Wetlands in Danger provides the reader with a unique overview of the state of the world's wetlands. The extensive atlas section, with maps showing their conservation status, is the result of a major mapping collaboration with WCMC and IUCN. Throughout the atlas, colourful feature spreads focus on wetland issues in each region. The book concludes with positive recommendations for the future of wetland, and their conservation.
This book aims to present the state of the world's deserts, their peoples and their wildlife and also provides a basis for action. It reveals the beauty of desert landscapes and their ecology, and the cultures of the desert peoples. It examines the impact of the changes in global climate and the effects of recent catastrophes. The extensive atlas section of the book maps the world's deserts region by region, charting their growth, agricultural development at their margins, the locations of resources, and pattern of human settlement.
Oceans identifies conservation issues and proposes actions to conserve the marine environment and its enormous biological diversity. It explains how the oceans work and vividly presents the myriad variety of underwater life forms and habitats. The core of this book is an atlas mapping every ocean to show resources, human impacts, threatened species, topographical features and important regional issues. The maps, based on reseach undertaken by IUCN, are complemented by features on wildlife and human uses and abuses of regional marine resources.
