Dragonflies, those beautiful and colourful creatures which can often be seen hovering above water, pre-date dinosaurs. Today, some 5,000 species have been described and many more await discovery and description.
Author(s):
Moore, N. W. (Norman Winfrid)
Organization(s):
Chicago Zoological Society, US
IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC), Odonata Specialist Group
Found in a variety of forms and sometimes with very attractive flowers, cacti and other succulents have elicited widespread interest and tremendous popularity worldwide.
Author(s):
Oldfield, Sara
Organization(s):
Chicago Zoological Society, US
IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC), Cactus and Succulent Specialist Group
The Ethiopian wolf is one of many species endemic to the highlands of Ethiopia but with only about 400 adults remaining, it is also the most endangered canid in the world.
Author(s):
Macdonald, David W. (David Whyte)
Sillero-Zubiri, Claudio
Organization(s):
Born Free
Chicago Zoological Society, US
IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC), Canid Specialist Group
This handbook illustrates concepts, methods and tools for "primary environmental care", an approach that seeks to empower communities to meet basic needs while protecting the environment.
The Begnas and Rupa lake watershed area, situated in the mid-hills of Nepal, is exceptionally rich in flora and fauna, and has significant tourist value. The ecology is critically threatened by increasing human intervention.
Organization(s):
IUCN Nepal
Nepal, National Conservation Strategy Implementation Programme
Cave and karst landforms are distributed widely around the world. They have many values and are an integral component of the world's biodiversity. Some are habitats for a wide range of endemic species of flora and fauna, while others house rare and endangered species.
Organization(s):
IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas (WCPA), Working Group on Cave and Karst Protection
Books and papers on medicinal plants number tens of thousands worldwide. The bulk of them relate to pharmacology and medicinal properties or to classical ethnobotanical research.
Author(s):
Schippmann, Uwe
Organization(s):
IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC), Medicinal Plant Specialist Group
Stocks of sturgeono used for caviar are on the decline worldwide with some species now in danger of extinction. This situation has been caused partly by excessive fishing of sturgeon, but also by the destruction of sturgeon habitats and water pollution.
Author(s):
Birstein, Vadim J.
Bauer, Andreas
Kaiser-Pohlmann, Astrid
Organization(s):
IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC)
Germany, Ministry of the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety
Germany, Bundesamt für Naturschutz
IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC), Sturgeon Specialist Group
