Help Desertas CR land snails" by Mossy Earth - Episodes 1 & 2

Please find below the first two episodes about the "Help Desertas CR land snails" elaborated by Mossy Earth. Episode(...)

MAIISG NEWSLETTER - December 2021

Welcome to the third newsletter of 2021. In this issue, Dinarte Teixeira brings exciting news for the Desertan critically endangered land snails(...)

Single species action plan for the conservation of the Obô Snail Archachatina bicarinata 2021-2025

This document has been reviewed and endorsed by the Atlantic Island Invertebrate Specialist Group (MAIISG) - part of the Species Survival Commission(...)

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 The Atlantic Islands are a geographically discrete grouping, where there is a keen interest and enthusiasm for form a group of people interested in furthering invertebrate conservation.  The group covers all Atlantic Islands. Most of these islands have a high level of invertebrate endemism and numerous species of conservation concern.  The issues facing these islands are similar: habitat loss, degradation and fragmentation, invasive species, climate change; and also limited data and lack of(...)

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How many endemic species of arthropods are in Madeira archipelago?

There are about 921 arthropod species and subespecies endemic to Madeira. See also http://sea-entomologia.org/IDE@/revista_6B.pdf