Green Infrastructure Design Based on Spatial Conservation Prioritization and Modeling of Biodiversity Features and Ecosystem Services.

摘要: There is high-level political support for the use of green infrastructure (GI) across Europe, to maintain viable populations and provide ecosystem services (ES). Even though GI inherently a spatial concept, modern tools planning have not been recognized, such as in recent European Environment Agency (EEA) report. We outline toolbox methods useful design that explicitly accounts biodiversity ES. Data on species occurrence, habitats, environmental variables are increasingly available via open-access internet platforms. Such data can be synthesized by statistical distribution modeling, producing maps features. These, together with ES, form basis design. argue conservation prioritization (SCP) effective design, overall SCP goal cost-effective allocation efforts. Corridors currently promoted EEA means implementing but they typically target needs only subset regional pool. would help ensure provides balanced solution requirements many features (e.g., species, habitat types) ES simultaneously manner. necessary make into an operational concept combating loss promoting