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… the world’s most authoritative voice on behalf of global biodiversity conservation and the sustainability of natural … Marine Invertebrates RLA; Otters; Peccaries; Pelicans; Polar Bears; and Tortoises and Freshwater Turtles. In the … initiatives. • Identification, with Global Marine and Polar Programme, of Regional Fishery Management Organization …

… It is part of the growing toolbox for assessing risks to biodiversity and aims to support conservation, resource use, … grow to much larger sizes than related taxa in non-polar regions (Chapelle & Peck, 1999). 4.2.4 Abiotic … 109:143–171. Chapelle, G. and Peck, L.S. (1999). ‘Polar gigantism dictated by oxygen availability’. Nature …

… Global Protected Areas Programme & Global Marine and Polar Programme Rue Mauverney 28 1196 Gland Switzerland Tel … local responses that also achieve mutual benefits for biodiversity conservation and community resilience. Inger … species (octopus, holothurians) and provided strict biodiversity havens within the Mohéli island ecosystem. • The …

… sedimentation, deforestation, grassland degradation, and biodiversity loss. Erratic rainfall and prolonged periods of … semi-arid and dry sub-humid areas” means areas (other than polar and sub-polar regions) in which the ratio of annual precipitation to …

… that will all contribute to meeting global targets for biodiversity conser- vation, such as the Convention on … Species Conservation. 7 Guidelines for the Prevention of Biodiversity Loss Caused by Alien Invasive Species. … Earth’s terrestrial habitats with the exceptions of both polar ice caps. Reptiles also occur in a variety 79 Annex 2: …

… and Mansour, J.A. (Ed.) (1996). Traditional peoples and biodiversity conservation in large tropical landscapes. … Research 25: 362–392. Tisdell, C.A. (1995). Issues in biodiversity conservation including the role of local … Argounova, T. (1994). Republic of Sakha (Yakutia). Scott Polar Research Institute, University of Cambridge. …