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An ASCI should meet one or more of the following criteria as defined at UNEP-WCMC 2014, Biodiversity A-Z website: www.biodversitya-z.org, UNEP-WCMC, Cambridge, UK:
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Contributes substantially to the survival of threatened species, endemic species, or any species listed in
Appendices I and II of the Bern convention;
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Special Conservation Interest. The African signatories to the Bern Convention include Burkina Faso, Morocco, Tunisia and Senegal.
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Supports significant numbers of species in an area of high species diversity or supports important populations of one or more species;
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