@article{b160843b12a24648a322f7595589298d,
title = "Completing the system: Opportunities and challenges for a national habitat conservation system",
abstract = "The United States has achieved significant conservation goals to date, but the loss of biodiversity and ecosystem processes is accelerating. We evaluate opportunities and challenges to conserving our biodiversity by completing a national habitat conservation system, which could stem losses of natural resources and ecosystem services and proactively prepare for climate-change impacts. Lessons learned from two international conservation systems and the infrastructure of national bird conservation partnerships provide examples for completing a national habitat conservation system. One option is to convene a national forum of interested public and private parties to undertake four key actions; develop a common conservation vision and set measureable goals, complete a conservation assessment, use an adaptive management framework to monitor progress toward this vision, and implement strategies to complete a national habitat conservation system. Completing a national habitat conservation system is key to meeting the challenges of conserving habitats and biodiversity of the United States.",
keywords = "biodiversity, conservation areas, conservation planning, national habitat conservation system, public private partnerships",
author = "Aycrigg, {Jocelyn L.} and Craig Groves and Hilty, {Jodi A.} and Scott, {J. Michael} and Paul Beier and Boyce, {D. A.} and Dennis Figg and Healy Hamilton and Gary Machlis and Kit Muller and Rosenberg, {K. V.} and Sauvajot, {Raymond M.} and Mark Shaffer and Rand Wentworth",
note = "Funding Information: We gratefully acknowledge all the conservation visionaries that have come before us and brought conservation so far. We thank the National Park System Advisory Board, especially Gretchen Long who brought together key partners to start formulating these ideas. Invaluable input was provided by John A. Hall, Mark Humpert, David Policansky, Elsa Haubold, and Sharon Scott. JLA was supported by funding from the US Geological Survey Gap Analysis Program (UGGS GAP) under research work order #G12AC20244 to the University of Idaho. CG was supported by The Nature Conservancy, JAH was supported by the Wildlife Conservation Society, and JMS was supported by the University of Idaho. The views, statements, findings, conclusions, recommendations, and data in this manuscript are solely the work of the authors and do not necessarily represent the policies or positions of the US Government. Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} The Author(s) 2016. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the American Institute of Biological Sciences.",
year = "2016",
month = sep,
day = "1",
doi = "10.1093/biosci/biw090",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "66",
pages = "774--784",
journal = "BioScience",
issn = "0006-3568",
publisher = "American Institute of Biological Sciences",
number = "9",
}