Wildlife in a Changing World: An Analysis of the 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species

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Jean-Christophe Vié, Craig Hilton-Taylor, S. N. Stuart
IUCN, 2009 - Business & Economics - 157 pages
Wildlife in a Changing World presents an analysis of the 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Beginning with an explanation of the IUCN Red List as a key conservation tool, it goes on to discuss the state of the world's species and provides the latest information on the patterns of species facing extinction in some of the most important ecosystems in the world, highlighting the reasons behind their declining status. Areas of focus in the report include: freshwater biodiversity, the status of the world's marine species, species susceptibility to climate change impacts, the Mediterranean biodiversity hot spot, and broadening the coverage of biodiversity assessments.
 

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a key conservation tool
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State of the worlds species
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a hidden resource under threat
43
Broadening the coverage of biodiversity assessments
67
a biodiversity hotspot under threat
89
Summary of the five criteria used to evaluate if a taxon belongs in a threatened category
105
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