How is this approach different from WWF ecoregions or CI hotspots?
In contrast to traditional efforts, the WCS Living Landscapes Program sets priorities for conservation by looking through the eyes of wildlife. It is designed to develop and test practical, site-based approaches to conserving wildlife and wildlands. Existing regional or global priority-setting strategies such as Global 200, Hotspots or Gap Analysis, remain vital to ensure that a representative sample of the world?s plants, animals and landscapes receive conservation attention. But while these strategies help us target scarce resources at the most globally important biological areas, they tell us little about how to manage each priority site. Nor do they define how large or small the site should be to ensure that ecologically viable populations of plants and animals persist within the site.
