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Two dams on the Santa Cruz River in Argentina: Their impact on an irreplaceable ecosystem and on the hooded grebe (Podiceps gallardoi) population, a Critically Endangered species endemic to Argentina
… (Podiceps gallardoi) population, a Critically Endangered species endemic to Argentina OBSERVING that in 2012 a project … is a key site for the hooded grebe (Podiceps gallardoi), a species endemic to Argentina and Critically Endangered (IUCN Red List of Threatened Species); CONCERNED because the dams will involve …
Guidelines for the application of IUCN Red List of Ecosystems Categories and Criteria (Version 1.0)
… By targeting a level of biological organisation above species, the IUCN Red List of Ecosystems complements The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species™. The IUCN Red List of Ecosystems … Endangered (CR), Endangered (EN), Vulnerable (VU), Near Threatened (NT), Least Concern (LC), Data Deficient (DD), and …
Conservation and sustainable development in mountain areas
… Earth’s Land Surface WCF Theme 3: Biodiversity Loss and Species Extinction – Managing Risk in a Changing World 16 … power. However, many mountain cultures and traditions are threatened by the forces of globalisation, unfortunately … Initiative for Landscape Management Poor, marginalized and threatened The Hindu Kush – Karakorum – Himalaya region, over …
Legal aspects of Connectivity Conservation Volume 1 - A Concept Paper
… Climate Change Convention 60 1.3 Convention on Migratory Species 61 1.4 Ramsar Convention 63 1.5 World Heritage … land use plans 115 Box II(3)-12: Development control under threatened species legislation 117 Box II(3)-13: Development … sites in marine and coastal waters are even more threatened. In 2010, designated marine protected areas in …
Urban Protected Areas: Profiles and best practice guidelines
… large-scale ecological processes with characteristic species and ecosystems, which also have environmentally and … and key educational and cultural institutions; • Are threatened by urban sprawl and intensifica- tion of urban … close to communications media and opinion leaders; • Are threatened by urban sprawl and intensification of urban …
The green belt of Europe: From vision to reality
… . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .123 29. Number of fish species and sub-species in different wetlands in the … natural habitat for a number of species of flora and fauna threatened in Finland, Russia and Norway. Thus these three … Importantly the Green Belt contains many of Germany’s threatened habitat types such as fallow grassland, shrubland, …
Ecological Restoration for Protected Areas - Principles, Guidelines and Best Practices
… large-scale ecological processes with characteristic species and ecosystems, which also have environmentally and … update calls for availability of at least 20 per cent of threatened plant species for recovery and restoration … and restoration may be needed to maintain or recover threatened populations. At a larger scale, protected areas …
Global Land Outlook
… temperatures, changing rainfall patterns, soil erosion, species loss and increased water scarcity will likely alter … past decade, the future of small-scale farmers has been threatened by the rise of commercial value chains, driven by … many of which we take for granted and which are now threatened by land degradation and/or declines in …
Energy, Ecosystems and livelihoods: Understanding linkages in the face of climate change impacts
… on human health, agriculture, drinking water and aquatic species. However the effluent—if properly collected and … economically poor populations. If these resources are threatened, as is the case in some countries with extreme … � human vulnerability � energy requirements for cooling � threatened livelihood of communities �extreme weather events, …
Building Resilience to climate change - Ecosystem-based adaptation and lessons from the field
… have shown significant changes in ecosystem and species distributions, principally due to increasing … is an area with (still) lots of great wetlands, threatened by population increases, migration and climate change. Some of the wetlands are probably also threatened by the construction of a dam in the Niger River at …