Still Counting . . .: Biodiversity Exploration for Conservation: The First 20 Years of the Rapid Assessment Program - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1934151440 ISBN 13: 9781934151440

Publisher: Conservation International, 2011

Synopsis

The Rapid Assessment Program (RAP) surveys have been a highly effective conservation tool for Conservation International and a multitude of partners.  RAP surveys provide a quick assessment of the biological value of an area and identify species in need of conservation action. This exciting book outlines the inception, history, and achievements of this program during its first two decades, 1990–2010. The editors profile nearly eighty expeditions to some of the most remote but highly threatened sites around the world and relay personal stories from the field. Illustrated with hundreds of photos taken during the RAP surveys, this book includes the first photos of many newly discovered species of animals and plants, and other rarely photographed jewels of terrestrial, freshwater and marine biodiversity.

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About the Authors

Leeanne E. Alonso is director of Conservation International’s Rapid Assessment Program. Jessica Deichmann is a research associate with Conservation International’s Rapid Assessment Program in Arlington, Virginia. Sheila A. McKenna is a marine ecologist and senior research scientistwith SEAlliance. Piotr Naskrecki is an entomologist, invertebrate conservationist, and nature writer and photographer, currently with the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard University. Stephen Richards is managerof Conservation International’sRAPbiodiversity assessmentprogram for theAsia-Pacific region, aResearch Associateat the South AustralianMuseum, and a member of the International Union for Conservation of Nature’sAmphibian Red-list Authority.



S. A. McKenna is director of the Marine Biodiversity Analysis Program at the Center for Applied Biodiversity Science at Conservation International.
N. Baillon is director of services of aquaculture and fishing at the Department of Economic Development and Environment, Province Nord.
H. Blaffart is project director at the Mount Panié Co-management Conservation Area, Maruia Trust of New Caledonia Association.
 G. Abrusci is technical coordinator of the Marine Biodiversity Analysis Program at the Center for Applied Biodiversity Science at Conservation International.

 

 

 




Stephen J. Richards is manager for the Asia-Pacific region of Conservation International’s Rapid Assessment Program. Banak G. Gamui is codirector of the Papua New Guinea Institute of Biological Research.
 

 

Edition details

• Publisher: Conservation International
• Publication date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1934151440
• ISBN 13: 9781934151440
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 316
• Editor: Alonso Leeanne E., Deichmann Jessica L., McKenna Sheila A., Naskrecki Piotr, Richards Stephen J.