Author: Jonathan Baillie
Publisher: IUCN
ISBN: 9782831708263
Category : Endangered plants
Languages : en
Pages : 228

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Applies Red List data to calculate a Red List Index.

Author: Craig Hilton-Taylor
Publisher: IUCN
ISBN: 2831705649
Category : Endangered plants
Languages : en
Pages : 84

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Release of the 2000 Red List is a major landmark for IUCN. It is the first time that listings of animals and plants have been combined and the first time that the Red List has been produced on CD-ROM. The 2000 Red List combines new assessmentsincluding all bird species, many antelope and bat species, most primates and sharks, all Asian freshwater turtles, more molluscs, and many otherswith those from previous publications. The combination of animals and plants into a single list containing assessments of more than 18,000 taxa (11,000 of which are threatened species) and the move towards improved documentation of each species on the list means that a hard-copy version of the Red List would run to several volumes. This, combined with the fact that the Red List will be updated annually, led to the decision to release the Red List in electronic format, via the World Wide Web and as a CD-ROM.

Author: Jean-Christophe Vié
Publisher: IUCN
ISBN: 2831710634
Category : Biodiversity conservation
Languages : en
Pages : 184

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"Wildlife in a Changing World" presents an analysis of the 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Beginning with an explanation of the IUCN Red List as a key conservation tool, it goes on to discuss the state of the world s species and provides the latest information on the patterns of species facing extinction in some of the most important ecosystems in the world, highlighting the reasons behind their declining status. Areas of focus in the report include: freshwater biodiversity, the status of the world s marine species, species susceptibility to climate change impacts, the Mediterranean biodiversity hot spot, and broadening the coverage of biodiversity assessments."

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Publisher: Bright Sparks
ISBN:
Category : Endangered plants
Languages : en
Pages : 668

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Tree species are ecologically, culturally and economically valuable components of biodiversity and their conservation is essential to the well-being of people in all countries of the world. With increasing general pressures on ecosystems and selective pressures on species, it has become apparent that many tree species are threatened with extinction. The world list of threatened trees presents the results of the first survey of the conservation status of tree species worldwide.

Author: Kevin G. Smith
Publisher: IUCN
ISBN: 9782831709086
Category : Endangered species
Languages : en
Pages : 44

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Author: Neftalí Ríos-López
Publisher: Pelagic Publishing Ltd
ISBN: 178427268X
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 568

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An expansive and detailed review of the biology of Caribbean amphibians, considering their threats, conservation and outlook in a changing world. Amphibians are the group of vertebrates undergoing the fastest rate of extinction; it is urgent that we understand the causes of this and find means of protecting them. This landmark illustrated volume brings together the leading experts in the field. As well as offering an overview of the region as a whole, individual chapters are devoted to each island or island-group and the measures used to protect their amphibians through legislation or nature reserves. The biological background of insular biogeography, including its methods, analysis and results, is reviewed and applied specifically to the problems of Caribbean amphibians – this includes a re-examination of patterns and general ideas about the status of amphibians in the Anthropocene. The Conservation and Biogeography of Amphibians in the Caribbean offers an important baseline against which future amphibian conservation can be measured in the face of climate change, rising sea level and a burgeoning human population. Covers over 300 species.

Author: IUCN Species Survival Commission
Publisher: IUCN
ISBN: 9782831707389
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 32

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These guidelines provide a logical framework for assessing species at sub-global levels; a means of sharing status information with neighboring countries; and a suggested format for documentation and publication of listings to improve compatibility with the global IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.

Author: Rodolfo Cabrera Hernandez
Publisher: IUCN
ISBN: 2831717175
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 350

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The potential for numerous amphibian species to go extinct in Oaxaca and Chiapas is high and worthy of being considered a major environmental problem. This report summarizes the findings of a project aimed at gathering information at 16 sites in southern Mexico which had been identified in 2005 as being essential to the continued existence of 22 highly threatened amphibian species, the hope being that it could help initiate conservation action. Site and species information are presented as a series of profiles.

Author: S. N. Stuart
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Amphibians
Languages : en
Pages : 784

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"Amphibians are facing an extinction crisis, but getting to the facts has been difficult. "Threatened Amphibians of the World" is a visual journey through the first-ever comprehensive assessment of the conservation status of the world's 6,000 known species of frogs, toads, salamanders, and caecilians. All 1,900 species known to be threatened with extinction are covered, including a description of threats to each species and an evaluation of conservation measures in place or needed. Each entry includes a photograph or illustration of the species where available, a distribution map, and detailed information on range, population and habitat and ecology. Introductory chapters present a detailed analysis of the results, complemented by a series of short essays written by many of the world's leading herpetologists. Appendices include annoted lists of lower risk species and a country-by-country listing of threatened amphibians."--pub. desc.

Author: International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources
Publisher: IUCN
ISBN: 2831706335
Category : Endangered species
Languages : en
Pages : 35

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