Biodiversity economics : principles, methods and applications
Swanson, Timothy M.
Global action for biodiversity. An international framework for implementing the Convention on biological diversity
Adopted at the Rio Earth Summit in 1992, the Convention on biological diversity has now been ratified by over 160 countries and forms the backbone of many of the biodiversity activities that have taken place over the last five years. However, despite the unprecedented success of this major international convention, many questions still remain unanswered and many uncertainties prevail.