2004 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
A Global Species Assessment
Edited by Jonathan E.M. Baillie, Craig Hilton-Taylor and Simon N. Stuart
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This analysis of the information contained in the 2004 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species provides an insight into the status and trends of the world’s species of plants and animals, with a focus on those at greatest risk of extinction. The publication highlights the taxonomic groups and species that are at the greatest risk of extinction; recent documented extinctions; trends in the status of threatened species, including the new Red List Index; regions of the world where threatened species tend to be found; the threats that are driving species towards extinction; the social and economic context in which extinctions are taking place; and the conservation responses that are available.

ISBN 2-8317-0826-5, 2004
280 x 215mm, xxiv + 191pp., maps, figures, colour photos
£18.50
Order no. B2087
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Guidelines for Application of IUCN Red List Criteria at Regional Levels, Version 3.0
IUCN Species Survival Commission

The First World Conservation Congress in Montreal in 1996 adopted a resolution calling for the development of coherent guidelines on the application of Red List Categories at regional levels, namely any sub-global area such as continent, country, state or province. This led to the formation of the Regional Application Working Group (RAWG) under the auspices of the SSC Red List Programme. Membership of the RAWG included people with technical experience in the development of the IUCN Red List Criteria, as well as those with practical experience of producing Red Lists at regional levels. The working group consulted many different regional and national groups involved in producing Red Lists or Red Data Books and tested the proposed system in many regional and national Red List assessment workshops. The guidelines provide a logical framework for assessing species at sub-global levels; a means of sharing status information with neighbouring countries; and a suggested format for documentation and publication of listings to improve compatibility with the global IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.

ENGLISH
ISBN 2-8317-0738-2, 2003
210 x 147mm, ii + 26pp.
£4
Order no. B2155

FRENCH
ISBN 2-8317-0739-0, 2003
210 x 147mm, ii + 26pp.
£4
Order no. B2156

SPANISH
ISBN 2-8317-0740-4, 2003
210 x 147mm, ii + 26pp
£4
Order no. B2157

Also available at www.iucn.org/themes/ssc/red-lists.htm

The Harmonization of Red Lists for threatened species in Europe
Proceedings of an International Seminar in Leiden 27 and 28 November 2002
Edited by H.H. de Iongh, O.S. Bánki, W. Bergmans and M.J. van der Werff ten Bosch

Red Lists are valuable for providing the current conservation status of species and for informing species protection policy. They are also useful tools for communication between all those involved in species protection at national, regional and even global levels. There are some 3,700 Red Lists in use across Europe, but the approach, aims and criteria used vary widely. A partial result of this is that Red Listed species are rarely used by European ecological networks for regional planning and play a modest role in the updating of the Wild Birds and Habitats Directives.
Greater harmonization in methodology and approaches of European national Red Lists would help to enhance their impact on European policy.

Published by the Netherlands Committee for IUCN
ISBN 0923-5981, 2003
230 x 155mm, 332pp., tables, figures, maps
£20
Order no. B2039

RAMAS Red List software

RAMAS Red List is a software package developed by Applied Biomathematics, a New York based ecological software development company, that implements the IUCN Red List Criteria for classifying species into one of the Red List Categories of threat (Critically Endangered, Endangered, Vulnerable, or Lower Risk). When any method for classification of conservation status is used, the user confronts several kinds of uncertainty. These uncertainties arise from natural variability, measurement error and semantic uncertainty. RAMAS Red List explicitly allows for the incorporation of such uncertainties in the input data and then propagates the uncertainties in calculating the Red List assessment. Depending on the uncertainties, the resulting classification can be a single category of threat, or a range of plausible categories. Using this package, any uncertainties associated with the IUCN Red List assessments can now be made explicit.

To purchase copies of RAMAS Red List please contact: IUCN/SSC Camille Soullié, e-mail cas@iucn.org

Single-user and Site-licensed copies of the software sell for US$295 and US$445 respectively (plus postage and packaging). These are discounted prices and a portion of the amount received for every copy bought through IUCN will be reinvested in the Red List Programme.

See www.ramas.com for further details about the software.

Red Data Book of the Mammals of South Africa
A Conservation Assessment
Edited by Yolan Friedmann and Brenda Daly

The Endangered Wildlife Trust, SSC’s Conservation Breeding Specialist Group (CBSG), Vodacom and over 30 other organisations collaborated to produce this publication. It covers 295 terrestrial and marine species and subspecies of mammals, which were assessed within South African borders, excluding Swaziland and Lesotho. It brings up to date the current scientific knowledge of, and level of threat facing the mammals of South Africa, makes recommendations for strategic conservation and management of threatened mammals and their habitats and is intended to improve the effectiveness and synergy of existing conservation efforts.

ISBN 0-620-32017-6, 2004
297 x 208mm, 722pp., maps, tables, colour photos

Available from CBSG Southern Africa and the Endangered Wildlife Trust, Private Bag X 11, Parkview, 2122, South Africa, Tel: +27 (0) 11 486 1102, E-mail: cbsgsa@wol.co.za

State of the World’s Birds 2004
Indicators for our changing world

BirdLife International, a major partner in the compilation of the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, released the latest State of the World’s Birds publication at its recent World Bird Conservation Conference and Global Partnership Meeting in South Africa. Using the IUCN Red List Categories and Criteria, BirdLife has determined that 1,211 species (12.4% of species, or one in eight) are globally threatened with extinction. The new report highlights threats to some 400 bird species that are still waiting for conservation action whilst describing how 24% (280 species) of globally threatened birds have begun to benefit from actions identified by BirdLife and its partners. In 4% of species, the benefit has already been judged ‘significant’, emphasizing that timely action based on good science can reverse the slide to extinction. Threatened Birds of the World 2004 was also launched as a CD-ROM outlining the conservation status of all 10,000 bird species, including detailed fact sheets on all those globally threatened.

The information also appears in the 2004 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.
ISBN 0-946888-50-7, 2004
297 x 210mm, 73pp., maps, figures, colour photos
£8

Available from NHBS Mailorder Bookstore, 2-3 Wills Road, Totnes, Devon TQ9 5XN, United Kingdom, Telephone : +44 (0)1803 865913, Fax : +44 (0)1803 865280, E-mail: customer.services@nhbs.co.uk, www.nhbs.com

The Status and Distribution of Freshwater Fish Endemic to the Mediterranean Basin
Compiled and edited by Kevin G. Smith and William R.T. Darwall

Freshwater in the Mediterranean basin is of huge economic, environmental and livelihood importance. However, with a growing population and an increasing number of tourists, the freshwater resources are under great pressure. Since the threatened status of plants and animals is one of the most widely used indicators for assessing the condition of ecosystems and their biodiversity, an assessment was undertaken for freshwater fish in this region. The assessment aims to assist in regional planning through the provision of a baseline dataset. It also hopes to encourage development of a network of regional experts to enable future assessments and the continued updating of the baseline dataset.

IUCN Red List of Threatened Species – Mediterranean Regional Assessment No. 1
ISBN 2-8317-0908-3/978-2-8317-0908-6 (book), 2006
ISBN 2-8317-0916-4/978-2-8317-0916-1 (CD)
297 x 210mm, v + 34pp., maps, tables, colour photos
£10.00
Order No. B1490
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