John Morrison

Publications (2)11.51 Total impact

• Article: Landscape-scale spatial planning at WWF: a variety of approaches

  John Morrison, Colby Loucks, Barney Long, Eric Wikramanayake
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  ABSTRACT: WWF's spatial landscape planning methods are diverse, reflecting WWF's global, decentralized organizational structure. Over the past decade WWF's spatial planning methods have varied from expert-only workshops to systematic conservation planning using decision support software, and combinations of both. We provide four case studies from the Asia-Pacific region to illustrate the variety of approaches that have been used, emphasizing assessment directed at implementation. The method appropriate to each situation was chosen based on data availability, timing, costs, available range of stakeholders, and the technical facility and interest of the stakeholders themselves. In all cases, methods were chosen to balance staff technical capacity, technical rigour, and political buy-in, hoping to ensure that the resulting plan would actually be implemented.
  Oryx 09/2009; 43(04):499 - 507. · 1.83 Impact Factor
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  Article: Pinpointing and preventing imminent extinctions.

  Taylor H Ricketts, Eric Dinerstein, Tim Boucher, Thomas M Brooks, Stuart H M Butchart, Michael Hoffmann, John F Lamoreux, John Morrison, Mike Parr, John D Pilgrim, [......], Gary W Luck, Lawrence L Master, Robin Moore, Robin Naidoo, Robert Ridgely, George E Schatz, Gavin Shire, Holly Strand, Wes Wettengel, Eric Wikramanayake
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  ABSTRACT: Slowing rates of global biodiversity loss requires preventing species extinctions. Here we pinpoint centers of imminent extinction, where highly threatened species are confined to single sites. Within five globally assessed taxa (i.e., mammals, birds, selected reptiles, amphibians, and conifers), we find 794 such species, three times the number recorded as having gone extinct since 1500. These species occur in 595 sites, concentrated in tropical forests, on islands, and in mountainous areas. Their taxonomic and geographical distribution differs significantly from that of historical extinctions, indicating an expansion of the current extinction episode beyond sensitive species and places toward the planet's most biodiverse mainland regions. Only one-third of the sites are legally protected, and most are surrounded by intense human development. These sites represent clear opportunities for urgent conservation action to prevent species loss.
  Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 01/2006; 102(51):18497-501. · 9.68 Impact Factor