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World Conservation Press

Non IUCN Publication

Water birds on the edge : first circumpolar assessment of climate change impact on Arctic breeding water birds

Author(s):

  • Zöckler, Christoph
  • Lysenko, Igor

Organization(s):

  • WCMC
Publication Year: 
2000
Non IUCN Publication

A global review of protected areas budgets and staff

Over 600 protected area agencies world-wide were surveyed on their budgets and staffing levels. From the 108 countries surveyed it emerged that budgetary provision was very uneven - ranging from $24 to $12,308 per km2.

Author(s):

  • James, Alexander N.
  • Green, Michael John Beverley
  • Paine, James R.

Organization(s):

  • IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas (WCPA)
  • WCMC
Publication Year: 
1999
Non IUCN Publication

Global biodiversity : earth's living resources in the 21st century

A new millenium is a fine opportunity to reflect on humanity's relationship with the rest of life on Earth - its biodiversity. Are natural ecosystems and species essential to our own success? And are we destroying them? The answers lie within this unique volume.

Author(s):

  • Groombridge, Brian
  • Jenkins, Martin

Organization(s):

  • WCMC
  • Hoechst Foundation
Publication Year: 
2000
Non IUCN Publication

Conservation and sustainable management of trees

Author(s):

  • Lusty, Charlotte
  • Oldfield, Sara

Organization(s):

  • IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC)
  • WCMC
Publication Year: 
1998
Non IUCN Publication

The global trade in coral

Author(s):

  • Green, Edmund P.
  • Shirley, Frances

Organization(s):

  • WCMC
Publication Year: 
1999
Non IUCN Publication

Freshwater biodiversity : a preliminary global assessment

This document provides information on inland waters and their biodiversity, and includes the first global assessment of areas of special importance for freshwater biodiversity, based on expert opinion and data.

Author(s):

  • Groombridge, Brian
  • Jenkins, Martin

Organization(s):

  • UNEP
  • WCMC
Publication Year: 
1998
Non IUCN Publication

Industrial reliance on biodiversity : a Darwin Initiative project

Author(s):

  • Luxmoore, R. A.
  • Swanson, Timothy M.

Organization(s):

  • Darwin Initiative, UK
  • WCMC
Publication Year: 
1997
IUCN Publication

The world list of threatened trees

Summaries are provided on the conservation status of over 7,000 globally threatened tree species with the 1994 IUCN categories and criteria assigned. The conservation evaluations were carried out in association with members of the IUCN SSC Specialist Groups and a wide range of experts worldwide.

Author(s):

  • Lusty, Charlotte
  • MacKinven, Amy
  • Oldfield, Sara

Organization(s):

  • IUCN
  • IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC)
  • WCMC
Publication Year: 
1998
Non IUCN Publication

Biodiversity conservation in the tropics : gaps in habitat protection and funding priorities

This study makes use of extensive spatial datasets, not previously available, to provide for the first time a comprehensive assessment of the conservation status of biodiversity in the terrestrial tropics.

Author(s):

  • Murray, M. G.
  • Green, Michael John Beverley
  • Bunting, Gillian
  • Paine, James R.

Organization(s):

  • WCMC
Publication Year: 
1997
Non IUCN Publication

The diversity of the seas : a regional approach

Marine waters comprise by far the most extensive major ecosystem on the planet.

Author(s):

  • Groombridge, Brian
  • Jenkins, Martin

Organization(s):

  • WCMC
Publication Year: 
1996
Non IUCN Publication

Biodiversity data sourcebook

This work includes 140 pages of tabular data with supporting text and graphics, covering country species diversity, threatened species, national Red Data Book, major food crops, domestic livestock, marine resources, tropical forests, protected areas and systematics collections.

Author(s):

  • Groombridge, Brian
  • Jenkins, Martin

Organization(s):

  • WCMC
  • IUCN
  • WWF International
  • UNEP
Publication Year: 
1994
Non IUCN Publication

Assessing biodiversity status and sustainability

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
  • WCMC
  • WWF International
Publication Year: 
1996
Non IUCN Publication

Priorities for conserving global species richness and endemism

This report reviews current knowledge of global biodiversity, discusses priorities, assesses policies required, and suggests where efforts of the Convention and its financial mechanisms should be focused.

Author(s):

  • Caldecott, Julian Oliver
  • Groombridge, Brian
  • Jenkins, Martin
  • Johnson, Timothy H. (Timothy Hugh)

Organization(s):

  • IUCN
  • UNEP
  • United Kingdom, Overseas Development Administration
  • WCMC
  • WWF International
Publication Year: 
1994
Non IUCN Publication

The biodiversity information clearing house : concept and challenges

Prepared as an input to the discussions on the establishment, under the auspices of the Convention, of a clearing house to promote and facilitate technical and scientific cooperation in the field of conservation and sustainabile use of biological diversity.

Author(s):

  • Crain, Ian K.

Organization(s):

  • WCMC
  • IUCN
  • UNEP
  • WWF International
Publication Year: 
1994
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