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Biodiversity is declining at an alarming rate due to anthropogenic activities around the world. This book is part of the new series Biodiversity Hotspots of the World, which highlights the 36 hotspot regions of the world that are Earth's most biologically rich but threatened terrestrial regions, each defined by having at least 1,500 endemic plant species and having lost at least 70% of its original natural vegetation.
This volume covers the Coastal Forests of Eastern Africa Biodiversity Hotspot, which stretches along the eastern edge of Africa and includes parts of Somalia, Kenya, Tanzania, and Mozambique. All islands lying immediately offshore are also part of the hotspot—Pemba, Zanzibar, Mafia and the Bazaruto Archipelago among them. While it is difficult to document the biodiversity of this inhospitable terrain, the coastal forests have exceptionally rich biodiversity and high endemism, with 11,000 species of plants and animals, including 1000 species of seaweed, 3000 species of mollusks, and 1500 species of fish. Anthropogenic activities including deforestation, fragmentation of habitats, pollution, increased human population, climate change, and poaching of wildlife pose serious threats to the biodiversity of the region.
Contents
1. Geography, Climate, and Soil Along the Coastal Forest of East Africa 2. The Vegetation Types of Coastal Forests of Eastern Africa Biodiversity Hotspot 3. Mangrove Diversity, Conservation, and Challenges Along the Coastal Biodiversity Hotspot of Eastern Africa 4. Pteridophytes Richness Along the Coastal Forest of Eastern Africa 5. Angiosperms Diversity in East Africa: An Insight from the Tanzania Coast 6. Invertebrates Diversity of Coastal Forests of Eastern Africa 7. Insects Diversity, Threats Facing and Conservation Strategies Along Coastal Areas of East Africa 8. Amphibian Species of the Coastal Ecoregion of Eastern Africa: Richness, Distribution, and Conservation 9. Reptile Species of the Coastal Ecoregion of Eastern Africa: Richness, Distribution, and Conservation 10. Bird Diversity of Coastal Forests of Eastern Africa Biodiversity Hotspot 11. Distribution and Abundance of Mammals Along the Biodiversity Hotspot of the Coastal Forests of Eastern Africa 12. Small Mammal Distribution and Diversity Along the Coastal Forests of Eastern Africa 13. Coastal Forests of East Africa: Insights on Threats and Conservation 14. Remote Sensing Applications in Miombo and Coastal Mosaic Forest of Tanzania: Ecological Conditions, and Anthropogenic Disturbances in the Selous-Niassa Wildlife Corridor, Tanzania 15. Impacts of Climate Change Along the Eastern Africa Coastal Forests Index
