IUCN Global Ecosystem Typology 2.0: descriptive profiles for biomes and ecosystem functional groups
@inproceedings{2020IUCNGE, title={IUCN Global Ecosystem Typology 2.0: descriptive profiles for biomes and ecosystem functional groups}, author={}, year={2020} }
Ecosystems are critically important components of Earth’s biological diversity and as the natural capital that sustains human life and well-being. Yet all of the world’s ecosystems show hallmarks of human influence, and many are under acute risks of collapse, with consequences for habitats of species, genetic diversity, ecosystem services, sustainable development and human well-being. The IUCN Global Ecosystem Typology is a hierarchical classification system that, in its upper levels, defines…
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