Index Catalog // Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew research repository

2021

Journal article

Tropical Important Plant Areas, plant species richness and conservation in the British Virgin Islands.

The global loss of biodiversity is a pressing and urgent issue and halting loss is the focus of many international agreements and targets. However, data on species distribution, threats and protection are limited and sometimes lacking in many parts of the world. The British Virgin Islands (BVI), part of the...

Dani Sanchez, Michele ; Clubbe, Colin ; Woodfield-Pascoe, Nancy ; Bárrios, Sara ; Smith Abbott, Joseph …

Caribbean, In situ conservation, British Virgin Islands, Species richness, Threatened species, Protected areas, and Important Plant Areas (IPAs)

2023

Journal article

A call for improving the Key Biodiversity Areas framework.

Eight percent of all land surface has been designated as “Key Biodiversity Areas” (KBAs). Since these areas were established based on two percent of all terrestrial species estimated to exist, we ask what would happen if we used all species on Earth to identify additional KBAs. We explore this question...

Farooq, Harith ; Antonelli, Alexandre ; Faurby, Søren

Biodiversity targets, Key biodiversity areas, Systematic conservation planning, Protected areas, Conservation, Prioritization, and Global biodiversity framework

2023

Journal article

Identifying Mozambique's most critical areas for plant conservation: An evaluation of protected areas and Important Plant Areas.

Successful protected area networks must represent biodiversity across taxonomic groups. However, too often plant species are overlooked in conservation planning, and the resulting protected areas may, as a result, fail to encompass the most important sites for plant diversity. The Mozambique Tropical Important Plant Areas project sought to promote the...