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Systematic conservation planning by Margules, C. R, Pressey, R. L

“…The realization of conservation goals requires strategies for managing whole landscapes including areas allocated to both production and protection. Reserves…”
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Connectivity, biodiversity conservation and the design of marine reserve networks for coral reefs by Almany, G. R, Connolly, S. R, Heath, D. D, Hogan, J. D, Jones, G. P, McCook, L. J, Mills, M, Pressey, R. L, Williamson, D. H

“…Networks of no-take reserves are important for protecting coral reef biodiversity from climate change and other human impacts. Ensuring that reserve…”
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Effects of Human Population Density and Proximity to Markets on Coral Reef Fishes Vulnerable to Extinction by Fishing by BREWER, T. D., CINNER, J. E., GREEN, A., PRESSEY, R. L.

“…Coral reef fisheries are crucial to the livelihoods of tens of millions of people; yet, widespread habitat degradation and unsustainable fishing are causing…”
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Guiding principles for the improved governance of port and shipping impacts in the Great Barrier Reef by Grech, A., Bos, M., Brodie, J., Coles, R., Dale, A., Gilbert, R., Hamann, M., Marsh, H., Neil, K., Pressey, R.L., Rasheed, M.A., Sheaves, M., Smith, A.

“…•The Great Barrier Reef’s biodiversity is under threat from multiple pressures.•Port and shipping activities are escalating, and present a new management…”
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A systematic approach for prioritizing multiple management actions for invasive species by Januchowski-Hartley, S. R., Visconti, P., Pressey, R. L.

“…The successful management and eradication of invasive species is often constrained by insufficient or inconsistent funding. Consequently, managers are usually…”
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Effects of Errors and Gaps in Spatial Data Sets on Assessment of Conservation Progress by VISCONTI, P, DI MARCO, M, ÁLVAREZ‐ROMERO, J. G, JANUCHOWSKI‐HARTLEY, S. R, PRESSEY, R. L, WEEKS, R, RONDININI, C

“…Data on the location and extent of protected areas, ecosystems, and species’ distributions are essential for determining gaps in biodiversity protection and…”
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A decision framework for prioritizing multiple management actions for threatened marine megafauna by Fuentes, M. M. P. B., Blackwood, J., Jones, B., Kim, M., Leis, B., Limpus, C. J., Marsh, H., Mitchell, J., Pouzols, F. M., Pressey, R. L., Visconti, P.

“…Resources for conserving biodiversity are invariably insufficient. This situation creates the need for transparent, systematic frameworks to help stakeholders…”
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Representing biodiversity: data and procedures for identifying priority areas for conservation by Margules, C R, Pressey, R L, Williams, P H

“…Biodiversity priority areas together should represent the biodiversity of the region they are situated in. To achieve this, biodiversity has to be measured,…”
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Formulating conservation targets for biodiversity pattern and process in the Cape Floristic Region, South Africa by Pressey, R.L., Cowling, R.M., Rouget, M.

“…The Cape Floristic Region of South Africa is a global biodiversity hotspot. In 1998, a process of conservation planning began in the region that required…”
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A conservation plan for a global biodiversity hotspot—the Cape Floristic Region, South Africa by Cowling, R.M, Pressey, R.L, Rouget, M, Lombard, A.T

“…We produced a conservation plan that achieved conservation targets for biodiversity pattern and process in the species- and endemic-rich Cape Floristic Region…”
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Irreplaceability of river networks: towards catchment-based conservation planning by Linke, S., Norris, R. H., Pressey, R. L.

“…1. This study has adapted a complementarity-based area-selection method to estimate conservation value/irreplaceability for river systems. Irreplaceability…”
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Scheduling conservation action in production landscapes: priority areas in western New South Wales defined by irreplaceability and vulnerability to vegetation loss by Pressey, R.L, Taffs, K.H

“…Scheduling conservation action is necessary when the available resources for conservation are insufficient to adequately protect all of the natural features…”
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Rapid Plant Diversification: Planning for an Evolutionary Future by Cowling, R. M., Pressey, R. L.

“…Systematic conservation planning is a branch of conservation biology that seeks to identify spatially explicit options for the preservation of biodiversity…”
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Conservation planning with irreplaceability: does the method matter by Carwardine, J, Rochester, W. A, Richardson, K. S, Williams, K. J, Pressey, R. L, Possingham, H. P

“…A number of systematic conservation planning tools are available to aid in making land use decisions. Given the increasing worldwide use and application of…”
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Effectiveness of protected areas in north-eastern New South Wales: recent trends in six measures by Pressey, R.L, Whish, G.L, Barrett, T.W, Watts, M.E

“…We applied six measures of effectiveness to recent decisions about additional conservation areas in north-eastern New South Wales. Three have been widely used…”
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Selecting zones in a marine park: Early systematic planning improves cost-efficiency; combining habitat and biotic data improves effectiveness by Malcolm, H.A., Foulsham, E., Pressey, R.L., Jordan, A., Davies, P.L., Ingleton, T., Johnstone, N., Hessey, S., Smith, S.D.A.

“…Systematic planning, using algorithm tools, can improve biodiversity representation in ‘no-take’ zones in a marine park while reducing costs of meeting…”
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Coarse-filter surrogates do not represent freshwater fish diversity at a regional scale in Queensland, Australia by Januchowski-Hartley, S.R., Hermoso, V., Pressey, R.L., Linke, S., Kool, J., Pearson, R.G., Pusey, B.J., VanDerWal, J.

“…► We derive four abiotic and eight biologically informed classifications to serve as surrogates. ► We evaluate the effectiveness of the coarse-filter…”
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Using abiotic data for conservation assessments over extensive regions: quantitative methods applied across New South Wales, Australia by Pressey, R.L., Hager, T.C., Ryan, K.M., Schwarz, J., Wall, S., Ferrier, S., Creaser, P.M.

“…New South Wales (NSW) can be regarded as one of the more “data-rich” parts of the world but its detailed biological data sets, like others elsewhere, are…”
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Introduction to systematic conservation planning in the Cape Floristic Region by Cowling, R.M, Pressey, R.L

“…This paper provides an introduction and overview for the special issue on systematic conservation planning in the species-rich and highly vulnerable Cape…”
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Ad Hoc Reservations: Forward or Backward Steps in Developing Representative Reserve Systems? by Pressey, R.L.

“…A major reason for land reservation has been the relative lack of value of selected sites for major commercial land uses or for human habitation. Other…”
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