. Bamboo biodiversity : Africa, Madagascar and the Americas. Bamboo; Biodiversity; Bamboo; Biodiversity; Bamboe; Rotan; Biodiversiteit; Bambusgewa?chse; BAMBOO; BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY; NATURE CONSERVATION; MAPS; AFRICA; MADAGASCAR; AMERICAS. Bamboo biodiversity. The bamboo forests in western Madagascar are home to the world's rarest tortoise, the 'Endangered' angonoka or ploughshare tortoise [Geochelone niphora). maintaining the dynamics and diversity of natural forests in this region. CONCLUSIONS AND SUGGESTIONS FOR FURTHER WORK This study has shown that many woody bamboos in Africa, Madagascar
. Bamboo biodiversity : Africa, Madagascar and the Americas. Bamboo; Biodiversity; Bamboo; Biodiversity; Bamboe; Rotan; Biodiversiteit; Bambusgewa?chse; BAMBOO; BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY; NATURE CONSERVATION; MAPS; AFRICA; MADAGASCAR; AMERICAS. Bamboo biodiversity. The bamboo forests in western Madagascar are home to the world's rarest tortoise, the 'Endangered' angonoka or ploughshare tortoise [Geochelone niphora). maintaining the dynamics and diversity of natural forests in this region. CONCLUSIONS AND SUGGESTIONS FOR FURTHER WORK This study has shown that many woody bamboos in Africa, Madagascar and the Americas may be of conservation concern, despite the fact that they are not presently included in global Red Lists. It has highlighted the richness and distinctiveness of the bamboos of Madagascar and the even greater richness of the Americas at both generic and species levels (Figures 6 and 7). The study has also made it clear that significant further effort will be required to assemble an accurate overview of the magnitude and distribution of woody bamboo resources in these regions. Such information is needed to support wise policy-making and management decisions, and to facilitate progress towards the conservation and management targets of the Global Strategy for Plant Conservation (CBD 20021. The actions needed to progress towards such a sound information base include: 1. Refining and validating species distributions based on la] comparisons with the rapidly increasing digital resources of herbarium specimen data, and (b) incorporating climatic and soil data to improve species distribution models. 2. Strengthening the Red List assessments of bamboo species status, prioritizing the assessment of those species with the smallest estimated geographical ranges and least remaining habitat. 3. Extending the global list of priority bamboo species (cf. Rao et al. 19981 to take account of the utility and/or economic importance of bamboos from Africa, Madagascar and the Ameri
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