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Impacts of Ocean Acidification on Marine Biodiversity
(UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC), 2010)
UNEP-WCMC has provided technical support to the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) to conduct a major study of more than 300 scientific literatures to synthesise the observed and predicted impacts ...
Availability of Biodiversity Information for East Africa
(UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC), 1992)
The project AvailabUity of Biodiversity Information for East Africa came about in response to the need for a systematic review of the data holdings for the region in support of conservation and sustainable development. ...
Checklist of CITES Species and Annotated CITES Appendices and Reservations
(UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC), 2005)
This book provides a Checklist of the fauna and the flora listed in Appendices I, II and III of CITES as adopted by the Conference of the Parties, valid from 17 February 2005. It is hoped that these lists will act as an ...
Checklist of birds listed in the CITES appendices and in EC Regulation 338/97
(UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC), 1999)
In April 1991, the Nature Conservancy Council for England, Countryside Council for Wales and Scottish Natural Heritage acting together through the Joint Nature Conservation Committee were appointed by the Secretary of State ...
Ecologically sensitive sites in Africa. Volume 4: West Africa
(UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC), 1993)
This publication is made in response to requests from task managers in the Africa region who wanted to know the location and properties of the ecologically sensitive sites in Africa to which they could refer while implementing ...
Forest Biodiversity Indicators. Tools for Policy-making and Management
(UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC), 2001)
This is a brief introduction to biodiversity indicators in a forest environment - their definition, source, presentation and uses.
European plants in peril: a review of threatened plants in the European Community (1989)
(UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC), 1989)
This booklet draws attention to the problems of habitat loss or degradation within the territory of the European Community and presents a selection of those plant species which are, as a consequence, under threat. It ...
Impacts of Climate Change on Wildlife
(UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC), 2001)
The impacts of "human-induced" climate change are now being observed in every aspect of life, and it is the most significant and far-reaching current environmental threat. In the last few decades, natural scientists and ...
A global overview of wetland and marine protected areas on the World Heritage List
(UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC), 1997)
This working paper provides a global overview of the current coverage of existing World Heritage sites with wetland and marine values and suggests potential wetland areas which may merit future nomination to the World ...
Checklist of reptiles and amphibians listed in the CITES appendices
(UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC), 1995)
The intention of this work is to provide a combined list of amphibian and reptile species appearing in Appendices I, II and III of CITES, indicating both the current Appendix and the lUCN conservation status category. This ...