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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Title
Author
Year of Publication
Ensuring a future for South Africa’s frogs: a strategy for conservation research
Measey, G.
2011
N/A
The Global Amphibian Assessment (GAA), published in 2004, provided an IUCN assessment for every known species of amphibian, and found that nearly a third of all species were threatened with extinction. This crisis of amphibian biodiversity loss serves as an indicator of global biodiversity loss at a time when we have begun to appreciate the importance of biodiversity to our environment and the services that it provides.
South African National Biodiversity Institute
English
No Restrictions
General
Reports, Studies, Biodiversity Baselines and Evaluations
Biological and Cultural Diversity
None
Ensuring a future for South Africa’s frogs: a strategy for conservation research
Enhanced Oil Spill Surveillance, Detection and Monitoring Through the Applied Technology of Unmanned Air Systems
Allen, J. & Walsh, B.
2008
N/A
Many leading edge technologies that are conceptualized, developed, tested, refined and applied as military defense technologies evolve into useful applied technologies in other public and private sectors. Unmanned Air Systems (UAS) and the rapidly evolving Small Unmanned Air Vehicle (SUAS) are finding operational applications in scientific research, wildlife, law enforcement, security, natural disaster, and environmental surveillance, detection and monitoring. This paper will review the use of UAS in operational oil spill surveillance, monitoring and assessment.
English
No Restrictions
Marine Biodiversity
Reports, Studies, Biodiversity Baselines and Evaluations
Identification, Monitoring, Indicators and Assessments
None
Enhanced Oil Spill Surveillance, Detection and Monitoring Through the Applied Technology of Unmanned Air Systems
Effectiveness of Wildlife Crossing Structures and Adapted Culverts in a Highway in Northwest Spain
Mata, C. Et al.
2003
N/A
06-09/2002
An intensive monitoring was carried out between June and September 2002 in different passage types across a highway in NW Spain in order to determine their use by terrestrial vertebrates. We used marble dust-beds to get footprints and a complementary photographic system to identify species which cannot be distinguished by tracks. Footprint data (820 passage-days) were collected from 82 passage structures (33 circular culverts, 10 adapted culverts, 14 wide underpasses, 7 wildlife underpasses, 16 overpasses and 2 ecoducts). The number of recorded vertebrates was high (1,424 tracks, 78.8% wildlife, and 21.2% related to human activity; and 490 photographic contacts, 54.3% and 45.7% respectively). S
English
No Restrictions
Other Terrestrial Biodiversity
Peer-reviewed article
Identification, Monitoring, Indicators and Assessments
None
Effectiveness of Wildlife Crossing Structures and Adapted Culverts in a Highway in Northwest Spain
IFC-CESI Environmental and Social Review Procedures Manual
IFC-CESI
2010
N/A
IFC
Management‐approved environmental and social (E&S) appraisal and supervision guidance for investment activities contained in this E&S Review Procedures (ESRP) Manual provides one of several essential elements of CESI’s quality management system. Specifically, the procedures in this ESRP Manual define CESI operations responsibilities and processes to facilitate compliance with IFC’s Sustainability Framework, i.e., Policy and Performance Standards on Social and Environmental Sustainability, IFC’s Policy on Disclosure of Information, and the general and sectorspecific Environmental Health and Safety (EHS) Guidelines (See Rules and Tools ‐ Sustainability Framework).
English
No Restrictions
General
Reports, Studies, Biodiversity Baselines and Evaluations
Sustainable Use of Biodiversity
None
IFC-CESI Environmental and Social Review Procedures Manual
ENI Annual Report 2011
ENI
2011
N/A
ENI
This annual report contains certain forward-looking statements in particular under the section “Outlook” regarding capital expenditures, development and management of oil and gas resources, dividends, allocation of future cash flow from operations, future operating performance, gearing, targets of production and sale growth, new markets, and the progress and timing of projects. By their nature, forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties because they relate to events and depend on circumstances that will or may occur in the future.
English
No Restrictions
General
Reports, Studies, Biodiversity Baselines and Evaluations
Economics, Trade and Incentive Measures; Sustainable Use of Biodiversity
None
ENI Annual Report 2011
Ecolodges: Exploring Opportunities for Sustainable Business
IFC
2006
N/A
This publication summarizes the results of research on the triple bottom line, emphasizing environmental, social and economic sustainability in the ecolodge sector. Key factors are highlighted that make an ecolodge environmentally, socially and financially successful. It is the first in a series of reports resulting from EBFP’s research activities on the market for environmentally friendly goods and services.
English
No Restrictions
General
Reports, Studies, Biodiversity Baselines and Evaluations
Economics, Trade and Incentive Measures
None
Ecolodges: Exploring Opportunities for Sustainable Business
Efeitos da poulição na fotossíntese, dimensões da folha, deposição de particulas e conteúdo de ferro e cobre em alfeneiro (Ligustrum lucidum)
Inoue, M. & Reissmann, C.
1990
N/A
Floresta 21
Portuguese
No Restrictions
Forest Biodiversity
Peer-reviewed article
Identification, Monitoring, Indicators and Assessments
None
Efeitos da poulição na fotossíntese, dimensões da folha, deposição de particulas e conteúdo de ferro e cobre em alfeneiro (Ligustrum lucidum)
Eastern Africa Coastal Forest Programme
Younge, A.; Negussie, G. & Burgess, N.
2002
Cabo Delgado
WWF- EARPO
The eastern African coastal forest ecoregion is recognised as one of Africa’s centres of species endemism, and is distributed over six countries (Somalia, Kenya, Tanzania, Mozambique, Zimbabwe and Malawi). Most is found in Kenya, Tanzania and Mozambique, which form our focal region. The coastal forests are fragmented, small and surrounded by poor communities that have a high demand for land and forest resources. Although coastal forests have significant cultural and traditional values for local communities, they do not receive adequate support from the relevant government authorities and international conservation institutions.
English
No Restrictions
Coastal Biodiversity
Reports, Studies, Biodiversity Baselines and Evaluations
Identification, Monitoring, Indicators and Assessments
None
Eastern Africa Coastal Forest Programme
Easy identification of Aquatics plants
Gerber, A. Et al.
2004
N/A
RQS
The need for an aquatic identification manual was identified during the design of National Eutrophication Monitoring Programme, where the extent of aquatic water plant growth are one of the variables to be monitored. Excessive water plant growth, also of indigenous plants, is an indication of eutrophication and/or habitat disturbance
English
No Restrictions
Inland Waters and Wetlands Biodiversity; Marine Biodiversity
Reports, Studies, Biodiversity Baselines and Evaluations
Identification, Monitoring, Indicators and Assessments
None
Easy identification of Aquatics plants
E&P Sound & Marine Life Joint Industry Programme: Research and Development to Inform Decision Making, Risk Reduction and Management
International Association of Oil and Gas Producers
2013
N/A
2010-2013
English
No Restrictions
Marine Biodiversity
Presentations
Impact Assessment
None
E&P Sound & Marine Life Joint Industry Programme: Research and Development to Inform Decision Making, Risk Reduction and Management
Ecological Effects of Roads: A review
Seiler, A.
2001
N/A
Grimsö Wildlife Research Station
Habitat fragmentation due to transport infrastructure is receiving growing concern among ecologists and civil engineers. Much data has been gathered that gives evidence of the complex impact of infrastructure on wildlife and landscapes. Roads, railroads, and their traffic disrupt ecological processes; increase mortality in animals, lead to a degradation, loss and isolation of wildlife habitat, and cause a fragmentation of the landscape in a literal sense. Despite the quantity of empirical studies, it is still difficult to draw general conclusions or define impact thresholds that could guide evaluation work.
English
No Restrictions
Other Terrestrial Biodiversity
Reports, Studies, Biodiversity Baselines and Evaluations
Impact Assessment; Identification, Monitoring, Indicators and Assessments
None
Ecological Effects of Roads: A review
Dry drainage culvert use and design considerations for small- and medium-sized mammal movement across a major transportation corridor
Clevenger, A. & Waltho, N.
1999
N/A
Faculty of Environmental Studies
Drainage culverts are ubiquitous features in road and rail corridors. Yet practically nothing is known about the effectiveness of culverts for increasing road permeability and habitat connectivity for small- and medium-sized mammals. We quantified mammal use of dry drainage culverts to cross a major transportation corridor. We used a null model to evaluate whether culverts serve all species equally or whether some culverts limit habitat connectivity across roads in species-specific ways. We also modeled species response to structural, landscape, and road-related attributes and identified which are most important in explaining animal passage rates and culvert effectiveness.
English
No Restrictions
Inland Waters and Wetlands Biodiversity
Peer-reviewed article
Impact Assessment; Sustainable Use of Biodiversity
None
Dry drainage culvert use and design considerations for small- and medium-sized mammal movement across a major transportation corridor
Maps and non-georeferenced data (as jpg, pdf, .zip, data etc.)
Protected Areas
All Protected Areas of Mozambique; International Protected Areas
Eastern Afromontane Ecosystem Profile
Economic Assessment of Marine Energy Schemes
Stallard, T. et al.
2009
N/A
EQUIMAR
Although many marine energy technologies are presently being developed, only a small number of devices have generated electricity from the marine environment. From such a small experience base it is difficult to independently assess the economic feasibility of alternative technologies for large-scale electricity generation. With a few notable exceptions, much of the published work on marine energy costing concerns relatively small deployments (up to around 100 MW rated capacity) with a strong emphasis on costing the components of individual marine energy conversion devices.
English
No Restrictions
Marine Biodiversity
Peer-reviewed article
Economics, Trade and Incentive Measures; Impact Assessment
None
Economic Assessment of Marine Energy Schemes
Draft EIS Report : Sasol Natural Gas Project Mozambique to South Africa
Wheeler, F.
Sd
Inhambane
English
No Restrictions
General
Impact Assessment
None
Draft EIS Report : Sasol Natural Gas Project Mozambique to South Africa
Determination of Inorganic Anions by Ion Chromatography
Pfaff, J.
1993
N/A
ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING SYSTEMS LABORATORY
English
No Restrictions
General
Reports, Studies, Biodiversity Baselines and Evaluations
Identification, Monitoring, Indicators and Assessments
None
Determination of Inorganic Anions by Ion Chromatography
Detailed engineering design and contract documentation for the rehabilitation and periodic maintenance or strengthening of the works of the Lanet-Nakuru-Mau Summit-Timboroa and Nakuru-Magotio roads
GIBB Eastern Africa
2000
N/A
This working paper is presented in accordance with the Terms of Reference for the design of the Lanet - Nakuru - Timboroa Road (98 km) and the Nakuru - Mogotio (38 km) Road. It presents the investigations and findings of the environmental impact assessment (EIA) and appropriate mitigation and support measures for the project. This report should be read in conjunction with Working Paper 1A, Traffic Studies, Working Paper No 1B, Axle Load Studies, Working Paper 2, Condition Survey of Structures & Drainage Systems, Working Paper 3B, Hydrological Studies and Working Paper 4, Preliminary Materials Investigation.
English
No Restrictions
Other Terrestrial Biodiversity
Impact Assessment
None
Detailed engineering design and contract documentation for the rehabilitation and periodic maintenance or strengthening of the works of the Lanet-Nakuru-Mau Summit-Timboroa and Nakuru-Magotio roads
Design Review and Update of Embakasi – Machakos Turn Off (Ai09/A104) Dual Carriageway
NORCONSULT INTERNATIONAL A.S
2003
N/A
One of the objectives of the study is to identify and update the most appropriate economically justified design and construction methodology for the dual carriageway road. This preliminary environmental impact assessment (EIA) study, of the existing road and proposed works, is to be undertaken as part of the design and update review.
English
No Restrictions
Other Terrestrial Biodiversity
Impact Assessment
None
Design Review and Update of Embakasi – Machakos Turn Off (Ai09/A104) Dual Carriageway
Deep-ocean Environmental Long-term Observatory System
Bagley, P. & Priede, M.
2009
N/A
English
No Restrictions
Marine Biodiversity
Presentations
Identification, Monitoring, Indicators and Assessments
None
Deep-ocean Environmental Long-term Observatory System
Decommissioning of Offshore Oil and Gas Installations and Pipelines under the Petroleum Act 1998
Offshore Decommissioning Unit
2011
N/A
The decommissioning of offshore oil and gas installations and pipelines on the United Kingdom Continental Shelf (UKCS) is controlled through the Petroleum Act 1998, as amended by the Energy Act 2008. The UK's international obligations on decommissioning are governed principally by the 1992 Convention for the Protection of the Marine Environment of the North East Atlantic (OSPAR Convention). Agreement on the regime to be applied to the decommissioning of offshore installations in the Convention area was reached at a meeting of the OSPAR Commission in July 1998
English
No Restrictions
Marine Biodiversity
Project Document, Project Reports and Evaluations
Sustainable Use of Biodiversity
None
Decommissioning of Offshore Oil and Gas Installations and Pipelines under the Petroleum Act 1998
Decision Guide: Selecting Decision Support Tools for Marine Spatial Planning
Center for Ocean Solutions
2011
N/A
The Woods Institute for the Environment
Spatially explicit approaches for planning human activities, resource use, and ecosystem integrity in marine areas are gaining traction around the world. Terms such as marine spatial planning, maritime spatial planning, coastal and marine spatial planning, integrated ocean management, and systematic conservation and marine use planning, all denote similar decisionmaking approaches that use scientific and geospatial information to address conflicts and organize human activities in the ocean, while maintaining ecosystem health, function, and services. In this Decision Guide, the term marine spatial planning is used, but emphasis is placed on the systematic and spatial nature of these approaches rather than the name itself.
English
No Restrictions
Marine Biodiversity
Reports, Studies, Biodiversity Baselines and Evaluations
Identification, Monitoring, Indicators and Assessments
None
Decision Guide: Selecting Decision Support Tools for Marine Spatial Planning
Maps and non-georeferenced data (as jpg, pdf, .zip, data etc.)
Biological and Cultural Diversity
All Protected Areas of Mozambique
Global Biodiversity hotspot Map
COPI: Conclusions and recommendations
Braat, L. & Brink, P.
2010
N/A
Our society’s activities are changing life on earth and the functioning of ecosystems, from the local to the global level. The scale of the changes and risks are such that without significant action our epoch risks being the sixth in the line of major global species extinctions. But it is more than geological names and headline statements of dramatic risks, it is about the viability of ecosystems and the services they offer, it is about impacts on the welfare and wellbeing of the current and future populations and societies and about wider ethical questions of our role in the stewardship of the planet’s natural resources.
English
No Restrictions
General
Reports, Studies, Biodiversity Baselines and Evaluations
This report summarises some compensatory conservation experiences that cover a broad range of circumstances and goals, and were for the large part not designed as BIODIVERSITY OFFSETS as defined in the BBOP PRINCIPLES. The case studies cover a variety of experiences: biodiversity offsets designed to achieve NET GAIN or NO NET LOSS of biodiversity; compensatory conservation measures, which provide some form of reparation for a project’s negative impacts on biodiversity but may not reach no net loss; and other positive contributions to conservation that were not aimed specifically at compensating for residual negative impacts, but support biodiversity conservation in the area where the project took place.
English
No Restrictions
General
Reports, Studies, Biodiversity Baselines and Evaluations
Sustainable Use of Biodiversity
None
Compensatory Conservation Case Studies
Contaminant-induced lysosomal membrane damage in blood cells of mussels Mytilus galloprovincialis from the Venice Lagoon: an in vitro study
Lowe, D.; Fossato, V. & Deplegde, M.
1995
N/A
MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERlES
Damage to blood cell lysosomes was investigated in vitro in mussels Mytilus galloprovincialis collected from a series of sites in the Lagoon of Venice, Italy, and correlated with total tissue burdens for a range of contaminants. Retention of the cationic probe neutral red within the lysosomal compartment over time was used as a measure of damage to the lysosomal membrane. Multi-stepwise regression analysis was used to explore the relationship between altered cellular physiology and total body burdens of contaminants. Organochlorines (DDT, HCH and Aroclor 1254), mercury and cobalt were the principle factors involved in evoking pathological responses.
English
No Restrictions
Inland Waters and Wetlands Biodiversity; Marine Biodiversity
Peer-reviewed article
Identification, Monitoring, Indicators and Assessments
None
Contaminant-induced lysosomal membrane damage in blood cells of mussels Mytilus galloprovincialis from the Venice Lagoon: an in vitro study
Construindo Parcerias Florestais: potencial das reservas florestais na redução do desmatamento com participação das comunidades locais
Sitoe, A. & Maússe-Sitoe, S.
Sd
N/A
No contexto do REDD, as Reservas Florestais parecem oferecer uma oportunidade de utilizar o seu estatuto legal de áreas de cobertura florestal permanente e das capacidades criadas ao nível das comunidades residentes para reduzir a degradação e conversão de florestas. Com efeito, a Estratégia de Gestão participativa das reservas florestais sugere que se encontrem formas alternativas de geração de receitas para as comunidades residentes que não sejam contrárias aos da conservação.
Portuguese
No Restrictions
Forest Biodiversity
Reports, Studies, Biodiversity Baselines and Evaluations
Identification, Monitoring, Indicators and Assessments
Forest Reserves
Construindo Parcerias Florestais: potencial das reservas florestais na redução do desmatamento com participação das comunidades locais
Chemical Contaminants in Oysters and Mussels
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
1998
N/A
NOAA's State of the Coast Report.
Since 1986, the Mussel Watch Project of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has chemically analyzed mussels and oysters collected annually from coastal sites throughout the Nation. Results show that concentrations of most of the monitored man-made chemicals (e.g., DDT, PCBs) are decreasing. The concentration of cadmium is decreasing as well, but concentrations of other trace metals have stayed more or less constant. Many chemicals, particularly those that are man-made, have high concentration levels near cities. Except in the case of lead, however, there is no apparent association between high concentrations of other trace elements (e.g., mercury, copper, zine) and urban areas
English
No Restrictions
Coastal Biodiversity
Reports, Studies, Biodiversity Baselines and Evaluations
Identification, Monitoring, Indicators and Assessments
None
Chemical Contaminants in Oysters and Mussels
Chimanimani National Reserve Management Plan 2010
Ghiurghi, A.; Dondeyne, S. & Bannerman, J.
2010
Manica
2008-2009
This management plan is the output of a work carried out in 2008-2009 by a multidisciplinary team composed by three international consultants and the Chimanimani National Reserve (ChNR) staff. The work, more specifically, was about the revision and updating of the management plan prepared for the Chimanimani conservation area by Richard Bell in year 2000.
English
No Restrictions
Forest Biodiversity; Mountain Biodiversity; Other Terrestrial Biodiversity; Inland Waters and Wetlands Biodiversity
PA Management Document
Biological and Cultural Diversity
Chimanimani National Reserve
Chimanimani National Reserve Management Plan 2010
Climate Vulnerability and Capacity Analysis
Chambers, R.
2009
N/A
Climate change presents additional obstacles to ending poverty and achieving social justice. Rising temperatures, increasingly erratic rainfall, and more frequent and severe floods, cyclones and droughts all have significant consequences for the livelihood security of poor people; and development professionals are seeing first-hand the effects of a changing climate on their work around the world. In order to ensure that development programs reduce people’s vulnerability to climate change, we must understand who is vulnerable to its effects and why. Then, we must apply this information to the design, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of activities.
English
No Restrictions
General
Reports, Studies, Biodiversity Baselines and Evaluations
Maps and non-georeferenced data (as jpg, pdf, .zip, data etc.)
Biological and Cultural Diversity
Quirimbas National Park; Mágoè National Park; Gorongosa National Park; Banhine National Park; Zinave National Park; Limpopo National Park; Maputo Special Reserve; Marromeu Special Reserve; Niassa National Reserve; Gilé National Reserve; Chimanimani National Reserve; Pomene National Reserve; Malhazine Ecological Park; Tchuma Tchato Community Reserve; Mitcheu Community Reserve; Chipanje Chetu Community Reserve; Forest Reserves; Transfrontier Conservation Areas; Official Hunting Areas (Coutadas); Game Farms (Fazendas de Bravio)
Classificação Simplificada da vegetação
Conservation Biology of the Gaboon Adder (Bitis gabonica) in South Africa
Warner, J.
2009
N/A
2005-2007
University of the Witwatersrand
From 2005-2007, I studied the ecology of Bitis gabonica, a terrestrial forest viperid that occurs in subtropical northeast extremes of South Africa. I monitored ten individuals (six males and four females) using radiotelemetry inside the iSimangaliso Wetland Park in KwaZulu-Natal. I used two different home range estimators to analyze space use among individuals; minimum convex polygons (MCPs) and kernel density contours (KDs). MCPs averaged 28.58 ha (42.48 ha for males, 7.72 ha for females) and ninety-five percent kernel density contours (KDs) averaged 28.92 ha (42.65 ha for males, 8.32 for females).
English
No Restrictions
General
Peer-reviewed article
Biological and Cultural Diversity
None
Conservation Biology of the Gaboon Adder (Bitis gabonica) in South Africa
Comparison of two vegetation monitoring strategies implemented on four Washington State Department of Transportation wetland mitigation sites
Bergdolt, F. & Thomas. J.
2001
N/A
Center for Transportation and the Environment
The Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) creates, restores, and enhances wetlands to mitigate for impacts that occur during highway construction projects. Monitoring data provides information on the development and success of these wetland mitigation sites. Valid monitoring data is critical to the adaptive management of site remediation and maintenance activities. In 2000, biologists surveyed wetland vegetation using two different sampling strategies on four mitigation sites in western Washington. Vegetative aerial cover data were collected using both the agency’s historical, standardized monitoring approach, and an alternative method that combines changes in sampling design with new methods of data collection.
Portuguese
No Restrictions
Other Terrestrial Biodiversity; Inland Waters and Wetlands Biodiversity
Peer-reviewed article
Impact Assessment; Sustainable Use of Biodiversity
None
Comparison of two vegetation monitoring strategies implemented on four Washington State Department of Transportation wetland mitigation sites
Comparing Ecosystem Goods and Services Provided by Restored and Native Lands
Dodds, W. Et al.
2008
N/A
BioScience
We determined the relative benefits for eight categories of ecosystem goods and services associated with native and restored lands across the conterminous United States. Less than 10% of most native US ecosystems remain, and the proportion that is restored varies widely by biome. Restored lands offer 31%to 93%of native land benefits within a decade after restoration, with restored wetlands providing the most economic value and deserts providing the least. Restored ecosystems that recover rapidly and produce valuable commodities return a higher proportion of total value. The relative values of the benefits provided by restoration vary both by biome and by the ecosystem goods and services of interest.
English
No Restrictions
General
Peer-reviewed article
Economics, Trade and Incentive Measures; Ecosystem Restoration
International Protected Areas
Comparing Ecosystem Goods and Services Provided by Restored and Native Lands
Coastal dry forests in northern Mozambique
Timberlake, J. Et al.
2011
Cabo Delgado
Plant Ecology and Evolution
The Coastal Forests of Eastern Africa, stretching along the Indian Ocean coastline from Somalia to Mozambique, are considered by Conservation International to be a global biodiversity hotspot – an area of high diversity and endemism under increasing threat. Although the largest remaining extent of these forests is reported to be found in Mozambique, very little is known on their extent, condition and composition here. In addition, the term ‘coastal forest’ has been used in different ways by different authors. This paper defines and characterises coastal dry forests found in northern Mozambique and assesses their present extent, botanical composition, conservation importance and the threats to them.
English
No Restrictions
Coastal Biodiversity
Peer-reviewed article
Identification, Monitoring, Indicators and Assessments
None
Coastal dry forests in northern Mozambique
Changes in ecosystem services
Braat, L. Et al.
2010
N/A
The Cost of Policy Inaction
Ecosystem services constitute the physical link between ecological systems and human economies. With conversions of natural ecosystems to other forms of land use, such as cropland, pasture land or urban land, or by unsustainable fishing the oceans, or converting coastal mangrove to shrimp farms, the total flow of services in a region is altered. The changes often bring short-term economic benefits but longer-term costs. Maximization of provisioning services such as food, fish and timber has caused the loss of area with intact ecosystems and biodiversity and thus with the capability of these systems to provide regulating services such as climate and flood control, and air and water purification.
English
No Restrictions
General
Reports, Studies, Biodiversity Baselines and Evaluations
Climate Change and Biodiversity; Economics, Trade and Incentive Measures; Sustainable Use of Biodiversity; Threats to Biodiversity
None
Changes in ecosystem services
Changes in biodiversity
Oorschot, M.
2010
N/A
By the year 2000, about 73% of the original global biodiversity on land was left. The largest declines have occurred in the temperate and tropical grasslands and forests, the biomes where human civilizations developed first. There is a projected further biodiversity loss on land of about 11% worldwide between 2000 and 2050. The global annual rate of loss increased dramatically in the twentieth century, especially in Europe, in comparison to previous centuries. The expected loss rate for Europe seems to decrease but does not halt, while the global average still increases.
English
No Restrictions
General
Reports, Studies, Biodiversity Baselines and Evaluations
Sustainable Use of Biodiversity
None
Changes in biodiversity
Cetaceans in the Indian Ocean Sanctuary: A Review
de Boer, M. Et al.
2002
N/A
Whale and Dolphin Conservation Society
This paper presents a synthesis of mainly published information relating to the cetaceans of the Indian Ocean Sanctuary (IOS). It highlights a number of new studies and other initiatives linked to the Sanctuary and reviews the current understanding of the biology of the Sanctuary’s cetaceans. Cetaceans in the IOS are exposed to a range of threats, including by-catch and the effects of climate change. Whilst no quantification can be made of these threats at this time, they may still be significant for the conservation of populations.
English
No Restrictions
Marine Biodiversity
Reports, Studies, Biodiversity Baselines and Evaluations
Biological and Cultural Diversity
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