A GIS-based policy support tool to determine national responsibilities and priorities for biodiversity conservation

Provision and preparation of taxonomic units or habitat units. Analyses of regionalized responsibilities, in general, are based on an assessment of the spatial overlap between the geo- graphical distributions of species (taxonomic unit, TU) or special habitats of conservation Fig 3. Task 3 –determine the ratio of the focal area of the country and the reference area (here FA = France; European part of the territory only; RA = Europe, sub- continental border is based on national borderlines; sources: [43–46]). https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0243135.g003 PLOS ONE GIS-based policy support tool to determine national responsibilities for biodiversity conservation PLOS ONE | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0243135 December 3, 2020 7 / 23