Overview of recent land‐cover changes in biodiversity hotspots

Hu, Xiangping; Huang, Bo; Verones, Francesca; Cavalett, Otávio; Cherubini, Francesco

doi:10.1002/fee.2276

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“…In comparison, range reductions in terrestrial biodiversity hotspots have often been reported to be more extensive due to anthropogenic impacts such as land use and environmental changes, leading to high extinction rates (Brooks et al, 2002;Hu et al, 2021;Kong et al, 2021;Lucas & Harris, 2021).…”

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Diminishing potential for tropical reefs to function as coral diversity strongholds under climate change conditions

Adam

Garcia

Galaiduk

et al. 2021

Diversity and Distributions

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Section: Broader Implicationsmentioning

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Diminishing potential for tropical reefs to function as coral diversity strongholds under climate change conditions

Adam

Garcia

Galaiduk

et al. 2021

Diversity and Distributions

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“…The Sundaland biodiversity hotspot is joined by three other biodiversity hotspots. From northeast it is connected to Philippines hotspot, east side of the Sundaland hotspot is bordering to Wallacea hotspot and Indo-Burma hotspot is joined to the northeast (Hu et al, 2021).…”

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Biological diversity: Introduction, values, threats and conservation measures

Rani¹,

Kumari²,

Kumar³

et al. 2021

Biological Diversity: Current Status and Conservation Policies

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Earth is the only know planet to have life till date. However, life on the earth has evolved from microscopic organisms (microbes) that left signals of their presence in rocks about 3.7 billion years old to the present time's complex plant and animal forms. Earth has created different forms of life in four different patterns of evolution viz., convergent evolution, divergent evolution, parallel evolution, and coevolution. From these evolutions, different types of animals and plants have emerged as a result of continuous but very slow changes in the genetic materials (RNA and DNA). At present, earth's species range from 10 million to 14 million out of which plants (17%), protists (4%) prokaryotes (0.3%), fungi (4.7%), insects (54%), and other animals (20%) are major candidates. All these species play an important role in earth and it's environmental sustainability with various values. In this, recently emerged anthropogenic activities has contributed in rapid vanishing of biodiversity affecting mostly all compartments of life. However, various steps are being taken at national and international level such as creation of national parks, wildlife sanctuaries, conservation reserves, community reserves, biosphere reserves, gene banks, etc. This chapter describes the status and importance of biodiversity conservation in present scenario.

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“…The astounding levels of biodiversity contained in the hotspots makes them absolutely vital conservation priorities, although by definition they have suffered considerable degradation (Myers, 1988;Myers et al, 2000;Mittermeier et al, 2005). Despite their importance, Hu et al (2021) reported major, on-going degradation of the biodiversity hotspots that even extended to large areas 'protected' by legislation.…”

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The newly formed Mite Specialist Group of the IUCN’s Species Survival Commission and the conservation of global mite diversity

Ozman‐Sullivan

Sullivan

2021

Acarological Studies

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The most serious environmental challenge facing humanity is the massive, widespread and continuing loss of biodiversity due to human activities. The commonly reported root causes of the decline and extinction of species are the degradation, destruction and fragmentation of habitat; pollution; pesticide use; invasive species; climate change; and over-exploitation; with co-extinction cascades accelerating the losses. The current alarming rate of loss of species across the biodiversity spectrum has ecological, economic, social, aesthetic, cultural and spiritual impacts that directly undermine the welfare of all humanity. This unprecedented crisis demands an urgent, science-based, comprehensive, coordinated, global response. Among the organizations responding to the multifaceted challenge of biodiversity loss is the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). Its enormous pool of integrated expertise, technical capacity and policy experience makes the IUCN the global authority on the status of nature and the suite of measures needed to protect it. The largest of the IUCN's six commissions is the Species Survival Commission, a science-based network of over 160 Specialist Groups, including 17 invertebrate groups; Red List Authorities; and Task Forces. Despite there being an estimated 500,000 -1,500,000 mite species, and their ubiquity in global ecosystems and fundamental role in many ecological processes, mites have received minimal attention on the global conservation agenda. The role of the newly formed Mite Specialist Group, which gained official status in April 2021, is to redress that situation. The mission of the group, which currently includes 65 mite specialists, ecologists, botanists, environmentalists and conservation practitioners from 36 countries on five continents, is to contribute to a collaborative global effort to conserve mite diversity through research, education, advocacy, community engagement and specific conservation initiatives.

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Overview of recent land‐cover changes in biodiversity hotspots

Cited by 52 publications

References 30 publications

Diminishing potential for tropical reefs to function as coral diversity strongholds under climate change conditions

Diminishing potential for tropical reefs to function as coral diversity strongholds under climate change conditions

Biological diversity: Introduction, values, threats and conservation measures

The newly formed Mite Specialist Group of the IUCN’s Species Survival Commission and the conservation of global mite diversity

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