IUCN Environmental Policy and Law Occasional Paper

This publication consists of four parts – the first contains reports on the wildlife legislation of 45 African States. Each report gives a general overview of the existing law, and summarizes the provisions of the legislation dealing with national and international trade. The second part contains bibliographic information on each relevant legal instrument together with an abstract, and the species covered.

Commissioned by the Federal Republic of Germany for the First Conference of the Parties to the Migratory Species Convention, this document contains an overview of all international conventions dealing with migratory species to date. The second part contains information on each convention, including the species covered and a summary of their provisions.