{"id":15507,"date":"2016-02-29T10:45:23","date_gmt":"2016-02-29T15:45:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.cos.ucf.edu\/?p=15507"},"modified":"2016-02-29T10:45:23","modified_gmt":"2016-02-29T15:45:23","slug":"florida-declared-a-global-biodiversity-hotspot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/news\/florida-declared-a-global-biodiversity-hotspot\/","title":{"rendered":"Florida Declared a Global Biodiversity Hotspot"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-15510 \" src=\"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2016\/02\/Dr.-Noss-florida-hotspot.jpg\" alt=\"Dr. Noss - florida hotspot\" width=\"349\" height=\"230\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2016\/02\/Dr.-Noss-florida-hotspot.jpg 379w, https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2016\/02\/Dr.-Noss-florida-hotspot-300x198.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2016\/02\/Dr.-Noss-florida-hotspot-299x197.jpg 299w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 349px) 100vw, 349px\" \/>The North American Coastal Plain \u2013 the low-lying land stretching from Texas to Florida to New England \u2013 was recently named the 36th biodiversity hotspot in the world, highlighting the importance of this region, but signaling concerns over threats to the plant and animal life there.<\/p>\n<p>UCF Biology professor, <a href=\"https:\/\/biology.cos.ucf.edu\/faculty\/reed-noss\/\">Reed Noss, Ph.D., <\/a>was the lead author of a scientific study that landed Florida and the rest of the North American Coastal Plain on the list and now his\u00a0research is helping uncover solutions to these problems, such as controlled burns, proper road planning and legislation.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Noss is a Davis-Shine Professor of Conservation Biology and the President of the Florida Institute for Conservation Science. He has directed ecological and conservation studies in Florida, throughout the Southeastern United States, Pacific Northwest, Rocky Mountains and Canada.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Noss\u00a0is one of several UCF researchers working to better understand Florida landscapes and wildlife so that the most critical natural areas of the state can be protected and effectively managed. Being an\u00a0affiliated faculty member\u00a0with the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/faculty\/cluster\/sustainable-coastal-systems\/\">Sustainable Coastal Systems faculty cluster initiative<\/a>, Dr. Noss is well positioned to provide science-based guidance to governments and developers on how best to manage the full range of biological and human impacts related to coastal development.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe need more funding for the Florida Forever conservation fund, a continuation of which voters approved in 2014,\u201d Noss said. \u201cIt designates billions of dollars to land and water conservation over the next 20 years, but the Florida Legislature has ignored this mandate by diverting the vast majority of the funding to routine operating expenses.\u201d Also important is to manage growth and stop urban sprawl, he said.<\/p>\n<p align=\"LEFT\">\u201cIn the real world there is going to be conflict between development and conservation,\u201d Noss says, \u201cbut you can minimize that by doing intelligent planning.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Noss directs the <a href=\"http:\/\/noss.cos.ucf.edu\/\">SPICE (Science and Planning in Conservation Ecology) Lab <\/a>at the University of Central Florida. His research group\u00a0is diverse, with ongoing projects including\u00a0avian conservation, studies of the impacts of road and animal crossings, fire ecology, large carnivore conservation, and the effects of sea-level rise and climate change on Florida\u2019s biodiversity.<\/p>\n<p>To read more about the hotspot list <a class=\"external\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cepf.net\/news\/top_stories\/Pages\/Announcing-the-Worlds-36th-Biodiversity-Hotspot.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>View original story <a href=\"http:\/\/today.ucf.edu\/florida-declared-a-global-biodiversity-hotspot\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The North American Coastal Plain \u2013 the low-lying land stretching from Texas to Florida to New England \u2013 was recently named the 36th biodiversity hotspot in the world, highlighting the importance of this region, but signaling concerns over threats to the plant and animal life there. UCF Biology professor, Reed Noss, Ph.D., was the lead [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":125,"featured_media":15510,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[34,38,4,39,40,13,25,28,29,30],"tags":[437,736,1286,2571,2843,2856,2991,3239,3485,3486,3516,3592,3723],"class_list":["post-15507","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-biology-departments","category-breaking-news","category-departments","category-faculty-news","category-graduate-student-news","category-news","category-staff-news","category-top-news","category-ucf-news","category-undergraduate-student-news","tag-biology","tag-college-of-sciences","tag-florida","tag-orlando","tag-reed-noss","tag-research","tag-science-and-planning-in-conservation-ecology-lab","tag-sustainable-coastal-systems-faculty-cluster-initiative","tag-ucf-biology","tag-ucf-biology-department","tag-ucf-college-of-sciences","tag-ucf-news-2","tag-university-of-central-florida"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Florida Declared a Global Biodiversity Hotspot - College of Sciences News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/news\/florida-declared-a-global-biodiversity-hotspot\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Florida Declared a Global Biodiversity Hotspot - College of Sciences News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The North American Coastal Plain \u2013 the low-lying land stretching from Texas to Florida to New England \u2013 was recently named the 36th biodiversity hotspot in the world, highlighting the importance of this region, but signaling concerns over threats to the plant and animal life there. 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