The International Commission on Radiological Protection (ICRP) recently reinforced the international system of radiological protection, initially focused on humans, by identifying principles of environmental protection and proposing a framework for assessing impacts of ionising radiation on non-human species, based on a reference flora and fauna approach. For this purpose, ICRP developed dosime...

Concern for the conservation of flora and fauna in natural areas and the potential impacts of human activity, recreation and tourism has become a high priority. Combining appropriate ecotourism activity with conservation guidelines is the main focus of this concern. These issues are of great importance to the crayfishing community of Lancelin, who are concerned about the future of their small o...

At the end of the Middle Miocene the Caucasus represented a land forepart, the geographic position of which induced the development of peculiar flora and fauna in Eastern Georgia. On the territory of Eastern Georgia several reference fossil vertebrate sites are discovered, among them its worth mentioning Udabno (Maeotian), Dzedzvtakhevi (Maeotian), Iaghludja (Sarmatian-Maeotian), Kvabebi (Akcha...

Result obtained during ten years research work (1990-2000) on distribution of monogenean fauna Iranian fishes indicates that its composition of monogenean fauna of Iranian fishes depends on their habit and since Iran includes three different zoogeographical zones with highly endemic fish hosts, its monogenean parasites have specific composition. The Caspian fauna is characterized by relatively ...

a faunestic study on stigmaeidae and cryptognathidae families in lorestan province was carried out during 2012-2013. in this study 18 species were collected and identified, of which favognathus amygdalus and f. cordylus (cryptognathidae) were new records for iranian fauna, also all of the collected species in this study were new records for fauna of lorestan province. stigmaeidae with 14 specie...