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SUBMITTER: Hammill E
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4820849 | biostudies-other | 2016
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Hammill E E Tulloch A I T AI Possingham H P HP Strange N N Wilson K A KA
Nature communications 20160330
The high incidence of armed conflicts in biodiverse regions poses significant challenges in achieving international conservation targets. Because attitudes towards risk vary, we assessed different strategies for protected area planning that reflected alternative attitudes towards the risk of armed conflicts. We find that ignoring conflict risk will deliver the lowest return on investment. Opting to completely avoid conflict-prone areas offers limited improvements and could lead to species receiv ...[more]