Uses

A June 2016 article in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) (“Achieving climate connectivity in a fragmented landscape”, McGuire, et al) reports on new methods that ecologists can use to determine the most effective regions for habitat…

Informing public and private organizations about development and wildlife conservation options in the Western U.S. requires extensive habitat data and modeling. PAD-US and individual state protected area inventories are key to this process.

Ensuring that conservation in the U.S. contributes appropriately to global priorities requires a clear sense of the status of protected areas. PAD-US is used at the worldwide scale to assess progress toward global biodiversity protection targets.