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Orsenigo S.

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Lista Rossa IUCN della Flora Italiana. 1. Policy Species e altre specie minacciate

2013

As part of the Mediterranean global biodiversity hotspot, the Italian flora is particularly rich of species, many of them endemic to restricted territories. In some areas of Italy endemic plant species reach very high percentages, between 13% and 20% of the local flora. However, plant diversity in the Mediterranean Basin is facing several threats due to changes of the current socio-economic dynamics. Italy is not an exception and urgent conservation measures are needed to halt the loss of biodiversity and preserve the numerous threatened species. This volume is the output of a project started in 2012, funded by the Italian Ministry of Environment for the Protection of Land and Sea and carri…

Settore BIO/03 - Botanica Ambientale E ApplicataLista Rossa Policy Species Italia
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Implementation of IUCN criteria for the definition of the Red List of Ecosystems in Italy, Plant Biosystems.

2020

The present work is aimed at presenting the data, methods and criteria that are being used for the assessment of ecosystem collapse risk in Italy.

threatsSettore BIO/03 - Botanica Ambientale E Applicataecosystem risk assessmentpotential natural vegetationmapping and assessment ecosystems and their serviceBiodiversity conservation strategieecoregion
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