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State of Biodiversity in Africa

… a key biodiversity corridor across the arid Sahara desert, but is heavily affected by human activities in its … of biodiversity loss are clearly evident in the sensitive desert regions of Africa, where the periods of extreme … consequent soil erosion and land degradation. The Sahara desert occupies 4.6 million square kilometers or 10 per cent …
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Mapping Biodiversity Priorities - a practical, science-based approach to national biodiversity assessment and prioritisation to inform strategy and action planning

… countries, the peninsula is characterised by extensive desert habitats, which support limited numbers of species, … Peninsula are generally not threatened, as expected for a desert environment. However, many coastal ecosystems are …
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Managing Natural World Heritage - World Heritage Resource Manual

… (WRPA), located in Faiyum Governorate within the Western Desert of Egypt. The valley lies in a magnificent desert land- scape of wind-eroded pillars of rock, surrounded …
25 May 2026 Document in Biological Diversity

Identification and gap analysis of key biodiversity areas : Targets for comprehensive protected area systems

… areas in the species-rich mediterranean-climate desert of southern Africa. Diversity and Distributions 5: …
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Explaining Ocean Warming: Causes, scale, effects and consequences

… that the deepsea environment is not the stable, barren desert it was once thought to be, but instead a dynamic …
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