Centres of Plant Diversity: The Americas

Download or read book Centres of Plant Diversity: The Americas written by Stephen D. Davis and published by World Conservation Union. This book was released on 1994 with total page 568 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Rio de Janeiro in June 1992 a new International Convention on the Conservation of Biological Diversity was signed whereby each country accepts a responsibility to safe guard its own natural diversity and to cooperate internationally. The Centres of Plant Diversity project has involved over 400 botanists, conservationists and resource managers worldwide, together with over 100 collaborating institutions and organizations, and has been co-ordinated by the IUCN Plant Conservation Office at Kew, UK. A standard format has been adopted for each of the regional overviews and data sheets.