Conservation of endemic species in the national system of protected areas from Nicaragua

 

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Autores: Pérez, Mijail, Meyrat, A., Zolotoff, J., Saldaña, O., Medina, A., Ruiz, G.A., Sotelo, M.
Formato: artículo original
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de Publicación:2013
Descripción:Nicaragua, in the framework of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), agreed to establish a “Representative system of protected areas that adequately conserve biodiversity and terrestrial, marine and inland water ecosystems”. Pursuant to the above, we conducted a Gap Analysis of Biodiversity Conservation for the National System of Protected Areas (SINAP) of Nicaragua, focused on terrestrial and inland water ecosystems as well as on terrestrial species. This paper presents the results of the analysis of the conservation status of the endemic species in the national system of protected areas of Nicaragua. The groups considered for analysis were plants, mollusks, amphibians, reptiles, and mammals. Data presented came from reviewing books, scientific papers, management plans of protected areas and unpublished reports by the authors, and nearly 140 websites. Of the 75 plant species and 31 animal species considered in the analysis, 25 species have some distribution points within the SINAP (ten of them have only one point). There are 80 species apparently absent from the SINAP. Nicaraguan endemic species are severely unprotected.KEY WORDSEndemism, conservation, protected areas, Nicaragua, mollusks, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals, plants
País:Portal de Revistas UNED
Institución:Universidad Estatal a Distancia
Repositorio:Portal de Revistas UNED
Lenguaje:Inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:revistas.investiga.uned.ac.cr:article/271
Acceso en línea:https://revistas.uned.ac.cr/index.php/cuadernos/article/view/271
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