PRIORITIZING BIODIVERSITY THREATS IN IRAN PROTECTED AREAS USING TOPSIS METHOD | Journal of Global..

Because of rising human dangers and pressures, particularly in developing nations, as well as growing public concern about biodiversity loss, it is critical to prioritise biodiversity threats before implementing conservation and management programmes. The goal of this research is to find and prioritise biodiversity threat criteria in Iran's protected regions. To begin, certain dangers to biodiversity have been identified after reviewing various studies. Following that, using the Entropy approach, weighted significance indices were created and employed in a typical weighted matrix in the TOPSIS method to prioritise biodiversity threat criteria in Iran protected areas. The incidence impact event time or instant is the most essential factor, according to weighted indices calculated using the Entropy approach, while impact strength, direction, and chance of occurrence are less relevant. Oil resources have the shortest distance from negative ideal solution and the greatest distance from ideal positive solution, while chemical resources, refineries, highways, freeways, and transit roads have the highest priority, while human non-formal settlements, Byway or detours density, and deep wells drilling have the lowest priority, according to the TOPSIS method prioritisation. As a result, this strategy aided in the formulation of appropriate indicators for long-term conservation development in Iran's protected regions. The outcome reveals that the proposed model is effective in accomplishing the research objectives, and it is regarded as a breakthrough in the field of biodiversity-land use planning.

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