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Biological diversity conservation and the law : legal mechanisms for conserving species and ecosystems

Covers the full spectrum of legal mechanisms available for conserving biodiversity. Part 1 discusses the scope of state powers to conserve wild species and habitats, legal mechanisms for controlling taking, procedures for listing species in need of conservation measures, mechanisms for controlling trade and the challenges of enforcement. Part 2 covers area-based conservation at local and national level, as well as in transfrontier protected areas and areas beyond national jurisdiction.

Author(s)
Klemm, Cyrille de
Shine, Clare

The Ramsar convention on wetlands : its history and development

An analysis of the efforts that led to the adoption in 1971 of the first global treaty for nature conservation, with a thorough history of the development of the Convention to the present.

Author(s)
Matthews, G. V. T.

Annotated CITES appendices and reservations

Proceedings of the fourth meeting of the Conference of the Parties. Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora, Gaborone, Botswana, 19 to 30 April 1983

Proceedings of the third meeting of the Conference of the Parties. Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora, New Delhi, India, 25 February to 8 March 1981

Proceedings of the second meeting of the Conference of the Parties. Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora, San José, Costa Rica, 19 to 30 March 1979

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