The authors review recent advances in systematic conservation planning in fresh waters. Most modern systematic planning approaches are based on the CARE principles: comprehensiveness, adequacy, representativeness and efficiency. Efficiency is usually provided by a complementarity-based strategy, aiming to select new conservation areas in the light of previously protected features. These strategies have to be modified to account for the connected nature of rivers.
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Linke, S, Turak, E and Nel, J. 2011. Freshwater conservation planning: the case for systematic approaches. Freshwater Biology, vol. 56(1), pp 6-20
Linke, S., Turak, E., & Nel, J. (2011). Freshwater conservation planning: the case for systematic approaches. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/6020
Linke, S, E Turak, and J Nel "Freshwater conservation planning: the case for systematic approaches." (2011) http://hdl.handle.net/10204/6020
Linke S, Turak E, Nel J. Freshwater conservation planning: the case for systematic approaches. 2011; http://hdl.handle.net/10204/6020.
Author:Funke, Nicola S; Claassen, Marius; Nienaber, SDate:Aug 2012The water sector in Southern Africa is uncertain and is changing constantly - there is biophysical uncertainty and the annual rainfall anomalies in Southern Africa between 1901 and 2009 make it difficult to plan. This uncertainty is exacerbated ...Read more
