The World List of Threatened Trees - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The World List of Threatened Trees write by . This book was released on 1998. The World List of Threatened Trees available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Tree species are ecologically, culturally and economically valuable components of biodiversity and their conservation is essential to the well-being of people in all countries of the world. With increasing general pressures on ecosystems and selective pressures on species, it has become apparent that many tree species are threatened with extinction. The world list of threatened trees presents the results of the first survey of the conservation status of tree species worldwide.
Rare Trees
Rare Trees - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Rare Trees write by Sara Oldfield. This book was released on 2023-03-21. Rare Trees available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Discover the secrets and beauty of the world’s rarest trees in this fantastic book filled with more than 300 color photographs. Forests cover nearly a third of the world's surface, and the trees that make them up include a staggering diversity of more than 60,000 species. Individual trees play specific ecological roles in their unique environments—and they have adapted to thrive on steep mountains, in cloud forests, on dry savannahs, in parched deserts, and in tropical wetlands. Our history, and our future, are interwoven with the trees that define the regions of our green planet. Rare Trees profiles over 60 unique species that are currently endangered—including the most charismatic, fascinating, and downright bizarre examples from all around the globe. Filled with hundreds of color photographs, maps to help readers identify habitats, and accessible and engaging text by tree experts from the Global Trees Campaign, Rare Trees will give readers a new appreciation for the importance of trees and will inspire them to preserve this critical canopy of life.
World List of Threatened Trees
World List of Threatened Trees - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook World List of Threatened Trees write by . This book was released on 1998. World List of Threatened Trees available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
1997 IUCN Red List of Threatened Plants
1997 IUCN Red List of Threatened Plants - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook 1997 IUCN Red List of Threatened Plants write by World Conservation Monitoring Centre. This book was released on 1998. 1997 IUCN Red List of Threatened Plants available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This book represents the most comprehensive compilation of data on threatened vascular plants ever published. It includes the names of some 33,000 plant species determined to be rare or threatened on a global scale. Conservation assessments were provided by the IUCN Species Survival Commission, the National Botanical Institute (South Africa), Environment Australia, and CSIRO, The Nature Conservancy, the Smithsonian Institution, and the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, together with hundreds of botanic gardens and botanists throughout the world. The Royal Botanic Gardens Edinburgh and the New York Botanical Garden have made major in-kind contributions.The result of 20 years work by botanists and conservationists around the world, it is intended as a conservation tool, a provider of baseline information to measure conservation progress and as a primary source of data on plant species. Most importantly, however, it provides the building blocks on which to base a worldwide effort to conserve plant species.
UNEP-WCMC Species Database
UNEP-WCMC Species Database - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook UNEP-WCMC Species Database write by . This book was released on 2007. UNEP-WCMC Species Database available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The World Conservation Monitoring Centre (WCMC) presents information about the Global Trees Campaign, part of the Tree Conservation Information Service. The WCMC and the World Conservation Union (IUCN) have identified over 8,000 tree species that are threatened with extinction worldwide. The database was used to generate The world list of threatened trees. Cambridge, UK : World Conservation Press, 1998.
