کد مقاله کد نشریه سال انتشار مقاله انگلیسی نسخه تمام متن
4400848 1307025 2015 7 صفحه PDF دانلود رایگان
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
Supporting underrepresented forests in Mesoamerica
موضوعات مرتبط
علوم زیستی و بیوفناوری علوم کشاورزی و بیولوژیک بوم شناسی، تکامل، رفتار و سامانه شناسی
پیش نمایش صفحه اول مقاله
Supporting underrepresented forests in Mesoamerica
چکیده انگلیسی

The third largest Biodiversity Hotspot of the world, Mesoamerican forests are declining due to human pressures. Based on species distribution models calibrated for 1224 native tree species in Mesoamerica, we identified high-value forest conservation areas at the resolution of a 10 km × 10 km cells using the Zonation Reserve Selection software, and investigated whether these high-value forest conservation areas are well represented by the World Database on Protected Areas network. We had three key findings. First, dry forest is the least protected biome in Mesoamerica (4.5% protected), indicating that further action to safeguard this biome is warranted. Secondly, the poor overlap between protected areas and high-value forest conservation areas found herein may provide evidence that the establishment of protected areas may not be fully accounting for tree priority rank map. Third, high percentages of forest cover and high-value forest conservation areas still need to be represented by the protected areas network. Because deforestation rates are still increasing in this region, Mesoamerica needs funding and coordinated action by policy makers, national and local governmental and non-governmental organizations, conservationists and other stakeholders.

ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: Natureza & Conservação - Volume 13, Issue 2, July–December 2015, Pages 152–158
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