A perpetual lack of adequate resources to conserve and protect nature requires managers to prioritize some conservation efforts over others. Conservation managers tend to resist prioritization based on one specific goal, preferring to compare the outcomes of conservation programs with the achievement of diverse goals. We describe a conservation index based on a survey of management at the Israel Nature and Parks Authority (INPA). The result provided an index for spatial prioritization of conservation efforts. The surveys revealed a strong preference for conservation attributes that were more relevant in the north of Israel where levels of biodiversity are perceived to be higher. The contribution of this research is to provide an objective method of spatial prioritization not requiring conservation managers to express preferences for one region over another. A second contribution of the research was the revealed differences in prioritization of conservation goals between national INPA staff and district staff.

永久缺乏足够的资源来保护和保护自然，要求管理者将某些保护工作置于优先地位。保护管理者倾向于抵制基于一个特定目标的优先次序，而是倾向于将保护计划的结果与实现不同目标进行比较。我们根据以色列自然公园管理局（INPA）的管理调查来描述保护指数。结果为保护工作的空间优先排序提供了指标。调查显示，强烈希望保护在以色列北部生物多样性较高的以色列北部更为重要的保护属性。这项研究的目的是提供一种空间优先次序的客观方法，不需要保护管理者表达对一个地区的偏好。这项研究的第二个贡献是，国家INPA员工和地区员工在保护目标的优先顺序上存在差异。