The BIOFUND Virtual Library is an online archive of information on Mozambique’s biodiversity, organized along the lines suggested by the Convention on Biodiversity’s Clearing House Mechanism. The Virtual Library will strive to make available all the documents, studies, reports, articles, educational and communications materials, maps and digital files that have been produced, to serve as a repository of our collective institutional memory as a conservation community. The usefulness of the Virtual Library will improve the more we share amongst ourselves. If you have any materials that are not currently part of the Virtual Library, please click on "Add Document" and become a contributor.
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Author
Year of Publication
Total Coliform: Multiple Tube Fermentation Technique
EPA
1986
N/A
English
No Restrictions
Marine Biodiversity
Reports, Studies, Biodiversity Baselines and Evaluations
Identification, Monitoring, Indicators and Assessments
None
Total Coliform: Multiple Tube Fermentation Technique
Use of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) for Responsible Aquatic Resource Management
Aguilar-Manjarrez, J. Et al.
Sd
N/A
FAN
Aquaculture and fisheries play important roles in the global economy, in poverty alleviation, in fostering food security and in recreation. As recognized in the FAO Code of Conduct for Responsible Fisheries (CCRF), sustainability is a fundamental management and development requirement for both sectors. Sustainability has many important spatial elements.
English
No Restrictions
Marine Biodiversity
Reports, Studies, Biodiversity Baselines and Evaluations
Identification, Monitoring, Indicators and Assessments
None
Use of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) for Responsible Aquatic Resource Management
Um breve relatório sobre a monitorização de tartarugas marinhas no Cabo São Sebastião, Moçambique durante 2015/2016
Santuário Bravio de Vilanculos
Sd
Inhambane
O Santuário conclui com êxito o seu 6º ano do monitoramento e protecção das tartarugas marinhas. Os números de rastos de tartarugas marinhas são ligeiramente mais baixos do que no ano passado, mas ainda maior do que os anos anteriores e desde o primeiro ano de protecção, e o número de ninhos de tartarugas marinhas têm aumentado. A boa notícia é que não houve relatos de caça furtiva de tartarugas marinhas ou roubo de ninhos nas margens do Santuário, no entanto, não sabemos o impacto dos arrastões comerciais e palangres de pesca ao longo da costa leste de Moçambique.
Portuguese
No Restrictions
Marine Biodiversity; Coastal Biodiversity
Reports, Studies, Biodiversity Baselines and Evaluations
Identification, Monitoring, Indicators and Assessments; Protected Areas
Quirimbas National Park; Bazaruto Archipelago National Park; Ponta do Ouro Partial Marine Reserve; Cabo de São Sebastião Total Protection Zone; Inhaca Biological Reserve; Primeiras e Segundas Islands Environmental Protection Area
Um breve relatório sobre a monitorização de tartarugas marinhas no Cabo São Sebastião, Moçambique durante 2015/2016
Tropical Ecology, Assessment, and Monitoring (TEAM) Initiative Camera Trapping Protocol
Fonseca, G. Et al.
Sd
N/A
A common method to monitor birds is to walk through a forest, stop at each station in sequence, and record every bird species observed or heard. This is the direct method of monitoring: the observer records detailed observations of what is observed or heard. Direct methods work for such species as birds and primates because they are typically more easily observed. Direct methods have also been employed to monitor prey populations.
English
No Restrictions
Forest Biodiversity; Mountain Biodiversity; Other Terrestrial Biodiversity
Project Document, Project Reports and Evaluations
Identification, Monitoring, Indicators and Assessments
None
Tropical Ecology, Assessment, and Monitoring (TEAM) Initiative Camera Trapping Protocol
Use of Remote-Trip Cameras for Wildlife Surveys and Evaluating the Effectiveness of Conservation Activities at a Nature Reserve in Sichuan Province, China
Dajun, W. Et al.
2006
N/A
2002-2003
Environ Manage
Monitoring the effectiveness of management activities within reserves is always a complicated task. When the focus of management activities is mammals, it is difficult to monitor their populations in a way that is rapid, effective, and inexpensive. We report on a mammal survey of a reserve in southwest China using remote-trip cameras. We surveyed 329 locations over 2 field seasons in 2002 and 2003. Sixteen species of mammals were detected with these cameras, with four species documented for the first time.
English
No Restrictions
Forest Biodiversity; Mountain Biodiversity; Other Terrestrial Biodiversity
Peer-reviewed article
Biological and Cultural Diversity
None
Use of Remote-Trip Cameras for Wildlife Surveys and Evaluating the Effectiveness of Conservation Activities at a Nature Reserve in Sichuan Province, China
Two invasive mussels in the genus Perna in the Gulf of Mexico
Hicks,D. Et al.
Sd
N/A
This paper summarizes the present status of introduced P. perna and P. viridis in the Gulf of Mexico and compares aspects of their biology, ecology, and physiology likely to influence their capacity to colonize the estuarine and coastal waters of North America. The biology of the third Perna species, P. canaliculus, which is geographically confined to New Zealand, will not be discussed in this pape
English
No Restrictions
Marine Biodiversity
Reports, Studies, Biodiversity Baselines and Evaluations
Threats to Biodiversity
None
Two invasive mussels in the genus Perna in the Gulf of Mexico
Turridae [s.l.] (Mollusca: Gastropoda) of southern Africa and Mozambique. Part 7. Subfamily Crassispirinae, section 2.
Kilburn, R.
1994
Cabo Delgado; Nampula; Niassa
Ann. Natal Mus.
This paper deals with two genera previously referred to the subfamily Mangeliinae', namely Anacithara and Antiguraleus, and the new genus Striatoguraleus. Indeed, it was originally drafted as the third part of my revision of the Mangeliinae of southern Africa and Mozambique. However, a specimen of an undescribed Anacithara from Zululand, closely comparable with the type species of that genus, was found to contain a dried body, from which a radula was extracted. This proved to be significantly similar to that of Haedropleura Monterosato, 1883, demonstrating that Anacithara should be transferred to the subfamily Crassispirinae. The presence of an operculum is another non-mangeliine character.
English
No Restrictions
Forest Biodiversity; Mountain Biodiversity; Other Terrestrial Biodiversity
Peer-reviewed article
Biological and Cultural Diversity
None
Turridae [s.l.] (Mollusca: Gastropoda) of southern Africa and Mozambique. Part 7. Subfamily Crassispirinae, section 2.
Tropical Mangrove Ecosystems
Smith III, T
Sd
N/A
American Geophysical Union
Description of a forest's "structure" may include measures of species composition, diversity, stem height, stem diameter, basal area, tree density, and the age-class distributions and spatial distribution patterns of the component species in the forest. The most noted feature of mangrove forest structure is the often conspicuous zonation of tree species in to monospecific bands parallel to the shoreline (Snedaker, 1982). Zonation has been a dominant theme in the voluminous literature on mangroves (Frith, 1977; Rollet, 1981), as well as in that on other vegetation types (Whittaker, 1967).
English
No Restrictions
Coastal Biodiversity
Reports, Studies, Biodiversity Baselines and Evaluations
Sustainable Use of Biodiversity
None
Tropical Mangrove Ecosystems
The world’s mangroves 1980–2005
FAO
2007
N/A
FAO
High population pressure in coastal areas has led to the conversion of many mangrove areas to other uses and numerous case studies describe these mangrove losses over time. Nevertheless, information on the current status and trends in the extent of mangroves at the global level is scarce. With the preparation of the present report, FAO aims to facilitate access to comprehensive information on the current and past extent of mangroves in all countries and areas in which they exist. The information provided in this report, as well as the gaps in information that it highlights, will serve as tools for mangrove managers and for policy- and decision-makers worldwide.
English
No Restrictions
Inland Waters and Wetlands Biodiversity; Coastal Biodiversity
Reports, Studies, Biodiversity Baselines and Evaluations
Biological and Cultural Diversity; Identification, Monitoring, Indicators and Assessments
None
The world’s mangroves 1980–2005
The Relationship between Biodiversity Offsets and Impact Assessment: A BBOP Resource Paper
This resource paper offers information on how to integrate BIODIVERSITY OFFSETS with impact assessment, including STRATEGIC ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT (SEA) for policies, plans and programmes and ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT (EIA) for proposed projects.
English
No Restrictions
General
Reports, Studies, Biodiversity Baselines and Evaluations
Sustainable Use of Biodiversity
None
The Relationship between Biodiversity Offsets and Impact Assessment: A BBOP Resource Paper
The Recreational Value of Lake McKenzie: An Application of the Travel Cost Method
Fleming, C. & Cook, A.
2007
N/A
Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society
Lake McKenzie is one of the most highly used and popular visitor destinations of all Fraser Island’s natural sites, attracting 2,000 visitors a day in peak periods. Many consider this level of visitation to be unsustainable and the management authority is considering a range of management options. In assessing the alternatives it is useful to have some idea of the recreational value of the Lake under the current regime. This paper estimates this value using the travel cost method. Once adjustments for multiple-site visitors are made, the method yields recreational values of the Lake ranging from $13.7 M. to $31.8 M per annum, or from $104.30 to $242.84 per-person per-visit.
English
No Restrictions
Forest Biodiversity; Other Terrestrial Biodiversity
Peer-reviewed article
Economics, Trade and Incentive Measures
International Protected Areas
The Recreational Value of Lake McKenzie: An Application of the Travel Cost Method
The potential impacts of anthropogenic noise on marine animals and recommendations for research in South Africa
Koper, R. & Plön, S.
2012
N/A
EWT Research & Technical Pape
The oceans are often thought of as a silent world. However, in reality the oceans are filled with sounds from both natural and anthropogenic (i.e. human generated) sound sources. In fact, during the last five decades, ocean ambient noise levels have increased with at least 10-12 dB within the 30-50 Hz frequency band. This frequency band falls within the hearing range of baleen whales, of which 42% of all species are endangered. As a result, there is a currently growing concern that anthropogenic sounds in the marine environment potentially have a substantial impact on marine organisms.
English
No Restrictions
Marine Biodiversity
Reports, Studies, Biodiversity Baselines and Evaluations
Impact Assessment
None
The potential impacts of anthropogenic noise on marine animals and recommendations for research in South Africa
The partitioning of Africa: Statistically defined biogeographical regions in sub-Saharan Africa
Aim To test whether it is possible to establish a common biogeographical regionalization for plants and vertebrates in sub-Saharan Africa (the Afrotropical Region), using objective multivariate methods.
English
No Restrictions
Forest Biodiversity; Mountain Biodiversity; Other Terrestrial Biodiversity
Peer-reviewed article
Identification, Monitoring, Indicators and Assessments
None
The partitioning of Africa: Statistically defined biogeographical regions in sub-Saharan Africa
In 2011, Mozambique played a significant role in the world’s production of aluminum, ilmenite, tantalum, and zircon. The country’s share of world tantalum output was about 15%; ilmenite, about 9%; zircon, about 3%; and aluminum, 1%. Other domestically significant mineral processing operations included cement and natural gas. Mozambique was not a globally significant consumer of minerals or mineral fuels (Bray, 2012; Gambogi, 2012a, b; Papp, 2012).
English
No Restrictions
General
Reports, Studies, Biodiversity Baselines and Evaluations
Biological and Cultural Diversity
None
The Mineral Industry of Mozambique
The Cost of Policy Inaction (COPI): The Baseline Scenario
Bakkes, J. Et al.
2010
N/A
The Baseline assumes that many aspects of today’s world remain the same – not frozen in time, but evolving along the same lines as today. The Baseline shows a stabilisation of the world population at around 9.1 billion inhabitants by 2050. The Baseline trends combine to produce a modest, but uniformly positive growth in real Global Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of 2.8% per year between 2005 and 2050. Although the modelling for this study is more nuanced than assuming a fixed relation between GDP and pressures on biodiversity, the uncertainty in the baseline leans to the side of more pressures on biodiversity. Final energy consumption increases from 280 EJ in 2000 to 470 EJ in 2030, and ca 600 EJ in 2050.
English
No Restrictions
General
Reports, Studies, Biodiversity Baselines and Evaluations
Sustainable Use of Biodiversity
None
The Cost of Policy Inaction (COPI): The Baseline Scenario
The butterfly handbook – UK
Spalding, A.
Sd
N/A
General advice note on mitigating the impacts of roads on butterfly populations including a case study on mitigation for the Marsh Fritillary butterfly along the A30 Bodmin to Indian Queens road improvement scheme
The second half of the last century saw dramatic changes in the countryside of Britain. Our native wildlife continues to be threatened as habitats are damaged or destroyed. Butterflies have probably never been as endangered as they are today following decades of loss of key semi-natural habitats such as flower-rich grasslands. This report is extremely valuable and timely as it concerns an increasingly important habitat for butterflies and other insects. Road verges can help conserve butterflies and other wildlife as they are an opportunity to provide suitable breeding habitats for many species, and provide crucial links between the patches of habitat that remain.
English
No Restrictions
Other Terrestrial Biodiversity
Project Document, Project Reports and Evaluations
Impact Assessment; Identification, Monitoring, Indicators and Assessments
None
The butterfly handbook – UK
The effects of seismic activity on marine mammals in UK waters, 1998-2000
Stone, C.
2003
N/A
1998-2000
JNCC
1,652 sightings of marine mammals (28,165 individuals) occurring during 201 seismic surveys in UK waters and some adjacent areas between 1998 and 2000 (plus two surveys in 1997) were analysed to examine the effects of seismic activity. A total of 44,551 hrs 50 mins were spent watching for marine mammals during these surveys. 2. The most frequently seen species were white-sided dolphins, white-beaked dolphins and pilot whales. Sperm whales, fin whales and minke whales were also seen with moderate frequency, with lower numbers of sightings of other species. Sighting rates of marine mammals peaked in July, with most occurring to the west of Shetland, in Rockall and in the northern North Sea.
English
No Restrictions
Marine Biodiversity
Impact Assessment
None
The effects of seismic activity on marine mammals in UK waters, 1998-2000
The effect of funnel trap type and size of pitfall trap on trap success: implications for ecological field studies
Maritz, B. Et al.
2007
N/A
Amphibia-Reptilia
Funnel and pitfall traps that are set in association with drift fences are powerful tools for field herpetologists. Innovations in trapping techniques continue to improve capture rates, portability and affordability of trap materials, and to decrease construction and installation time. In this paper we test a new design for funnel traps and test the effect of pitfall trap size on trap success. Our new funnel trap design was significantly easier and quicker to construct, but captured fewer specimens than the traditional design. There was no significant difference in the capture rates of the two sizes of pitfall trap that we tested. This finding was confirmed by a second, more extensive field survey.
English
No Restrictions
Forest Biodiversity; Other Terrestrial Biodiversity
Peer-reviewed article
Identification, Monitoring, Indicators and Assessments
None
The effect of funnel trap type and size of pitfall trap on trap success: implications for ecological field studies
The Diversity of the Seas: a regional approach
World Conservation Monitoring Centre
1996
N/A
World Conservation Press
English
No Restrictions
Marine Biodiversity
Reports, Studies, Biodiversity Baselines and Evaluations
Biological and Cultural Diversity
None
The Diversity of the Seas: a regional approach
The Diversity and Biogeography of Western Indian Ocean Reef-Building Corals
Obura, D.
2012
Nampula
2002-2011
PLoS ONE
This study assesses the biogeographic classification of the Western Indian Ocean (WIO) on the basis of the species diversity and distribution of reef-building corals. Twenty one locations were sampled between 2002 and 2011. Presence/absence of scleractinian corals was noted on SCUBA, with the aid of underwater digital photographs and reference publications for species identification. Sampling effort varied from 7 to 37 samples per location, with 15 to 45 minutes per dive allocated to species observations, depending on the logistics on each trip. Species presence/absence was analyzed using the Bray-Curtis similarity coefficient, followed by cluster analysis and multi-dimensional scaling.
English
No Restrictions
Marine Biodiversity
Peer-reviewed article
Identification, Monitoring, Indicators and Assessments
Quirimbas National Park; Bazaruto Archipelago National Park; Ponta do Ouro Partial Marine Reserve; Cabo de São Sebastião Total Protection Zone; Inhaca Biological Reserve; Primeiras e Segundas Islands Environmental Protection Area
The Diversity and Biogeography of Western Indian Ocean Reef-Building Corals
The historical and recent distribution and status of mammals in Portugal
Santos-Reis, M. & Mathias, L.
1996
N/A
Departamento de Zoologia e Antropologia, Faculdade de CiCncias de Lisboa
Historical and recent data on Portuguese mammals are presinted in this paper, occurring on the mainland andor in the Azores and Madeira Atlantic islands. Nowadays, 95 species of mammals are known in Portugal, of which only one (Nyctalus azoreum) is an endemic species and three 'others (Pipistrellus maderensis, Microtus cabrerae and Lynx pardina) are exclusive for Portugal and Spain. Moreover, two other species, Mustelu vison and Sciurus vulgaris are recent records for the Portuguese fauna, the first due to an accidental introduction and the second resulting from a recolonization by Spanish populations.
English
No Restrictions
Forest Biodiversity; Mountain Biodiversity; Other Terrestrial Biodiversity
Peer-reviewed article
Identification, Monitoring, Indicators and Assessments
None
The historical and recent distribution and status of mammals in Portugal
The distribution and abundance of herpetofauna on a Quaternary aeolian dune deposit: Implications for Strip Mining
Maritz, B.
2007
N/A
Exxaro KZN Sands is planning the development of a heavy minerals strip mine south of Mtunzini, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. The degree to which mining activities will affect local herpetofauna is poorly understood and baseline herpetofaunal diversity data are sparse. This study uses several methods to better understand the distribution and abundance of herpetofauna in the area. I reviewed the literature for the grid squares 2831DC and 2831 DD and surveyed for herpetofauna at the study site using several methods. I estimate that 41 amphibian and 51 reptile species occur in these grid squares. Of these species, 19 amphibian and 39 reptile species were confirmed for the study area. In all, 29 new unique, grid square records were collected.
English
No Restrictions
Other Terrestrial Biodiversity
Peer-reviewed article
Biological and Cultural Diversity
None
The distribution and abundance of herpetofauna on a Quaternary aeolian dune deposit: Implications for Strip Mining
The Legal Status of Diurnal Birds of Prey in Africa
Robinson, P.
1989
N/A
Outside Africa (perhaps also within Africa), little appears to have been published on the legislation applicable to diurnal birds of prey within that continent. The varied historical/political background of Africa has given us a situation today of considerable governmental variation. Not surprisingly this results in a wide range of approaches towards the formation of legislation. Africa encompasses several climatic zones, in addition to which few resident bird of prey species occur throughout the continent. Equally important is the fact that a significant proportion - over half - of Eurasian diurnal birds of prey winter wholly or partially in Africa.
English
No Restrictions
General
Reports, Studies, Biodiversity Baselines and Evaluations
Identification, Monitoring, Indicators and Assessments
None
The Legal Status of Diurnal Birds of Prey in Africa
The Endangered Wildlife Trust’s Wildlife & Transport Programme (EWT-WTP) annual “Green Mile” Conference on Road & Rail Ecology
EWT-WTP
2013
N/A
With over 30 delegates from the transport sectors, environmental consultancies, nature conservation and research institutions, the day provided an array of informative presentations and discussions. Miss Earth South Africa, Ashanti Mbanga, gave the opening address sharing some very inspiring words with us and set the scene for the rest of the day. The Conference then commenced with introductory lectures and concluded with focal discussions around pertinent issues central to ensuring that our transport infrastructure is safe for all users – human and wildlife.
English
No Restrictions
Other Terrestrial Biodiversity
Project Document, Project Reports and Evaluations
Impact Assessment; Identification, Monitoring, Indicators and Assessments
None
The Endangered Wildlife Trust’s Wildlife & Transport Programme (EWT-WTP) annual “Green Mile” Conference on Road & Rail Ecology
The ecological effects of linear infrastructure and Traffic: challenges and opportunities of rapid global growth
Roads, railways and utility easements are integral components of human society, allowing for the safe and efficient transport of people and goods. There are few places on earth that are not currently traversed or impacted by the vast networks of linear infrastructure. The ecological impacts of linear infrastructure and vehicles are numerous, diverse and, in most cases, deleterious. Recognition and amelioration of these impacts is becoming widespread around the world, and new roads and other linear infrastructure are increasingly planned to avoid high‐quality areas and designed to minimise or mitigate the deleterious effects.
English
No Restrictions
Other Terrestrial Biodiversity
Peer-reviewed article
Identification, Monitoring, Indicators and Assessments
None
The ecological effects of linear infrastructure and Traffic: challenges and opportunities of rapid global growth
The Eastern Afromontane biodiversity hotspot ecosystem profile
The ecosystem profile presents an overview of the hotspot, including its biological importance in a global and regional context, potential climate change impacts, major threats to and root causes of biodiversity loss, socioeconomic context and current conservation investments. It provides a suite of measurable conservation outcomes, identifies funding gaps and opportunities for investment, and thus identifies the niche where CEPF investment can provide the greatest incremental value.
English
No Restrictions
General
Reports, Studies, Biodiversity Baselines and Evaluations
Biological and Cultural Diversity; Climate Change and Biodiversity; Economics, Trade and Incentive Measures; Protected Areas; Sustainable Use of Biodiversity; Community Use of Biodiversity
All Protected Areas of Mozambique
The Eastern Afromontane biodiversity hotspot ecosystem profile
The Florida Wetland Condition Index (FWCI): Developing Biological Indicators for Isolated Depressional Forested Wetlands
Reiss, K. & Brown, M.
2005
N/A
This project and the preparation of this report were funded in part by a Section 319 Nonpoint Source Management grant from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency through a contract with the Florida Department of Environmental Protection.
Florida Department of Environmental Protection
Over 30 years ago, the federal Water Pollution and Control Act obliged states to protect and restore the chemical, physical, and biological integrity of waters, and charged states with establishing water-quality standards for all waters within state boundaries including wetlands. Criteria for defining water-quality could be narrative or numeric; and it could be addressed through chemical, physical, or biological standards. Initially, states used chemical and physical criteria (testing waters for chemical concentrations or physical conditions that exceeded criteria) and assuming losses in ecosystem integrity if the criteria were exceeded (Danielson 1998a).
English
No Restrictions
Inland Waters and Wetlands Biodiversity
Project Document, Project Reports and Evaluations
Identification, Monitoring, Indicators and Assessments
None
The Florida Wetland Condition Index (FWCI): Developing Biological Indicators for Isolated Depressional Forested Wetlands
The Ecosystem-Based Disaster Risk Reduction Case Study and Exercise Source Book
Nehren, U. et al.
2014
N/A
2013
Environment and Disaster Risk Reduction and Center for Natural Resources and Development
As recent policy documents have highlighted, environmental degradation is a leading cause of increased disaster risk (IPCC, 2012; UNISDR, 2011). The World Risk Report (2012) points out that “Environmental degradation is a significant factor that reduces the adaptive capacity of societies to deal with disaster risk in many countries,” which means, in other words, that “not all storms and other natural hazards need to turn into disasters.”
English
No Restrictions
General
Project Document, Project Reports and Evaluations
Climate Change and Biodiversity; Community Use of Biodiversity
None
The Ecosystem-Based Disaster Risk Reduction Case Study and Exercise Source Book
The Cost of Policy Inaction (COPI): The case of not meeting the 2010 biodiversity target
Braat, L. & Brink, P.
2010
N/A
Biodiversity is both a factor in and an indicator of the health of all ecosystem processes. The majority of ecosystems across the globe have been greatly modified by humans. The evidence suggests that many wildlife populations are declining as a result of human activities. The result will be a more homogenized biosphere with lower diversity at regional and global scales. These changes in biodiversity have already important implications for the functioning of ecosystems and services to human society. The Costs of Policy Inaction (COPI) study aims to highlight the need for action, prior to the specific development and appraisal of policy instruments.
English
No Restrictions
General
Reports, Studies, Biodiversity Baselines and Evaluations
Identification, Monitoring, Indicators and Assessments; Sustainable Use of Biodiversity
None
The Cost of Policy Inaction (COPI): The case of not meeting the 2010 biodiversity target
The Ambatovy Project Business and Biodiversity Offsets Programme Pilot Project Case Study
The Ambatovy Project is a large-tonnage nickel project in Madagascar with an annual design capacity of 60,000 tonnes of nickel and 5,600 tonnes of cobalt. The Project is comprised of two companies Ambatovy Minerals SA and Dynatec Madagascar SA each owned in the same proportion by Sherritt Incorporated, Sumitomo Incorporated, Kores and SNC Lavalin. The Project was permitted in December 2006. Construction began in early 2007 and production is due to begin by the end of 2010, reaching full capacity by 2013. The Project’s expected LIFECYCLE is 27 years, although operation beyond this is likely.
English
No Restrictions
General
Reports, Studies, Biodiversity Baselines and Evaluations
Identification, Monitoring, Indicators and Assessments
None
The Ambatovy Project Business and Biodiversity Offsets Programme Pilot Project Case Study
Termite taxonomy and distribution with particular reference to climate change in Africa
Nkunika, P. Et al.
Sd
N/A
English
No Restrictions
General
Presentations
Climate Change and Biodiversity
None
Termite taxonomy and distribution with particular reference to climate change in Africa
Survival of the Sumatran Tiger in a Commercial Landscape
Maddox, T. Et al.
2003
N/A
A key strategy for ensuring the survival of the Sumatran tiger is to work on their survival outside the protected area system. Non-protected areas represent a far larger area of land, do not exclude people and therefore reduce the potential for land use conflict, and can provide connectivity between the core protected areas. Potential for coexistence between tigers and commercial land use has been shown in an oil palm plantation, PT Asiatic Persada (AP), in Sumatra.
English
No Restrictions
Forest Biodiversity
Reports, Studies, Biodiversity Baselines and Evaluations
Identification, Monitoring, Indicators and Assessments
None
Survival of the Sumatran Tiger in a Commercial Landscape
Surveying carnivores at large spatial scales: a comparison of four broad-applied methods
Barea-Azcón, J. Et al.
2007
N/A
Biodivers Conserv
Reliable methods to estimate species richness are very important to managers and conservationists because they provide key data to make the right decisions in conservation programmes. In the case of carnivore mammals, traditional methods, such as direct count censuses, are not useful since these animals are usually scarce, elusive and nocturnal. Difficulties in carnivore sampling are compounded when monitoring programmes are developed at large spatial scales, where high economic costs and field efforts are necessary to achieve reliable richness or abundance estimates. These problems have highlighted the need to find more effective carnivore survey methods, especially in regions with high rates of landscape change.
English
No Restrictions
Other Terrestrial Biodiversity; Inland Waters and Wetlands Biodiversity
Peer-reviewed article
Identification, Monitoring, Indicators and Assessments
None
Surveying carnivores at large spatial scales: a comparison of four broad-applied methods
Static Passive Acoustic Monitoring: Pitfalls and Possibilities
PAM
Sd
N/A
SMRU
English
No Restrictions
Marine Biodiversity
Presentations
Identification, Monitoring, Indicators and Assessments
None
Static Passive Acoustic Monitoring: Pitfalls and Possibilities
Statutory nature conservation agency protocol for minimising the risk of injury to marine mammals from piling noise
JNCC
2010
N/A
This document, which has been produced by Natural England, the Countryside Council for Wales and the Joint Nature Conservation Committee, outlines a protocol for the mitigation of potential underwater noise impacts arising from pile driving during offshore wind farm construction. This protocol may also be useful to other industries in the marine environment which use pile driving. The agencies recommend that all operations that include pile driving should consider producing an Environmental Management Plan (EMP), or an equivalent document that meets the requirements of the relevant regulator.
English
No Restrictions
Marine Biodiversity
Reports, Studies, Biodiversity Baselines and Evaluations
Identification, Monitoring, Indicators and Assessments
None
Statutory nature conservation agency protocol for minimising the risk of injury to marine mammals from piling noise
Strategic Plan for the Sustainable Use of Marine Resources in the Vilanculos Coastal Wildlife Sanctuary
IUCN & Eco-Africa Environmental Consultants
2002
Inhambane
1. The Vilanculos Coastal Wildlife Sanctuary (VCWS) is located along the coast of Mozambique in the Province of Inhambane and the District of Vilanculos. The VCWS includes the San Sebastian Peninsula (here after referred to as “the Peninsula”) and its surrounding waters and thus forms the southernmost portion of the spectacular Bazaruto Archipelago (Map 1). Biologically the area is highly diverse in terms of species and habitats and contains appealing and largely intact scenery. Its waters contain the last viable population of Dugong in Africa. From a local and global point of view the natural heritage represented on the Peninsula and in the surrounding waters is worth saving.
English
No Restrictions
Marine Biodiversity; Coastal Biodiversity
PA Management Document
Protected Areas
Cabo de São Sebastião Total Protection Zone
Strategic Plan for the Sustainable Use of Marine Resources in the Vilanculos Coastal Wildlife Sanctuary
Status and distribution of mangrove forests of the world using earth observation satellite datageb_584
Giri, C. Et al.
2010
N/A
Global Ecology and Biogeography
Aim Our scientific understanding of the extent and distribution of mangrove forests of the world is inadequate. The available global mangrove databases, compiled using disparate geospatial data sources and national statistics, need to be improved.Here, we mapped the status and distributions of global mangroves using recently available Global Land Survey (GLS) data and the Landsat archive.
English
No Restrictions
Coastal Biodiversity
Peer-reviewed article
Identification, Monitoring, Indicators and Assessments
None
Status and distribution of mangrove forests of the world using earth observation satellite datageb_584
Specialist Report: Bird Impact Assessment Report
Chris van Rooyen Consulting
2008
N/A
This desk top report deals with potential impacts that a new 220kV transmission line in Namibia could have on birds. The proposed line will originate in Omburu near Omaruru, and will run roughly in a south-westerly direction to terminate a new substation to be called Kuiseb, about 20km east of Walvis Bay. The total length of proposed transmission line will be about 234km. Chris van Rooyen Consulting was requested by Enviro Dynamics Environmental Consultants to a provide desk top assessment of the envisaged bird impacts associated with the new line.
English
No Restrictions
Other Terrestrial Biodiversity
Impact Assessment
None
Specialist Report: Bird Impact Assessment Report
Study on Land Clearing in Relation to Large Scale Plantations and Forest Certification
The government of Mozambique has since the late 1990s been seeking to attract foreign and national investors to establish commercial forestry plantations in order to create economic activity in remote areas of the country. The establishment of these plantations will require the replacement of the existing vegetation cover with exotic fast growing species. The investors in these plantations have stated that they wish to become FSC certified in order to demonstrate that they are following established social and environmental best practices.
English
No Restrictions
Forest Biodiversity
Project Document, Project Reports and Evaluations
Economics, Trade and Incentive Measures
None
Study on Land Clearing in Relation to Large Scale Plantations and Forest Certification
Spatial patterns of road kills: a case study in southern Portugal
Ascensão, F. & Mira, A.
Sd
N/A
Universidade de Évora
One major human agent of habitat fragmentation is the ever increasing and expanding road network world wide (Forman et al. 2002), which can be harmful to various faunal groups such as invertebrates (e.g.: Haskell 2001), amphibians (e.g.: Carr and Fahrig 2001), reptiles (e.g.: Gibbs and Shriver 2002), birds (e.g.: Kuitunen et al. 1998) or mammals (e.g.: Philcox et al. 1999). Roads and traffic can act as barriers which may difficult animal movements and reduce population connectivity. By diminishing the gene flow and disrupting sink-source population dynamics, roads may increase inbreeding and loss of genetic diversity (Ferreras 2001).
English
No Restrictions
Other Terrestrial Biodiversity
Peer-reviewed article
Impact Assessment
None
Spatial patterns of road kills: a case study in southern Portugal