The Status and Distribution of Freshwater Biodiversity in Southern Africa
Author: Will Darwall
Publisher: IUCN
Published: 2009
Total Pages: 131
ISBN-13: 2831711266
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Author: Will Darwall
Publisher: IUCN
Published: 2009
Total Pages: 131
ISBN-13: 2831711266
DOWNLOAD EBOOKCD ROM to accompany this book available from Library Office.
Author: E. G. E. Brooks
Publisher: IUCN
Published: 2011
Total Pages: 140
ISBN-13: 2831713269
DOWNLOAD EBOOKOne of the main reasons cited for inadequate representation of biodiversity in the development processes is a lack of readily available information on inland water taxa. In response to this need for basic for information on species, the IUCN Species Programme conducted a regional assessment of the status and distribution of 2,261 taxa of freshwater fishes, molluscs, odonates, crabs and selected families of aquatic plants from throughout central Africa. This study is based on the collation and analysis of existing information, and the knowledge of regional experts.
Author: Nieves GarcĂa
Publisher: IUCN
Published: 2010
Total Pages: 156
ISBN-13: 2831712718
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis assessment is the first overview of the conservation status of 877 northern African freshwater species belonging to five taxonomic groupsfish, molluscs, dragonflies and damselflies, freshwater crabs and aquatic plantsin accordance with the IUCN regional Red List guidelines. Species at risk of regional extinction are mapped and conservation measures are proposed to reduce the probability of future declines.
Author: W. R. T. Darwall
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Published: 2005
Total Pages: 36
ISBN-13: 9782831708638
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Kevin G. Smith
Publisher: IUCN
Published: 2014-01-01
Total Pages: 149
ISBN-13: 2831716993
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Eastern Mediterranean region supports just over 4.4% of the global human population yet contains only 1.1% of its renewable water resources, which are under constant threat from the impacts of unsustainable water withdrawal, dam development and climate change. This IUCN report and accompanying dataset represents a major advance in the provision of information to help incorporate biodiversity needs into water development planning processes within an Integrated River Basin Management framework. This volume includes species information compiled for each river and lake sub-basin and incorporates information from the assessment conducted by IUCN's Global Species Programme, in collaboration with its partners, of the status and distribution of all described species of freshwater fishes, molluscs, odonates, and plants from across the Eastern Mediterranean with existing information for species of freshwater dependent amphibians, birds, crustaceans, and mammals. This work represents the most comprehensive assessment yet of freshwater biodiversity at the species level for this part of the world.
Author: David James Allen
Publisher: IUCN
Published: 2010
Total Pages: 100
ISBN-13: 2831713242
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Publisher: IUCN
Published: 2012
Total Pages: 172
ISBN-13: 2831714249
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Publisher: IUCN
Published: 2009
Total Pages: 108
ISBN-13: 2831711630
DOWNLOAD EBOOKSpecies Survival Commission, Wetlands International and IUCN Water and Nature Initiative logos on cover.
Author: Kevin G. Smith
Publisher: IUCN
Published: 2006
Total Pages: 44
ISBN-13: 9782831709086
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: David Dudgeon
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2020-05-21
Total Pages: 517
ISBN-13: 1108882625
DOWNLOAD EBOOKGrowing human populations and higher demands for water impose increasing impacts and stresses upon freshwater biodiversity. Their combined effects have made these animals more endangered than their terrestrial and marine counterparts. Overuse and contamination of water, overexploitation and overfishing, introduction of alien species, and alteration of natural flow regimes have led to a 'great thinning' and declines in abundance of freshwater animals, a 'great shrinking' in body size with reductions in large species, and a 'great mixing' whereby the spread of introduced species has tended to homogenize previously dissimilar communities in different parts of the world. Climate change and warming temperatures will alter global water availability, and exacerbate the other threat factors. What conservation action is needed to halt or reverse these trends, and preserve freshwater biodiversity in a rapidly changing world? This book offers the tools and approaches that can be deployed to help conserve freshwater biodiversity.