Proceedings of the tenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties. Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora, Harare, Zimbabwe, 9 to 20 June 1997
1999
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