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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1533561992605{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”]Support for developing the List of Selected Endemic Terrestrial Plant and Animal Taxa of South-East Europe (hereinafter: List of Endemic Taxa of SEE) was provided by the Open Regional Fund for South-East Europe \u2013 Biodiversity (GIZ\/ORF-BD)<\/strong>, as part of its sub-project \u201eRegional Network for Biodiversity Information Management and Reporting (BIMR)\u201c funded by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ)<\/strong> and implemented by Deutsche Gesellschaft f\u00fcr Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH<\/strong>.<\/em><\/p>\n

The South-East Europe (SEE) is exceptionally rich in biodiversity and hosts a variety of species and ecosystems. A number of animal and plant species occur only in the SEE. These endemic taxa (species and subspecies) are among the most attractive living organisms of the region; they are unique to a limited geographic location and highly vulnerable.<\/p>\n

The main goal of developing the List of Endemic Taxa of SEE is to record all taxa (species and subspecies) described on the territory of SEE economies (or in their immediate vicinity) whose present distributions are restricted to the Western Balkan region. Data was compiled on the basis of direct review of a large number of published monographs and articles containing a scientific description of a particular taxon. From the compiled literature, the original (verbatim) scientific name (under which it is described) and localities where it was first found (classic locality) were extracted. Compiled data were inserted into Excel templates (one for taxons<\/u> and one for occurrences<\/u>), with columns compatible with Darwin Core.<\/p>\n

The current List of Endemic Taxa of SEE includes vascular plants, mammals, amphibians, reptiles and beetles. The Regional Expert Team<\/strong> which developed the list of Balkans endemics consists of 14 taxonomists (5 botanists, 1 mammologist, 2 herpetologists and 5 coleopterologists) and 1 GIS analyst. A number of taxonomists, experts for Balkan flora and fauna, were also consulted.<\/p>\n

As a result, there are nearly 2.200 endemic taxa<\/strong> (from selected groups) described from the SEE region; 1.598 species <\/strong>and 576 subspecies<\/strong>. Almost 2.500 classic localities<\/strong> were spatially determined, of which 2.430 were georeferenced<\/strong> (i.e. have exact coordinates) with accuracy ranging from 50 to 10.000 m.<\/p>\n

The intention is to make the List of Endemic Taxa of SEE freely available a\"\"t any time, with actual and updated information. In accordance with the anticipated needs, the raw data and data subsets underlying the List of Endemic Taxa of SEE were distributed to different stakeholders at the national, regional and international level:<\/p>\n