Dr. Sewall and collaborators have published a new article in Conservation Biology, the top global conservation journal. In the article, called “Reorienting systematic conservation assessment for effective conservation planning,” they propose a new approach to assessing conservation priorities that integrates biological and social science methods to determine the conservation value, threat to biodiversity, and feasibility of conservation action at candidate sites. They illustrate this approach at rainforest sites of high conservation value that are located near population centers in the Comoros Islands, western Indian Ocean. Through biodiversity and social surveys, they identified priority sites for conservation intervention that have the potential for effective protection of key sites with strong local support. The article was published with Amy Freestone, also in the Biology Department at Temple, and six Comorian colleagues from the non-governmental group Action Comores Anjouan: Mohamed Moutui, Nassuri Toilibou, Ishaka Said, Saindou Toumani, Daoud Attoumane, and Cheikh Moussa. For more information, see the journal website.
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