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Florida is a biodiverse state, with 3,500 native vascular plants and 1,500 vertebrates, a higher number than all but three other states. [52] A 2003 United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization study stated that the Florida Straits had the highest biodiversity in the Atlantic Ocean, and were the home to 25 endemic species. [53]
The ecology of Florida considers the state's two Level I and three Level II/III ecoregions containing more than 80 distinct ecosystems. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] They differ in hydrology , climate, landforms, soil types, flora, and fauna, forming a global biodiversity hotspot .
The Government announced plans to mandate a biodiversity net gain policy in England in March 2019, as part of an Environment Bill that would require 'developers to ensure habitats for wildlife are enhanced and left in a measurably better state than they were pre-development’. [70] The Bill was later enacted as the Environment Act 2021 ...
"No net loss" is defined by the International Finance Corporation as "the point at which the project-related impacts on biodiversity are balanced by measures taken to avoid and minimize the project's impacts, to understand on site restoration and finally to offset significant residual impacts, if any, on an appropriate geographic scale (e.g local, landscape-level, national, regional)."
The BioBanking ('Biodiversity Banking and Offsets') scheme in New South Wales started in July 2008 with the aim of achieving no net loss (or a net gain) of biodiversity [27] but has since been replaced by a 'Biodiversity Offsets Scheme' under the state Biodiversity Conservation Act 2016. [28]
In 2010, in the state, there were 44 federal Superfund sites, 101 brownfields, 13,527 petroleum cleanups and more than 3,000 other sites with dry-cleaning fluids or other hazardous waste. [26] Drinking water is at risk because the water table is so shallow. [27] Phosphorus mining is also an important part of the local economy.
The Florida mangrove community is found as far north as Cedar Key on the Gulf coast of Florida, and as far north as the Ponce de Leon Inlet on the Atlantic coast of Florida. Black mangroves can regrow from roots after being killed back by a freeze, and are found by themselves a little further north, to Jacksonville on the east coast and along ...
Some of these nonnative species do not pose a threat to any native species, but some do threaten the native species of Florida by living in the state and eating them. [43] Florida is now known as the invasive species capital of the United States or the World. [44] [45] Six Red deer were released on Buck Island Breeding Ranch in Highlands County ...