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Freshwater Biodiversity Key Areas in the Mediterranean Basin Hotspot Freshwater Key Biodiversity Areas in the Mediterranean Basin Hotspot Informing species conservation and development planning in freshwater ecosystems Darwall W., Carrizo S., Numa C., Barrios V., Freyhof J. and Smith K. INTERNATIONAL UNION FOR CONSERVATION OF NATURE WOrlD HeadquarterS rue Mauverney 28 1196 Gland, Switzerland [email protected] tel: +41 22 999 0000 Fax: +41 22 999 0002 www.iucn.org Occasional Paper for the IUCN Species Survival Commission No. 52 IUCN The designation of geographical entities in this book and the presentation of the material, do not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of IUCN or other participating organizations concerning the legal status of any country, territory or area, or its authorities, or concerning the delimitation of its frontiers or boundaries. 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Cambridge, UK and Malaga, Spain: IUCN. x + 86pp. ISBN 978-2-8317-1698-5 DOI 10.2305/IUCN.CH.2014.SSC-OP.52.en Cover photo: Inlet on Lake Skadar, Albania and Montenegro. This large Mediterranean lake and its associated catchment is a freshwater Key Biodiversity Area (KBA) supporting at least 24 species of threatened or restricted range freshwater species. © Geert De Knijf. All the photographs used in this publication remain the property of the original copyright holder (see individual captions for details). Photographs should not be reproduced or used in other contexts without written permission from the copyright holder. 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Freshwater Key Biodiversity Areas in the Mediterranean Basin Hotspot Informing species conservation and development planning in freshwater ecosystems Darwall W., Carrizo S., Numa C., Barrios V., Freyhof J. and Smith K. ii Contents Acknowledgements........................................................................................................................................................................ iv Key.terms.in.regional.languages....................................................................................................................................................v Executive.summary....................................................................................................................................................................... vi Résumé.......................................................................................................................................................................................... vi Sažetak......................................................................................................................................................................................... vii viii.......................................................................................................................................................................... .ملخص يذيفنت.تنفيذيصخلم Genişletilmiş.Özet.......................................................................................................................................................................... ix Background.....................................................................................................................................................................................1 freshwater.biodiversity.in.the.Mediterranean.Basin..............................................................................................1ال.of.نقطة state.الساخنةThe .للتنوع البيولوجي بحوض البحر اﻷبيض المتوسط a.conservation.tool......................................................................................................................................................1.معروفة as.جيدا KBAs .باعتبارھا تحتضن تنوعا بيولوجيا ذو أھمية عالمية. التنوع objectives.......................................................................................................................................................................1.البيولوجي للمياهProject .العذبة بالنقطة الساخنة، والذي لم يسبق اﻻعتراف 3...................................................................................................................................................................................بأھميته على نطاق Methodologyواسع، يؤكد لنا بأنه تنوعا غير مألوف ومھددا للغاية identification.of.Freshwater.Key.Biodiversity.Areas.(KBAs)....................................................................................3.نظرا for.لتواجد Criteriaعديد . اﻷنواع المستوطنة في اﻷنھار الفردية والجداول . Gap.analysis.for.current.levels.of.protection.............................................................................................................................5 والينابيع واﻷراضي الرطبة والبحيرات في جميع أنحاء المنطقة. Results............................................................................................................................................................................................6 . Identification .of.qualifying.river/lake.sub-catchments.as.proposed.KBAs................................................................................6 consultation.and.delineation.of.validated.KBAs....................................................................................................6.وبناء على Stakeholder .المعلومات المنشورة بخصوص وضعية المحافظة على freshwater.KBAs........................................................................................................................................................7.اﻷنواع Validatedوتوزيعھا (.المصدر : القائمة الحمراء لﻹتحاد الدولي لصون 8...............................................................................................................................................................................الطبيعة)،threats. تم Main .العثور على أن 3513 من بين 3894 نھر وبحيرة . Current.levels.of.protection.for.freshwater.KBAs.across.the.Mediterranean.Hotspot..............................................................8 ومستجمعات مياه فرعية تحتوي على اﻷنواع التي تفي بمعايير تأھيلھا . Site.Champions........................................................................................................................................................................10 12....................................................................................................................................................................... كمناطقoverviews .ھامة Regionalللتنوع البيولوجي بالمياه العذبة، حيث تتميز ھذه المواقع KBAs.in.the.Balkans.sub-region...........................................................................................................................12.بمساھمتھا Freshwaterالكبيرة .في اﻹستمرار الكوني للتنوع البيولوجي. Freshwater. KBAs .in.the.Turkey.and.Levant.sub-region..........................................................................................................21 KBAs.in.the.northern.Africa.sub-region...............................................................................................................30إن. التھديدات Freshwater .الرئيسية لﻷنواع المتواجدة بالمياه العذبة في جميع أنحاء KBAs.in.the.north-western.Mediterranean.sub-region........................................................................................38.النقطة الساخنة Freshwater .تتمثل باﻷساس في تلوث المياه وزيادة حدة الجفاف Conclusions.and.recommendations.............................................................................................................................................41 والتغيرات الھيدرولوجية التالية لبناء السدود عبر تجريد المياه السطحية References....................................................................................................................................................................................44 of.KBA.data.sheets........................................................................................................................................46. والجوفيةI.