Integrating species diversity, ecosystem services, climate and ecological stability helps to improve spatial representation of protected areas for quadruple win  

作　　者：Hui Dang Yihe Lü Xiaofeng Wang Yunqi Hao Bojie Fu 

机构地区：[1]State Key Laboratory of Urban and Regional Ecology,Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences,Chinese Academy of Sciences,Beijing 100085,China [2]University of Chinese Academy of Sciences,Beijing 100049,China [3]School of Land Engineering,Chang’an University,Xi’an 710054,China

出　　处：《Geography and Sustainability》2025年第1期47-57,共11页地理学与可持续性(英文)

基　　金：supported by the National Natural Science Foun-dation of China(Grant No.72349002).

摘　　要：Establishing and maintaining protected areas is a pivotal strategy for attaining the post-2020 biodiversity target. The conservation objectives of protected areas have shifted from a narrow emphasis on biodiversity to encompass broader considerations such as ecosystem stability, community resilience to climate change, and enhancement of human well-being. Given these multifaceted objectives, it is imperative to judiciously allocate resources to effectively conserve biodiversity by identifying strategically significant areas for conservation, particularly for mountainous areas. In this study, we evaluated the representativeness of the protected area network in the Qin ling Mountains concerning species diversity, ecosystem services, climate stability and ecological stability. The results indicate that some of the ecological indicators are spatially correlated with topographic gradient effects. The conservation priority areas predominantly lie in the northern foothills, the southeastern, and southwestern parts of the Qinling Mountain with areas concentrated at altitudes between 1,500-2,000 m and slopes between 40°-50° as hotspots. The conservation priority areas identified through the framework of inclusive conservation optimization account for 22.9 % of the Qinling Mountain. Existing protected areas comprise only 6.1 % of the Qinling Mountain and 13.18 % of the conservation priority areas. This will play an important role in achiev ing sustainable development in the region and in meeting the post-2020 biodiversity target. The framework can advance the different objectives of achieving a quadruple win and can also be extended to other regions.

关 键 词：Protected areas Nature conservation Ecological representation Qinling Mountains Spatial planning 

分 类 号：TP3[自动化与计算机技术—计算机科学与技术]