Biodiversity hotspot and Ramsar site under threat

Freshwater Megafauna: Flagships for Freshwater Biodiversity under Threat

Freshwater biodiversity is highly threatened and is decreasing more rapidly than its terrestrial or marine counterparts; however, freshwaters receive less attention and conservation investment than other ecosystems do. The diverse group of freshwater megafauna, including iconic species such as sturgeons, river dolphins, and turtles, could, if promoted, provide a valuable tool to raise awareness...

Biodiversity Areas under Threat: Overlap of Climate Change and Population Pressures on the World’s Biodiversity Priorities

Humans and the ecosystem services they depend on are threatened by climate change. Places with high or growing human population as well as increasing climate variability, have a reduced ability to provide ecosystem services just as the need for these services is most critical. A spiral of vulnerability and ecosystem degradation often ensues in such places. We apply different global conservation...

Mitigation, adaptation, and the threat to biodiversity.

JAMES S. PATERSON,∗ MIGUEL B. ARAÚJO,† PAM M. BERRY,∗ JAKE M. PIPER,‡ AND MARK D. A. ROUNSEVELL§ ∗Environmental Change Institute, Oxford University Centre for the Environment, South Parks Road, Oxford, OX1 3QY, United Kingdom, email [email protected] †Department of Biodiversity and Evolutionary Biology, National Museum of Natural Sciences, CSIC, C/José Gutierrez Abascal 2, Madrid 280...

Páramo is the world's fastest evolving and coolest biodiversity hotspot

Understanding the processes that cause speciation is a key aim of evolutionary biology. Lineages or biomes that exhibit recent and rapid diversification are ideal model systems for determining these processes. Species rich biomes reported to be of relatively recent origin, i.e., since the beginning of the Miocene, include Mediterranean ecosystems such as the California Floristic Province, ocean...

Biogeography of Chilean Herpetofauna: Biodiversity Hotspot and Extinction Risk