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  • 1
    Book
    Book
    New York, NY [u.a.] : Prentice-Hall Press
    Keywords: natural resources - maps ; geography, economic - maps ; human geography - maps ; Atlas ; Umwelt
    Type of Medium: Book
    Pages: 192 S. , Ill., graph. Darst., Kt.
    Edition: 1. Prentice Hall Pr. ed.
    ISBN: 0130504696 , 013050436X
    DDC: 333.7/0223
    Language: English
    Note: Nebent.: Atlas of the environment
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  • 2
    Online Resource
    Online Resource
    Washington, D. C. :Island Press,
    Keywords: Biodiversity conservation-Africa. ; Ecological regions-Africa. ; Freshwater ecology-Africa. ; Biodiversity conservation-Madagascar. ; Ecological regions-Madagascar. ; Freshwater ecology-Madagascar. ; Electronic books.
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    Pages: 1 online resource (456 pages)
    Edition: 1st ed.
    ISBN: 9781597267915
    Series Statement: World Wildlife Fund Ecoregion Assessments Series
    DDC: 333.95/2816/096
    Language: English
    Note: Intro -- About Island Press -- Title Page -- Copyrights Page -- Table of Contents -- List of Special Essays -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- List of Boxes -- Acronyms and Abbreviations -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Ch. 1: Introduction -- The Evolution and Diversity of Africa's Freshwater Systems -- Threats -- Structure of the Book -- Essay 1.1: Contribution of Inland Fisheries to Rural Livelihoods and Food Security in Africa: an Overview -- Essay 1.2: The Economic Value of Africa's Wetlands -- Essay 1.3: Dragonflies: Sensitive Indicators of Freshwater Health -- Ch. 2: Approach -- Geographic Scope of the Study -- Ecoregions and Bioregions -- Freshwater Habitat Types -- Conceptual Foundations -- Elements of Analysis: Biological Distinctiveness and Conservation Staus Indexes -- Integrating Biological Distinctiveness and Conservation Status -- Ch. 3: Biological Distinctiveness of African Ecoregions -- Africa and Madagascar's Fresh Waters: Teeming wiht Life -- Species Biological Values -- Combining Species Richness and Endemism: Preliminary Biological Distinctiveness -- Nonspecies Biological Values -- Synthesis of Biological Distinctiveness Data -- Conclusions -- Essay 3.1: Freshwater Fish Biodiversity in the Congo Basin -- Essay 3.2: Freshwater Fish Biodiversity in the Congo Basin -- Essay 3.3: Baseline Fish Biodiversity Surveys: African Wildlife Foundations Experiences from the Zambezi River, Southern Africa -- Essay 3.4: Cichlid Species Flocks in Small Cameroonian Lakes -- Essay 3.5: The Niger Delta in Nigeria: A Hotspot and a Crossroad for Freshwater Fish Biodiversity -- Essay 3.6: Madagascar's Freshwater Fishes: An Imperiled Treasure -- Ch. 4: Reversing the Flow: Conservation Status of Africa's Freshwater Ecoregions -- Snapshot Conservation Status -- Future Threat Assessment -- Final Conservation Status. , Essay 4.1: Invasive Alien Species in African Freshwater Ecosystems -- Essay 4.2: Impacts of Fishing on Inland Fish Populations in Africa -- Essay 4.3: Climate Change, Human Water Use, and Freshwater Ecosystems in Africa: Looking toward the Future -- Ch. 5: Setting Priorities for Biodiversity Conservation among Africa's Freshwater Ecoregion -- The Priority-Setting Matrix -- Integrating Biological Importance and Conservation Status Indexes: Where to Act First -- Priority Ecoregions -- Comparison with Other Priority-Setting Exercises -- Summary -- Essay 5.1: Safeguarding Human Health, Safeguarding Aquatic Snail Diversity: Conflicting Goals? -- Ch. 6: Africa's Freshwater Systems and Their Future -- Who's Watching the Water -- Conservation Planning in Ecoregions and River Basins -- Visionary Work in Freshwater Ecoregions and River Basins -- Challenges to Freshwater Conservation and Sustainable Development in Africa and Madagascar -- Essay 6.1: The Convention on Wetlands (Ramsar): An International Treaty Sparks Freshwater Conservation -- Essay 6.2: Lake Naivasha, Kenya: Community Management of a Ramsar Site -- Essay 6.3: African Wildlife Foundation Experience in the Management of Fishery Resources in Two Southern African Landscapes -- Essay 6.4: Fish out of Water? Competing for Water for Africa's Freshwater Ecosystems -- Essay 6.5: Freshwater Ornamental Fishes: A Rural Livelihood Option for Africa? -- Essay 6.6: Some, for All, Forever: A New South African Water Law -- Appendix A: Methods for Assessing the Biological Distinctiveness of Freshwater Ecoregions -- Appendix B: Methods for Assessing the Conservation Status of Freshwater Ecoregions -- Appendix C: Data on the Species Richness and Endemism of Ecoregions -- Appendix D: Data on the Biological Distinctiveness, Conservation Status, and Priority Class of Ecoregions. , Appendix E: Statistical Analyses of Biological Distinctiveness and Conservation Status Data -- Appendix F: Ecoregion Descriptions -- Glossary -- Literature Cited -- List of Authors -- Index.
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  • 3
    Online Resource
    Online Resource
    Cambridge :Harvard University Press,
    Keywords: Vienna Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer-(1985 March 22).-Protocols, etc.-(1987 September 15). ; Ozone layer depletion-Law and legislation. ; Air-Pollution-Law and legislation. ; Air quality management-International cooperation. ; Electronic books.
    Description / Table of Contents: The first edition of this book offered an insider's view of the politics, economics, science, and diplomacy involved in creating the 1987 Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer. Now Benedick--a principal architect and chief U.S. negotiator of the treaty--brings us to the eve of the treaty's 10th anniversary.
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    Pages: 1 online resource (471 pages)
    Edition: 1st ed.
    ISBN: 9780674020757
    DDC: 363.7/3875
    Language: English
    Note: Intro -- Contents -- Foreword to the First Edition -- Preface to the First Edition -- Preface to the Enlarged Edition -- Abbreviations -- 1. Lessons from History -- 2. The Science: Models of Uncertainty -- 3. Spray Cans and Europolitics -- 4. Prelude to Consensus -- 5. Forging the U.S. Position -- 6. The Sequence of Negotiations -- 7. Points of Debate -- 8. The Immediate Aftermath -- 9. New Science, New Urgency -- 10. The Road to Helsinki -- 11. The Protocol in Evolution -- 12. The South Claims a Role -- 13. Strong Decisions in London -- 14. Accelerating the Phaseout -- 15. A New Phase for the Protocol -- 16. "Common but Differentiated Responsibilities" -- 17. Promoting Compliance -- 18. New Controls for North and South -- 19. A New Global Diplomacy: Ozone Lessons and Climate Change -- Chronology -- Appendix A. Vienna Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer, March 1985 -- Appendix B. Montreal Protocol on Substances That Deplete the Ozone Layer, September 1987 -- Appendix C. London Revisions to the Montreal Protocol, June 1990 (Excerpts) -- Appendix D. Montreal Protocol Phaseout Schedules -- Appendix E. Terms of Reference for the Multilateral Fund -- Appendix F. Terms of Reference of the Executive Committee -- Appendix G. Noncompliance Procedure -- Appendix H. The Nearly Universal Treaty: Parties to the 1985 Vienna Convention and 1987 Montreal Protocol, with Ratifications -- Notes -- Select Ozone Bibliography -- Index.
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  • 4
    Description / Table of Contents: This report presents comprehensive and up-to-date information and data on marine cold-water coral reefs from around the world. Cold-water Coral Reefs: out of sight - no longer out of mind aims to provide policy makers with the information required to take concerted action in the conservation, protection and sustainable management of these beautiful, largely unexplored and fragile coral reefs.
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    Pages: Online-Ressource (84 S.)
    Series Statement: UNEP-WCMC biodiversity series 22
    Language: English
    Note: Includes bibliographical references. - Gesehen am 20.09.2013 , Gesehen am 20.09.2013 , Erscheinungsjahr in Vorlageform:2004
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  • 5
    Online Resource
    Online Resource
    Chicago :Island Press,
    Keywords: Wetland conservation. ; Electronic books.
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    Pages: 1 online resource (288 pages)
    Edition: 1st ed.
    ISBN: 9781610913270
    DDC: 353.9/382326
    Language: English
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