IUCN National Committee of The Netherlands

Red Lists are valuable for informing species protection policy and are important as indicators as well as a tool for communication between all those involved in species protection. There are some 3,700 Red Lists in use across Europe, but the approach, aims and criteria used vary widely. A partial result of this is that Red List Species are rarely used for European ecological networks and play a modest role in the updating of the Wild Birds and Habitats directives. Great harmonisation in methodology and approaches of Red Lists would help to enhance impact on European Policy.

Colombia’s policy on its indigenous people includes recognizing their rights relating to political and administrative autonomy, land tenure, education and health. This progressive policy has been implemented through the establishment of indigenous reserves called resuguaros, which recognizes the role of traditional indigenous management mechanisms for the conservation of the environment. The greatest impact is in the tropical rainforests of the Colombian Amazon region where more than 20 million hectares are declared Resguardo Indigena.

This booklet contains views and abstracts of articles from the special COP6 edition of the magazine Ecologie & Ontwikkeling (Ecology & Development) published by the Netherlands Committee for IUCN. It reviews the role and importance of the Biodiversity Convention and focuses on the priority themes of the COP6, aiming to briefly sketch some points of view on the history and framework of the Convention.

Esta obra incluye 19 capítulos (de 32 autores de varios países) divididos en dos secciones: 1. Aspectos generales y 2. El Caribe y los países del continente americano. La obra trata los bosques nublados de las Antillas, México, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panamá, Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Perú, Bolivia y Argentina. Cada capítulo trata temas diversos, como ambiente físico, biodiversidad, biogeografía, estructura, productividad, dinámica forestal, ecología, socioeconomía, uso de la tierra, conservación y desarrollo sostenible.

Alien invasive species are considered by the Species Survival Commission to be the second largest threat to indigenous species, following habitat destruction. The Netherlands Committee of IUCN has drawn attention to the growing number of invasive species and organized a conference on the issue in September 2000. This publication contains array of papers presented at the Conference on Alien Invasive Species the held in Leiden, the Netherlands. It also contains summaries of the discussions held during the conference and the recommendations emanating from them.

A comprehensive account of the wildlife trade in Laos, this book is the result of two years' work by the authors, with assistance from two local field researchers and input from a wide range of Lao and foreigners (including Vietnamese, Chinese and Thai informants) with first-hand knowledge of the situation. The authors embarked on the work because they recognised that the wildlife trade is likely to remove many of the key species in Laos while conservation efforts are focussing on forest conservation and management.