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Why Biodiversity Corridors?

Landscape species require large spatial areas of contiguous habitat, or core areas connected by habitat linkages or corridors to meet their natural ecological and behavioral requirements.

Today human-induced habitat loss and fragmentation are seen to be major threats to biodiversity conservation. One way of mitigating the negative effects of fragmentation is to improve habitat connectivity.

Biodiversity corridors can be continuous strips of land or 'stepping stones' that are patches of suitable habitat used to improve ecological coherence and for combating fragmentation. They provide functional linkages between core protected areas stimulating or allowing species migration between areas.

Types of Biodiversity Corridors