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This comprehensive publication presents a history of the evolution of CITES. It begins with the basics and guides the reader through its complex structure. The provisions of the Convention are clearly highlighted in the book, and the numerous resolutions and decisions are explained.

The South Asian region can be considered a herpetofaunal "hotspot" with its high degree of species richness and diversity of amphibian and reptilian fauna.

A companion document to the Strategic Approach document, this guide reviews the lessons learned from the various agency initiatives to integrate biodiversity issues into development cooperation programmes.

A companion document to the Strategic Approach document, this guide reviews the lessons learned from the various agency initiatives to integrate biodiversity issues into development cooperation programmes.

11% of all coral reefs have been damaged beyond recovery or totally destroyed; another 16% were damaged in 1998 by climate change related to coral bleaching. More than 50% of the world’s mangrove forests have been cleared without understanding the enormous value of these muddy coastal forests.

Our oceans are slowly dying, and the instruments of governance are inadequate to stop it.

Este constituye el primer libro rojo para un grupo de vertebrados del Ecuador y utiliza de manera comprensiva los nuevos criterios desarrollados por la UICN para categorizar especies amenazadas de extinción, inclusive con las últimas modificaciones aprobadas para esta novedosa metodología por par

The threatened species categories used in Red Data Books and Red Lists have been in place for almost 30 years.

For many years, concerns have been expressed about environmental issues in the Arctic.

Drawing on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, the world's most objective and authoritative inventory of species at risk of extinction, this publication combines awe-inspiring imagery with solid science and factual accounts.

Drawing on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, the world's most objective and authoritative inventory of species at risk of extinction, this publication combines awe-inspiring imagery with solid science and factual accounts.

The East Asia Action Plan (IUCN, 1996) recommended exchange programmes as a means of improving protected area management capacity in the East Asia region. The experience of exchange programmmes from around the world shows that they can bring great benefits when executed and managed effectively.

El Convenio sobre la Diversidad Biológica (CDB) representa un hito histórico. Es el primer acuerdo global que aborda integralmente los aspectos biológicos, económicos, sociales y culturales de la biodiversidad.

World events, political upheavals, technological developments, and scientific breakthroughs are moving at a breathtaking pace, providing significant challenges to the conservation movement.