The paper presents the results of study soils and vegetation cover Oruku-Shynaa cluster, a natural feature Ubsunur Hollow Biosphere Reserve, which is possible acquisition UNESCO heritage. Hollow, northernmost inland basins Northwestern Mongolia, destination Inner Asia, where nature preserves an exceptional parade landscapes unusual diversity, predetermines creation biosphere reserves in Russia ...

The mass uptake of internet connected, GPS enabled mobile devices has resulted in a surge of citizens active in making a huge variety of environmental observations. The use and reuse potential of these data is significant but currently compromised by a lack of interoperability. Useable standards either don’t exist, are neglected, This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Non ...

This review is aimed at summarizing the current state of knowledge biosphere reserves (BRs) in Slovakia and assessment research activities undertaken there how they contribute to mission fulfillment goals designation process World Network BRs. We based our methodological approach on literature studies found scientific database Web Science through keyword searches. The 121 were characterized by ...

Introduction Western Ghats of India, though covering an area of 180,000 km2, or just under 6% of the land area of India, contain more than 30% of all plant, fish, herpeto-fauna, bird, and mammal species found in India. Starting from southern tip of Gujarat and extending from Satpura Range in the north traversing through the States of Maharashtra, Goa, Karnataka and Kerala, hills of Western Ghat...

Biosphere Reserves attempt to align existing biodiversity conservation with sustainable resource use, specifically for improving socio-economic circumstances of resident communities. Typically, the Biosphere Reserve model is applied to an established landscape mosaic of existing land uses; these are often socio-ecological systems where strict environmental protection and community livelihoods a...