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Yacoub Mohamad Mohamad El-Barasi and Manam Wafi Barrani Saaed
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DOI:10.17265/2162-5298/2013.01.006
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ABSTRACT
Little thought has been given to threats facing plant
diversity in this area where many wild plants still exist in their
refuge sites in valleys (wadis), the study area harboring most of
the endemic species in the zone, and there are substantial maquis vegetation
still remaining. Many plants species in this region have medicinal properties
that give them scientific and commercial value. However, the wildlife species
are gradually disappearing as a result of damaging and excessive resource
exploitation the consistency of the irresponsible and inattentive activities, such as
over grazing, ploughing, land reclamation, urbanization, mining, forest fires,
over collecting and charcoal production cause
damage to several habitats, communities disturbance as a result of that, hundreds of species are threatened
with disappearance where many are at the brink of extinction. Also,
the anthropogenic pressure accelerates
Aeolian soil erosion and destroys the soil seed bank.
KEYWORDS
Biodiversity, human activities, El-Jabal El-Akhadar, Marmarica plateau.
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