Using important plant areas and important bird areas to identify Key Biodiversity Areas in the Republic of Macedonia

Melovski, Ljupcho; Velevski, Metodija; Matevski, Vlado; Avukatov, Vasko; Sarov, Aleksandar

doi:10.11609/jott.o2997.2766-78

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“…Great headway has been made in the identification of IPA sites in large parts of Europe, North Africa and the Middle East (see, for example, Anderson et al 2005;Ö zhatay 2006;Radford and Odé 2009;Byfield et al 2010;Melovski et al 2010Melovski et al , 2012Plantlife 2010a;Blasi et al 2011;Radford et al 2011;Asatryan and Fayvush 2013), with 1994 IPAs in 27 countries identified and documented across this region to date (figure updated from Plantlife International 2010). In many cases, the resultant IPA networks have been integrated into national conservation planning and monitoring schemes (see Plantlife 2010b; Plantlife International 2010).…”

Section: Progress To Date On Ipa Identification and Post-identificatimentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The concept of KBAs has been in use for some time (Eken et al 2004;Langhammer et al 2007), and widely employed in a number of geographical regions (e.g., Eken et al 2004;Gerlach 2008;Kasecker et al 2009;Paese et al 2010;Melovski et al 2012) and ecological zones such as freshwater ecosystems (Holland et al 2012;Carrizo et al 2014). However, a fully standardised methodology for their identification, based on a single set of criteria for all organism groups with strict quantitative thresholds-the KBA Standardhas only recently been launched .…”

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confidence: 99%

“…However, as noted in the ''Introduction'' section, this approach may serve to exclude many sites that are of global importance for the conservation of a particular plant species or habitat. As an example, when applying an earlier iteration of the KBA criteria to IPAs and IBAs in Macedonia, Melovski et al (2012) found that 5 of the 42 IPAs and 9 of the 24 IBAs did not meet the KBA criteria despite the sites having international significance. Further, KBA processes are less accommodating of the pragmatic approach needed to identify key sites for data-poor and highly diverse organism groups such as plants, particularly in the tropics.…”

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Important Plant Areas: revised selection criteria for a global approach to plant conservation

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Despite the severe threats to plant habitats and high levels of extinction risk for plant species in many parts of the world, plant conservation priorities are often poorly represented in national and global frameworks because of a lack of data in an accessible and consistent format to inform conservation decision making. The Important Plant Areas (IPAs) criteria system offers a pragmatic yet scientifically rigorous means of delivering these datasets, enabling informed national-or regional-scale conservation prioritisation, and contributing significantly towards global prioritisation systems including the International Union for Conservation of Nature Key Biodiversity Areas (KBAs) Standard. In this paper, we review the IPA rationale and progress on IPA identification to date, including the perceived limitations of the process and how these may be overcome. We then present a revised set of criteria for use globally, developed through the combined experiences of IPA -017-1336-6 identification over the past decade and a half and through a recent global consultation process. An overview of how the revised IPA criteria can work alongside the newly published KBA Standard is also provided. IPA criteria are based around a sound, scientific, global framework which acknowledges the practical problems of gathering plant and habitat data in many regions of the world, and recognises the role of peer reviewed expert opinion in the selection process. National and sub-national engagement in IPA identification is essential, providing a primary route towards long term conservation of key sites for plant diversity. The IPA criteria can be applied to the conservation of all organism groups within the plant and fungal kingdoms.

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Important Plant Areas: revised selection criteria for a global approach to plant conservation

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“…04/L -087). Compared to other countries in the Balkans, the percentage of Kosovo's territory declared to be natural protected areas is satisfactory; the country is ranked after Sloveni, which has 12.5% of its territory as protected area (Protected areas in Slovenia, 2015) and Albania 12.57 % (IUCN, 2015b), The percentage is higher than in Montenegro 9.047% (Montenegro facts government guide series, 2010), Macedonia 9% (Melovski et al, 2011), Croatia 8.19% (State institute for nature protection, 2015), Serbia 5.91% (IUCN, 2015a) and Bosnia and Herzegovina, 2.6% (Đug & Drešković, 2012).…”

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Gërmia – from a regional park to the protected landscape

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This study took place in the Gërmia massif (Republic of Kosovo) and presents an overview of the current status of this protected area. The Gërmia Regional Park is one of the 173 protected areas in Kosovo. It received this status in 1987 (GZK, no. 43/87) from the Prishtina municipal assembly and covers an area of 1064 hectares. Its natural values have changed dramatically during the last decades, especially in terms of biodiversity. With the aim of evaluating the current situation of the Park's biodiversity, its flora, fauna and plant communities were investigated. The biodiversity of Gërmia comprises 610 vascular plant species (excluding weed species), 83 fungi, 14 mosses, 51 lichens, as well as 5 amphibian, 7 reptile, 32 bird, 19 mammal and 110 butterfly species. As a consequence of human activities, many plant and animal species in Gërmia are endangered. Taking into consideration its natural value and the threat factors around the area, it was proposed to extend the protected area to another 1167 hectares, and to harmonize its protection status with the Law of Nature Protection (i.e. to change the category from Regional Park to Protected Landscape (category V according to the IUCN). Ključne

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“…The KBA are interconnected sites that are large enough to support species for which they are important (Eken et al, 2004;Bakarr et al, 2007). Efforts to combine IPAs with zoological groups (Important Bird Areas) to evidence KBAs have been carried out for some countries in Europe (Melovski et al, 2012). The flora of these areas is often unique and represents a highly relevant reserve of biodiversity for the global prioritization of conservation efforts (Kier et al, 2005;Merckx et al, 2015).…”

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Edaphic Endemism in the Amazon: Vascular Plants of the canga of Carajás, Brazil

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Amazonia is one of the most diverse biomes worldwide, and, as well as luxuriant forest, it includes mountain areas which, despite their small surface area, display fascinating endemism. In these regions, the specificity of edaphic factors is mirrored by a highly specialised, isolated flora adapted to survive adverse conditions. The Serra dos Carajás in the Brazilian state of Pará is one of world's largest iron ore reserves. Known locally as canga, this ironstone formation occupies an area of 115.9 km 2 , and supports campo rupestre of canga vegetation on outcrops that are mostly in the Floresta Nacional de Carajás (FLONA of Carajás) and Parque Nacional dos Campos Ferruginosos (PNCF). The recent publication of the Flora of the cangas of Carajás lists 856 species of seed plants and 186 species of ferns and lycophytes. This project assessed the canga endemic species growing in the region, and further expeditions guided by SDM were carried out in order to ascertain their distribution outisde the area. Departing from an initial list of 58 putative endemics, the final list comprises 38 species of vascular plants (c. 4% of the local flora). These are distributed in 31 genera and 22 families, including three monotypic genera: Carajasia (Rubiaceae), Monogereion and Parapiqueria (Asteraceae). From these, 24 are classified as Rare Species for Brazil and seven as Highly Restricted Endemic (EEO < 100 km 2). An illustrated account is provided, as well as further SDM to detect other possible areas of distribution based on the studied species. The knowledge generated is aimed at directing appropriate conservation plans for the area.

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Using important plant areas and important bird areas to identify Key Biodiversity Areas in the Republic of Macedonia

Cited by 13 publications

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Important Plant Areas: revised selection criteria for a global approach to plant conservation

Important Plant Areas: revised selection criteria for a global approach to plant conservation

Gërmia – from a regional park to the protected landscape

Edaphic Endemism in the Amazon: Vascular Plants of the canga of Carajás, Brazil

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