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IUCN—The World Conservation Union

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 August 2009

Kenton R. Miller
Affiliation:
World Conservation Centre Avenue du Mont-Blanc 1196 Gland, Switzerland.
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References

* As the International Union for the Protection of Nature (IUPN)—see the late Professor Jean G. Baer's ‘Aperçu historique de la Protection de la Nature’, published in the initial issue of our former Journal, Biological Conservation (Vol. 1, No. 1, pp. 711, 1968).—Ed.Google Scholar

Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora, of which the Secretariat is located at 6 Rue du Maupas, 1009 Lausanne, Switzerland.—Ed.

†† Convention on the Conservation of European Wildlife and Natural Habitats, ‘The Berne Convention’. —Ed.

** See, for example, the United Nations List of National Parks and Protected Areas, compiled and published periodically by IUCN.—Ed.

§ Now renamed the ‘Oceans and Coastal Areas Programme’ and having its Activity Centre in Nairobi, Kenya. —Ed.

§§ UNFPA = United Nations Fund for Population Activities.

* See the account heading the Conferences & Meetings section of this issue, on page 369, by Dr M. Taghi Farvar, IUCN's Senior Adviser on Sustainable Development. —Ed.