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Papers presented at a symposium on the legal problems of the conservation of wetlands, jointly organized the IUCN Commission on Environmental Law and the Groupe des zones humides of the Société française pour le droit de l’environnement.

Grasslands are an overlooked and poorly protected habitat even though semi-natural and managed grassland covers 10-20% of most central and eastern European countries. As agriculture intensifies, the extent of these already scattered sites and their species richness is declining.

This publication, prepared in cooperation with the oil industry's Exploration Production Forum, sets out the oil exploration process, describes the potential environmental consequences of exploration and recommends measures for the prevention or minimization of adverse impacts.

This text offers authoritative advice on the present day planning, policies and practices for marine protected areas.

Oceans identifies conservation issues and proposes actions to conserve the marine environment and its enormous biological diversity. It explains how the oceans work and vividly presents the myriad variety of underwater life forms and habitats.

This summary statement was adopted by the Bergen Science Conference on 12 May 1990, and presented to the Ministerial Session of the Regional Conference on the Report of the World Commission on Environment and Development in the ECE Region on 14 May 1990.

The IUCN has established a project office in Nepal to assist in implementing the National Conservation Strategy (NCS). In these pages, IUCN presents the Union's current activities in the country, future plans and methods of operation.