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What the collapse of ecosystems can teach us!
Posted by: Provita in Cambio Climático, Latin America, Planeta Tierra, The Americas - April 20, 2021, 1:51 p.m.
Studying the collapse of ecosystems opens a window towards the future, towards what may happen, but also one towards the past, towards the formation of the ecosystems that we currently know.
Mesoamerican Reef, a Critically Endangered ecosystem
Posted by: Provita in Latin America, Planeta Tierra, RLE - Nov. 21, 2017, 10:49 a.m.
Scientists provide new tool model to assess coral reef ecosystem risks.
The IUCN Red List of Ecosystems will participate in the 28th International Congress of Conservation Biology
Posted by: Provita in Congress, ICCB, IUCN, Latin America, RLE - June 27, 2017, 1:27 p.m.
The IUCN Red List of Ecosystems will participate, with two symposiums and a workshop, in the 28th International Congress of Conservation Biology (ICCB) that will take place in Cartagena, Colombia, from 23th to 27th days of July, 2017.
Chile and its central zone: a global biodiversity case
Posted by: Provita in IUCN, Latin America - April 21, 2017, noon
As a complement to the IUCN methodology to assess the ecosystem threats, Chile has analyzed the quality of the available data regarding the current threats of 17 endemic ecosystems.
Latin America presents results after the application of IUCN Red List of Ecosystems protocol
Posted by: Provita in IUCN, Latin America, RLE - Sept. 15, 2015, 5:15 p.m.
Since 2012, starting point of the project “From Alaska to Patagonia: IUCN Red List of the Continental Ecosystems of the Americas”, up to this date, many advances have been accomplished regarding risk assessments of ecosystems collapse. At the moment, there are already four national lists, and Costa Rica, Colombia, and Chile have joined Venezuela, the pioneer, which represents a step further towards the planned goal of having all ecosystems of the world assessed.