Conservation assessment of the terrestrial ecoregions of latin America and the Caribbean

Technical Report · Fri Sep 01 00:00:00 EDT 1995

OSTI ID:177430

Dinerstein, E; Olson, D M; Graham, D J; Webster, A L; Primm, S A

This priority-setting study elevates, as a first principle, maintaining the representation of all ecosystem and habitat types in regional investment portfolios. Second, it recognizes landscape-level features as an essential guide for effective conservation planning. The study`s biogeographic approach to setting conservation priorities begins by dividing LaC into 5 major ecosystem types (METs), 11 major habitat types (MHTs), and 191 ecoregions. This last number includes 13 mangrove complexes but otherwise includes marine areas and freshwater habitats (except large, geographically continguous freshwater ecosystems).

• Research Organization: International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, Washington, DC (United States). Country Dept. I, Latin America and the Caribbean Regional Office
• OSTI ID: 177430
• Report Number(s): PB-96-116470/XAB; ISBN 0-8213-3295-3; TRN: 60111898
• Resource Relation: Other Information: DN: Color illustrations reproduced in black and white. Library of Congress catalog card No. 95-227; PBD: Sep 1995
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

29 ENERGY PLANNING AND POLICY
TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS
RESOURCE CONSERVATION
LATIN AMERICA
ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY