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taking full account of any inherent limitations in such models.

*Faculty of Geography, SPIRU HARET University, Bucharest, Romania* 

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In present we recommend that surveys are carried out to evaluate the current state of biological and landscape diversity of the lakes, especially those with ornithological importance and so that a long-term integrated monitoring system is devised for the lakes

Also it is recommend that scientific evidence is compiled for assigning nature conservation status to Lakes Kagul, Kartal, and Kugurlui and prepare proposals for designating Lake Kagul as a wetland of international significance, so that the point and non-point sources of

At least we recommend that dynamic modeling is used as an aid for lake management

The spirit of Environment protection Law and Water Law seen as interior documents for each enterprise aimed to order their own knowledge about the flows of waste (losses, sewage, discharges and package materials). The general outside task of this study becomes the universal primary source of information for further accounts to Environmental and Water Management Structures, Emergency Planning, Labour Safety, Sanitary and Municipal

In general, the implementation of this study is the first step, which brings together the interests of the enterprises, Local, Regional and National authorities for the Natural Resource Conservation, safe Water Management and Waste Minimisation and Competitiveness of Productions and Services as core elements of Sustainable Spatial

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As is defined by UNESCO [22]: "Biological diversity or biodiversity is defined as the diversity of all living forms at different levels of complexity: genes, species, ecosystems and even landscapes and seascapes. Biodiversity is shaped by climatic conditions, the properties of soils and sediments, evolutionary processes and human action. Biodiversity can be greatly enhanced by human activities; however, it can also be adversely impacted by such activities due to unsustainable use or by more profound causes linked to our development models." It is clear that climate change and biodiversity are interconnected. Biodiversity is impacted by climate change but it also makes an important contribution to both climate-change mitigation and adaptation through the ecosystem services that it supports. Therefore, conserving and

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Biodiversity conservation is an urgent environmental issue that must be specially attended. It is as critical to humans as it is to the other lifeforms on Earth. Countries of the world acknowledge that species research is crucial in order to obtain and develop the right methods and tools to understand and protect biodiversity. Thus, biodiversity conservation has became

In this sense, a big effort is being carried out by the scientific community in order to study the huge biodiversity present on the planet. Sadly, spiders have been one of most unattended groups in conservation biology [2]. These arachnids are plentiful and ecologically crucial in almost every terrestrial and semi-terrestrial habitats [3] [4] [5]. Moreover, they present a series of extraordinary qualities, such as the ability to react to environmental changes and

Several works have studied the spiders' behavior. Some of them focuses on the use of the way spiders build their webs as a source of information for species identification[7] [8]. Artificial intelligent systems have been proven to be of incalculable value for these systems. [9] proposed a model for spider behavior modeling, which provides simulations of how a specific spider specie builds its web. [10] recorded how spiders build their webs in a controlled

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sustainable managing biodiversity is crucial to meet the clime change.

a top priority for researchers [1]

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anthropogenic impacts [5] [6].

scenario for further spatiotemporal analysis.

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