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Eighty per cent of the world's population depends on traditional medicine for its primary health care needs, a system of medicine in which most of the drugs and cures used come from plants. Yet many of the plant involved are increasingly threatened.

A straight forward presentation of the keynote papers and case studies prepared for the workshop on coastal marine biosphere serves held in 1989.

An analysis of the efforts that led to the adoption in 1971 of the first global treaty for nature conservation, with a thorough history of the development of the Convention to the present.

Based on thorough bibliographic research of a highly controversial topic, this report, jointly sponsored by IUCN, UNEP and WWF, shows the potential of plantations, while also exposing problems which may arise if massive tree plantations proposed for the tropics are to be established.

Wetlands in Danger provides the reader with a unique overview of the state of the world's wetlands. The extensive atlas section, with maps showing their conservation status, is the result of a major mapping collaboration with WCMC and IUCN.

This book aims to present the state of the world's deserts, their peoples and their wildlife and also provides a basis for action. It reveals the beauty of desert landscapes and their ecology, and the cultures of the desert peoples.