The World List of Threatened Trees

United Nations Environment Programme World Conservation Monitoring Centre

dc.contributor.author	United Nations Environment Programme World Conservation Monitoring Centre
dc.coverage.spatial	Global
dc.date.accessioned	2016-10-11T20:04:59Z
dc.date.available	2016-10-11T20:04:59Z
dc.date.issued	1998
dc.identifier.uri	https://wedocs.unep.org/20.500.11822/8415
dc.description	The conservation of biodiversity and its sustainable management are internationally recognised as vital global concerns. Identification of the components of biodiversity and the threats they face are important steps in planning for conservation action. Tree species are ecologically, culturally and economically valuable components of biodiversity and their conservation is essential to the well-being of people in all countries of the world. With increasing general pressures on ecosystems and selective pressures on species, it has become apparent that many tree species are threatened with extinction. Information on the degree and extent of threat has, however, previously been scattered and scarce. The World List of Threatened Trees presents the results of the first survey of the conservation status of trees species worldwide. Assessment of the conservation status of the world's tree species is a major task given the overall number of trees believed to exist. The world's tree flora is estimated to total around 100,000 species.
dc.language	English
dc.publisher	UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC)
dc.rights	Public	en_US
dc.subject	tree
dc.subject	forest conservation
dc.subject	forest cover destruction
dc.subject	forest ecosystem
dc.subject	forest exploitation
dc.subject	forest management
dc.subject	forest policy
dc.subject	forest protection
dc.subject.classification	Ecosystem Management
dc.title	The World List of Threatened Trees
dc.type	Reports, Books and Booklets
wd.identifier.old-id	10834
wd.identifier.sdg	SDG 15 - Life on Land
wd.identifier.sdgio	http://purl.unep.org/sdg/SDGIO_00000049