The concept of biodiver- sity hotspots involves defined regions of high conservation priority referring to both, a high threat to their natural intact vegetation (NIV) and an exceptional richness of endemic (by definition: vascular plant) species7–9. On a global scale, 35 biogeographic regions ...
With less than 1% of the planet’s surface, the Tropical Andes and Chocó biodiversity hotspots shelter the richest and most endemically dense biota of flora and fauna on Earth1. Both, in northwestern South America, are a high priority for conservation at local, regional, and global scales. ...
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The inclusion of structure in the meaning of biodiversity provides linkages with other concepts, such as habitat diversity and the plant community concept, for both of which vegetation structure is an important differentiating attribute. Structure may have been left out of most definitions of biodiversi...
Figure 6: Relation of the latitudinal gradient with biodiversity distribution. Image Credit:Oleg Tovologuine/ CC BY-SA 2.0 Biodiversity Hotspot Biodiversity hotspotsare (also known asbiological hotspots) defined as a region with a very high distribution of endemic species or native species.Endemic spec...
Conservation of biodiversityin natural heritage sites including sacred groves,protected areasand other biodiversity ‘hotspots’ is crucial for maintaining the resilience of ecosystems. The lagoons of Lakshadweep are a very unique ecosystem harbouring wide diversity ofmarine floraand fauna, which needs to...
“indigenous peoples and local communities as custodians of biodiversity” is especially relevant, since 80% of the world’s surviving biodiversity hotspots are located on lands managed by indigenous people [202]. Like the PA, the framework’s implementation should also “follow a human rights-...
As a result, Konica Minolta has confirmed that its operations (design and manufacturing) have a high dependency on and impact on ecosystem services, and it does not operate near important biodiversity hotspots domestically or overseas. Based on the results of the natural scenario analysis conducted ...
This concept has been particularly addressed by the Conserving Nature's Stage (CNS) approach which focusses on the use of geodiversity in conservation planning9,18,19. Because geodiversity was expected to be more resilient against environmental changes than biodiversity, it was claimed that ...
Although eDNA metabarcoding has the potential for community-wide assessment, attempts to gather the much-needed baseline biodiversity data from tropical and subtropical hotspots have so far been limited30,31,32. By being highly scalable, non-invasive to the taxa being detected, and allowing ...