This book traces the history of the United States Bureau of Biological Survey and discusses the role of its scientists in the United States.
Coastal grazing marsh is flat, low lying pasture which has been reclaimed from target_idal salt marsh by the construction of sea walls. The Thames Estuary grazing marshes are known for the occurrence of nationally uncommon plants and invertabrates, and their ability to support nationally significant populations of breeding and wintering birds.
Mediante 1012 entrevistas directas dirigidas a adultos se realizó una encuesta en Nicaragua - excluyendo la población de la región Atlántica - sobre tenencia de fauna silvestre. La proporción de hogares con fauna silvestre fue de 22.3%. Los géneros Brotogeris, Aratinga, Amazona, Pionus y Kinosternon / Rhynochlemys fueron los taxa encontrados con mayor frecuencia en los hogares.
Central Africa has been identified as one of the main sources of illegal ivory fueling unregulated domestic ivory trade throughout West and Central Africa and overseas destinations, especially Asia, in recent years. This report presents the results of field surveys of ivory markets carried out in 11 cities of five Central African countries in 2007, 2009, 2014 and 2015 by two different researchers, one in 2007 and 2009, and another in 2014 and 2015, using the same methodology.
Visitors to parks and protected areas impact at many levels: political, economic, social and ecological. To ensure effective park management for increasing visitor numbers, good quality global data on visitor use is necessary. This manual describes terms, approaches and techniques for gathering information about public use of parks and protected areas.
This report provides a summary overview of Bangkok’s ivory marketplace, and provides comparisons with TRAFFIC’s previous market surveys in 2013 and early 2014.
