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Publication  |  2014

Red Listing Central American Squamates

Dozens of scientists convened in Costa Rica in May 2012 to assess more than 400 reptile species for the IUCN Red List.

Project  |  2014

Wetland Mitigation – Ecological Performance Standards

Providing measures that help ensure that mitigated wetlands meet their performance goals.

Publication  |  2014

Conserving Critical Sites for Biodiversity Provides Disproportionate Benefits to People

We know that conserving important sites prevents extinctions and biodiversity loss. But do they benefit human communities, too?

Publication  |  2014

Protecting Important Sites for Biodiversity Contributes to Meeting Global Conservation Targets

With biodiversity under increasing pressure and continuing to disappear, protected areas a a core strategy for conserving what's left.

Publication  |  2014

Biodiversity at Risk in Isolated Wetlands

What are we losing when we fail to regulate wetlands with legally debatable connections to navigable waters? NatureServe researchers offer a new, concrete, and sobering response.

Project  |  2014

Finding At-Risk Plants and Animals on Forest Lands

Information and tools to help land managers find locations of rare species on the landscapes they manage and plan for their protection

Project  |  2014

Species at Risk on DoD Installations

Knowing which at-risk species occur on their lands helps the Department of Defense to conserve these species—and may prevent the need for federal listing

Project  |  2014

Integrated Ecological Framework

Can land-use planning result in better environmental, economic, and societal benefits? Read about NatureServe’s research funded by the Transportation Research Board

Product  |  2014

Ecological Systems of Latin America and the Caribbean

NatureServe scientists and collaborators used a standard framework to classify and describe nearly 800 ecosystems across LAC.

Product  |  2014

iMapInvasives

iMapInvasives is an online GIS-based data management system designed to assist citizen scientists and natural resource managers working to protect natural resources from the threat of invasive species.