This atlas addresses the remarkable growth in concern for living things and the environment, and the links between them. It provides a comprehensive and accessible view of the key global issues in biodiversity, and outlines some of the broad ecological relationships between humans and the rest of the material world.
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. An essential read for environmentalists, businesses and students alike, this publication contains colour maps, tables and figures summarising the state of the planet.
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. It also includes a first comparative analysis of major river basins, using indicators of biodiversity, the condition of catchment basins and pressures on water resources, in order to generate indices of importance and risk
Marine waters comprise by far the most extensive major ecosystem on the planet. WCMC has produced a region by region account of select issues in marine biological diversity: descriptive text on marine ecosystems, elements of biodiversity (including estimates of species richness and endemism), and marine fisheries. The aim is to help develop an integrated approach to management of marine and coastal biodiversity.
Review of the distribution, status, exploitation and trade in four species.
The report of a project to collect data relating to the world status, exploitation and trade of "Chelonia mydas" and "Eretmochelys imbricata", and to make recommendations relating to their management for consideration by CITES Parties.
Review of the distribution, status and trade in three taxa. It includes a series of recommendations to improve their chances of survival.
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.
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. Also for the first time, all mammal species have been assessed. This group and the birds are the only taxonomic classes where a comprehensive evaluation has been made.
