Integrating conservation and forestry production: exploring trade-offs between biodiversity and production in regional land-use assessment

摘要: Abstract Regional integration of biodiversity conservation and forestry production requires land-use allocations based on trade-offs that attempt to maximise long-term net benefits society. In this context, effective surrogate information for must be used in order estimate the complementarity value each area—its unique contribution biodiversity, given other already-protected areas. Net will maximised only when protected area exceeds its weighted cost or suitability an alternative land use. This study explored issue using one particular surrogacy approach, environmental data, combined with a recently-developed procedure incorporates assessment into multi-criteria analysis framework. procedure, as implemented software package DIVERSITY, allows range relative weightings protection versus suitabilities uses, identifying sets areas total benefit. A case integrating Bateman's Bay region New South Wales, Australia, is presented, which are estimated spatial decision-support package, LUPIS. LUPIS linked DIVERSITY combine exploration different various forestry-related criteria biodiversity. The results demonstrate that, ignore competing land-uses, taking account can lead principle allocation maintains high degree representation while reducing conflict requirements.