3.B.2.1.e Loss or imminent loss of endangered species (wetlands communities)
Taxon Population size and geographic range Current legal status of protection Main threats Information gaps Proposed measures in situ / ex situ Implementing authority Operational targets Costs
Consisting of plants, invertebrates (mollusks, crayfish, insects), amphibians, reptiles, birds and mammals in al well over 2000 species Variable, but declining Many species already individually protected Draining of wetlands

Eutrophication and pollution mainly from non point sources

Overfishing, overhunting

Dependent on groups, satisfactory for higher plants and vertebrates Protect such areas Ministries of EP of all the Black Sea countries Maintain valuable communities and ecosystem services See 3.B.3

See also

2.B.2 Black Sea wetlands
3.B.2.1 Protection of endangered species
3.B.2.1.a Loss or imminent loss of endangered species (bottom plant community)
3.B.2.1.b Loss or imminent loss of endangered species (mollusks)
3.B.2.1.c Loss or imminent loss of endangered species (bottom crustaceans)
3.B.2.1.d Loss or imminent loss of endangered species (fishes)
3.B.2.1.f Loss or imminent loss of endangered species (marine mammals)
3.B.3 Conservation Areas Management Analysis