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Madagascar: The World’s Highest Priority Hotspot?. A Dual Focus. Hotspots High Biodiversity Wilderness Areas. High Biodiversity Still Largely Intact. High Biodiversity Wilderness Areas. High Biodiversity Wilderness Areas. 8.98 million km 2 6.1%
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Madagascar: The World’s Highest Priority Hotspot?
A Dual Focus Hotspots High Biodiversity Wilderness Areas
High Biodiversity Still Largely Intact
High Biodiversity Wilderness Areas 8.98 million km2 6.1% of land surface
The Guiana Shield World’s Largest and Most Pristine Tropical Rain Forest Region
BOTTOM LINE
Hotspots and High Biodiversity Wilderness Areas The Top Priority in Terrestrial Biodiversity Conservation
Hotspots &High Biodiversity Wilderness Areas If we fail in these areas, especially the Hotspots, we will lose a major portion of the world’s terrestrial biodiversity regardless of how successful we are in other areas
Biodiversity Conservation in Hotspots and HBWAs Secures Essential Ecosystem Services 23% 39% 61% 8% 15% Intact habitat Lost habitat Global land area Biodiversity Hotspots and High-Biodiversity Wilderness Areas
Human Linguistic Diversity LANGUAGES SPOKEN IN THE HOTSPOTS - 3,475 LANGUAGES SPOKEN IN THE HBWA - 1,617 TOTAL HOTSPOTS + HBWAS - 5,092 GLOBAL TOTAL - 6,912 % IN HOTSPOTS + HBWAS 73.7%
Partnerships Indigenous and Traditional Peoples Initiative
Key Biodiversity Areas (KBAs) Foster et al. (2012) The identification of sites of biodiversity conservation significance. J. Thr. Taxa in press.
…NOT grids or ‘ecological’ units Upper Guinea KBAs
Those sites that are the only home for Critically Endangered and Endangered Species, the loss of which will result in the extinction of those species.
Joint Task Force of SSC and WCPA
The Global Environment Facility GEF
THE GEF What has it done, and where is should it go with biodiversity in the future? Supporting the CBD Protected Areas Mainstreaming Biodiversity Biosafety Supporting Action by Civil Society Organizations
The GEF The GEF was originally conceived as the funding mechanism for the CBD, the UNFCCC, the UNCCD, and the Montreal Protocol
The GEF The biggest funder for Biodiversity Conservation over the past 20 years $3.1 billion leveraging ca. $9 billion $250 million / year over the past two years
Access & Benefit Sharing (ABS) Approved at CBD COP10 in Nagoya, Japan Provides the legal basis for contractual agreements to be honored at a global scale GEF establishes the Nagoya Protocol Implementation Fund as a Pilot