Freshwater Ecoregions of the World: A New Map of Biogeographic Units for Freshwater Biodiversity Conservation

The Atlantic Forest Biome is among the world’s hotspots for biodiversity conservation and concentrates the greatest diversity of amphibians in the world. However, information on the distribution pattern of species is largely unknown in this biome. This study report new records of Vitreorana uranoscopa for northeast region of Rio Grande do Sul.

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Modern Conditions of Biodiversity Conservation in Russian Coal Mining Sector

E3S Web of Conferences ◽

10.1051/e3sconf/20184102007 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 41 ◽

pp. 02007

Author(s):

Yury Manakov

Keyword(s):

Biodiversity Conservation ◽

Negative Impact ◽

Coal Industry ◽

Development Programme ◽

Mining Sector ◽

Global Environment Facility ◽

World Community ◽

The World ◽

Nations Development ◽

Mining Regions

Today biodiversity is the important factor of sustainable development of industry mining sector. The world community offers various guidences for business to biodiversity conservation, their cornerstone is the hierarchy of mitigation of negative impact “avoid-reduce-restore-offset”. Particular significance is payed to offset compensations. Russia was the participant of the international project under the guidance of the United Nations Development Programme and the Global Environment Facility since 2013. It was gained the positive experience in using of tools and practices of biodiversity conservation at the coal industry enterprises. Implementation tools of results of UNDP/GEF Project aren't still created. Biodiversity of the Kemerovo region and other mining regions is under the threat of destruction.

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New trends for biodiversity conservation from the World Conservation Congress

Biodiversity Science ◽

10.17520/biods.2016319 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 24 (10) ◽

pp. 1091-1092

Author(s):

Keping Ma ◽

Keyword(s):

Biodiversity Conservation ◽

World Conservation ◽

The World

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Molecular tools and DNA barcoding for conservation

Lankesteriana ◽

10.15517/lank.v7i1-2.19501 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 7 (1-2) ◽

Author(s):

Guillaume Gigot

Keyword(s):

Dna Barcoding ◽

Biodiversity Conservation ◽

Sustainable Use ◽

Molecular Tools ◽

Use Of Resources ◽

The World

The Darwin Initiative (DI) for the Survival of Species promotes biodiversity conservation and sustainable use of resources around the world (http://www.darwin.gov.uk).

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Trends in Digital Marketing for Biodiversity Conservation

Revista CEA ◽

10.22430/24223182.1957 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 7 (14) ◽

Author(s):

Diogo Veríssimo

Keyword(s):

Social Media ◽

Biodiversity Conservation ◽

Current Situation ◽

Digital Marketing ◽

Mobile Games ◽

Biodiversity Crisis ◽

Environmental Initiatives ◽

The World ◽

Number Of Individuals ◽

Digital Channels

With the digital boom that we have been experiencing for several years now and that has been significantly maximized due to the current situation caused by the pandemic, it is not a secret that the different economic, social, political, environmental initiatives, among others, have taken advantage of digital channels to convey their message to a greater number of individuals. The purpose of this editorial is, thus, to illustrate some digital marketing trends in the field of biodiversity conservation, trends that can be perceived from mechanisms such as social media advertising, virtual influencers, and mobile games. The current biodiversity crisis and what it represents for the survival of humanity has raised concerns among many people and organisations around the world. Hence, the interest in transcending barriers and engage a greater number of individuals who can contribute their solution. If digital is the future, why not continue exploring its true potential to tackle the biodiversity crisis?

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The untapped potential of conservation journals to promote freshwater biodiversity

10.1101/2020.07.21.214288 ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

Fengzhi He ◽

Sonja C. Jähnig ◽

Annett Wetzig ◽

Simone D. Langhans

Keyword(s):

Life History ◽

Biodiversity Conservation ◽

General Public ◽

Marine Ecosystems ◽

Freshwater Ecosystems ◽

Freshwater Species ◽

Freshwater Biodiversity ◽

Extinct Species ◽

Marine Turtles ◽

Fresh Waters

AbstractFreshwater ecosystems are amongst the most diverse ecosystems on the planet. They are subject to intense and increasing threats and have a higher proportion of threatened and extinct species than terrestrial or marine realms. Concurrently, freshwater ecosystems are largely underrepresented in both conservation research and actions arguably as a consequence of less popularity and promotion. To test this assumption, we used cover images as a proxy of exposure and promotion opportunities provided by conservation journals. We collected information on cover images of 18 conservation journals from 1997 to 2016 and data on citations and Altmetric scores of papers published in them. We found that freshwater ecosystems (10.4%) were featured less often than marine (15.2%) or terrestrial (74.4%) ecosystems on covers of these journals. All 15 most featured species are from terrestrial or marine ecosystems, with 14 of them being large vertebrates such as elephants, big cats, rhinos, polar bears, and marine turtles. None of the 95 species featured more than once on the covers of conservation journals spend their whole life history in fresh waters, i.e. they are at least partly associated with terrestrial or marine ecosystems. Our results indicated that cover-featured studies received more attention from academia and the general public, i.e. showed higher citations and Altmetric scores, than non-featured ones within the same issue. By featuring freshwater species and habitats on covers, therewith providing more exposure opportunities, conservation journals hold the potential to promote biodiversity conservation in fresh waters. Scientists can help that endeavour by submitting freshwater-related photos together with their manuscripts for review, therewith providing more options for editors to portray freshwater species and habitats and to ultimately raise awareness and appreciation of freshwater life.

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