This report reviews European trade and documents the results of in-depth studies in eight countries: Albania, Bulgaria, France, Germany, Hungary, Spain, Turkey and the UK. It identifies 150 species that could be at risk in one or several countries from over-collection in the wild and provides a range of recommendations to assist in the conservation of these species
This represents the most comprehensive compilation of data on threatened vascular plants ever published. It includes the names of some 33,000 plant species determined to be rare or threatened on a global scale. Conservation assessments were provided by the IUCN Species Survival Commission, the National Botanical Institute (South Africa), Environment Australia and CSIRO,.
The papers published in this volume were presented at a workshop organised by the IUCN Sustainable Use Initiative (SUI) during the first World Conservation Congress in late 1996. The first section includes several thought provoking papers on broad issues pertaining to sustainable use. Three subsequent sections include papers from workshop sessions organised by Regional Specialist Groups on artisanal fisheries, community-based management of forests and managing wildlife for sustainable use.
