La création de la Réserve naturelle de l'Aïr et du Ténéré (RNNAT) est le fruit d'un processus qui a débuté à l'initiative de l'UICN, du WWF et du PNUE. La RNNAT couvre une surface de 77 360km2 et occupe des paysages très divers.
Author(s):
Giazzi, Franck
Organization(s):
IUCN
Denmark, DANIDA
Niger, Ministère de l'hydraulique et de l'environnement
Overview of the findings of regional TRAFFIC studies in Europe, India, East and Southern Africa, Southeast Asia, East Asia, Oceania and North and South America.
Author(s):
Rose, Debra A.
Organization(s):
TRAFFIC International
Center for Marine Conservation, US
IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC), Shark Specialist Group
The findings from investigations of sturgeon fisheries, and information from caviar importers in consuming countries, sturgeon specialists and fisheries agencies are presented.
The "1994 Red List of Threatened Animals" was a major advance on its predecessors in clarity of layout and amount of information presented. This is taken further in the 1996 edition, which is also the first global compilation to use the complete new IUCN red list category system.
The key steps in the attempt to develop guidelines are covered. The introduction sets in context events so far. Part 1 includes the case studies which were used as a resource for drafting material for the assessment procedure and for examining the practicality of the draft guidelines.
Author(s):
Prescott-Allen, Robert
Prescott-Allen, Christine
Organization(s):
IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC)
IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC), Specialist Group on Sustainable Use of Wild Species
With almost 5000 island and islets, the Mediterranean comprises one of the largest groups of islands in the world. With its wealth of species, high degree of endemism, long history and tolerance of all kinds of disruptions, it is of extremely high value to global biodiversity.
Author(s):
Delanoë, Olivia
Montmollin, Bertrand de
Olivier, Louis
Organization(s):
bio conseils s.a.
Chicago Zoological Society, US
Conservatoire botanique national méditerranéen de Porquerolles
Institut des aménagements régionaux et de l'environnement
IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC), Mediterranean Islands Plant Specialist Group
This action plan chronicles the threats faced by wild orchids, but more importantly to critical habitats that host extraordinarily high orchid diversity and endemicity.
Author(s):
Dumont, Vinciane
Hágsater, Eric
Pridgeon, Alec M.
Organization(s):
Chicago Zoological Society, US
Foundation for the Conservation of Wild Orchids
IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC), Orchid Specialist Group
Outlines approaches to assessment of the status and sustainability of national biodiversity. Methods are introduced for biodiversity survey, assessment of the status of species and habitats, and identification of local users of biological resources and the importance and impacts of such use.
Author(s):
Groombridge, Brian
Jenkins, Martin
Organization(s):
IUCN
UNEP
United Kingdom, Overseas Development Administration
Presents the most comprehensive and up-to-date information available on the 36 wild cats of the world. It includes the first published collection of detailed range maps and some of the first photographs of rare species in the wild.
Author(s):
Jackson, Peter
Nowell, Kristin
Organization(s):
Chicago Zoological Society, US
IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC), Cat Specialist Group
The rationale for this three-volume work covering nearly 250 major sites for conservation of plant diversity worldwide is concern about rapid global loss and degradation of natural ecosystems.
Organization(s):
IUCN
European Communities, Commission
Smithsonian Institution, US
United Kingdom, Overseas Development Administration
Discussions in this report address bear farming in China, Hong Kong's gall bladder registration scheme, biological implications of the legal trade in bear gall bladder in Japan and Taiwan's efforts to monitor its domestic market for bear gall bladder.
This Action Plan highlights the biological importance of these species, reviews current knowledge, and identifies those at risk and the causes, critical areas for conservation, and specific conservation projects.
Author(s):
Stone, David
Organization(s):
Chicago Zoological Society, US
English Nature, UK
IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC), Insectivore, Tree-Shrew and Elephant-Shrew Specialist Group
The international trade in trochus, pearl oyster, bêche-de-mer and giant clam of the South Pacific is examined. Lack of effective measures to ensure sustainable harvest of these near-shore marine resources is documented and needed actions are recommended.
This very first directory of wetlands of one of the most arid zones on earth is intended to increase awareness among decision makers and planners of the consequences of wetland loss and degradation.
Author(s):
Scott, Derek A.
Organization(s):
IUCN
WWF International
International Waterfowl and Wetlands Research Bureau (IWRB)
BirdLife International
Convention on Wetlands of International Importance Especially as Waterfowl Habitat, Ramsar Convention Bureau
This series presents the results of an investigation by IUCNs Global Change Programme into the possible implications of predicted global change for natural systems and their management. This publication examines issues specific to marine ecosystems.
Author(s):
Pernetta, John
Leemans, Rik
Elder, Danny
Humphrey, Sarah
Organization(s):
IUCN, Marine and Coastal Areas Programme
Rijksinstituut voor Volksgezondheid en Milieuhygiene, NL
More than 1,000 species of molluscs are threatened by habitat destruction, over-collection, or predation by alien species. The nine papers and five abstracts in this volume summarise the current status of molluscan diversity.
Author(s):
Kay, E. Alison
Organization(s):
Chicago Zoological Society, US
DEJA, Inc.
IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC), Mollusc Specialist Group