Department of Bioenvironmental Systems Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan.
ECOLAB, Université de Toulouse, CNRS, INPT, UPS, Toulouse, France.
PLoS One. 2020 Dec 3;15(12):e0243135. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0243135. eCollection 2020.
Efficient biodiversity conservation requires that limited resources be allocated in accordance with national responsibilities and priorities. Without appropriate computational tools, the process of determining these national responsibilities and conservation priorities is time intensive when considering many species across geographic scales. Here, we have developed a computational tool as a module for the ArcGIS geographic information system. The ArcGIS National Responsibility Assessment Tool (NRA-Tool) can be used to create hierarchical lists of national responsibilities and priorities for global species conservation. Our tool will allow conservationists to prioritize conservation efforts and to focus limited resources on relevant species and regions. We showcase our tool with data on 258 bird species and various biophysical regions, including Environmental Zones in 58 Asian countries and regions. Our tool provides a decision support system for conservation policy with attractive and easily interpretable visual outputs illustrating national responsibilities and priorities for species conservation. The graphical output allows for smooth integration into assessment reports, such as the European Article 17 report, the Living Planet Index report, or similar regional and global reports.
高效的生物多样性保护需要根据国家责任和优先事项来分配有限的资源。如果没有适当的计算工具，在考虑跨地理尺度的许多物种时，确定这些国家责任和保护优先事项的过程是非常耗时的。在这里，我们开发了一个计算工具，作为 ArcGIS 地理信息系统的一个模块。ArcGIS 国家责任评估工具（NRA-Tool）可用于为全球物种保护创建国家责任和优先事项的层次列表。我们的工具将使保护主义者能够优先考虑保护工作，并将有限的资源集中在相关的物种和地区上。我们使用包括 58 个亚洲国家和地区的环境区在内的 258 种鸟类物种和各种生物物理区域的数据展示了我们的工具。我们的工具为保护政策提供了一个决策支持系统，具有吸引力和易于解释的可视化输出，说明了物种保护的国家责任和优先事项。图形输出允许与评估报告（如欧洲第 17 条报告、生命星球指数报告或类似的区域和全球报告）顺利集成。
