Freshwater biodiversity in the Lake Victoria Basin: Guidance for species conservation, site protection, climate resilience and sustainable livelihoods

Abstract

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A critical sites network for freshwater biodiversity in the Lake Victoria Basin

“…The distribution maps on the IUCN Red List were used to define which species were endemic to the LVB. Details of the Red List assessment process, including mapping, are discussed in Sayer, Máiz‐Tomé and Darwall (), and all of the assessments and maps are available online on the IUCN Red List website ( www.iucnredlist.org). Exposed level 1 species: defined as species for which 100% of their current range within the LVB is projected to experience climatic conditions currently not found anywhere else in their global range under Representative Concentration Pathway 8.5 (RCP8.5) for the time period of 2041–2070 (hereafter 2055). Exposed level 2 species: defined as species for which more than 50% (but less than 100%) of their current range within the LVB is projected to experience climatic conditions currently not found anywhere else in their global range under RCP8.5 in 2055. Biologically susceptible (but not exposed) species: defined as species sensitive to climatic change and with low adaptive capacity, but not expected to be exposed to high levels of change.…”

“…For full details of the climate change vulnerability assessments conducted, please see Sayer et al. ().…”

“…Additionally, boundaries of 39 KBAs delineated by Sayer et al. () for freshwater species native to the LVB were included in the KBA data set.…”

Conservation of vertebrates and plants in Uganda: Identifying Key Biodiversity Areas and other sites of national importance

“…IUCN made an assessment of freshwater KBAs for Lake Victoria and its catchments (Sayer et al, 2018) assessing fish, dragonflies, molluscs, freshwater crabs and crayfish, and aquatic plants. IUCN made an assessment of freshwater KBAs for Lake Victoria and its catchments (Sayer et al, 2018) assessing fish, dragonflies, molluscs, freshwater crabs and crayfish, and aquatic plants.…”

“…Proposed Key Biodiversity Areas (KBAs) identified in Uganda by this analysis and by an IUCN assessment of freshwater KBAs for the Lake Victoria basin (from Sayer et al, 2018). Numbers refer to the sites listed in Table 4 FIGURE 5 Selection frequency (%) from 100 runs of the Marxan analysis savannahs of the Albertine Rift, but also woodlands and lowland bamboo areas of northern Acholiland, and woodland-thicket and montane forest in eastern Uganda (the protected areas of Karamoja together with Mt.…”