Ecosystem services assessments to improve management of marine habitats, amphibians and reptiles, forest biodiversity and silviculture, and medicinal plants

Oudenhoven, A.P.E. van; Groot, R.S. de

doi:10.1080/21513732.2013.827882

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“…The Issue includes short communications, research letters and full research papers, and the geographical spread of the contributing authors is considerable. In addition, the number and diversity of papers on ecosystem services assessments has increased over the recent years, while papers on both biodiversity and ecosystem services are characterised by having higher relevance for management and regional planning as illustrated in Van Oudenhoven and de Groot (2013). Management practices such as restoration, agroforestry, resource extraction, etc.…”

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Protecting biodiversity and safeguarding ecosystem services provision in a changing world

Oudenhoven

Groot

2013

International Journal of Biodiversity Science, Ecosystem Servic

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Groot

2013

International Journal of Biodiversity Science, Ecosystem Servic

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“…Amphibians and reptiles are important components of biological diversity in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. They play a role in the ecosystem functions by maintaining the ecological processes and thus, require appropriate conservation measures (Chifundera & Behangana, 2013;Valencia-Aguilar et al, 2013;Van Oudenhoven & de Groot, 2013). The Congolese biodiversity is being lost more rapidly due to habitat loss and disturbance, specifically the commercial logging, mining, industrial agriculture and poaching (Chifundera, 2012;Greenbaum & Chifundera, 2012;Zhuravleva et al, 2013).…”

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Using diversity indices for identifying the priority sites for herpetofauna conservation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Chifundera¹

2019

Nat. Conserv. Res.

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To date, knowledge about the herpetological diversity and the species distribution in the Democratic Republic of the Congo remains largely incomplete. In order to fill this gap, we carried out long-term and large-scale herpetological surveys to improve the knowledge about the herpetofauna occurrence and species composition data. Site scanning, visual encounter, transect and quadrat methods were used along with call recordings for identifying and locating amphibians on each survey site. Additional data were gathered from literature reviews and museum collections. The herpetological diversity was assessed on twenty-eight survey sites located in both Congo Basin and Albertine Rift ecoregions. All surveyed localities and sites were georeferenced in order to generate distribution maps by using QGIS 2.14.0 software. Herpetological diversity indices were generated using the PAST software. Using morphological characters and information provided by DNA analysis, species lists were produced per site and on national level. The results show that the rich Congolese herpetofauna is composed of 605 species, including 247 (40.83%) amphibians and 358 (59.17%) reptiles. There are 57 endemic amphibian species (23.1%) and of these, 19 (32.7%) are located in Protected Areas. There are 38 endemic reptile species (10.6%) and of these, twelve (31.5%) are found in Protected Areas. Furthermore, there are nine and seventeen threatened amphibian and reptile species respectively; but only 20% of these have been detected inside of national parks. Concerning this situation, it appears that, if no action is undertaken for fighting against the human pressure on habitat, there will be a decline in populations and species in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Based on relevant indices, including species richness, rarity, diversity, endemism, and presence of threatened species, and other objective criteria in respect to international standards, the following ten sites were identified as sites of priority for conservation: Marungu, Kabobo, Itombwe, Ituri, Tshopo, Mai Ndombe Tumba, Lualaba, Lukaya, Sankuru, and Ubangi Uele. These sites are proposed as new Protected Areas for reaching the government's national conservation targets of land preservation necessary for conserving the rich biodiversity.

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Ecosystem services assessments to improve management of marine habitats, amphibians and reptiles, forest biodiversity and silviculture, and medicinal plants

Cited by 2 publications

References 36 publications

Protecting biodiversity and safeguarding ecosystem services provision in a changing world

Protecting biodiversity and safeguarding ecosystem services provision in a changing world

Using diversity indices for identifying the priority sites for herpetofauna conservation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

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