GRA Prospectus: Optimizing Protected Areas for Conservation, September 2001;Open-file rept

摘要

The strategy for this project was for the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) researchers to use informationincluding ecological, geographic, and socioeconomic datafrom protected areas created by Conservation International (CI) as case studies to develop a suite of analytical tools and methods to improve the site selection and management of tropical protected areas. The research products would be usable by managers of those areas, but they would also be adaptable and transferable to other protected areas that exist or will be created in the future. Therefore, much of our research depends on the activities of our research partners. Here, we report on their recent accomplishments.