Conserving biodiversity by increasing management level of protected areas

2015 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 25740048
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Environmental and ecological symbiosis
• Research Institution: Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology
• Principal Investigator: Akasaka Munemitsu 東京農工大学, (連合)農学研究科(研究院), 講師 (70446384)
• Project Period (FY): 2013-04-01 – 2016-03-31
• Keywords: 自然保護区 / 生物多様性保全

Outline of Final Research Achievements

Focusing on threatened plant species, I assessed priority targets to be conserved by tightening management rules of existing nature protected areas-an approach overlooked in conservation prioritization framework. I also elucidated attribute of species that need further representation. I found that increasing management level alone is no sufficient to attain full representation of threatened plant species in Japan, but could effectively improve number of the threatened species represented by effective protected areas. Based on habitat type of each threatened species, I also identified habitat types that needs to be represented in priority by increasing management level and by expansion or establishment of protected areas.

Free Research Field

マクロ保全生態学