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Functional classification of territories of the Nature Reserve Fund of Ukraine: history of formation and international aspect

Geo&Bio, 2019
The classification system of the Nature Reserve Fund has been developing in Ukraine since 1919, separately from other countries. The parallel development of the network of protected areas in different countries has resulted in a great number of ...
Oleksiy Vasyliuk
doaj   +1 more source

Natural resources : the foundation for sustainable development and peace in the horn of Africa

, 2009
Non-traditional agricultural commodities (hides, sesame seeds, medicinal plants, gums and resins) are neglected by national policies and development interventions.
IUCN, IGAD Secretariat
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Primula himalayana sp. nov., a new species from eastern Himalaya, India

Nordic Journal of Botany, EarlyView.
Primula himalayana sp. nov., a new species of Primulaceae, is described and illustrated from Tawang, Lutrem, 4238 m a.s.l., Arunachal Pradesh, India. It grows under Juniperus and Berberis scrub forest in an alpine meadow. The new species belong in Primula section Cordifoliae and is resembling P.
Bipankar Hajong, Harsh Singh, Pankaj Bharali   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Downlisting and recovery of species assessed by the IUCN

Conservation Biology
Abstract Despite the increasing number of species assessed for extinction risk by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) (163,040 species as of 2024), only about 1 in 1,000 have been downlisted due to genuine population improvement.
Mu‐Ming Lin, Richard A. Fuller, In‐Ki Kwon, Kisup Lee, Simba Chan, Wangwang Qiu, Yat‐Tung Yu, Chi‐Yeung Choi   +7 more
openaire   +5 more sources

Conserving drylands, building livelihoods

, 2009
Where herd mobility and customary natural resource management practices are sustained, dryland environments tend to be healthier. Sustainable development in the drylands depends not on trying to make the environment predictable, but on enabling people to
IUCN, IGAD Secretariat
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Pinguicula brendae (Lentibulariaceae) sp. nov., a carnivorous plant from a tropical montane cloud forest in Hidalgo, Mexico

Nordic Journal of Botany, EarlyView.
A new species of Lentibulariaceae, Pinguicula brendae Rodríguez‐Ramírez, H.Shimai & A.R. Andrés‐Hernández, is described based on its unique morphological characteristics. This species is restricted to limestone rock walls in the San Bartolo Tutotepec municipality, central‐eastern Hidalgo, Mexico, where it inhabits a single locality on vertical, north ...
Ernesto C. Rodríguez‐ Ramírez, Hiro Shimai, Agustina R. Andrés‐ Hernández   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Applying threat analysis approach in a small forest urban park (Northern Italy): local expert-based assessment to prioritize the management actions

Folia Oecologica
To overcome the human-induced threats impacting on ecosystems, managers should focus on priorities. Here, we applied the expert-based Threat Analysis (TAN) in a forest urban park (Northern Italy), involving experts which ranked local threats, from the ...
Giovacchini Pietro, Borghi Lorenzo, Tartari Davide, Cucci Francesca, Caldarelli Andrea, Tassinari Massimo, Melandri Pietro, Dinetti Marco, Battisti Corrado, Marsili Letizia   +9 more
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Oreocharis konkakinhensis (Gesneriaceae) sp. nov. from the Central Highlands, Vietnam

Nordic Journal of Botany, EarlyView.
Oreocharis konkakinhensis, a new species of Gesneriaceae, is described and illustrated from the Central Highlands, Vietnam. The new species is morphologically most similar to Oreocharis phuongii, a recently described species from central Vietnam. However, it clearly differs from the latter by having stems without stolons, subulate bracts, yellow inner ...
Thi Thanh Dat Pham, Thao Thi Hoang, Ngan Thi Lu, Thanh Tam Ho, Fang Wen, Yu Ito, Truong Van Do   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Species conservation profiles of a random sample of world spiders III: Oecobiidae to Salticidae

Biodiversity Data Journal, 2018
Sini Seppälä, Sérgio Henriques, Michael Draney, Stefan Foord, Alastair Gibbons, Luz Gomez, Sarah Kariko, Jagoba Malumbres-Olarte, Marc Milne, Cor Vink, Pedro Cardoso   +10 more
doaj   +3 more sources

Important Shark and Ray Areas: a new tool to optimize spatial planning for sharks

Oryx, 2023
Peter M. Kyne, Giuseppe Notarbartolo di Sciara, Amanda Batlle Morera, Ryan Charles, Emiliano García Rodríguez, Daniel Fernando, Adriana Gonzalez Pestana, Mark Priest, Rima W. Jabado   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source