Mapping of biodiversity hubs and key ecosystem services as a tool for shaping optimal areas for conservation

and priority areas for ES provision to the wider national protection system through green cor- ridors and PAs widening would not only save them from further impairments, but also reduce the risk of extinction of many threatened species, and boost their provision of ES. The proce- dures shown in this study are the freely available based models for application in data-poor but problem-rich environments therefore, they are easily transferable to other regions for assessing the benefits of PAs beyond the conservation of biodiversity. Such assessments will allow the identification of areas that require further conservation actions, as well as those that are con- tributing to biodiversity conservation and ES provision. As such, our results directly respond to recent calls for efficient prioritization of the location of PAs. [6, 7]. Supporting information S1 Appendix. (XLS) Author Contributions Conceptualization: Xiangrong Wang. Data curation: Olivier Clement Gatwaza. Formal analysis: Olivier Clement Gatwaza. Funding acquisition: Xiangrong Wang. Investigation: Xiangrong Wang. Methodology: Olivier Clement Gatwaza. Project administration: Olivier Clement Gatwaza. Resources: Olivier Clement Gatwaza. Software: Olivier Clement Gatwaza. Supervision: Xiangrong Wang. Validation: Olivier Clement Gatwaza. Visualization: Olivier Clement Gatwaza. Writing – original draft: Olivier Clement Gatwaza. References 1. Vina A. and Liu J., “Hidden roles of protected areas in the conservation of biodiversity and ecosystem

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