Localisation
SPREP LIBRARY
Éditeur
International Union for Nature Conservation (IUCN)
Année de publication:
2008
Lieu de publication
Gland, Switzerland
Description physique:
200 p.
Numéro d'appel
[EL]
Pays concernés
Worldwide
Type de contenu
Langue
English
Identifiant de dossier:
167
Ancien numéro d'identification PEIN:
77663
Notes générales
Available online
Disponible en ligne
Rubrique(s) thématique(s)
Climate Change and Biodiversity
Résumé
Climate change is a major threat to global biodiversity. From the tropics to the Poles, the worlds ecosystems are all under pressure. A study published in the scientific journal Nature posited that 15 to 37% of terrestrial animal and plant species could be at risk of extinction because of human-induced impacts on climate (Thomas et al., 2004). Scattered across the four corners of the Earth, European Union overseas entities, are home to a biological diversity that is as rich as it is vulnerable. Located in several global biodiversity hotspots, these territories are home to a far greater number of endemic animal and plant species than continental Europe. However, this natural wealth is under pressure from numerous quarters: habitat destruction, invasive alien species, pollution, over-exploitation of species; no territory has been spared. Today, climate change represents an additional threat to these ecosystems, and one which could possibly end up being as damaging as all the others combined.
Localisation
SPREP LIBRARY
Éditeur
International Union for Nature Conservation (IUCN)
Année de publication:
2008
Lieu de publication
Gland, Switzerland
Description physique:
200 p.
Numéro d'appel
[EL]
Pays concernés
Worldwide
Type de contenu
Langue
English
Identifiant de dossier:
167
Ancien numéro d'identification PEIN:
77663
Notes générales
Available online
Dossier créé: 08-Dec-2010
Dossier modifié: 20-Sep-2022