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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 …
Depend on nature: Ecosystem services supporting human livelihoods
… programmes to control and/or eradicate invasive alien species that threaten livelihoods and ecosystem productivity. … 20 21 At the species level The 2004 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species reports on more than 15,000 threatened species, including 23% of mammals, 12% of birds, …
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 …
Guidelines - Biodiversity in Impact Assessment
… 1971), the Secretariat of the Convention on Migratory Species and the International Association for Impact … Ecosystems containing rich biodiversity, large numbers of threatened or endemic species, with social, economic, … species. • Species and communities of species that are threatened in their existence, related to domesticated or …
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 …
Values of protected landscapes and seascapes: protected landscapes and agrobiodiversity values
… in particular: (1) the wild relatives of domesticated species (for example crop wild relatives from which … • Important crop wild relatives6; • Traditional and threatened landraces, particularly those reliant on … traditional cultural practices; and/or • Traditional and threatened livestock races, especially if they are reliant on …
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 …