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3 - Delineating Key Biodiversity Areas as targets for protecting areas

from Part I - Conservation needs and priorities

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 November 2009

By
Thomas M. Brooks ,
Naamal De Silva ,
Melizar V. Duya ,
Matt Foster ,
David Knox ,
Penny Langhammer ,
Marthy R. William  and
Blas Tabaranza Jr.
Edited by
Navjot S. Sodhi ,
Greg Acciaioli ,
Maribeth Erb  and
Alan Khee-Jin Tan
Thomas M. Brooks
Affiliation:
Center for Applied Biodiversity Science Conservation International, Washington
Naamal De Silva
Affiliation:
ICRAF – The World Agroforestry Centre, PO Box 35024 University of the Philippines, Los Baños, Laguna 4031, Philippines.
Melizar V. Duya
Affiliation:
Conservation International – Philippines 6 Maalalahanin St, Teacher's Village, Diliman, Quezon City, 1101 Philippines.
Matt Foster
Affiliation:
ICRAF – The World Agroforestry Centre University of the Philippines
David Knox
Affiliation:
ICRAF – The World Agroforestry Centre, PO Box 35024 University of the Philippines, Los Baños, Laguna 4031, Philippines.
Penny Langhammer
Affiliation:
ICRAF – The World Agroforestry Centre, PO Box 35024 University of the Philippines, Los Baños, Laguna 4031, Philippines.
Marthy R. William
Affiliation:
Conservation International – Indonesia Jl Pejaten Barat 16 A, Kemang, Jakarta – 12550, Indonesia.
Blas Tabaranza Jr.
Affiliation:
Haribon Foundation for the Conservation of Natural Resources, 4th Floor Fil-Garcia Tower, 140 Kalayaan Ave at Mayaman St Diliman, Quezon City, 1101 Philippines.
Navjot S. Sodhi
Affiliation:
National University of Singapore
Greg Acciaioli
Affiliation:
National University of Singapore
Maribeth Erb
Affiliation:
National University of Singapore
Alan Khee-Jin Tan
Affiliation:
National University of Singapore
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Summary

Introduction

Biodiversity faces a crisis, with extinction rates approximately three orders of magnitude higher than those typical of the Earth's history (Pimm et al. 1995). This crisis has numerous negative consequences for humanity, including to economies, health, environmental services, and moral and spiritual well-being (Wilson 2002). The biodiversity crisis is particularly serious in Southeast Asia (Sodhi et al. 2004; Sodhi & Brook 2006), where wholesale extinctions are already in the process of unfolding (Brook et al. 2003). Among a large number of causes of these extinctions, the destruction of natural habitats is the most pervasive, affecting ~90% of all threatened species (Baillie et al. 2004). Given this, it is clear that the primary tactic necessary to stem the crisis is to safeguard sites of global biodiversity significance. This has received intergovernmental mandate, with, for example, the 188 parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity agreeing on a Programme of Work on Protected Areas (http://www.biodiv.org/programmes/cross-cutting/protected) to support the establishment and maintenance ‘of comprehensive, effectively managed, and ecologically representative national and regional systems of protected areas’ (Decision VII/28). However, this raises the question of how these sites can best be identified and delineated.

This chapter addresses this question. We begin by explaining the variety of factors that require consideration in the identification of those areas requiring site safeguard. Next, we show how the approach of identifying and delineating Key Biodiversity Areas (KBAs) emerges from these considerations. Finally, we discuss the issue of how KBAs can best be delineated.

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Biodiversity and Human Livelihoods in Protected Areas
Case Studies from the Malay Archipelago
 , pp. 20 - 35
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2007

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  • Delineating Key Biodiversity Areas as targets for protecting areas
    • By Thomas M. Brooks, Center for Applied Biodiversity Science Conservation International, Washington, Naamal De Silva, ICRAF – The World Agroforestry Centre, PO Box 35024 University of the Philippines, Los Baños, Laguna 4031, Philippines., Melizar V. Duya, Conservation International – Philippines 6 Maalalahanin St, Teacher's Village, Diliman, Quezon City, 1101 Philippines., Matt Foster, ICRAF – The World Agroforestry Centre University of the Philippines, David Knox, ICRAF – The World Agroforestry Centre, PO Box 35024 University of the Philippines, Los Baños, Laguna 4031, Philippines., Penny Langhammer, ICRAF – The World Agroforestry Centre, PO Box 35024 University of the Philippines, Los Baños, Laguna 4031, Philippines., Marthy R. William, Conservation International – Indonesia Jl Pejaten Barat 16 A, Kemang, Jakarta – 12550, Indonesia., Blas Tabaranza, Jr., Haribon Foundation for the Conservation of Natural Resources, 4th Floor Fil-Garcia Tower, 140 Kalayaan Ave at Mayaman St Diliman, Quezon City, 1101 Philippines.
  • Edited by Navjot S. Sodhi, National University of Singapore, Greg Acciaioli, National University of Singapore, Maribeth Erb, National University of Singapore, Alan Khee-Jin Tan, National University of Singapore
  • Book: Biodiversity and Human Livelihoods in Protected Areas
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    • By Thomas M. Brooks, Center for Applied Biodiversity Science Conservation International, Washington, Naamal De Silva, ICRAF – The World Agroforestry Centre, PO Box 35024 University of the Philippines, Los Baños, Laguna 4031, Philippines., Melizar V. Duya, Conservation International – Philippines 6 Maalalahanin St, Teacher's Village, Diliman, Quezon City, 1101 Philippines., Matt Foster, ICRAF – The World Agroforestry Centre University of the Philippines, David Knox, ICRAF – The World Agroforestry Centre, PO Box 35024 University of the Philippines, Los Baños, Laguna 4031, Philippines., Penny Langhammer, ICRAF – The World Agroforestry Centre, PO Box 35024 University of the Philippines, Los Baños, Laguna 4031, Philippines., Marthy R. William, Conservation International – Indonesia Jl Pejaten Barat 16 A, Kemang, Jakarta – 12550, Indonesia., Blas Tabaranza, Jr., Haribon Foundation for the Conservation of Natural Resources, 4th Floor Fil-Garcia Tower, 140 Kalayaan Ave at Mayaman St Diliman, Quezon City, 1101 Philippines.
  • Edited by Navjot S. Sodhi, National University of Singapore, Greg Acciaioli, National University of Singapore, Maribeth Erb, National University of Singapore, Alan Khee-Jin Tan, National University of Singapore
  • Book: Biodiversity and Human Livelihoods in Protected Areas
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  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511542169.003
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    • By Thomas M. Brooks, Center for Applied Biodiversity Science Conservation International, Washington, Naamal De Silva, ICRAF – The World Agroforestry Centre, PO Box 35024 University of the Philippines, Los Baños, Laguna 4031, Philippines., Melizar V. Duya, Conservation International – Philippines 6 Maalalahanin St, Teacher's Village, Diliman, Quezon City, 1101 Philippines., Matt Foster, ICRAF – The World Agroforestry Centre University of the Philippines, David Knox, ICRAF – The World Agroforestry Centre, PO Box 35024 University of the Philippines, Los Baños, Laguna 4031, Philippines., Penny Langhammer, ICRAF – The World Agroforestry Centre, PO Box 35024 University of the Philippines, Los Baños, Laguna 4031, Philippines., Marthy R. William, Conservation International – Indonesia Jl Pejaten Barat 16 A, Kemang, Jakarta – 12550, Indonesia., Blas Tabaranza, Jr., Haribon Foundation for the Conservation of Natural Resources, 4th Floor Fil-Garcia Tower, 140 Kalayaan Ave at Mayaman St Diliman, Quezon City, 1101 Philippines.
  • Edited by Navjot S. Sodhi, National University of Singapore, Greg Acciaioli, National University of Singapore, Maribeth Erb, National University of Singapore, Alan Khee-Jin Tan, National University of Singapore
  • Book: Biodiversity and Human Livelihoods in Protected Areas
  • Online publication: 12 November 2009
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511542169.003
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