Journal Title
Title of Journal: Biodivers Conserv
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Abbravation: Biodiversity and Conservation
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Publisher
Springer Netherlands
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Authors: G Fenu G Bacchetta V Giacanelli D Gargano C Montagnani S Orsenigo D Cogoni G Rossi F Conti A Santangelo M S Pinna F Bartolucci G Domina G Oriolo C Blasi P Genovesi T Abeli S Ercole
Publish Date: 2016/10/31
Volume: 26, Issue: 2, Pages: 309-328
Abstract
Habitat Directive is the core strategy of nature conservation in Europe aiming at halting biodiversity loss In this study the results of the third Italian assessment regarding the conservation status CS of plants listed in the Habitat Directive Flora of community interest—FCI was presented Data was collected from several sources related to plant distribution population data habitats and pressures Following the official European procedure all parameters were evaluated and combined to give the CS of each taxon in each biogeographical region of presence A comparison between the recent Italian IUCN and Reporting assessments was performed in order to evaluate the consistency between these two assessments The official EU checklist comprises 113 Italian plant taxa 107 of which were examined in this study Our results showed a critical situation with only 34 of favourable CS while 50 were unfavourable 40 inadequate plus 10 bad and 16 unknown in particular in the Mediterranean bioregion where the unfavourable assessments reach the 65 The results of the Report were consistent with those of the IUCN assessment in which 419 of plants were threatened with extinction This report highlighted some benefits and criticisms at national level but it may have a wider significance Although a general advance of knowledge a great effort is needed to reach the Habitats Directive goals Despite the limited resources monitoring activities needs to be improved in order to close information gaps for several plants A positive outcome was the development of a specific national project funded by the Italian Ministry of Environment with the ambitious target to set future monitoring activities for FCI and optimize monitoring effortsThe authors would like to thank all the Italian botanists who provided their unpublished data expert judgments and general support for the third Italian Report of the Habitats Directive The authors thank the two anonymous reviewers for their constructive comments that improved the previous versions of the paper
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