Reports & Publications

• The origin, nature and value of biological diversity,

  Chapter 1: INTRODUCTION, HISTORY OF LIFE
  Chapter 2:  THE AGE OF MAMMALS
  Chapter 3:  EXTINCTION AND DEPLETION FROM OVER-EXPLOITATION
  Chapter 4:  WHALING AND FISHING
  Chapter 5: OVEREXPLOITATION THREATENING LIVING SPECIES
  Chapter 6:  GLOBAL PATTERNS OF BIODIVERSITY
  Chapter 7:  VALUES OF BIODIVERSITY
  Chapter 8:  ENDANGERED SPECIES PROTECTION
  Chapter 9:  EXOTIC INTRODUCTIONS
  Chapter 10: FORESTS AND DEFORESTATION
  Chapter 11:  ENDANGERED AQUATIC HABITATS
  Chapter 12:  ISLANDS
  Chapter 13:  PROTECTED AREAS
  Chapter 14: HABITAT POLLUTION
  Chapter 15:  CAPTIVE BREEDING AND REINTRODUCTION
  Chapter 16: HUMAN POPULATION GROWTH
   

• Cultural and Spiritual Values of Biodiversity - UNDP
  A complementary contribution to the global biodiversity assessment  Edited by Darrell Addison Posey. Click here! to download the book in PDF format (25 MB)
   
• Guide to Developing a Biodiversity Strategy from a Sustainable Development Perspective PDF
  By: Jacques Prescott, Beno�t Gauthier, Jonas Nagahuedi Mbongu Sodi
   

• CITIES, NATURE, AND PROTECTED AREAS: A GENERAL INTRODUCTION (PDF)
  By: Jeffrey A. McNeely
  Chief Biodiversity Officer
  IUCN-The World Conservation Union Gland, Switzerland
  Presented to: II Symposium on Natural Areas in Conurbations and on City Outskirts Barcelona, Spain
   

• INTERNATIONAL UNION FOR CONSERVATION OF NATURE AND NATURAL RESOURCES NATURE AND CULTURE: CONSERVATION NEEDS THEM BOTH(PDF)
  By: Jeffrey A. McNeely
  Chief Conservation Officer
  IUCN, Gland, Switzerland
   

• TRADE AND BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY: The Internalization of Environmental Costs(PDF)
  Jeffrey A. McNeely
  Chief Biodiversity Officer
  IUCN-The World Conservation Union 1196 Gland, Switzerland
  Presented to: GATT Symposium on Trade, Environment, and Sustainable Development Geneva
   

• INNOVATIVE FUNDING TO SUPPORT BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION(PDF)
  By: Jeffrey A. McNeely and W. Paul Weatherly
   

• TRADE AND THE CONVENTION ON BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY: Internalizing the Costs of Trade on Biodiversity(PDF)
  By: Jeffrey A. McNeely
  Chief Scientist
  IUCN-The World Conservation Union 1196 Gland, Switzerland
  Presented to: Workshop on Trade Related Aspects of the Convention on Biological Diversity
   

• SUSTAINABLE FINANCE FOR PROTECTED AREAS(PDF)
  By: Jeffrey A. McNeely
  Chief Scientist
  The World Conservation Union rue Mauverney, 28
  1196 Gland, Switzerland
  Presented to: Protected Areas in the 21st Century: From Islands to Networks Albany, Western Australia
   

• THE ECONOMICS OF CONSERVING GENETIC DIVERSITY(PDF)
  By: Jeffrey A. McNeely and Frank Vorhies
  IUCN-The World Conservation Union rue Mauverney, 28
   

• BIODIVERSITY FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT(PDF)
  By: Jeffrey A. McNeely
  Chief Scientist
  IUCN-The World Conservation Union, 1196 Gland, Switzerland
  Contribution to Rio +5: From Agenda to Action Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
   

• ESTABLISHING PRIORITIES FOR CONSERVING BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY(PDF)
  By: Jeffrey A. McNeely
  Chief Biodiversity Officer IUCN-The World Conservation Union, 1196 Gland, Switzerland
   

• REVERSING THE LOSS OF BIODIVERSITY: IMPLEMENTING POLITICAL, ECONOMIC, AND SOCIAL MEASURES(PDF)
  by: Jeffrey A. McNeely
  IUCN Rue Mauverney 28 1196 Gland, Switzerland
  Presented to: Biological Diversity: Exploring the Complexities University of Arizona, Tucson, USA
   

• CLIMATE CHANGE AND BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY: POLICY IMPLICATIONS(PDF)
  By: Jeffrey A. McNeely
  Chief Conservation Officer
  IUCN, Gland, Switzerland
   

• CONSERVATION AND THE FUTURE: TRENDS AND OPTIONS TOWARD THE YEAR 2025 A DISCUSSION PAPER(PDF)
  By: Jeffrey A. McNeely
  Chief Scientist
  IUCN - The World Conservation Union Gland, Switzerland
   

• SOCIAL AND INSTITUTIONAL ISSUES IN FORESTRY(PDF)
  By: Jeffrey A. McNeely
  Chief Scientist
  IUCN - The World Conservation Union 1196 Gland, Switzerland
  Presented to; Economic Growth and the Environment: Greening East Asia's Tigers Asia Development Forum Manila, The Philippines
   

• LESSONS FROM THE PAST: FORESTS AND BIODIVERSITY(PDF)
  By: Jeffrey A. McNeely
  Chief Biodiversity Officer
  IUCN, 1196 Gland, Switzerland
   

• BIODIVERSITY AND SUSTAINABLE USE: CREATING PARTNERSHIPS WITH THE PRIVATE SECTOR, NGOS, AND LOCAL COMMUNITIES TO SUPPORT PROTECTED AREAS IN LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN(PDF)
  By: Jeffrey A. McNeely
  Chief Scientist
  IUCN-The World Conservation Union rue Mauverney, 28 1196 Gland, Switzerland
   

• PROTECTED AREAS IN TROPICAL ASIA: ISSUES AND POLICIES(PDF)
  By Hemanta R. Mishra, Jeffrey A. McNeely, and James W. Thorsell
   

• HOW PROTECTED AREAS CAN RESPOND TO THE CHANGING NATURE OF SOCIETY(PDF)
  By: Jeffrey A. McNeely
  Chief Scientist
  The World Conservation Union rue Mauverney, 28
  1196 Gland, Switzerland
  Presented to: Protected Areas in the 21st Century: From Islands to Networks Albany, Western Australia