Bello, Gustavo
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Oxford Elsevier Ltd 01-05-2004 Elsevier
Subjects:	Analytical hierarchy process Animal, plant and microbial ecology Applied ecology Baja, California Biological and medical sciences Conservation Conservation, protection and management of environment and wildlife Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology Geographical information system Land suitability assessment Mathematical programming Multicriteria modeling Parks, reserves, wildlife conservation. Endangered species: population survey and restocking Central America Mexico California United States North America America Conservation Land suitability assessment Analytical hierarchy process Geographical information system Multicriteria modeling Baja, California Mathematical programming National park Conflict Geographic information system Nature reserve Conservation; Land suitability assessment; Multicriteria modeling; Analytical hierarchy process; Mathematical programming; Geographical information system; Baja California Modeling Environmental protection
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Summary:	Nature reserves can be considered a land-use category that competes with other land-uses for territory. Therefore, one fundamental goal in conservation planning is to arrive at nature reserve designs that protect the most valuable lands for conservation, and avoid the inclusion of tracts of land valuable for other stakeholders. However, the complexity of conservation issues, the urgency for protecting critical biodiversity components and the lack of data have forced planners to rely on expert knowledge and public participation for designing nature reserves. Handling expert and public knowledge is challenging because it can be subjective, biased, value laden, context specific, and ambiguous. Here, we present a land suitability assessment (LSA) approach for designing the Sierra San Pedro Mártir National Park, Baja California, Mexico. The LSA allowed us the optimal configuration SSPM in terms of delimitation (inclusion of the most valuable biological resources) and zoning (segregation of incompatible land-uses).
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ISSN:	0006-3207 1873-2917
DOI:	10.1016/S0006-3207(03)00265-9