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GROUP DETAILS
Created: Feb 21, 2008
Updated: Nov 24, 2009
Membership: Member Referral
Semi-Private
Conservation Direct Threats >> Residential and Commercial Development >>
Taxonomy: Housing and Urban Areas
General Info
- Definition:
- Human cities, towns, and settlements including nonhousing development typically integrated with housing.
- Keywords:
- Housing, urban, areas, suburbs, villages, ranchettes, vacation homes, shopping, offices, schools, hospitals, birds, flying, windows, biodiversity, conservation, direct, threat
About
Such as urban areas, suburbs, villages, ranchettes, vacation homes,
shopping areas, offices, schools, hospitals, and birds flying into
windows. This category obviously dovetails somewhat arbitrarily with
Commercial and Industrial Areas. As a general rule, however, if people
live in the development, it should fall into this category.
This category is part of a standard classification of ‘Direct threats to biodiversity’ edited by the World Conservation Union (IUCN) and in use by all major biodiversity conservation organizations such as The Nature Conservancy, Birdlife International, Wildlife Conservation Society, and World Wildlife Fund. For a detailed description of the classification please go here. To search for solutions, service providers, consultants, practitioners, and funders related to this conservation threat use the Conservation Pages.
This category is part of a standard classification of ‘Direct threats to biodiversity’ edited by the World Conservation Union (IUCN) and in use by all major biodiversity conservation organizations such as The Nature Conservancy, Birdlife International, Wildlife Conservation Society, and World Wildlife Fund. For a detailed description of the classification please go here. To search for solutions, service providers, consultants, practitioners, and funders related to this conservation threat use the Conservation Pages.
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