Background Documents on Ecoregional Planning

Conservation by Design The Nature Conservancy, 2001 (PDF)

Ecoregional Conservation: A Comprehensive Approach to Conserving Biodiversity Mark Anderson, 2003 (PDF)
Note: A short overview suitable for new partners

Planning for Biodiversity Conservation: Putting Conservation Science into Practice Craig R. Groves et al. 2002. Bioscience 52: 499-512 (PDF)

Guidelines for Representing Ecological Communities in Ecoregional Conservation Plans Mark Anderson et al, 1999 (PDF)

Geography of Hope, Second Edition, Volume One The Nature Conservancy, 2000 (HTML)

Geography of Hope, Second Edition, Volume Two The Nature Conservancy, 2000 (HTML)

Planning Methods and Data

Ecoregional planning methods used in the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic Divisions: Choose a specific conservation target, below. Note: These documents (PDF) are chapters in the standart template Plan Report:

Species
Terrestrial Ecosystems and Communities
Matrix Forests
Aquatic Systems

The bibliography in the standard template Plan Report contains the list of references for all chapters of the report. It is still incomplete, but improving with each revision.

Mapping the 5-S's Eastern Conservation Science, April 2001 draft (PDF, 20MB)

Link to NatureServe Standards and Methods page (HTML)

Sources for Natural Heritage and Conservation Data Center data via NatureServe's site

Link to The Nature Conservancy's GIS Website

People

Link to Natural Heritage Network Staff Directory on NatureServe's site

Link to the starting point for GIS discussion groups (listservs) in TNC and NatureServe

Other Useful Material

The following resources can be used for developing presentations of general-interest publications:

A powerpoint file containing slides of portfolio maps (PPT). Individual maps in various formats are listed on the maps and spatial data page of the NAC webpage.