A visual survey of some of our world's rare and endangered mammals. It features photographs of 60 mammals on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. It combines imagery with factual information, narrative, and a message.

The Endangered Species Act (ESA) protects species identified as endangered with extinction and attempts to protect the habitat on which they depend. This book discusses the major provisions of the ESA, both domestic and international, and also discusses some of the background issues, such as extinction, and the effectiveness of the statute.

Argues that neither position does justice to the range of strategies that farmers use to manage agrobiodiversity and other livelihood assets as they adapt to changing social, economic, and environmental circumstances.

This diary of Stephen Fry's relates his trips to Peru tracking Paddington Bear's roots and more seriously, rescuing a young Spectacled bear, one of the world's endangered species. He also includes how a mate was found for the first bear, while on a subsequent trip to Peru.

How many giant pandas are left in the world? Why is so little known about the giant panda? Why do giant pandas have black and white fur? Ages 9-12.

A love of landscape and countryside lies at the very heart of British life, yet most of us have long lost touch with our rural roots. In this heart-warming and affectionate celebration of the countryside, cousins Sir Richard Heygate (the Bart) and Mike Daunt (the Bounder), countrymen themselves, travel the length and breadth of the British Isles chronicling the stories of an 'endangered species' -

This is an abridged and updated version of the award-winning publication 'Virginia's Endangered Species' (1991). An introduction summarises Virginia's natural habitats, conservation laws, and the responsibilities of the various state agencies involved in the conservation of biotic diversity in the Commonwealth. Most of the book consists of one-page descriptions and discussions of those species of

Ages 10+.

Witness to Extinction tells the story of the demise of the beautiful Yangtze River Dolphin. It is a compelling, heartfelt account by a young naturalist involved in increasingly desperate attempts to save this legendary creature. We failed the dolphin, but we can learn from this, and fight to protect other remarkable animals before it is too late.

The conservation of biodiversity is a big business. This guide to conservation banking explains what it is and how it works. It provides practical guidance, tools, case studies, analysis and insights into conservation banking and other market-based approaches to conservation.

Offers information on endangered mammal species such as the panda, the Arabian oryx and the bonobo. This atlas examines different ecosystems, the major threats to their inhabitants and steps being taken towards conservation. It contains maps covering environmental impacts of human development.

Presents an overview of endangered species as a result of certain factors such as climate change, extensive urbanisation, overgrazing, and agricultural expansion. This book provides an overview of the global usage of felines in traditional folk medicine and as a result, their danger of becoming extinct.

Princess Royal Island - an uninhabited parcel of land off the coast of British Columbia - is home to the rare Kermode bear. This is the story of Charles Russell's quest to forge a unique relationship of mutual trust with this magestic animal so that he can help protect them against the ravages of the modern world.

Why do koalas sleep so much? Which predator is the biggest threat to koalas? What happens in a koala hospital? Includes: food web diagrams; fact boxes; case studies; useful contacts and further resources. Ages 9-12.

Includes nominations from 100 conservation organisations around the world for the species that gives them most cause for concern. They provide an overview of the work that we need to do now to save these and the hundreds of thousands of other similarly placed species before they're gone.

An account of one man's scientific career and personal journey to save the endangered rhinoceros in his native Nepal.

The world is losing more than animal and plant species. We are also losing the vast human legacy of languages, and with it ways of living, seeing and knowing. The author explores the history of extinctions and tells the story of a long human struggle to conserve the living things of the world.

Provides a comprehensive assessment of research findings and conservation efforts.

The author shows how the idea of nature's missing partners evolved from isolated examples into something that is transforming how ecologists understand the flora and fauna of the Americas. This book aims to show us that the biodiversity loss is just the edge of what may become extinction.