UNEP-WCMC biodiversity series

Non IUCN Publication

From ocean to aquarium : the global trade in marine ornamental species

Author(s):

  • Wabnitz, Collette
  • Taylor, Michelle
  • Green, Edmund P.
  • Razak, Tries

Organization(s):

  • UNEP-WCMC
Publication Year: 
2003
Non IUCN Publication

Bamboo biodiversity : Africa, Madagascar and the Americas

Author(s):

  • Bystriakova, Nadia
  • Kapos, Valerie
  • Lysenko, Igor

Organization(s):

  • UNEP-WCMC
  • INBAR International Network for Bamboo and Rattan
Publication Year: 
2004
Non IUCN Publication

Bamboo biodiversity : information for planning conservation and management in the Asia-Pacific region

Author(s):

  • Bystriakova, Nadia
  • Kapos, Valerie
  • Stapleton, Chris
  • Lysenko, Igor

Organization(s):

  • UNEP-WCMC
  • INBAR International Network for Bamboo and Rattan
Publication Year: 
2003
Non IUCN Publication

Mangroves of East Africa

Author(s):

  • Taylor, Michelle
  • Ravilious, Corinna
  • Green, Edmund P.

Organization(s):

  • UNEP-WCMC
  • UNEP, GPA
Publication Year: 
2003
IUCN Publication

In the front line : shoreline protection and other ecosystem services from mangroves and coral reefs

The Indian Ocean tsunami of 2004 and the catastrophic hurricane season in the Gulf of Mexico in 2005 have had tragic and devastating consequences for the global community and have drawn attention to the vulnerability of tropical coastal ecosystems.

Author(s):

  • Wells, Sue
  • Ravilious, Corinna
  • Corcoran, Emily

Organization(s):

  • UNEP-WCMC
  • International Coral Reef Action Network (ICRAN)
  • IUCN
Publication Year: 
2006
IUCN Publication

Protected areas and biodiversity : an overview of key issues

Author(s):

  • Mulongoy, K.
  • Chape, Stuart

Organization(s):

  • UNEP-WCMC
  • Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), Secretariat
  • IUCN
  • Swedish Scientific Council on Biological Diversity, SE
  • International Council on Mining and Metals, UK
  • Shell International Limited
Publication Year: 
2004
IUCN Publication

Cloud forest agenda

Cloud forests represent a rare and fragile ecosystem that is under threat in many parts of the world. These rich mountain forests make up no more than 2.5 per cent of the world's tropical forests but contain a disproportionately large number of the world's species.

Author(s):

  • Bubb, Philip
  • May, Ian
  • Miles, Lera
  • Sayer, Jeffrey

Organization(s):

  • UNEP-WCMC
  • IUCN Commission on Ecosystem Management (CEM)
  • UNESCO, Man and the Biosphere Programme (MAB)
Publication Year: 
2004
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