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Is legal protection sufficient to ensure plant conservation? The Italian Red List of policy species as a case study
Carlo BlasiSara MagriniLorenzo PeruzziSonia RaveraBruno FoggiGianniantonio DominaMatilde GennaiMiris CastelloChiara MontagnaniThomas AbeliAnnalena CogoniGraziano RossiFabrizio BartolucciSimone OrsenigoGianluigi BacchettaFabio ContiRobert P. WagensommerGiuseppe FenuRodolfo GentiliDomenico Garganosubject
0106 biological sciencesIUCN protected area categoriesin situ/ex situ conservationEvolutionExtinction riskextinction riskin situ/exsitu conservationRegional Red ListConservation-dependent speciesBiology010603 evolutionary biology01 natural sciencesconservation prioritiesSpecial Area of ConservationBehavior and SystematicsEnvironmental protectionconservation prioritieBern Convention; conservation priorities; extinction risk; Habitats Directive 1992/43/EEC; in situ/ex situ conservation; Italian flora; IUCN Red List; threatened policy speciesItalian floraIUCN Red Listmedia_common.cataloged_instancethreatened policy specieEuropean unionEcology Evolution Behavior and Systematicsmedia_commonNature and Landscape Conservationthreatened policy speciesBern ConventionBIO/03 - BOTANICA AMBIENTALE E APPLICATAEcology010604 marine biology & hydrobiologyThreatened policy specieHabitats Directive 1992/43/EECIUCN Red ListEcology Evolution Behavior and SystematicBern Convention; conservation priorities; extinction risk; Habitats Directive 1992/43/EEC; in situ/ex situ conservation; Italian flora; IUCN Red List; threatened policy species; Nature and Landscape Conservation; Ecology Evolution Behavior and SystematicsSettore BIO/03 - Botanica Ambientale E ApplicataThreatened speciesBern Convention conservation priorities extinction risk Habitats Directive 1992/43/EEC in situ/exsitu conservation Italian flora IUCN Red List threatened policy speciesConservation statusdescription
AbstractThe conservation of species listed in the Bern Convention and European Directive 1992/43/EEC (so-called policy species) is mandatory for European Union (EU) countries. We assessed the conservation status of Italian policy species, based on the IUCN categories and criteria, to evaluate the effectiveness of existing protection measures at the national level. Among the 203 vascular plants, bryophytes and lichens evaluated, 41.9% are categorized as threatened, and one is already extinct, indicating that the protection measures for policy species are inadequate. Our results for the Italian policy species are consistent with those of an assessment at the EU level. Conservation priorities should be established at both the national and regional scales. An effective conservation strategy is needed, and in situ and ex situ actions focused on threatened species should be promoted.
| year | journal | country | edition | language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015-04-28 |