The European Landscape Convention (2000) obligates European Union countries to identify and implement landscape quality objectives (LQOs) understood as the specification of public expectations and preferences concerning the landscape of a given area, expressed by competent public authorities. The convention emphasizes the important role of local community representatives in this field. In Polan...

Preservation of terrestrial fauna and flora has been the main reason for the settlement of most protected areas in the past 30 years, but although those areas may include water bodies, this does not necessarily mean that the biodiversity of freshwater environments are also protected. In the present study, the fauna inventory of eight streams (1st, 2nd, 4th and 5th orders) of three microbasins o...

Realizing the historical importance of central Indian forests in terms of ecological, social and economical perspectives and the present socio-economic changes in the community due to several reasons, the present study was conducted. It aimed at addressing the status of harvesting pattern and supply chain structure of various ethno-botanical species by the tribal communities in the Pachmarhi Bi...

The Urdinbide road tunnel goes through the Autzagane aquifer. This important aquifer is located within hydrogeological area of Urdaibai Biosphere Reserve, one most biosphere reserves in Iberian Peninsula, and it also used as a source drinking water for some urban areas municipality Amorebieta-Etxano. construction could pose potential risk to normal functioning aquifer, so its design included sp...

introductionenvironmental pollution, especially marine pollution, is one of the complex and minatory problems that human is facing at the present time. many of human activities have irrecoverable outcomes and affect the marine environment in such a way that destruction of marine zones has become a significant warning. one of the most important ecosystems in iran is hara biosphere reserve, locat...

The state of Hidalgo (Mexico) is an important region from the point of view of biodiversity. However, there exists a significant gap in accessible knowledge about species diversity and distribution, especially regarding to freshwater ecosystems. This dataset comprises the sampling records of two projects developed in Hidalgo between 2007 and 2009 about the freshwater fish communities of Tecocom...

according to importance of environmental resource in natural ecosystem preservation and human life, restriction of destruction is necessary. miankaleh wetland in mazandaran province is settlement of animal and herbaceous rare species and due to migration of birds therefore, this research will discuss determination of preservation value in miankaleh international wetland and measure of individua...

The data on the fauna and biotopic distribution of ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) in yew-boxwood grove Caucasian State Natural Biosphere Reserve are presented. A total 27 ant species were identified, belonging to 17 genera 4 subfamilies ( Dolichoderinae , Ponerinae Formicinae Myrmicinae ). – Lasius F. Temnothorax Mayr richest include 5 each. For grove, all presented for first time.