Research Catalog

Title

Key biodiversity areas of Iraq : priority sites for conservation and protection / Nature Iraq ; compilers of the inventory and KBA accounts N. Abdulhasan [and others] ; edited by A. Bachmann, Azzam Alwash and Ali Lami.

Publication

Sulaimaniyah, Iraq ; Huntington Beach CA : Tablet House Publishing, 2017.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Abdulhasan, N.,
• Alwash, Azzam,
• Bachmann, A.,
• Lami, Ali,
• Nature Iraq (Nonprofit organization), sponsoring body, issuing body.

Description

xxix, 297 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color maps; 29 cm

Subjects

• Biodiversity conservation
• Natural resources surveys
• Biodiversity conservation > Iraq
• Biodiversity > Monitoring
• Natural resources surveys > Iraq
• Biodiversity conservation > Iraq > Methodology
• Natural resources conservation areas > Monitoring > Iraq
• Biodiversity > Monitoring > Iraq
• Iraq

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-266) and index.

Contents

1. Introduction -- 2. Overview of the country -- 3. Biodiversity protection in Iraq -- 4. KBA methodology -- 5. Overview of sites and species -- 6. Summary and recommendations -- 7. KBA assessments -- References -- Appendix 1. Criteria used in site selection -- Appendix 2. List of survey sites, survey periods, sub-sites, and their GPS locations -- Appendix 3. Breeding codes for bird observations during the summer survey -- Appendix 4. Non-avian fauna reported in the KBA assessments -- Appendix 5. The bird species of Iraq reported in the IBA assessments -- Appendix 6. List of conservation concern freshwater and marine fish species mentioned in the KBA assessments -- Appendix 7. The plant species of Iraq reported in the IPA assessments -- Appendix 8. Threat assessment table.

ISBN

• 9780988651463
• 0988651467

LCCN

2015952207

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries