Goettsch Mittermeier, Cristina

The IUCN red list : 50 years of conservation commemorates fifty years of outstanding effort and achievement by a worldwide network of scientists and partner organizations, and celebrates their commitment to protect the Earth's precious species. These pages acknowledge and salute the ongoing work of The IUCN Red List to research, identify, and assess the status of our planet's species.

What makes our planet's natural treasures worth saving, and why should we care?  With hundreds of stunning full-color photographs and more than twenty essays from some of the world's most respected scientists, this latest publication in the CEMEX Conservation Book Series aims to provide some of these answers. With scientific analyses, The Wealth of Nature offers a detailed explanation of the various ecosystem services that support and regulate all natural processes on Earth.

Transboundary conservation areas are environmentally endangered regions that sprawl across international borders and contain multiple protected areas. Recent studies estimate that there are now 188 transboundary conservation areas in 112 countries, making up about 17 percent of the designated protected areas around the world. This book specifically examines 28 of these areas, found across all continents, from Asia to Antarctica, and in several oceans.