| | The goal of this Special Issue is to emphasise the importance of clear thinking on the goals pursued in biodiversity management. The Special Issue will: inform readers of the paramount importance of biodiversity project selection and evaluation; review the range of selection and evaluation methods available; examine their relative merits and where they are best applied; and alert readers to some new ways to use prioritisation and evaluation tools.
Resources available for biodiversity projects are scarce. Choices must therefore be made on how to use limited resources most effectively, and such decisions should be based on clear and measurable objectives for achievement. Project selection and evaluation methods are at present used patchily by biodiversity project providers and researchers. Several of the papers in this Special Issue were originally presented at the 25th Conservation Biology conference held in Auckland, New Zealand, December 2011. The authors are motivated by the belief that setting and pursuing clear objectives, considering expected outcomes and cost when selecting projects, and rigorously evaluating biodiversity projects will enable greater conservation progress to be achieved with the resources available. We hope that this collection of nine papers stimulates debate, encourages both new and improved uses of prioritisation and evaluation approaches, and contributes to enhanced conservation outcomes.
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