Conservation of Bio- and Geo-Diversity and Landscape Changes

Dear Colleagues,

The Rio Convention on Biological Diversity has established biodiversity as a key concept governing the development policies of most countries towards assuming responsibility for the environment. Many scientists equate biodiversity (and also geo- and eco-diversity) with the ecological infrastructure of our planet. The convention has also recommended measures dealing with the conservation of biodiversity, as well as the measures needed to ensure that the future development is made in a way that does not affect the biodiversity. At the same time, as part of the “global changes”, land cover and use changes are a major threat to biodiversity. The Special Issue deals with the relation of the two, and with the factors able to affect it, such as drivers and possibilities to control it. We welcome pure and applied research, as well as comparative studies. Examples of possible topics include:

• Impact of the land cover and use changes on bio-, geo-, and eco-diversity: drivers and means of controlling or mitigating it;
• Impact of the land cover and use changes on the natural protected areas: drivers and means of controlling or mitigating it;
• Spatial planning tools for preventing the land cover and use changes within and around the natural protected areas at different spatial scales;
• Natural hazards and bio-, geo-, and eco-diversity: human influence on their relationship;
• Local development challenges in natural protected areas.

Dr. Alexandru-Ionuţ Petrişor
Dr. Adrian Ursu
Dr. Ilinca-Valentina Stoica
Guest Editors

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