Forest Conservation Targeting Tool
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The goal of the Forest Conservation Targeting Tool (FCTT) is to provide the data and analysis that policy makers need to geographically target conservation investments so as to maximize their bang-for-the-buck, or more technically, their expected conservation benefit per dollar spent.
The FCTT aims to inform forest conservation targeting decisions by
• displaying fine-scale spatial data on the three key drivers of conservation bang-for-thebuck: (i) deforestation risk, (ii) forest ecosystem services, and (iii) conservation costs;
• using these three types of data to calculate a single measure of expected conservation benefit per dollar spent for each parcel of forest in a user-defined study area; and most important
• identifying the forest parcels in the study area that generate the greatest bang-for-the buck.
