scholarly journals RESEARCH TO CREATE A BIODIVERSITY DATABASE IN THE AREA OF THE CEMENT PLANT «CASPIAN-CEMENT»

REPORTS ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (334) ◽  
pp. 81-87
Author(s):  
G.Zh. Kenzhetayev ◽  
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S. Syrlybekkyzy ◽  
А.Е. Zhidebayeva ◽  
I.V. Volkova ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Biological Diversity ◽  
Field Studies ◽  
Mining Area ◽  
The State ◽  
Qualitative Assessment ◽  
Cement Plant ◽  
Local Fauna ◽  
Natural Habitats ◽  
Steppe Species ◽  
Desert Species

. The result of field studies the state of biological diversity, in order to create a database for monitoring the state of the animal world, on the territory of the existing cement plant. The following taxonomic groups were studied: birds (the largest numerous groups, easily identifiable), mammals (requiring special research methods), reptiles and amphibians. The identification of species that occurred in the study area of the chalk Deposit was carried out and the bio topic requirements for each of these species were studied. Along with the classical methods of environmental assessment and monitoring, a new method for studying biological diversity in the mining area is used. The method is based on geoinformation analysis and mapping data. All data on biodiversity were obtained using a map divided into grid squares (500×500 m), and were collected in a qualitative way (the number of representatives of animal species per grid square). The study area on the South Shetpe Cretaceous Deposit in the area of the plant "Caspian Cement" met with widespread desert species (mole lemming, tushkanchik). In the local fauna there are absolutely no true steppe species, and there are few semi-desert species (small gopher, korsak, saiga). A qualitative assessment of the importance of biodiversity was presented, taking into consideration the landscape-stabilizing factor, maps of "natural habitats". A map of the territory of the cement plant with the site of the chalk quarry with the indication of the natural habitats of biodiversity and their database was compiled.

scholarly journals Surface covering on the floors of the Samara river area within the «Novomoskovsk Military Forestry» of the state enterprise

2019 ◽  
Vol 48 ◽  
pp. 81-88
Author(s):  
V. N. Vdovychenko ◽  
D. S. Ganzha
Keyword(s):  
Plant Communities ◽  
Forest Fires ◽  
Rare Plants ◽  
The State ◽  
Qualitative Assessment ◽  
State Enterprise ◽  
Herbaceous Plant ◽  
Steppe Species ◽  
Dry Conditions ◽  
Environmentally Sound

It was conducted an ecomorph analysis of plant communities in the arena of the Samara river. The vegetation cover of the territory of the State Enterprise «Novomoskovsky Military Forestry» in the areas of lower forest fires over the past 10 years was investigated and the process of pyrogenic successions was launched. Vegetation is an essential component of biogeocoenosis, which provides vital activity for other biotic components. Therefore, changes in vegetation under the influence of various environmental factors affect the state biogeocoenosis in general. Environmental analysis of plant communities allows qualitative assessment of plant communities and their comparison by composition of cenomorph, klimamorph, heliomorf, termomorf, trophomorf and hygromorf. It was estimated the environmental specific of phytocenosis communities, which is the basis for the development of their environmentally sound storage. It was determined that significant part of the phytocenosis communities is taken by perennials. The species composition of herbaceous plant communities is dominated by plants from the families Asteraceae and Poaseae. The presence of a large number of weeds demonstrates the instability of the ecosystem. In the presence of forest and weed-forest species of herbs. In dry conditions, steppe species are present. Rare plants such as Stipa borysthenica have been discovered. It is included in the red book of Ukraine. A detailed description of the flora and classification of plant communities according to the typology of A. Belgard was made. As a result of studies, it was established that grassy plants, mainly cereals, are actively mastering the ecological niche, which was freed up under the influence of a ground fire. Studies show certain patterns of pyrogenic successions and make it possible to predict such changes in other similar areas and carry out appropriate measures for reforestation, afforestation, care of forest crops and other forestry activities.

La valorisation des prestations non-bois: particularités genevoises (essai) | Commercialization of non-wood forest services: the case of Geneva (essay)

2009 ◽  
Vol 160 (8) ◽  
pp. 232-234
Author(s):  
Patrik Fouvy
Keyword(s):  
Forest Regeneration ◽  
Biological Diversity ◽  
The State ◽  
Forest Land ◽  
Private Forests ◽  
The Public ◽  
Public Body ◽  
Provision Of Services ◽  
History Of ◽  
Near Future

The history of the forests in canton Geneva, having led to these being disconnected from productive functions, provides a symptomatic demonstration that the services provided by the forest eco-system are common goods. Having no hope of financial returns in the near future and faced with increasing social demands, the state has invested in the purchase of forest land, financed projects for forest regeneration and improvement of biological diversity and developed infrastructures for visitors. In doing this the state as a public body takes on the provision of services in the public interest. But the further funding for this and for expenses for the private forests, which must be taken into account, are not secured for the future.

BIODIVERSITI DAN PEMULIHARAAN TERUMBU KARANG DI TIGA BUAH PULAU, MELAKA (Biodiversity and Conservation of Coral Reefs in Three Islands in Malacca)

2021 ◽  
Vol 22 (1) ◽  
pp. 180-197
Author(s):  
SYAIMAK ISMAIL ◽  
MOHAMAD SAUPI BIN ISMAIL ◽  
MUHAMMAD SAIFUL ISLAM ISMAIL ◽  
AEMY AZIZ
Keyword(s):  
Coral Reefs ◽  
Biodiversity Conservation ◽  
Soft Coral ◽  
Good Condition ◽  
Scuba Diving ◽  
Field Studies ◽  
The State ◽  
Hard Coral ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
State Museum

In the state of Melaka, there are eighteen islands recorded by the Melaka State Museum Corporation (PERZIM). Part of this island serves as a tourist island, and developed islands are also uninhabited islands. However, three islands are recorded to have amazing coral reefs that are still in good condition. The Penang Batu Maung Fisheries Research Institute (AkuaTAR) has conducted a study on the biodiversity of coral reefs around the waters of Pulau Dodol, Pulau Serimbun, and Pulau Undan. AkuaTAR researchers are using scuba diving methods, and at the same time, they did conservation on coral reefs that have been identified in the waters of the Straits of Melaka. The objective of this study is to record the types of community forms such as living corals and identify the species of coral reefs found in three islands in the state of Melaka in Pulau Undan, Pulau Dodol, and Pulau Serimbun. The study also implemented method observation by conducting field studies on the islands involved by doing scuba diving. Results and discussion of the search, these three islands are located in very clean, uninhabited waters. They have a wide range of coral biodiversity using soft coral reefs and hard coral reefs. The study also found that the three islands in the state have the largest coral reefs in the waters of the Straits of Melaka. Keywords: Biodiversity; Conservation; Coral; Three island; Melaka

scholarly journals The Effect of Forest Fragmentation on Polistinae

Sociobiology ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 66 (3) ◽  
pp. 508
Author(s):  
Ederson Tadeu Bueno ◽  
Marcos Magalhães de Souza ◽  
Mateus Aparecido Clemente
Keyword(s):  
Food Webs ◽  
Forest Fragmentation ◽  
Natural Enemies ◽  
Natural Environment ◽  
Biological Diversity ◽  
Social Wasps ◽  
The State ◽  
Environmental Services ◽  
Flower Visitors ◽  
Semideciduous Seasonal Forest

The forest fragmentation is caused by natural or anthropic actions, which affect negatively the biota and the environmental services rendered by biological diversity. However, there is little information on the reflex of these actions in many different groups of animals, such as social wasps, which are abundant and significantly present in neotropical environments, causing a major impact in the communities they live due to their role in food webs. As their natural enemies, wasps are important in the control of agricultural plagues; in the natural environment, they are nectar collectors, frequent flower visitors, and potential pollinators of many species of plants. These factors justify studies which would evaluate in what way the forest fragmentation acts on these insects biodiversity. This study was carried out in four fragments, each of a different size, located in the municipalities of Inconfidentes and Ouro Fino, in the south of the state of Minas Gerais (Brazil), where the phytophysiognomy is the Montane Semideciduous Seasonal Forest. The research was carried out between December 2016 and March 2018, with the same sampling collection for each fragment, totalizing 104 sampling days. In total, 28 species and 51 colonies were recorded in the four areas and a greater richness for the greatest fragment (F4). The conclusion reached was that the size and heterogeneity of the fragment have an important role in maintaining the richness of social wasps. 

scholarly journals The Behavioral Economics of Biodiversity Conservation Scientists

2019 ◽  
Vol 47 (1) ◽  
pp. 219-237
Author(s):  
Mark Vellend ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Behavioral Economics ◽  
Biological Diversity ◽  
Forest Disturbance ◽  
Intrinsic Value ◽  
Biodiversity Loss ◽  
Implicit Assumption ◽  
Natural Habitats ◽  
Biodiversity Science ◽  
Ecological Complexity ◽  
Contextual Values

Values have a profound influence on the behaviour of all people, scientists included. Biodiversity is studied by ecologists, like myself, most of whom align with the “mission-driven” field of conservation biology. The mission involves the protection of biodiversity, and a set of contextual values including the beliefs that biological diversity and ecological complexity are good and have intrinsic value. This raises concerns that the scientific process might be influenced by biases toward outcomes that are aligned with these values. Retrospectively, I have identified such biases in my own work, resulting from an implicit assumption that organisms that are not dependent on natural habitats (e.g., forests) effectively do not count in biodiversity surveys. Finding that anthropogenic forest disturbance reduces the diversity of plant species dependent on shady forests can thus be falsely equated with more general biodiversity loss. Disturbance might actually increase overall plant diversity (i.e., including all of the species found growing in a particular place). In this paper I ask whether ecologists share values that are unrepresentative of broader society, I discuss examples of potential value-driven biases in biodiversity science, and I present some hypotheses from behavioral economics on possible psychological underpinnings of shared values and preferences among ecologists.

scholarly journals Biodiversity reporting in India: a view from the top

2014 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 418-427
Author(s):  
Mansi Mansi ◽  
Rakesh Pandey ◽  
Carolyn Stringer
Keyword(s):  
Biological Diversity ◽  
Indian Subcontinent ◽  
Biodiversity Loss ◽  
Habitat Destruction ◽  
Natural Habitats ◽  
Reporting Practices ◽  
Monitoring Centre ◽  
Rare And Endangered Species ◽  
Rare And Endangered ◽  
Impact On Biodiversity

The purpose of this study is to explore the biodiversity reporting practices inside Indian companies. Biodiversity reporting studies across Indian companies are important because India has a wealth of biodiversity assets, that is, wildlife, flora, fauna, natural habitats, rare and endangered species and biological resources, and accounts for 7.8% of the global recorded species (Biological Diversity Act, the Biodiversity Rules, Andhra Pradesh Biodiversity Board, 2009). There are approximately 45,500 species of plants, 91,200 species of animals and 5,550 microbial species documented in India (National Biodiversity Authority, 2014). The International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) has listed 132 species of animals and plants in the Critically Endangered Category (Sudhi, 2012). To date, the literature omits to explore the biodiversity reporting practices inside Indian companies. Another important reason to conduct is this study is that India has alarming population levels; thus there is a huge demand for land, energy, and resources, which leads to massive biodiversity loss, deforestation, and habitat destruction. It is very likely that with the limited land mass and increasing population in India, several ecosystems, wildlife, flora and fauna will be/have been exploited, disturbed, and endangered. Given the high potential impact on biodiversity by industries, we are concerned that there is a dearth of biodiversity reporting studies within the Indian subcontinent. We concentrate on the largest companies (based on market capitalisation) because similar to Van Liempd and Busch (2013), we also expect that the largest companies have the greatest impact on biodiversity; therefore, they are expected to show more accountability to their stakeholders. Therefore it is worth exploring how Indian companies are engaging in biodiversity reporting practices (e.g. biodiversity conservation, biodiversity protection, habitat and ecosystem conservation); and whether these organisations are disclosing their impact(s) (both in quantity and quality) on biodiversity (such as wildlife, flora and fauna). Moreover, India has also been classified as one of 17 mega-diversity countries by The World Conservation Monitoring Centre which account for more than 70% of the planet’s species (Williams, 2001). All these reasons make this study timely and important.

scholarly journals ОСОБЛИВОСТІ СТЕПОВИХ ЕКОСИСТЕМ НАЦІОНАЛЬНОГО ПРИРОДНОГО ПАРКУ «КРЕМЕНЕЦЬКІ ГОРИ», ЇХ ЗБЕРЕЖЕННЯ ТА ВІДТВОРЕННЯ

2019 ◽  
Vol 75 (1) ◽  
pp. 94-99
Author(s):  
М. Shtogrin ◽  
L. Onuk ◽  
A. Shtogun ◽  
I. Bobrik
Keyword(s):  
Rare Species ◽  
Field Research ◽  
Rare Plants ◽  
The State ◽  
Meadow Steppe ◽  
Steppe Species ◽  
Natural Park ◽  
Steppe Ecosystems ◽  
Nature Park ◽  
Management Project

Steppe areas of the National Natural Park "Kremenets Mountains" occupy the minimum area in open hills and rocky niches, so the priority tasks are the protection of unique steppe ecosystems.Reproduction of steppe areas is one of the tasks aimed at preserving the diversity of steppe and petrophytic flora, the structure of cenoses in the steppe regions, as well as the habitats of rare steppe plants.The work is based on field research materials conducted during 2012-2018 on the territory of the National Natural Park "Kremenets Mountains". In the course of research, literary data and geo-botanical studies of the Strahov, Vovcha, Sokolina, Maiden cliffs and Zamkov mountains have been processed, flora and phytocenotic features of steppe and meadow-steppe phyto groups, the state and structure of rare species populations have been described.Characterized by the laws of distribution of steppe and meadow-steppe species of plants on the territory of the National Nature Park "Kremenets Mountains". The influence of natural conditions is described, factors which contribute to the decrease in the number of populations of these species are determined. The measures on preservation and reproduction of steppe ecosystems, preservation of the diversity of steppe and petrophytic flora, and the structure of the cenosis of the steppe regions are presented. The age structure of Adonis vernalis L., which grows on the Malyatyn and Vovchyna rivers, is studied.In order to preserve the populations of the listed rare steppe plant species, active measures have been taken within the framework of the National Natural Park "Kremenets Mountains", which consists in reducing the anthropogenic impact and restoring the settlement of rare species. According to the Territory Management Project, the state of afforestation of steppe areas is monitored, shrubs, undergrowth of trees and invasive herbaceous plants (in particular, Solidago canadensis L.) are cleared with which the steppe areas spontaneously grow; some measures are taken to increase the number of rare plants (repatriation).This will promote the expansion of steppe areas, the increase of the proportion of steppe and meadow species in the grassland and increase the area under the populations of individual rare species.

scholarly journals Experience of the application of remote sensing data in the problems of geo-ecological monitoring of the coal mining area

2019 ◽  
Vol 75 ◽  
pp. 02001
Author(s):  
Olga Giniyatullina ◽  
Evgeniy Schastlivtsev ◽  
Vladimir Kovalev
Keyword(s):  
Remote Sensing ◽  
Coal Mining ◽  
Remote Sensing Data ◽  
Ecological Monitoring ◽  
Mining Area ◽  
The State ◽  
Sensing Data ◽  
Coal Mining Area ◽  
Mining Region ◽  
Dust Load

The experience of solving problems of geoecological monitoring of coal mining region with the use of remote sensing data is presented. The results of control over the boundaries of coal-mining enterprises, assessment of the degree of self-growth of dumps, monitoring of the state of vegetation near objects of coal mining and dust load of the area are shown.

Formation forest fitotsenozov Volga River right banks

10.12737/3833 ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 149-152 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ульданова ◽  
Railya Uldanova
Keyword(s):  
Forest Ecosystems ◽  
Biological Diversity ◽  
Jaccard Coefficient ◽  
Coastal Forest ◽  
Coastal Forests ◽  
Natural Habitats ◽  
Volga River ◽  
Floristic Similarity ◽  
Α Diversity ◽  
Mixed Grass

The coastal forests, presented by valuable deciduous and coniferous forests, grow in the northeastern and eastern parts of the Volga region of the Republic of Tatarstan, skirting the high right bank of the Volga River. They contribute to the maintenance of biological diversity in nature. The study of the formation of coastal forest phytocenoses, their species diversity and the modern state is now urgent work, and development activities for the conservation of natural habitats of plants, improve the sustainability of forest ecosystems are perspective direction. According to research of the forests of the right bank of the river Volga, we present the structure of coastal forest ecosystems. The association of forest ecosystems to the various elements of the relief was installed. The types of soil and litter were presented. The estimation of α-diversity of vascular herbaceous plants and ß-diversity of the studied forest ecosystems were reported. The largest number of species of vascular plants in coastal forests are: oak plant communities; a second group includes birch plants, pine and willow; the third group - the lime and larch; the fourth group - maple plant communitie. The ß-diversity index (Whittaker’s index) of plants in the studied forests varies between 2.2-6.8. The Jaccard coefficient of floristic similarity between forest ecosystems varies from 0.01 to 0.30, which confirms the diversity of generated by coastal forest ecosystems. The greatest diversity of plants was found in forests of ash and mixed grass, mixed grass willow, oak and lime-grove, maple, ash and mixed grass larches, birch wood. The forestry activities in coastal areas should be aimed at creating productive, sustainable forest ecosystems with a rich biodiversity of flora and fauna.

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