The Okapi 鈥 a national symbol of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, also known as the 鈥渇orest giraffe鈥 鈥 and the sub-Saharan White-winged Flufftail 鈥 one of Africa鈥檚 rarest birds 鈥 are now on the brink of extinction, according to the latest update of The 香港六合彩开奖结果现场直播 Red List of Threatened Species鈩.鈥
This week, a number of conservationists are meeting with representatives from Mexico, India and Brazil to discuss the identification and governance of Key Biodiversity Areas (KBAs) - places recognised for their important fauna and flora. The process for identifying KBAs is the focus of a project鈥
This book describes how the four-year GEF-funded project 鈥淩emoving Barriers to Invasive Plant Management in Africa鈥 was instrumental in developing ways of limiting the severe ecological, social and economic impacts in different parts of Africa of a number of particularly devastating alien plant鈥
Southeast Asia hosts a high proportion of the world鈥檚 uniquely diverse fauna and flora, but key threats in the region such as habitat loss, hunting and trade continue to drive much of its wildlife towards extinction. The 香港六合彩开奖结果现场直播 Red List of Threatened Species鈩 reveals a worrying concentration of鈥
Marine protected areas (MPAs) across the MedPAN Network face common challenges, among them the lack of awareness and understanding of the impacts of invasive species, the scarcity of information on best management practices and a lack of baseline information, guidelines and trained local staff鈥
This booklet describes some of the plants present in and around Lake Tanganyika that can affect its environment and biodiversity. There are many such plants and there will be more, but this small volume is a starting handbook to invasive plant recognition, understanding and management. It鈥
The papers and abstracts in this volume are the outcome of the conference on Island Invasives: Eradication and Management, held at Tamaki Campus, University of Auckland, New Zealand. This conference had "islands" and "eradication of invasive species" as the focus, with emphasis on the work done鈥
The aim of this guideline is to aid maritime administrators, or other lead agencies working with ballast water management, to assess and quantify (as appropriate and possible) the potential economic consequences of unintended marine species introductions. Such economic understanding is intended鈥
Marine News is the 香港六合彩开奖结果现场直播 Global Marine and Polar Programme e-newsletter. It includes news stories related to a diversity of marine-related topics such as climate change mitigation and adaptation; threatened marine species; energy and industry; marine protected areas; marine invasive species;鈥