Is legal protection sufficient to ensure plant conservation? the Italian Red List of policy species as a case study
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...…Loci Classici Census” (Domina et al. 2012; Passalacqua et al. 2014; Peruzzi et al. 2015b; Brundu et al. 2017), for the revised Red List of Italian vascular plants (Rossi et al. 2013, 2014, 2016) and for the updated checklist of the Italian plants listed in the Habitat Directive (Fenu et al. 2017)....
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...…et al. 2012) and, although conservation actions for the FCI is per se mandatory, a complementary national priority list should be created in order to better identify the target species needing urgent conservation measures at the regional level (Bacchetta et al. 2012; Rossi et al. 2014, 2016)....
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...In particular, this paper aims to: (1) provide an overall picture of the CS of the Italian flora listed in the HD, also considering the results achieved at the EU level; (2) analyse the CS data at a biogeographical level, and identify the main pressures/threats affecting the Italian flora listed in the HD; (3) verify the relationships between the results of the HD report and the recent assessment of the policy species against the IUCN Categories and Criteria (Rossi et al. 2014, 2016); (4) highlight the major issues encountered during the monitoring process, and suggest possible ways for their solutions....
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...Further taxonomical and nomenclatural revisions were derived from the ‘‘New Red List of the Italian Flora’’ database (Rossi et al. 2014, 2016)....
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...Additionally, the high endemism rate of the Italian flora determines a significant national responsibility, at national and regional levels as previously demonstrated (e.g. Bacchetta et al. 2012; Fenu et al. 2015b; Rossi et al. 2016)....
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...Although originally developed for global assessments, the IUCN Red Listing system is widely used at regional scales, where it plays a key role for prioritizing conservation activities (e.g. Moreno Saiz 2008; Bilz et al. 2011; Rossi et al. 2016)....
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