What makes our planet's natural treasures worth saving, and why should we care? With hundreds of stunning full-color photographs and more than twenty essays from some of the world's most respected scientists, this latest publication in the CEMEX Conservation Book Series aims to provide some of these answers. With scientific analyses, The Wealth of Nature offers a detailed explanation of the various ecosystem services that support and regulate all natural processes on Earth. It also provides cultural context for how these services are vital for our existence and why their futures—and ours—are at risk. The Wealth of Nature maps out the state of our global resources and clarifies the choices that lay before us. It is within our grasp to adapt to the conditions we have created and to mitigate our impact on the future, but the window of opportunity is closing. Take a moment and come and see the award-winning nature photographers capture Earth's intricate web of life and the solutions we are working toward.

The Wealth of Nature: Ecosystem Services, Biodiversity, and Human Well-Being (Cemex Conservation Book Series)

Science & Math

Mittermeier, Russell A.

McNeely, Jeffrey A.

Ash, Neville

Brooks, Thomas M.

Boltz, Frederick

Earth Sciences

World Conservation Union

Lemurs are primates found exclusively on Madagascar, but their appearance and the extraordinary diversity of species have captured the interest of primate watchers everywhere. This guide profiles all 50 known species and subspecies of lemurs, from their origins and discovery to recent studies and on-going conservation efforts. Included are full descriptions, many color images, maps showing distribution patterns, and detailed drawings of the postures and behaviors used by naturalists to distinguish between species.

Lemurs of Madagascar (Tropical Field Guide Series)

History

Tattersall, Ian

Konstant, William R.

Africa

Conservation International

A field guide to the 71 species and subspecies of the lemurs of Madagascar, illustrated with 230 photos, drawings and maps. This book also discusses the origins, discovery, study and conservation of the lemur population. Includes a pocket identification guide.

Lemurs of Madagascar (Tropical Field Guides)

Nature & Ecology

Una vez finalizada esta colección del Handbook of the Mammals of the World(HMW), presentamos una nueva obra que la complementa: el Illustrated Checklist of the Mammals of the World. Esta obra, compuesta por dos volúmenes indivisibles, actualiza la taxonomía de todas las especies de mamíferos. Este nuevo checklist ilustrado incorpora toda la información científica publicada recientemente y la combina en un nuevo y conciso texto para cada especie. Además del nombre científico actualizado de cada especie, se incluyen los nombres comunes en inglés, francés, alemán y español. También incorpora la categoría de conservación de la Lista Roja de la UICN para cada especie. Las notas taxonómicas están actualizadas con los cambios más recientes al igual que las distribuciones. Si existen subespecies aceptadas, también están actualizadas junto con sus áreas de distribución. Cada especie incluye una ilustración científica (adaptada del HMW) junto con un mapa de distribución revisado. Para los que ya poseen la colección del HMW, esta nueva obra les proporcionará una actualización de todas las especies incluidas las recientemente descritas. Pero para los que no lo tienen, el Checklist of the Mammals of the World es una obra independiente que proporciona un completo resumen de la taxonomía y la distribución actual de cada especie de mamífero conocido.

Illustrated Checklist of the Mammals of the World

Wilson, Don E.

Burgin, Connor J.

Rylands, Anthony B.

Lacher, Thomas E.

Sechrest, Wes

LYNX NATURE BOOKS

Este checklist ilustrado cubre Madagascar, uno de los principales hotspots de biodiversidad del mundo, famoso por su asombrosa fauna y flora y especialmente por la gran cantidad de extraordinarias especies endémicas. Madagascar se encuentra también entre las cuatro regiones principales del mundo de primates, ya que cuenta con 112 especies y subespecies endémicas de lémures. Este libro está destinado a facilitar el ecoturismo de Madagascar, un país de biodiversidad única que puede ser observada y disfrutada con relativa facilidad, Es una herramienta fácil de usar, tanto residentes como visitantes de la región, que permite conocer rápidamente los 253 mamíferos terrestres y marinos que pueden encontrar. Cuenta con la información más actualizada de los mamíferos de la zona a la que le acompaña una ilustración de todas las especies y subespecies de Madagascar y de las islas cercanas del Océano Índico: las Comoras, las Seychelles, la Reunión y Mauricio. Este libro forma parte de la colección Lynx Illustrated Checklists, creada a partir del ingente material recopilado para la serie del Handbook of the Mammals of the Word y que se ha sintetizado en prácticos libros para la visita a un destino específico. La geografía colombiana es extremadamente diversa: de este a oeste se extiende desde el río Orinoco hasta el Océano Pacífico y de norte a sur desde el Caribe hasta las cabeceras de la cuenca amazónica. Los Andes están conformados por tres cadenas montañosas principales separadas por los valles del Cauca y del Magdalena. En el norte se encuentran dos grandes sierras, la de Santa Marta y la del Perijá, siendo la primera uno de los principales puntos calientes (hotsposts) del mundo para la observación de aves endémicas. En los últimos años, las rutas habituales para la observación de aves del país han ido evolucionando, focalizándose en las zonas protegidas tanto de propiedad privada como pública, permitiendo así la observación de casi todas las aves endémicas de Colombia, desde loros y colibríes con extravagantes plumajes hasta los furtivos gralláridos. En Sudamérica, no hay mejor lugar que Colombia para escapar de los caminos trillados y descubrir cosas nuevas, como lo demuestra el reciente hallazgo de un grallárido aparentemente nuevo cerca de la ciudad de Cali. 1965 especies; 94 endémicas, 101 casi endémicas, 4 introducidas, 42 accidentales. Más de 3600 ilustraciones y más de 2000 mapas de distribución.

Mammals of Madagascar

Langrand, Olivier M.

Ratsimbazafy, Jonah

Reuter, Kim E.

Andriamanana, Tiana

Edward E. Louis Jr., Edward E.

Schwitzer, Christoph

Los mamíferos marinos incluyen algunos de los animales más fascinantes del planeta y durante siglos nos han proporcionado una misteriosa compañía en el mar. Criaturas mágicas como las imponentes ballenas y los extraordinarios delfines, así como manatíes, dugones, morsas, focas, lobos y leones marinos, han desarrollado unas adaptaciones muy diferentes a las de sus antepasados terrestres. Profusamente ilustrado con fotografías en color, el Volumen 4 del Handbook of the Mammals of the World trata con detalle todas las especies de las familias de mamíferos marinos incluyendo la información más actualizada.

Handbook of the Mammals of the World – Volume 4: Sea Mammals

Reference

Catalogs & Directories

Polynesia, the mountains of south-central China, the coastal forest of Tanzania, New Zealand—all are breathtakingly beautiful sites with a crucial fact in common. They are four of the Earth's twenty-five "hotspots," geographical areas which, according to scientists and naturalists, are home to the world's greatest plant and animal diversity. The numbers are staggering: fully sixty percent of all terrestrial animal and plant species are found in these hotspots, which are themselves only 1.4 percent of the Earth's surface; they contain 54 percent of amphibian species and nearly half of all the plant species on Earth. They are the richest and most threatened reservoirs of plant and animal life on Earth. Hotspots is the definitive compilation and status report on these twenty-five areas. Russell Mittermeier, Cristine Mittermeier and Norman Myers, who pioneered the "hotspots" concept, take you through each of these regions, describing the various ecosystems and the threats to their existence. They have gathered the work of more than one hundred international experts on plant and animal life together with hundreds of spectacular color photographs, essentially creating a tour of the magnificent array of life found in each region. How we address and reverse the tide of destruction in coming decades will determine the planet's course for centuries to come, and Hotspots actually offers hope that this destruction can be slowed. By showcasing the specific areas that contain the greatest diversity, it demonstrates that we can conserve a major share of this terrestrial biodiversity by focusing efforts on relatively small geographical areas. Hotspots is not only an important work for conservationists; it is also an extraordinary view of life on Earth. "Hotspots represents a breakthrough in the way we regard life on Earth and should be required reading for government decision-makers, corporate leaders, and college students alike."—From the Foreword by Harrison Ford

Hotspots: Earth's Biologically Richest and Most Endangered Terrestrial Ecoregions

Myers, Norman

Goettsch Mittermeier, Cristina

Biological Sciences

Graphic Arts Center Publishing Company

Conservation International's Hotspots placed that organization at the forefront of global conservation efforts. Wilderness: Earth's Last Wild Places continues the efforts made in that previous volume, combining nearly 500 breathtaking images of untamed lands and rare glimpses of the people who inhabit them with the most current scientific analyses of their endangered ecosystems. To qualify as "wilderness," the areas included must have 70 percent or more of their original vegetation, cover at least 10,000 square kilometers, and have fewer than five people per square kilometer. Wilderness identifies 37 wilderness areas around the globe—including tropical rain forests, wetlands, deserts, and arctic tundra, from Amazonia to the Congo Forests of Central Africa to the complex of North American deserts—and presents the research of nearly 200 specialists carried out over two years by Conservation International's Center for Applied Biodiversity Science with support from its Global Conservation Fund. The result is a detailed document of the biological riches that can be found in each of the wilderness areas, with chapters that describe and illustrate them, highlight the human cultures unique to each area, and explain the threats to each region and the conservation measures in place. The result of a collaboration among CEMEX, Conservation International, and Agrupación Sierra Madre, Wilderness will enjoy the same reputation as the earlier Conservation International books—a volume that presents vital information on the earth's biodiversity and a realistic program of conservation complemented by state-of-the-art photography.

Wilderness: Earth's Last Wild Places

Gil, Patricio Robles

Pilgrim, John

Thousands of migratory birds' wings silhouetted against a setting sun; vivid monarch butterflies draped over forest grove branches as living leaves of autumn hue: the mass gatherings of animal species are a powerful and all-too-rare sight. Wildlife Spectacles captures here in brilliant full-color photographs the force and mystery of these exceptional assemblages that have inspired and fascinated us throughout history. The volume features thirty-six chapters written by some of the world's most distinguished biodiversity scientists that engagingly explain the history, geographic distribution, and daily functions of various animal species, as well as the conservation efforts employed today to ensure their survival. The compelling core of the volume, however, lies in the wealth of beautiful and breathtaking images that documents these vast and magnificent gatherings and the raw power of the animals' daily fight for survival. From thousands of penguins congregating on a rocky Antarctic beach to the brutal attack of a wildebeest by a Nile crocodile, the visual sequences here are a moving testament to the dramatic wonder of the natural world. Continuing the successful tradition of Megadiversity, Hotspots, and Wilderness, Wildlife Spectacles presents an accessible and visually stunning examination of critical conservation issues today.

Wildlife Spectacles

Arts & Photography

Hoffman, Michael

Brooks, Thomas

Mittermeier, Cristina Goettsch

Fonseca, Gustavo A. B. da

Mast, Roderic

Photography & Video

For decades, Conservation International has devoted itself not only to saving endangered regions on the planet but also to chronicling, in lavish volumes, the biodiversity of these areas. These volumes, according to Choice, are"a superbly produced . . . source of hard-to-find information on biodiversity, biogreography, and conservation." Hotspots Revisited continues this rich tradition, drawing on the organization's continuing work to identify, research, and document biologically diverse yet dangerously threatened regions. The first Hotspots volume identified twenty-five endangered regions; Hotspots Revisited reveals an astonishing nine additional areas, from Melanesia to northern Mexico, that now meet the same criteria. Hotspots Revisited presents the most up-to-date analyses of the ecology of these endangered areas—including new information on freshwater fish and other animal populations. But the heart of the volume is in the hundreds of vibrant color photographs of the animals and plants under threat. Magnificent in conception and flawless in execution, Hotspots Revisited is equally at home on a scientist's shelf or an ecotourist's coffee table.

Hotspots Revisited: Earth's Biologically Richest and Most Endangered Terrestrial Ecoregions

Business & Money

Lamoreux, John

Economics

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