SRC powerpoint 2015
... relevant for achieving all the SDGs Substantial gains in human well-being and economic development over the last century • At the expense of ecosystem degradation Source: J. Lokrantz/Azote, in Rockström & Sukhdev (2016) and Folke et al. (2016) ...
... relevant for achieving all the SDGs Substantial gains in human well-being and economic development over the last century • At the expense of ecosystem degradation Source: J. Lokrantz/Azote, in Rockström & Sukhdev (2016) and Folke et al. (2016) ...
English - Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD)
... young researchers and community involvement. His work to regenerate the forests seriously devastated by adverse effects of Agent Orange is a living testimony to one man's commitment to using science to work with communities to rehabilitate the degraded environments around them, restore habitats and ...
... young researchers and community involvement. His work to regenerate the forests seriously devastated by adverse effects of Agent Orange is a living testimony to one man's commitment to using science to work with communities to rehabilitate the degraded environments around them, restore habitats and ...
INTERMEDIATE DISTURBANCE AND ITS RELATIONSHIP TO
... widely accepted doctrine that communities rarely reach equilibrium. This model was formalized by Connell (1978), but the roots of the model extend back to Watt (1947), Hutchinson (1953; 1961), ...
... widely accepted doctrine that communities rarely reach equilibrium. This model was formalized by Connell (1978), but the roots of the model extend back to Watt (1947), Hutchinson (1953; 1961), ...
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... nongovernmental organizations, community groups, and other sectors of civil society in conserving Earth's 34 biodiversity hotspots. As one of the founding partners, Conservation International (CI) administers CEPF. CI is a leader and catalyst in biodiversity conservation, engaging partners in more t ...
... nongovernmental organizations, community groups, and other sectors of civil society in conserving Earth's 34 biodiversity hotspots. As one of the founding partners, Conservation International (CI) administers CEPF. CI is a leader and catalyst in biodiversity conservation, engaging partners in more t ...
The ecological consequences of habitat fragmentation
... phenomenon. Much of what the study of habitat fragmentation is concerned with today is the ecological consequences of land-use change for organisms living in networks of remnant patches surrounded by a mosaic of modified or novel land use types. This was not always the case, though. The historical r ...
... phenomenon. Much of what the study of habitat fragmentation is concerned with today is the ecological consequences of land-use change for organisms living in networks of remnant patches surrounded by a mosaic of modified or novel land use types. This was not always the case, though. The historical r ...
Whiles et al. 2006 (Frontiers)
... some form of population decrease, 32.5% are globally threatened, and 122 species are possiMost of those losses are recent, bly extinct. having occurred since 1980. The authors also found that the geographic distribution of rapidly declining species was nonrandom, with neotropical species being the m ...
... some form of population decrease, 32.5% are globally threatened, and 122 species are possiMost of those losses are recent, bly extinct. having occurred since 1980. The authors also found that the geographic distribution of rapidly declining species was nonrandom, with neotropical species being the m ...
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... biodiversity that is under threat from humans. The concept of biodiversity hotspots was originated by Norman Myers in two articles in “The Environmentalist” (1988). At present there are 25 Biodiversity hotspots as classified under this definition. © Oxford University Press 2009 ...
... biodiversity that is under threat from humans. The concept of biodiversity hotspots was originated by Norman Myers in two articles in “The Environmentalist” (1988). At present there are 25 Biodiversity hotspots as classified under this definition. © Oxford University Press 2009 ...
module 0. introduction module 1. context for biodiversity conservation
... • Range of options and specific measures, such as: Non-intervention, limited intervention, active management, managed use, physical protection, threat removal/mitigation, restoration, legal measures, awareness/advocacy, spatial planning/zonation. ...
... • Range of options and specific measures, such as: Non-intervention, limited intervention, active management, managed use, physical protection, threat removal/mitigation, restoration, legal measures, awareness/advocacy, spatial planning/zonation. ...
The role of forest structure, fragment size and corridors in
... objective was to investigate spatial and not temporal patterns, we concentrated a large sampling effort during summer (wet season), the time of the year when capture success is higher for pitfall traps (capture rates are very low during the dry season, Hice and Schmidly, 2002). Adding different sampli ...
... objective was to investigate spatial and not temporal patterns, we concentrated a large sampling effort during summer (wet season), the time of the year when capture success is higher for pitfall traps (capture rates are very low during the dry season, Hice and Schmidly, 2002). Adding different sampli ...
Biodiversity and Conservation
... Sustainable use means using resources at a rate in which they can be replaced or recycled while preserving the long-term environmental health of the biosphere. ...
... Sustainable use means using resources at a rate in which they can be replaced or recycled while preserving the long-term environmental health of the biosphere. ...
... The biological diversity of the earth and its origins have long been a source of amazement and curiosity, and an area of formal inquiry ever since Wallace and Darwin. Current interest in diversity centers both on why there are so many species and on how diversity impacts population and ecosystem pro ...
Identifying the Contribution of Indigenous Knowledge in
... building of local scientists, grants in terms of equipment and education and technology transfer. The present paper focuses on financial benefits only. The issue of benefit sharing becomes the bone of contention when prospecting firms claim that the process of bioprospecting involves elements of hi ...
... building of local scientists, grants in terms of equipment and education and technology transfer. The present paper focuses on financial benefits only. The issue of benefit sharing becomes the bone of contention when prospecting firms claim that the process of bioprospecting involves elements of hi ...
“biodiversity” and “option values of biodiversity”
... option values of biodiversity as a reservoir of yet-to-be discovered uses from known and still unknown species and biological processes, and as a constant source, through evolutionary processes, of novel biological solutions to the challenges of a changing environment [11].” (quoted from the publish ...
... option values of biodiversity as a reservoir of yet-to-be discovered uses from known and still unknown species and biological processes, and as a constant source, through evolutionary processes, of novel biological solutions to the challenges of a changing environment [11].” (quoted from the publish ...
Ecosystem, Biodiversity and Conservation (HK)
... Aesthetic and Ethical Values Organisms also provide recreation, inspiration, and spiritual solace; The belief that all organisms have the right to exist and that humans should not cause the extinction of other organisms is known as deep ecology. ...
... Aesthetic and Ethical Values Organisms also provide recreation, inspiration, and spiritual solace; The belief that all organisms have the right to exist and that humans should not cause the extinction of other organisms is known as deep ecology. ...
Habitat Fragmentation Effects on Trophic Processes of
... wide range of areas while keeping isolation and matrix characteristics as uniform as possible. Woodland area was not correlated with latitude (Spearman rank correlation, rS = 0.20, p = 0.419, n = 19), longitude (rS = 0.10, p = 0.673, n = 19), or elevation (rS = 0.35, p = 0.145, n = 19); therefore, e ...
... wide range of areas while keeping isolation and matrix characteristics as uniform as possible. Woodland area was not correlated with latitude (Spearman rank correlation, rS = 0.20, p = 0.419, n = 19), longitude (rS = 0.10, p = 0.673, n = 19), or elevation (rS = 0.35, p = 0.145, n = 19); therefore, e ...
International Agreements for Global Biodiversity Conservation
... Ecuador (1447) Colombia (383) Peru (361) Venezuela (1275) Ecuador (345) Colombia (359) Bolivia (1250) Peru (297) India (350) India (1200) Malaysia (294) Uganda (311) Malaysia (1200) Thailand (282) Tanzania (310) China (1195) Papua N.G. (282) Source: McNeely et. al. 1990. Conserving the World's Biolo ...
... Ecuador (1447) Colombia (383) Peru (361) Venezuela (1275) Ecuador (345) Colombia (359) Bolivia (1250) Peru (297) India (350) India (1200) Malaysia (294) Uganda (311) Malaysia (1200) Thailand (282) Tanzania (310) China (1195) Papua N.G. (282) Source: McNeely et. al. 1990. Conserving the World's Biolo ...
the economics of biodiversity
... loss of biodiversity affects human welfare as well as being lamentable for its own sake. Humans depend on natural systems to produce a wide variety of ecosystem goods and services, ranging from direct use of certain species for food or medicines to ecosystem functions that provide water purification ...
... loss of biodiversity affects human welfare as well as being lamentable for its own sake. Humans depend on natural systems to produce a wide variety of ecosystem goods and services, ranging from direct use of certain species for food or medicines to ecosystem functions that provide water purification ...
The Effects of Human Socioeconomic Status and Cultural
... approach, as it has been applied to date, is that the characteristics of the human population occupying a particular portion of the landscape matter very little—we need only know how closely they live together (e.g., population density) or their preference for the urban fringe (e.g., distance from u ...
... approach, as it has been applied to date, is that the characteristics of the human population occupying a particular portion of the landscape matter very little—we need only know how closely they live together (e.g., population density) or their preference for the urban fringe (e.g., distance from u ...
Biodiversity and Ecosystem Functioning Further
... Huston (1997) suggested that biodiversity was not the actual cause of greater stability in high-diversity plots following drought (Tilman 1996, Tilman & Downing 1994), nor of greater productivity in the foodweb experiment (Naeem et al. 1994, 1995), nor of greater productivity and greater use of soil ...
... Huston (1997) suggested that biodiversity was not the actual cause of greater stability in high-diversity plots following drought (Tilman 1996, Tilman & Downing 1994), nor of greater productivity in the foodweb experiment (Naeem et al. 1994, 1995), nor of greater productivity and greater use of soil ...
EXPERIMENTAL TESTS OF EFFECTS OF PLANT PRODUCTIVITY AND E S
... Abstract. Because the quantity, quality, and heterogeneity of resources should affect the diversity of consumers, plant productivity, plant composition, and plant diversity may influence the diversity of trophic levels higher up the food chain (‘‘bottom-up’’ control of diversity). Increasing plant p ...
... Abstract. Because the quantity, quality, and heterogeneity of resources should affect the diversity of consumers, plant productivity, plant composition, and plant diversity may influence the diversity of trophic levels higher up the food chain (‘‘bottom-up’’ control of diversity). Increasing plant p ...
- Wiley Online Library
... 1999). This covariance effect can result from two biological mechanisms: species may compete strongly (competition effect) or they may exhibit different responses to environmental variation (insurance effect, Doak et al. 1998, Ives et al. 1999, 2000, Tilman 1999, Yachi and Loreau 1999). And third, a ...
... 1999). This covariance effect can result from two biological mechanisms: species may compete strongly (competition effect) or they may exhibit different responses to environmental variation (insurance effect, Doak et al. 1998, Ives et al. 1999, 2000, Tilman 1999, Yachi and Loreau 1999). And third, a ...
ASPECTS OF HABITAT FRAGMENTATION – ANALYSING A
... noticed that several small patches are located in the vicinity of larger one (figure 4); if these patches could be connected together, the genetic pool shared within these habitat patches would increase and therefore could decrease the extinction risk of the species population they host. Consequentl ...
... noticed that several small patches are located in the vicinity of larger one (figure 4); if these patches could be connected together, the genetic pool shared within these habitat patches would increase and therefore could decrease the extinction risk of the species population they host. Consequentl ...
Ecosystem Decay of Amazonian Forest Fragments: a 22
... largest and longest-running experimental study of habitat fragmentation. Although initially designed to assess the influence of fragment area on Amazonian biotas, the project has yielded insights that go far beyond the original scope of the study. Results suggest that edge effects play a key role in ...
... largest and longest-running experimental study of habitat fragmentation. Although initially designed to assess the influence of fragment area on Amazonian biotas, the project has yielded insights that go far beyond the original scope of the study. Results suggest that edge effects play a key role in ...
Birds, bats and arthropods in tropical agroforestry landscapes
... important functional groups as well as for endangered species is urgently needed. We conducted a predator exclusion experiment in which we manipulated the access of birds and bats on 15 different cacao agroforestry sites to quantify their effects on diurnal and nocturnal insects and spiders, cacao f ...
... important functional groups as well as for endangered species is urgently needed. We conducted a predator exclusion experiment in which we manipulated the access of birds and bats on 15 different cacao agroforestry sites to quantify their effects on diurnal and nocturnal insects and spiders, cacao f ...
Tropical Andes
The Tropical Andes is a subregion of the Andes spanning all of the Andes except the southern mediterranean and temperate zones. The Tropical Andes area spans 1,542,644 km2.