Lifting the veil on perverse subsidies
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Perverse subsidies, which in the long term go against both the economy and the environment, are commonly seen in the fossil fuels and nuclear energy, agriculture, water, fisheries and road transport sectors in Europe. The reduction of perverse subsidies would bring an end to the obstacles they create for sustainable development, and would also release a large amount of funding for sustainable development. There is currently a reasonably favourable political climate for the reform of perverse subsidies.
Publication Name: Nature
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0028-0836
Year: 1998
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Biodiversity hotspots and major tropical wilderness areas: approaches to setting conservation priorities
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Establishing priorities in conservation policy requires assessment of different ecological regions. Prioritizing criteria should include biodiversity counts and concentrations, endemism levels and potential threats. Using these valuations, tropical wilderness areas emerge as regions needing the most prompt attention and protection. They harbor the majority of the planet's flora and fauna, and are threatened by encroaching development and agriculture.
Publication Name: Conservation Biology
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0888-8892
Year: 1998
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Biodiversity hotspots for conservation priorities
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Conservationists cannot assist all species under threat, placing a premium on priorities. A way of supporting the most species at the least cost is to identify biodiversity hotspots where there are concentrations of endemic species undergoing loss of habitat. Up to 44% of vascular plants and 35% of vertebrates are located in 25 hotspots consisting of just 1.4% of the land surface.
Publication Name: Nature
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0028-0836
Year: 2000
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