Rock oyster Striostrea prismatica (Gray, 1825): biology, exploitation and conservation.

Conservation and sustainable exploitation of plant genetic rsources: International developments

Plant Genetic Resources (PGRs) are one of the most valuable natural resources of anycountry. Biotechnology through genetic engineering of plants and the creation of new plantvarieties can increase the value of these resources. Different technical and legalmechanisms such as ex situ/in situ collection of PGRs, and Intellectual Property Rights(IPRs...

Subfamily Phyllostominae Gray, 1825 from Mammals of South America

Class Amphibia Gray, 1825 1,2,3 Amphibia incertae sedis

1. By D.C. Blackburn & D.B. Wake (for full contact details, see the list after References). The title of this contribution should be cited as “Class Amphibia Gray, 182. In: Zhang, Z.-Q. (Ed.) Animal biodiversity: An outline of higher-level classification and survey of taxonomic richness”. 2. The Amphibian Species of the World website (Frost, 2011), a continuation of Frost (1985), has guided our...

Rational Exploitation and Conservation of Marine Ecosystems

Conservation Plans – A Model for Economic Exploitation

Building conservation is a cultural phenomenon in the urban landscape, occurring by means of turning culture into a tradable product. In the article we illustrate that building conservation, serves the wealthy by means of the symbolic value given to these buildings and their surroundings, while those who pay the price are the poor. The conservation plan of Tel Aviv is examined against the failu...