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Titre :	Mediterranean Basin Biodiversity Hotspot
Auteurs :	Birdlife International, Auteur
Type de document :	Rapport
Editeur :	[S.l.] : Birdlife International, July 2017
Collection :	Ecosystem Profile
Format :	339
Langues:	Anglais
Résumé :	The Mediterranean Basin Biodiversity Hotspot is the second largest hotspot in the world and the largest of the world’s five Mediterranean-climate regions. The hotspot covers more than two million square kilometers and stretches west to east from Portugal to Jordan and north to south from Italy to Cabo Verde. The Mediterranean Basin is the third richest hotspot in the world in terms of plant diversity. Approximately 25,000 plant species occur here, more than half of which are endemic to the hotspot, meaning that they are found nowhere else. The Mediterranean region has experienced unprecedented levels of political change in the last five years. Large movements of refugees and economic migrants have taken place, both within countries and across international borders. Many governments across the region are becoming more open to collaboration with civil society, and new opportunities are emerging for NGOs to engage in work on the ground and in influencing planning and policy making. These trends are not universal, however, and some countries continue to experience war and insecurity, as well as changes in policy that restrict the activities of civil society. The last five years have also seen major advances in the identification of priority species and sites in the hotspot, with major initiatives on plants and freshwater biodiversity in particular. In parallel, the international conservation community has collaborated to revise and improve the criteria for the identification of Key Biodiversity Areas (KBAs): sites that make significant contributions to the global persistence of biodiversity. The new KBA standard is applicable to all groups of species and all ecosystems. Consequently, this revision of the ecosystem profile has involved extensive updating of knowledge on sites and species. For instance, 5,785 species recorded in the Mediterranean Basin Hotspot have been assessed for the IUCN Red List, which has classified 1,311 (23%) of them as globally threatened. The sites that provide critical habitat for these species, KBAs, are, in many cases, the only sites where they are known to exist. Five hundred and thirty three KBAs have been identified in the 16 countries covered by the ecosystem profile update, an increase from 493 KBAs in the previous ecosystem profile.
En ligne :	https://www.cepf.net/sites/default/files/mediterranean-basin-2017-ecosystem-profile-english_0.pdf
Voir aussi :	Objectifs de conservation : Bassin méditerranéen 2 / MAVA Fondation pour la nature

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