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LAND USE AND CONSERVATION:  

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To help prevent further loss of biodiversity, there is an urgent need for more strategic approaches to conservation planning in urban environments based on a scientific understanding of landscape patterns, species requirements, and development pressures. Prioritization can be used to identify areas of conservation significance within individual developments that account for the wider landscape context. These results demonstrate how conservation planning tools can be better integrated into the different stages of land-use planning for future urban growth. (Gordon, Simonson, White, Moilanen, Bekessy. Web)