Major Conservation Issues of the 1990s

Download or read book Major Conservation Issues of the 1990s written by Jeffrey A. McNeely and published by IUCN. This book was released on 1998 with total page 25 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of the innovative features of the first World Conservation Congress was the organization of some 57 workshops divided into ten major streams. These ranged from topics as diverse as sustainability in artisanal fisheries to managing mountain protected areas to business and the environment. This publication presents a summary of all the workshops, the main speakers and the papers they presented. It is an ideal starting point for anyone wishing to delve deeper into the issues that were explored by pointing the reader in the direction of further sources of information.