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Matthew Watts
Lindsay Kircher
m.watts@uq.edu.au
l.kircher@uq.edu.au
Hugh Possingham
Course Overview
Day 1
9:00 9:10: Course overview.
9:10 10:00: Key concepts in systematic conservation planning
10:00 10:10: Introduction of course participants
10:10 10:25: Coffee break
10:25 10:55: Interactive session I Planning Activity
10:55 11:15: Tasmania Exercise Introduction
11:15 12:30: Interactive session II begin Tasmania exercise (creating Marxan
input files)
12:30 1:30: Lunch
1:30 2:20: Interactive session III Creating Marxan input files continued
2:20 2:45: Applied Marxan Talk- Terrestrial
2:45 3:00: Afternoon tea
3:00 4:00: Interactive session IV Creating Marxan input files continued
Course Overview
Day 2
9:00 9:45: How does Marxan find good solutions?
9:45 10:00 Zonae Cogito Demonstration
10:00 10:15: Coffee break
10:15 12:10 Interactive session V - Running Marxan with ZC and understanding output files
12:10 12:30: Applied Marxan talk- Marine
12:30 1:30: Lunch
1:30 2:15: Interactive session VI Calibration, Configuration Editor, and cluster analysis
2:15 2:45: Marxan with Zones
2:45 3:00: Afternoon tea
3:00 4:00: Continue interactive sessions if needed, question and answer session, extra activities, discussion
Course website
www.uq.edu.au/marxan
Available for download:
Course Materials
Data
Extensions
Presentations
Charismatic animals
30
25
20
15
3
10
5
0
1
1
2
3
Source: Pressey et al. (2002)
Charismatic animals
vs
http://www.uq.edu.au/~uqmwatts/cplan.html
http://www.helsinki.fi/bioscience/consplan/index.html
http://uts.cc.utexas.edu/~consbio/Cons/Labframeset.html
www.ebmtools.org/
Decision-support, not a
decision-maker!
Brief History
Siman: The University of Adelaide (Ian Balls PhD)
Spexan: Environment Australia sponsored
SITES: Spexan linked to Arcview, TNC sponsored
Marxan: Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority
and National Marine Fisheries Services
Marxan with Zones: The University of Queensland,
Ecotrust and The University of California
Marine Examples
Terrestrial Examples
Australia
Maputaland (southern Africa)
Africa
Seamounts
Canyons
Pinnacles
Socio-economic cost of
Reservation
Recreational Fishing Effort
Fishing Effort
0-5
6 - 25
26 - 50
51 - 240
Approach: MARXAN
1 NM2 planning units.
Calculated how much of each
feature is in each planning
unit
MARXAN provides potential
solutions for meeting
conservation goals at a
minimum cost to fisheries
Monterey
Morro
Bay
a. BLM = 0
10
20
40
60
b. BLM = 0.0001
80
Miles
c. BLM = 1
Mathematical Formulation
Minimise
Subject to
c j x j + .BoundaryLength
j=1
n
a ij x j T i
i = 1, K , m
j =1
26
12
Laura Francis
Some misconceptions
Prescriptive black box
Only suitable for data-rich regions
Only applicable to strict reserves
Technically demanding
Precludes experts
Does considering cost prevents me from
getting a biologically pure answer?
Keep in mind