Real-time planning with shinyplanr

The shinyplanr app is a fast, flexible, and transparent web tool that helps countries deliver smarter spatial plans — for biodiversity, climate and people. It puts planning power directly into stakeholders’ hands, letting them test scenarios, explore trade-offs, and make decisions in real time.

Built on robust science and the proven R language and prioritizr engine, shinyplanr helps overcome the delays and disconnects of traditional MSP. It’s user-friendly, fully customisable, and designed for all stakeholders — no prior spatial planning experience is needed.

What makes shinyplanr different?

Real-time planning: Most scenarios run in seconds, allowing stakeholders to quickly test options and iterate without delays.

Transparent, user-driven decisions: Users control targets, costs, and constraints — that means more learning, more trust, and faster buy-in.

Faster consensus, fewer workshops: Stakeholders do not need to agree upfront. Instead, they explore plans independently, reducing the need for multiple expert-led workshops.

Clear trade-offs: See exactly how different features, zones, and costs shape a plan. Understand where the compromises are — and who is affected.

Insights that matter: The shinyplanr app highlights which features drive solutions. Often, only a few constraints determine the outcome — and this becomes clear through direct exploration.

Flexible objectives: Unlike tools with one fixed goal, shinyplanr supports multiple planning questions. Want to see what 30% protection gets you? You can.

Rich functionality: Built in R with prioritizr, shinyplanr offers all the power of Marxan — and then some.

Scalable and customisable: From tiny areas such as Kosrae in Federated States of Micronesia, to vast regions such as the Weddell Sea, shinyplanr adapts to your geography, language, and data.