European Union, Commission

This account of extractive reserves in the Brazilian Amazon region provides practical examples of sustainability based on first-hand reports.

The 2003 version of the CITES Checklist not only provides an alphabetical list of the fauna and flora included in Appendices I, II and III of CITES as adopted by the Conference of the Parties, but includes as well a CD-ROM containing the Annotated Appendices which have an index to family names an

Based on a workshop held to analyse the viability of extraction of NTFPs in Africa and improve knowledge and understanding of the role and potential of NTFPs in forest conservation. Also includes country overview of NTFPs use from fifteen countries.

This checklist provides alphabetical lists of the species of fauna and flora included in Appendices I, II and III of CITES in order to help management and scientific authorities, customs officials, and all others involved in implementing and enforcing the Convention.

Based on the premise that all research done in protected areas can enhance their management, these guidelines, which originated in a parks Congress workshop, provide a source of ready-to-adapt ideas suggesting ways that researchers and managers can work more effectively with each other and with t