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Global prioritization for conservation
Global prioritization for conservation
Protected Area Planning and Management Mobile Seminar
Costa RicaJune 2008
Miguel A. MoralesConservación Internacional (CI)
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from 1.65 billon a 6 billon people in the 20th Century
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Global biodiversity statusGlobal biodiversity status
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Source: Millennium Ecosystem Assessment (2005)
Larger population = Greater demand for resources
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Current species extinction rate 100 – 1000 higher than the “normal” rate
Since 1.500, about 800 species has gone extinct, according to the IUCN Species Red List
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Source: The 2004 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (www.iucnredlist.org)
Currently, about 16.118 species of plants and animals are threatened
• One of 8 bird species• One of 4 mammal species• One of 3 amphibian species
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Global BiodiversityGlobal Biodiversity
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Amphibian richness
Global Amphibian Assessment, 2006
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Species richness: mammals, amphibians and birds
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Olson et. al. BioScience • November 2001 / Vol. 51 No. 11
Terrestrial ecoregions within 14 biomes and 8 biogeographic regions
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Olson et. al. BioScience • November 2001 / Vol. 51 No. 11
867 distinctive ecoregions
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WWF Global 200WWF Global 200
Mammal species richness
Olson et. al. BioScience • November 2001 / Vol. 51 No. 11
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WWF Global 200WWF Global 200
Olson et. al. BioScience • November 2001 / Vol. 51 No. 11
Mammal species endemism
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WWF Global 200WWF Global 200
WWF identified ecoregions with exceptional levels of species richness and high levels of endemism
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• High endemism and high threat (>86% original cover is lost)
• 34 Hotspots representing 2.3% of earth’s land
• 50% of all plants and 42% of vertebrate species live in these Hotspots
• 75% of the most endangered species in the world (mammals, birds, and amphibians)
Mittermeier et al. (2004) Hotspots Revisited. CEMEX
CI Biodiversity HotspotsCI Biodiversity Hotspots
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CI High-Biodiversity Wilderness AreasCI High-Biodiversity Wilderness Areas
• High endemism (>1,500 species and plants are endemic)
• Low threat (<30% original cover lost)
• 5 HBWAs, covering 6.1% of earth’s surface
• 17% of plants, 8% of terrestrial mammals only found here
Mittermeier et al. (2004) Hotspots Revisited. CEMEX
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WSC Human Footprint
Sanderson et al. - BioScience - October 2002 / Vol. 52 No. 10
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WSC The Last of the Wild
Sanderson et al. - BioScience - October 2002 / Vol. 52 No. 10
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UNEP/World Conservation Monitoring CentreMegadiverse countries
1. Australia2. Brasil3. China 4. Colombia5. Republica Democrática del Congo6. Ecuador7. India8. Indonesia9. Madagascar
10. Malasia11. México12. Papua New Guinea13. Perú14. Filipinas15. Sudáfrica16. USA17. Venezuela
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Smithsonian Institute (SI)Centers of plant diversity in the America
http://www.nmnh.si.edu/botany/projects/cpd/index.htm