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Showing 1 to 5 of 5 for “"Key Biodiversity Areas"”.
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Identifying Marine Key Biodiversity Areas in the Greater Caribbean Region
<p>Anthropocene biodiversity extinction rates are increasing, suggesting a possible sixth global mass extinction event. Biological conservation planners are consequently seeking ways to more effectively protect species at national, regional and global scales. In 2010, the Convention on Biological …
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The process of conserving biodiversity: From planning to evaluating conservation actions on private land in the Cape Lowlands, South Africa
… that contribute to bringing about effective biodiversity protection: (i) a conservation assessment that identifies spatially explicit conservation priorities to provide strategic guidance on where best to invest conservation resources; (ii) a planning phase that takes the spatial priorities …
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Hotspots, Extinction Risk and Conservation Priorities of Greater Caribbean and Gulf of Mexico Marine Bony Shorefishes
… important for allocation of resources to redress biodiversity loss. Regional organizations tasked with managing threats to the 1,360 marine bony shorefishes of the Caribbean and Gulf of Mexico would benefit from a delineation of conservation priorities. However, prior to this study, conservation …
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The IUCN red list for ecosystems: how does it compare to South Africa's approach to listing threatened ecosystems?
… from international donors to achieve national biodiversity conservation objectives, and address knowledge and data gaps through focused research. The IUCN RLE standards only became available after many countries including South Africa and Australia each independently tailor-developed national …
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Identifying, understanding, and conserving rare species
En cette époque de déclin de la biodiversité à l’échelle mondiale, les espèces rares méritent une attention particulière dans les efforts de conservation, car elles sont plus vulnérables à l'extinc-tion que les espèces communes. À la suite de l'adoption du Cadre mondial pour la biodiversité …