This list contains 839 entry(ies).
Author(s):
- Wilson, Don E.
- Mittermeier, Russell A.
Organization(s):
- IUCN
- Conservation International
- IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC)
Volume 8 of the Handbook of Mammals of the World (HMW) contains an unusual compilation of important but smaller orders that we now know have either distant or nearly no taxonomic relationships. They include armadillos, sloths and anteaters.
Author(s):
- Wilson, Don E.
- Mittermeier, Russell A.
Organization(s):
- IUCN
- Conservation International
- IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC)
Volume 7 of the Handbook of Mammals of the World (HMW) covers 9 families of Rodents.
Author(s):
- Wilson, Don E.
- Lacher, Thomas E.
- Mittermeier, Russell A.
Organization(s):
- IUCN
- Conservation International
- IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC)
Author(s):
- Hasan, Md. Kamrul
- Sarowar Alam, A. B. M.
Volume 6 of the Handbook of Mammals of the World (HMW) covers 27 families in two orders, lagomorphs and most of the families of the order Rodentia.
Author(s):
- Lacher, Thomas E.
- Mittermeier, Russell A.
- Wilson, Don E.
Organization(s):
- IUCN
- Conservation International
- IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC)
- Texas A & M University, US
Organization(s):
- IUCN, Regional Office for West Asia (ROWA)
L'okapi (Okapia johnstoni), emblématique mais insaisissable, est un animal endémique des forêts tropicales du centre et du nord-est de la République Démocratique du Congo (RDC).
Organization(s):
- Institut congolais pour la conservation de la nature, CG
- IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC), Giraffe and Okapi Specialist Group
The iconic but elusive okapi (Okapia johnstoni) is endemic to the central and north-eastern tropical rainforest of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).
Organization(s):
- Institut congolais pour la conservation de la nature, CG
- IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC), Giraffe and Okapi Specialist Group
Platypus, opossums, kangaroos, koalas...Monotremes and marsupials include a host of animals that have intrigued mammal fanciers for centuries.
Author(s):
- Mittermeier, Russell A.
- Wilson, Don E.
Organization(s):
- IUCN
- Conservation International
- IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC)
- Texas A & M University, US
Organization(s):
- BirdLife International
- European Commission
- IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC)
The European Red List is a review of the conservation status of European species according to IUCN regional Red Listing guidelines. It identifies those species that are threatened with extinction at the regional level, so that appropriate conservation action can be taken to improve their status.
Organization(s):
- European Commission
- IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC)
- IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC), Groupers and Wrasses Specialist Group
- IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC), Salmon Specialist Group
- IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC), Seahorse, Pipefish and Grunt Specialist Group
- IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC), Shark Specialist Group
- IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC), Snapper, Seabream and Grunt Specialist Group
- IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC), Tuna and Billfish Specialist Group
- IUCN, Regional Office for Europe
Organization(s):
- European Commission
- IUCN European Union Representative Office
- IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC)
- IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC), Bumblebee Specialist Group
This report documents the results of field assessments undertaken to determine the distribution and status of the globally threatened crocodilian, Tomistoma schlegelii, in peat swamp areas of Peninsular Malaysia.
Organization(s):
- IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC), Crocodile Specialist Group, Tomistoma Task Force
The Atlas outlines the population distribution ranges of wild Caprinae phenotypes and, through stunning photographs and comprehensive copy, details the physical appearance, life history, conservation status and sustainable uses of wild sheep and goats throughout their range.
Author(s):
- Damm, Gerhard R.
- Franco, Nicolás
Organization(s):
- International Council for Game and Wildlife Conservation
- Wild Sheep Foundation
The Atlas outlines the population distribution ranges of wild Caprinae phenotypes and, through stunning photographs and comprehensive copy, details the physical appearance, life history, conservation status and sustainable uses of wild sheep and goats throughout their range.
Author(s):
- Damm, Gerhard R.
- Franco, Nicolás
Organization(s):
- International Council for Game and Wildlife Conservation
- Wild Sheep Foundation
Humankind has long felt a kinship of ocean-dwelling mammals, and human culture, customs, and literature abound with sea mammal lore. This volume covers 19 families in 3 orders.
Author(s):
- Mittermeier, Russell A.
- Wilson, Don E.
Organization(s):
- IUCN
- Conservation International
- IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC)
- Texas A & M University, US
This report brings together a broad range of new and existing information on 2,358 plant and animal species of the Albertine Rift (AR) region of East and Central Africa.
Author(s):
- Carr, Jamie Anthony
- Outhwaite, Willow
- Goodman, Gemma
- Oldfield, Thomasina
- Foden, Wendy B.
Organization(s):
- BirdLife International
- IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC)
- John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, US
- TRAFFIC International
Everybody knows that humans are members of the mammalian Order Primates, but ask somebody to name some of our cousins and they would at best come up with five or six of the most widely known.
Author(s):
- Mittermeier, Russell A.
- Wilson, Don E.
Organization(s):
- IUCN
- Conservation International
- IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC)
- Texas A & M University, US
The African elephant, the largest remaining land mammal on the planet, is facing the greatest crisis in decades. Reports of mass elephant killings in the media vividly illustrate the situation across many African elephant range states.
Author(s):
- Blanc, Julian J.
- De Meulenaer, T.
- Formo, Rannveig K.
- Milliken, Tom
- Nellemann, C. (Christian)
- Skinner, Diane
Organization(s):
- IUCN
- Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES), Secretariat
- IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC), African Elephant Specialist Group
- TRAFFIC International
- UNEP
- UNEP, Global Resource Information Database (GRID)
Organization(s):
- UNEP, Mediterranean Action Plan (MAP), Regional Activity Centre for Specially Protected Areas (RAC/SPA)
- UNEP
- Wetlands International
- Libya, Environment General Authority (EGA)
- France, Office National de la Chasse et de la Faune Sauvage (ONCFS)
- Italy, Istituto Superiore per la Protezione e la Ricerca Ambientale (ISPRA)
- UNEP, Agreement on the Conservation of African-Eurasian Migratory Waterbirds (AEWA)
These guidelines on Phenotypic characterization of animal genetic resources address Strategic Priority Area 1 of the Global Plan of Action "Characterization, inventory and monitoring of trends and associated risks".
This report summarizes the conservation status of 167 freshwater fishes, 166 land snails and 157 reptiles native to the Pacific Islands of Oceania (Micronesia, Polynesia and Melanesia).
Organization(s):
- France, Fonds de Coopération économique, sociale et culturelle pour le Pacifique (Fonds Pacifique)
- IUCN, Oceania Regional Office (ORO)
- IUCN, Species Programme
The Arabian Peninsula contains a diversity of desert and mountain habitats. Reptile species richness is high, with 172 species currently recognized. Among these, 89 species (52%) are endemic to the Arabian Peninsula.
Author(s):
- Bowles, Philip
- Cox, Neil
- Els, Johannes
- Mallon, David P.
- Tognelli, Marcelo F.
Organization(s):
- IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC)
- United Arab Emirates, Environment and Protected Areas Authority of Sharjah
- United Arab Emirates, Environment and Protected Areas Authority of Sharjah, Breeding Centre for Endangered Arabian Wildlife
Author(s):
- Aveling, Conrad
- Cox, Debby
- Maldonado, Oscar
- Merlo, Dario
- Nishuli, Radar
- Nixon, Stuart
- Pintea, Lilian
- Williamson, Elizabeth A.
Organization(s):
- Congo, Democratic Republic of, Ministry of Environment, Nature Conservation and Tourism
- Institut congolais pour la conservation de la nature, CG
- IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC)
- IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC), Primate Specialist Group
- Jane Goodall Institute
In 2011, the Jane Goodall Institute (JGI) convened conservation partners to develop a conservation action plan for great apes in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), with financial support from the Arcus Foundation.
Author(s):
- Aveling, Conrad
- Cox, Debby
- Maldonado, Oscar
- Merlo, Dario
- Nishuli, Radar
- Nixon, Stuart
- Pintea, Lilian
- Williamson, Elizabeth A.
Organization(s):
- Congo, Democratic Republic of, Ministry of Environment, Nature Conservation and Tourism
- Institut congolais pour la conservation de la nature, CG
- IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC)
- IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC), Primate Specialist Group
- Jane Goodall Institute
Le but de la nouvelle stratégie est dassurer la protection à long terme des bonobos partout dans leur aire de répartition par la mise en oeuvre dactions permettant de réduire, et si possible déliminer les menaces directes et les facteurs sous-jacents causant le déclin des populations.
Organization(s):
- Institut congolais pour la conservation de la nature, CG
- IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC)
- IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC), Primate Specialist Group
The new strategy aims to ensure the long-term protection of bonobos across their range through the implementation of conservation actions designed to reduce, and if possible eliminate, the direct threats and contributing factors that are causing bonobo populations to decline.
Organization(s):
- Institut congolais pour la conservation de la nature, CG
- IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC)
- IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC), Primate Specialist Group
Cette publication présente l'information sur l'état de conservation des mammifères marins et des tortues marines qui habitent la Méditerranée et la mer Noire.
Author(s):
- Conigliaro, Michela
- Otero, María del Mar
Organization(s):
- IUCN
- Fondation MAVA pour la nature
- IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC)
- IUCN Centre for Mediterranean Cooperation
Esta publicación ofrece información sobre el estado de conservación de mamíferos y tortugas marinos que habitan en el Mediterráneo y el mar Negro.
Author(s):
- Conigliaro, Michela
- Otero, María del Mar
Organization(s):
- IUCN
- Fondation MAVA pour la nature
- IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC)
- IUCN Centre for Mediterranean Cooperation
This report contains the most comprehensive assessment of the status and trends of the worlds invertebrates conducted to date. It introduces the staggering diversity of invertebrates, ranging from microscopic zooplankton to giant squid.
Author(s):
- Baillie, Jonathan
- Böhm, Monika
- Collen, Ben
- Kemp, Rachael
Organization(s):
- IUCN
- IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC)
- Wildscreen, UK
- Zoological Society of London (ZSL), UK
This report from the IUCN Shark Specialist Group includes the first compilation of conservation status assessments for the 282 chondrichthyan species (sharks, rays, and chimaeras) recorded from North American, Central American, and Caribbean waters.
Author(s):
- Kyne, Peter M.
- Carlson, John K. (John Keith)
- Ebert, David A.
- Fordham, Sonja V.
- Bizzarro, Joseph J.
- Graham, Rachel T.
- Kulka, David W.
- Tewes, Emily E.
- Harrison, Lucy R.
- Dulvy, Nicholas K.
Organization(s):
- IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC)
- IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC), Shark Specialist Group
- Charles Darwin University, Research Institute for the Environment and Livelihoods (RIEL), AU
- Tropical Rivers and Coastal Knowledge (TRaCK), AU
- United States, NOAA
- Ocean Foundation, USA
- Simon Fraser University, CA
- Mote Marine Laboratory and Aquarium, US
- Firedoll Foundation, USA
This document presents detailed plans to conserve and restore populations of the Turks & Caicos Iguana within its historic range, and to perpetuate the iguana as a symbol of national pride and sound environmental management.
Organization(s):
- IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC)
- IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC), Iguana Specialist Group
This booklet presents information on the conservation status of the marine mammals and sea turtles that inhabit the Mediterranean and Black Seas.
Author(s):
- Conigliaro, Michela
- Otero, María del Mar
Organization(s):
- IUCN
- Fondation MAVA pour la nature
- IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC)
- IUCN Centre for Mediterranean Cooperation
Through the long efforts of what began as a group of French volunteers, an exemplary Bat Action Plan has been produced by the Society for the Protection of Prespa at the transboundary level, significantly increasing the limited knowledge on bats in the Transboundary Prespa Park.
Author(s):
- Avramoski, Oliver
- Bego, Ferdinand
- Grémillet, Xavier
- Kazoglou, Yannis
- Papadatou, Elena
- Petkovski, Svetozar
- Stojkoska, Emilija
Organization(s):
- Society for the Protection of Prespa (SPP)
The conservation status of the toothed whales has worsened dramatically since 2001. Since then, more species have been listed in the IUCN Red List as Vulnerable and Nearly Threatended, while the Baiji river dolphin, which used to live in the Yangtze River, is now probably extinct.
Author(s):
- Culik, Boris M.
- Würtz, Maurizio
Organization(s):
- UNEP
- Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals (CMS), Secretariat
- ASCOBANS, Secretariat
- Greenpeace
- Agreement on the Conservation of Cetaceans in the Black Sea Mediterranean Sea and Contigous Atlantic Area (ACCOBAMS), Secretariat
- International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW)
- Loro Parque Fundación, ES
- WWF
Author(s):
- Gales, Nick
- Bannister, J. L.
- Findlay, Ken
- Zerbini, Alexandre N.
- Donovan, Gregory P.
Organization(s):
- International Whaling Commission, UK
This publication represents the latest stage in the efforts toward conservation of Africa's rarest canid, the Ethiopian wolf.
Organization(s):
- IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC), Canid Specialist Group
A Regional Red List Workshop for the carnivores of the Arabian Peninsula took place 8-10 February 2011. The aim of the workshop was to assess the regional conservation status of terrestrial carnivores in the Arabian Peninsula.
Author(s):
- Mallon, David P.
- Budd, Kevin
Organization(s):
- IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC)
- United Arab Emirates, Environment and Protected Areas Authority of Sharjah
- United Arab Emirates, Environment and Protected Areas Authority of Sharjah, Breeding Centre for Endangered Arabian Wildlife
Kombinasi ancaman yang saat ini dihadapi kera besar yang tersisa membutuhkan tindakan konservasi yang segera di semua bidang - dari inisiatif di tingkat lapangan, melalui strategi nasional dan regional, hingga ke konvensi dan rencana aksi internasional.
Author(s):
- Ancrenaz, M.
- Kühl, H.
- Maisels, F.
- Williamson, Elizabeth A.
Organization(s):
- IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC), Primate Specialist Group
Groupers of the World is a guide to all the more than 160 recognised species of these mostly large, colourful, tropical reef fishes, also known as rockcod.
Author(s):
- Craig, Matthew T.
- Sadovy de Mitcheson, Yvonne
- Heemstra, Phillip C.
Organization(s):
- IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC)
- IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC), Groupers and Wrasses Specialist Group
The endangered Andros iguana, Cyclura cychlura cychlura, is the largest native terrestrial vertebrate, and the only iguana (of 3 species) in the Bahamas that is not confined presently to small cays.
Organization(s):
- IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC)
- IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC), Iguana Specialist Group
This publication summarises results for a selection of Europe's native species of vascular plants.
Author(s):
- Bilz, Melanie
- Kell, Shelagh P.
- Maxted, Nigel
- Lansdown, R. V.
Organization(s):
- IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC)
- IUCN, Regional Office for Europe
- IUCN, Species Programme
- European Commission
This publication summarises results for all of Europe's native species of freshwater fishes and lampreys. At least 37% of these species are threatened.
Author(s):
- Brooks, E. G. E.
- Freyhof, Jörg
Organization(s):
- European Commission
- IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC)
- IUCN, Regional Office for Europe
- IUCN, Species Programme
This publication summarises results for all of Europe's native freshwater species of mollusc and for a selection of terrestrial mollusc families.
Author(s):
- Cuttelod, Annabelle
- Seddon, Mary
- Neubert, Elke
Organization(s):
- IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC)
- IUCN, Regional Office for Europe
- IUCN, Species Programme
- European Commission
- Natural History Museum, CH
This second volume in the Handbook of the Mammals of the World series covers 17 families in six orders; although united here, their grouping as "hoofed mammals" is more practical than phylogenetic.
Author(s):
- Mittermeier, Russell A.
- Wilson, Don E.
Organization(s):
- IUCN
- Conservation International
- IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC)
- Texas A & M University, US
This report describes a rapid assessment of Important Plant Areas in the south and east Mediterranean; a project designed to provide the wild plant perspective for the regional investment strategy of the Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund.
Author(s):
- Catullo, G.
- Montmollin, Bertrand de
- Radford, Elizabeth A.
Organization(s):
- IUCN
- Plantlife
- WWF
- IUCN Centre for Mediterranean Cooperation
Le chimpanzé de Schweinfurth est classé En danger et est lobjet dune attention particulière au niveau global pour sa conservation.
Author(s):
- Amsini, F.
- Bennett, E.
- Beyers, R.
- Didier, K.
- Furuichi, T.
- Greer, D.
- Griffin, B.
- Hart, J.
- Hashimoto, C.
- Hernandez, A.
- Hicks, C.
- Idani, G.
- Kamenya, S.
- Kanamori, M.
- Makana, J. R.
- McClennan, M.
- McNeilage, Alastair
- Moore, J.
- Mulindahabi, F.
- Nakamura, M.
- Nangendo, G.
- Nixon, S.
- Ogawa, H.
- Piel, A.
- Pintea, Lilian
- Plumptre, Andrew J.
- Rose, R.
- Sakamaki, T.
- Stewart, F.
- Tranquilli, S.
- Vosper, A.
- Williamson, Elizabeth A.
- Yoshikawa, M.
- Zamma, K.
Organization(s):
- IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC)
Ce rapport présente une évaluation préliminaire des Zones importantes pour les plantes en Méditerranée méridionale et orientale, plus lAlbanie. Dix recommandations ont été formulées, qui contribueront à orienter les actions de conservation de la flore sauvage en Méditerranée.
Author(s):
- Catullo, G.
- Montmollin, Bertrand de
- Radford, Elizabeth A.
Organization(s):
- IUCN
- Plantlife
- WWF
- IUCN Centre for Mediterranean Cooperation
This report describes a rapid assessment of Important Plant Areas in the south and east Mediterranean; a project designed to provide the wild plant perspective for the regional investment strategy of the Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund.
Author(s):
- Catullo, G.
- Montmollin, Bertrand de
- Radford, Elizabeth A.
Organization(s):
- IUCN
- Plantlife
- WWF
- IUCN Centre for Mediterranean Cooperation
An independent scientific review panel was formed under the auspices of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Species Survival Commission (SSC) to review the results of research on belugas (Delphinapterus leucas), or white whales, in the SakhalinAmur region of eastern Russia
Author(s):
- Reeves, Randall R.
- Brownell, Robert L.
- Burkanov, V. N.
- Kingsley, Michael
- Lowry, Lloyd F.
- Taylor, Barbara L.
Organization(s):
- IUCN
- IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC)
- IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC), Cetacean Specialist Group
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