Conflict Resolution Network/Middle East - Hosted by ACRIS
Networking Conflict Resolution Resources within the Middle East
The Association for Conflict Resolution's International Section (ACRIS) established Regional Networks to support our members and colleagues around the world, and to promote conflict resolution capacity building. We encourage ACR members and non-members alike to join together to expand our field worldwide. The goal of the Regional Networks is to provide pract ...learn more
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Created: Jul 05, 2008
Updated: Oct 21, 2009
Membership: Open To Apply
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Endemic Plant Species Protection
Endemic Plant Species ProtectionEndemic plants are exclusively and uniquely native to a place, biome, or region, and not naturally found anywhere else. Regions or places with high endemism include the tropical moist forests of Hawaii, the Fynbos in South Africa, and lowland forests of Madagascar. Endemic plants are susceptible to clear-cutting, agriculture (both modern and swidden) and grazing by domesticated animals. |
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Keywords danger of extinction, conservation, biodiversity, flora, plants, vascular plants, climate change, endemic, plant biodiversity, invasive species, land conversion, Endangered Species Act, World Conservation Union Red List of Threatened Plants, native plant species, conservation, restoration, protection, invasive plants, botany, plant, horticulture, education, science, population, ecosystem, management, flora, indigenous, naturally occurring, threats, climate, niche, range, adaptation, introduced species, seeds, preservation, genetic diversity, nonnative species, ethnobotany |
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Top Right: New Zealand fern
