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Reefs at risk revisited
(2011)
This report provides a detailed assessment of the status of and threats to the world's coral reefs. It evaluates threats to coral reefs from a wide range of human activities, and includes an assessment of climate-related ...
Coastal capital : ecosystem valuation for decision making in the Caribbean = Capital costero : valoración de los ecosistemas para informar la toma de decisiones en el Caribe
(2014)
[English] This guidebook details the steps in conducting a coastal ecosystem valuation to inform decision making in the Caribbean. It guides valuation practitioners —both economists and non-economists— through the three ...
Reefs at risk revisited : Atlantic
(2011)
The World Resources Institute (WRI) spearheaded a broad collaboration of leading conservation organizations and research institutes to conduct a global, map-based analysis of threats to the world’s coral reefs called Reefs ...
Valuing Caribbean biodiversity knowledge
(2019)
Valuing Caribbean biodiversity for health and wealth requires knowledge of the bioresource so as to better appreciate the myriad of uses and services it provides. Increasing the knowledge base provides increasingly accurate ...
BirdSleuth explorer’s guidebook
(2016)
Become an expert observer! Follow this step-by-step BirdSleuth Explorer’s Guidebook
and use your senses to discover the birds in a park.
The rediscovery of a semi-slug : Coloniconcha prima Pilsbry, 1933 (Gastropoda, Pleurodontidae) from Hispaniola
(2010)
The semi-slug Coloniconcha prima Pilsbry, 1933 is redescribed and its anatomy is described for the first time. The taxonomic position of this species within the Pleurodontidae is being discussed.
El contexto de los servicios ecosistémicos en la región de Centroamérica y el Caribe
(2014)
La biodiversidad es la principal riqueza que tiene Centroamérica y el Caribe para su desarrollo económico y social; riqueza que se manifiesta en existencias de recursos naturales y de flujos de servicios ecosistémicos para ...
Diversity and conservation status of mangrove communities in two areas of Mesocaribea biogeographic region
(2018)
The study of mangrove communities (Avicennia germinans, Conocarpus erectus, Laguncularia racemosa and Rhyzophora mangle) in Central America reveals a total diversity of 121 species included in 7 plant communities, of which ...
The evolution of CITES : a reference to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora : 11th edition - 2018
(2018)
The «Evolution of CITES» became 30 years of age in 2018 and has gone through 10 major updates since its first publication in 1988.
Empowering the grassroots: BirdLife, participation, and local communities
(2011)
The case studies in this book have been selected to show the diversity of ways in which Important Bird Area Local Conservation Groups (LCGs) are working with BirdLife Partners to help conserve what is not just internationally ...