Identification of marine key areas across the Caribbean to ensure the conservation of the critically endangered hawksbill turtle

AbstractWith 30 threatened species (14 categorized as Critically Endangered and 16 as Endangered, sensu IUCN),Coccothrinax(c. 54 species) is the flagship palm genus for conservation in the Caribbean Island Biodiversity Hotspot.Coccothrinaxhas its centre of taxonomic diversity in these islands, with c. 51 endemic species. We present a conservation framework for the 14 Critically Endangered species, found in Cuba, Haiti or the Dominican Republic. Only two species (C. jimenezii,C. montana) occur in more than one country (Haiti and the Dominican Republic). Immediate threats include oil drilling and nickel mining, intrusion of saline water into soil, urban and agricultural development, low population recruitment, uncontrolled fires, interspecific hybridization, and unsustainable ethnobotanical practices.Coccothrinax bermudezii,C. borhidiana,C. crinitassp.crinita,C. leonisandC. spissaare not conserved in protected areas.Coccothrinax bermudezii,C. jimenezii,C. leonisandC. nipensisare not part of ex situ collections. Based on results from a conservation project targetingC. jimenezii, we recommend international cooperation between the three range states to implement integrative conservation management plans, plant exploration initiatives, taxonomic revisions, outreach, and fundraising. The ultimate aim of this review is to provide baseline information that will develop conservation synergy among relevant parties working onCoccothrinaxconservation in Cuba, Haiti and the Dominican Republic. Such collaborations could also benefit through partnerships with botanists working in other countries.

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Melocactus (Cactaceae) no estado de Sergipe (Brasil) e aspectos de sua conservação

Lilloa ◽

10.30550/j.lil/2018.55.1/2 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 55 (1) ◽

pp. 16-25 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Eronides S. Bravo Filho ◽

Marlucia C. Santana ◽

Paulo A. A. Santos ◽

Adauto S. Ribeiro

Keyword(s):

Central America ◽

The State ◽

Critically Endangered ◽

Floristic Survey ◽

Number Of Species ◽

The Andes ◽

Reproductive Phase ◽

The Family ◽

The Caribbean

The genus Melocactus of the family Cactaceae, subfamily Cactoideae is com - posed of 38 species distributed in Brazil, Central America, the Caribbean and in the Andes, and in Brazil the greatest world diversity of this genus (23 species) occurs. In the state of Sergipe, the Caatinga ecosystem occupies almost 50% of its territory, vegetation, where the largest number of species of the genus Melocactus occurs in Brazil. This study aimed to make a floristic survey of the genus Melocactus in the state of Sergipe and to analyze aspects of its conservation. The results were obtained through a survey in the herbarium database (ASE), SpeciesLink and field collections, where geographic coordinates and altitude were recorded. Specimens in the reproductive phase were collected for registration and identification in the herbarium (ASE). The phytogeographical domain of the species was identified in the macro - regions of the state, which made it possible to record the occurrence of five species of this genus, and a new one ( Melocactus sergipensis ), which is critically endangered.

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Mountain chickens Leptodactylus fallax and sympatric amphibians appear to be disease free on Montserrat

Oryx ◽

10.1017/s0030605307001012 ◽

2007 ◽

Vol 41 (3) ◽

pp. 398-401 ◽

Cited By ~ 5

Author(s):

Gerardo Garcia ◽

Andrew A. Cunningham ◽

Daniel L. Horton ◽

Trenton W.J. Garner ◽

Alex Hyatt ◽

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Keyword(s):

Blood Serum ◽

Batrachochytrium Dendrobatidis ◽

Critically Endangered ◽

Causative Organism ◽

Cane Toad ◽

Serum Samples ◽

Chicken Population ◽

The Caribbean ◽

Disease Free ◽

Chicken Blood

AbstractThe mountain chicken Leptodactylus fallax, the largest amphibian in the Caribbean, restricted to Dominica and Montserrat, is Critically Endangered. We investigated the presence of disease in the mountain chicken and in the sympatric cane toad Bufo marinus and Johnstone's whistling frog Eleutherodactylus johnstonei in the Centre Hills on Montserrat. Skin swabs of mountain chickens and B. marinus, and toe clips from E. johnstonei, were tested for Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis, the causative organism of cutaneous chytridiomycosis. Additionally, mountain chicken blood serum samples (n = 57) were examined for exposure to ranavirus. No chytrid or exposure to ranavirus was detected. We draw tentative conclusions about disease threats to the Montserrat mountain chicken population, and present preliminary recommendations for safeguarding this species.

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