Browsing by Author "Martinez-Harms M.J."

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    A systematic evidence map of conservation knowledge in Chilean Patagonia
    (Blackwell Publishing Inc., 2022) Martinez-Harms M.J.; Gelcich S.; Nahuelhual L.; Martinez-Harms M.J.; Armesto J.J.; Castilla J.C.; Fernandez M.; Gelcich S.; Marquet P.A.; Pliscoff P.; Martinez-Harms M.J.; Armesto J.J.; Pliscoff P.; Castilla J.C.; Marquet P.A.; Astorga A.; Daneri G.; Reid B.; Aylwin J.; Buschmann A.H.; Castro V.; Daneri G.; Fuentes-Castillo T.; Pliscoff P.; Gelcich S.; Gonzalez H.E.; Hucke-Gaete R.; Gonzalez H.E.; Nahuelhual L.; Morello F.; Nahuelhual L.; Rozzi R.; Rozzi R.; Guala C.; Tecklin D.
    © 2021 The Authors. Conservation Science and Practice published by Wiley Periodicals LLC on behalf of Society for Conservation Biology.Mechanisms that reliably and efficiently guide practitioners to find relevant evidence are urgent for conservation decision-making in Chilean Patagonia. The objective of this study was to systematically collect, characterize, and synthesize the extensive evidence about conservation knowledge in Chilean Patagonia focusing on the impacts of global change drivers on ecosystems and human–nature relationships, identifying knowledge gaps, and providing policy recommendations. The quality of the evidence was assessed through a predefined level-of-evidence hierarchy scale, applied to a sample of the studies reviewed. We compiled ~1000 studies documenting that evidence focusing on terrestrial and marine ecosystems has grown exponentially. For terrestrial ecosystems, most studies have addressed climate change, habitat change, and invasive species; while for marine ecosystems, studies have focused on pollution, invasive species, and habitat change. We identified that an important gap is the study of the social dimensions of conservation, and future efforts should focus on incorporating traditional and local knowledge as this can help point the way to ecosystem conservation. The appraisal of the quality of the evidence showed that ~80% of the sample represented reliable evidence with underlying data and an experimental design. Enhanced efforts to deliver this evidence to decision-makers in a user-friendly format for evidence uptake in conservation policy are urgent. In this review, we provide a tool that can help practitioners to find evidence reliably to improve decision-making for the conservation of ecosystems in Chilean Patagonia.
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    Conservation planning for people and nature in a Chilean biodiversity hotspot
    (Blackwell Publishing Ltd, 2021) Martinez-Harms M.J.; Gelcich S.; Pliscoff P.; Martinez-Harms M.J.; Gelcich S.; Martinez-Harms M.J.; Wilson K.A.; Costa M.D.P.; Possingham H.P.; Costa M.D.P.; Marquet P.A.; Bryan B.A.; Possingham H.P.; Gelcich S.; Gelcich S.; Gelcich S.; Chauvenet A.; Pliscoff P.; Pliscoff P.
    © 2021 The Authors. People and Nature published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd on behalf of British Ecological SocietyThe Mediterranean-type climate region of Chile is a globally unique biodiversity hotspot but its protected area system does not adequately represent the biological diversity, nor does it provide equitable access to people. We explored options to expand the protected area system to cost-effectively improve the conservation of forest ecosystem types while simultaneously enhancing social accessibility to protected areas. Social accessibility is defined as the access of municipalities to cultural ecosystem services provided by protected areas which depends on distance to highly demanded protected areas and income of the municipalities. Using systematic conservation planning methods, we identified priority areas for extending the existing protected area system that: (a) minimise land acquisition cost, (b) maximise social accessibility and (c) optimise for both cost and accessibility. The results show that it is possible to improve social accessibility while simultaneously minimising land cost. Considering cost alone, the protected area system could be expanded to improve biodiversity conservation by 86% at the cost of $47 million USD, which would also increase the accessibility of protected areas by 12%. Accessibility can be increased by a further 18% by jointly considering cost and accessibility without compromising the cost or biodiversity performance. New private conservation policy developed in Chile could help offset the costs of conservation through novel public–private partnerships. Our results can provide specific guidance to policymakers to strategically identify new locations for protected areas which cost-effectively improve biodiversity conservation, while at the same time reducing inequality in social accessibility. The consideration of social access in reserve design could increase the success of protected areas as a conservation tool by bringing people closer to nature. A free Plain Language Summary can be found within the Supporting Information of this article.