Risk from future climate change to Pakistan's protected area network: A composite analysis for hotspot identification

MT Siddique, JG Molinos - Science of The Total Environment, 2024 - Elsevier
As climate change becomes a primary driver of global ecosystem deterioration and
biodiversity loss, protected areas (PAs) are posed to play a crucial conservation role. At a …

[HTML][HTML] Biodiversity areas under threat: overlap of climate change and population pressures on the world's biodiversity priorities

JE Aukema, NG Pricope, GJ Husak, D Lopez-Carr - PloS one, 2017 - journals.plos.org
Humans and the ecosystem services they depend on are threatened by climate change.
Places with high or growing human population as well as increasing climate variability, have …

[HTML][HTML] Vulnerabilities of protected lands in the face of climate and human footprint changes

N Shrestha, X Xu, J Meng, Z Wang - Nature Communications, 2021 - nature.com
Protected areas (PAs) play a pivotal role in maintaining viable populations of species and
minimizing their habitat loss. Globally, there are currently over 200,000 PAs that cover …

Climate change exposure and vulnerability of the global protected area estate from an international perspective

S Hoffmann, C Beierkuhnlein - Diversity and Distributions, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Aim Protected areas are essential to conserve biodiversity and ecosystem benefits to society
under increasing human pressures of the Anthropocene. Anthropogenic climate change …

[HTML][HTML] The sustainability of Thailand's protected-area system under climate change

N Pomoim, RJ Zomer, AC Hughes, RT Corlett - Sustainability, 2021 - mdpi.com
Protected areas are the backbone of biodiversity conservation but vulnerable to climate
change. Thailand has a large and well-planned protected area system, covering most …

Altitudinal heterogeneity and vulnerability assessment of protected area network for climate change adaptation planning in central Iran

S Malakoutikhah, S Fakheran, MR Hemami… - Applied geography, 2018 - Elsevier
One of the most serious challenges facing biodiversity conservation is associated with the
efficiency of protected areas for conserving biodiversity under future climate change. To …

Assessing the vulnerability trifecta: species, climate, and anthropogenic pressures on protected areas of the Central Indian Highlands

M Singh, K Moharir - The Journal of Wildlife Management, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Efficient management of protected areas (PAs) is important to ensure conservation and long‐
term sustenance of threatened species. It is therefore essential to understand the …

Egypt's protected area network under future climate change

K Leach, S Zalat, F Gilbert - Biological conservation, 2013 - Elsevier
Concerns about the impacts of climate change loom large among biodiversity scientists. A
pressing issue is the role of Protected Area networks under future climate change, because …

Keeping pace with climate change in global terrestrial protected areas

PR Elsen, WB Monahan, ER Dougherty… - Science …, 2020 - science.org
Protected areas (PAs) are essential to biodiversity conservation, but their static boundaries
may undermine their potential for protecting species under climate change. We assessed …

[PDF][PDF] Climate change threats to biodiversity in Pakistan

MM Iqbal, AM Khan - Islamabad: World Environment Day, 2010 - pecongress.org.pk
Pakistan has a great diversity of landscape, people, culture, climate, seasons, ecosystems,
etc: The landscape ranges from snow capped peaks at an elevation of> 8,000 m in the …