Numerous scientific studies show that biodiversity in Europe has been declining rapidly for some time and that this pattern has been matched by the great periods of expansion and intensification of land use. This first assessment of the Red List status of Europe’s and the European Union’s mammals shows us that 15% of our species are threatened with extinction, it shows that 27% were identified as declining and another 33% had an unknown population trend. It identifies those species that are threatened with extinction at the regional level – in order that appropriate conservation action can be taken to improve their status.

Biological invasion, an issue of growing importance due to the significant increase in international transportation and trade, can disturb the balance of local ecosystems and even destroy them. This collection of papers presented at the International Conference on Assessment and Control of Biological Invasion Risks held in August 2004 at Yokohama National University discusses risk assessment, risk management and eradication. It also includes contributions reporting on the current status of invasion and the properties of alien species in East Asia.

Drawing on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, the world's most objective and authoritative inventory of species at risk of extinction, this publication combines awe-inspiring imagery with solid science and factual accounts. The result of a collaboration between industry and science, this dramatic new work conveys to the general public the urgency and scale of the current extinction crisis.It describes the extinction process, its causes, and the measures needed to reverse it in terms accessible to everyone. More than simply raising awareness, this book is a call for action to all sectors of society from industry to governments to educators, to work together to save biological diversity. Conserving this diversity is one of the greatest challenges facing mankind today and we hope this book will help inspire more people to take up that challenge.

A global species assessment

IUCN guidelines for re-introductions

IUCN guidelines for re-introductions

The African Convention on the conservation of nature and natural resources was adopted in 1968 in Algiers. Considered the most forward looking regional agreement of the time, it influenced significantly the development of environmental law in Africa. Two and a half decades of intense developments in international environmental law made it necessary to revise this treaty, update its provisions and enlarge its scope. This was undertaken under the auspices of the African Union (previously OAU), and the revision was adopted by its Heads of State and Government in July 2003 in Maputo. This edition of the introduction provides an overview of this new international treaty, as well as a commentary to each of its provisions with texts in both English and French.

The CITES Handbook has been compiled to provide to the Parties to CITES and the wider CITES community the most essential texts for the implementation of the Convention in one single reference publication. It comprises the text of the Convention, Appendices I, II and III, the standard CITES permit/certificate, the Resolutions and the Decisions of the Conference of the Parties to CITES in effect after the 14th meeting (The Hague, 2007). This trilingual edition (English, French and Spanish) exists in CD-ROM only

This book presents the lessons learned from 27 small scale projects that the IUCN National Committee of the Netherlands supported between 2004 and 2006. Their experiences offer a valuable insight into the relationship between tourism and conservation; valuable for conservation projects as well as for tourism companies.

Imaginar el mundo del manana;IUCN's 50th anniversary celebration;Célébrations du 50e anniversaire de l'UICN

Imaginons le monde de demain;IUCN's 50th anniversary celebration;Celebración del 50° aniversario de la UICN

Imagine tomorrow's world;Célébrations du 50e anniversaire de l'UICN;Celebración del 50° aniversario de la UICN