Important Bird Areas of the Americas: Priority Sites for Biodiversity Conservation

Mon, Jan 10, 2011

C Devenish, DF Diaz Fernandez, RP Clay, IJ Davidson and IY Zabala, 460 pages, BirdLife International 2009

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This book provides a concise summary of the 2345 Important Bird Areas in the Americas. The inventory represents a participative consensus on the most important sites for bird and biodiversity conservation in the hemisphere, in what is probably the most comprehensive assessment of its kind to be published. Since the beginning of the IBA program in North America in 1995, sites have now been identified in all 57 countries or territories in the region, totalling more than 3,250,000 km2.

Thousands of people were involved in the creation of this book; from the Caribbean, North, Central and South America, and at least 150 governmental and non-governmental organizations. The book is at once a high level awareness-raising publication; a decision-making tool for national and hemispheric biodiversity management and planning; and a portfolio of funding opportunities for potential donors.

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2 Responses to “Important Bird Areas of the Americas: Priority Sites for Biodiversity Conservation”

David Díaz Says:
October 10th, 2011 at 7:51 pm

Dear Alain:

Sorry for answering you in English -which is poor, but better than my French! I’m one of the co-editors of the book. At the moment of publication, we did not have funds to publish more books in any other language than English. However, we did manage to publish the national chapters in their native languages in PDF format; these chapters are available here: http://www.birdlife.org/action/science/sites/american_ibas/americas-ibas-downloads.html

Saludos,
D.

Alain Guimond Says:
October 1st, 2011 at 2:36 am

Madame, Monsieur,

Je m’étonne de constater que vous n’avez pas prévu de version française de la publication Important Bird Areas of the Americas: Priority Sites for Biodiversity Conservation pour la section réservée au Canada, en particulier au Québec. Après tout, les francophones sont l’un des deux peuples fondateurs du Canada et nous représentons plus de huit millions de personnes. Alors, envisagez-vous une version française de cette section de votre publication?

David Díaz Says:
October 10th, 2011 at 7:51 pm
Dear Alain:

Sorry for answering you in English -which is poor, but better than my French! I’m one of the co-editors of the book. At the moment of publication, we did not have funds to publish more books in any other language than English. However, we did manage to publish the national chapters in their native languages in PDF format; these chapters are available here: http://www.birdlife.org/action/science/sites/american_ibas/americas-ibas-downloads.html

Saludos,
D.

Alain Guimond Says:
October 1st, 2011 at 2:36 am
Madame, Monsieur,

Je m’étonne de constater que vous n’avez pas prévu de version française de la publication Important Bird Areas of the Americas: Priority Sites for Biodiversity Conservation pour la section réservée au Canada, en particulier au Québec. Après tout, les francophones sont l’un des deux peuples fondateurs du Canada et nous représentons plus de huit millions de personnes. Alors, envisagez-vous une version française de cette section de votre publication?

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