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From: bookeast@pensoft.net<BR>To: lda@coevolution.org<BR>Sent: 5/27/2010
3:45:14 P.M. Romance Daylight Time<BR>Subj: Atlas of Biodiversity Risk - just
published!<BR></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" color=#000000 size=2 face=Arial><BR>We are pleased to announce the publication of the first
Atlas of Biodiversity Risk, a major multidisciplinary and multinational
project!<BR><BR>The Atlas will be officially launched at the Green Week
Conference in Brussels, on 3rd of June, 18:00, at the UFZ/Pensoft Stand (No
48).<BR><BR>Josef Settele, Lyubomir Penev, Teodor Georgiev, Ralf Grabaum,
Vesna Grobelnik, Volker Hammen, Stefan Klotz, Mladen Kotarac & Ingolf
Kuehn (Eds) (2010) Atlas of Biodiversity Risk. ISBN 978-954-642-446-4.
Hardback, gross-format (290x350 mm), richly illustrated by maps, photos and
figures, 280 pp. In English. Publication date: 22nd of May 2010.<BR><BR>Price:
EUR 99.00<BR><BR>You can ORDER ONLINE or see COVER and SAMPLE PAGES at
http://pensoft.net/newreleases/14595.htm OR send order to orders@pensoft.net
OR fax +359-2-8704282<BR><BR>The present Atlas of Biodiversity Risk is the
first of its kind to describe and summarise in a comprehensive, easy-to-read
and richly illustrated form the major pressures, impacts and risks of
biodiversity loss at a global level. The main risks identified are caused by
global climate and land use change, environmental pollution, loss of
pollinators and biological invasions. The impacts and consequences of
biodiversity loss are analyzed with a strong focus on socio-economic drivers
and their effects on society. Three scenarios of potential futures are the
baseline for predicting impacts and explore options for mitigating adverse
effects at several spatio-temporal scales. Elements of these futures are
modeled, tested and illustrated. The Atlas is divided into chapters which
mostly deal with particular pressures. It furthermore is based on case studies
from a large set of countries, which are completed by introductory and
concluding texts for each chapter. The Atlas combines the main outcomes of the
large European project ALARM (performed by 68 partner organisations from 35
countries from Europe as well as other continents) with some core outputs of
numerous further research networks. A total number of 366 authors from more
than 180 institutions in 43 countries provided information and contributed to
the Atlas.<BR><BR>The Atlas is addressed to a wide spectrum of users.
Scientists will find summaries of well-described methods, approaches and case
studies. Conservationists and policy makers will use the conclusions and
recommendations based on academic research output and presented in a
comprehensive and easy-to-read way. Lecturers and teachers will find good
examples to illustrate the main challenges in our century of global
environmental changes. The Atlas is an indispensible tool to any library or
institution in biodiversity and environmental sciences. Finally, all people
concerned with environmental issues will find the Atlas a powerful weapon in
their fight for saving the life on our
Planet!<BR></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML>