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Enhancing the Role of Geoconservation in Protected Area Management and Nature Conservation

Geoheritage, 2018
Acknowledgement by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) that geodiversity is part of natural diversity and geoheritage is part of natural heritage should help to strengthen the position and delivery of geoconservation through ...
J. Gordon, R. Crofts, E. Díaz-Martínez, K. Woo   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Finding the ghosts: Snow leopard density and distribution in the multi‐use region of Jammu and Kashmir, India

Ecological Solutions and Evidence
Large carnivores occur in human‐dominated landscapes globally, albeit with varying consequences for the animals and people involved. This lies in stark contrast to the belief that Protected Areas are the only means to conserve large carnivores, and in ...
Munib Khanyari, Tariq Ahmed Shah, Deepti Bajaj, Rajat Rao, Charu Sharma, Neeraj Sharma, Rinchen Tobge, Tanzin Thuktan, Dorje Angrup, Kesang Chunit, Tandup Chhering, Shahid Hameed, Kulbhushansingh Suryawanshi   +12 more
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Textile mills in Friuli (XIX-XX century). Building technique analysis and seismic refurbishment [PDF]

, 2018
The conservation of industrial architectures and the refurbishment project, must take into account the growing attention to the seismic risk of the built heritage, which the recent events of central Italy have made dramatically current.
Bertolazzi, Angelo, Croatto, Giorgio, Turrini, Umberto   +2 more
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Does using the ecosystem services concept provoke the risk of assigning virtual prices instead of real values to nature? Some reflections on the benefit of ecosystem services for planning and policy consulting. [PDF]

, 2015
This forum article intends to discuss the question if using the ecosystem services concept in planning, management and decision-making can impair nature conservation objectives by hiding the intrinsic values of nature through overemphasizing ...
Fürst, Christine
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Defining and delivering resilient ecological networks: Nature conservation in England

Journal of Applied Ecology, 2018
1. Planning for nature conservation has increasingly emphasised the concepts of resilience and spatial networks. Although the importance of habitat networks for individual species is clear, their significance for long‐term ecological resilience and multi‐
N. Isaac, P. Brotherton, J. Bullock, R. Gregory, Katrin Boehning-Gaese, Ben Connor, H. Crick, R. Freckleton, J. Gill, R. Hails, Minna Hartikainen, A. Hester, E. Milner‐Gulland, T. Oliver, R. Pearson, W. Sutherland, C. Thomas, J. Travis, Lindsay A. Turnbull, K. Willis, G. Woodward, G. Mace   +21 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

The complete chloroplast genome sequences of Dolichandrone spathacea (L. F.) K. Schum., a semi-mangrove plant

Mitochondrial DNA. Part B. Resources, 2021
Dolichandrone spathacea(L. F.) K. Schum. is an excellent tree species for coastal protection forests. In this study, the complete chloroplast genome sequence of D. spathacea was obtained through high-throughput sequencing.
Ting Yu, Si-Yu Ren, Xin-Rui Wang, Li Xu, Jiu-Heng Xu, Gong-Tao Ding, Li-Ming Tang, Dong-Xu Zhang, Wen-Bin Guan   +8 more
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Decline in an Atlantic Puffin population : evaluation of magnitude and mechanisms [PDF]

, 2015
Funding: This study was funded annually by Fair Isle Bird Observatory Trust (www.fairislebirdobs.co.uk) with contributions from the Joint Nature Conservation Committee (jncc.defra.gov.uk).
Harvey, Paul V, Mavor, Roddy, Miles, Will T S, Parnaby, David, Reid, Jane M, Riddiford, Nick J, Riddington, Roger, Shaw, Deryk N   +7 more
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What makes a species a priority for nature conservation?

Animal Conservation, 2019
Prioritizing species for nature conservation should follow objective ecologically and biogeographically meaningful selection criteria. In this study, we test an approach to prioritize butterfly species for nature conservation considering the following ...
J. Habel, M. Gossner, Thomas Schmitt
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Balancing conservation priorities for nature and for people in Europe

Science, 2021
Priorities to protect nature in Europe There is consensus among conservation scientists that protected areas should be expanded to safeguard biodiversity and ecosystem services, but it is often difficult to prioritize areas for protection.
Louise M. J. O’Connor, Laura J. Pollock, J. Renaud, W. Verhagen, P. Verburg, S. Lavorel, L. Maiorano, W. Thuiller   +7 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Mixed-source introductions successfully enhance the genetic diversity of captive forest musk deer (Moschus berezovskii)

Scientific Reports
Wild Forest musk deer (FMD) has been declining due to continuing poaching and habitat loss. Although captive breeding has increased population numbers, maintaining genetic diversity in these farmed populations has become increasingly urgent and ...
Xianna Lan, Yichen Wang, Yixin Li, Haonan Zhang, Zhengwei Luo, Luyao Hai, Han Jiang, Yuhan Ma, Wangshan Zheng, Pengfei Luo, Yu Zhang, Defu Hu, Xinghu Qin   +12 more
doaj   +1 more source