Palms: Their Conservation and Sustained Utilization : Status Survey and Conservation Action PlanDennis Victor Johnson IUCN, 1996 - 116 pages Increasing demands on the world's natural resources pose a serious threat to palm biodiversity. This action plan identifies the most threatened palm species in order to present recommendations for conservation measures that cater to their specific requirements, and to provide strategic guidelines for the conservation and sustainable utilization of the many palms that provide food, construction material, and an important source of revenue for many people. |
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Action Plan Africa Amazonia Areca Asia Astrocaryum Attalea Attalea crassispatha Australia Bactris Becc Beentje biodiversity Botanic Gardens Brazil Burret Calamus cane Caryota Ceroxylon Chamaedorea Chuniophoenix Coccothrinax Colombia conservation action Corypha Cuba cultivation Daemonorops deforestation Dictyosperma album distribution Dransf Dransfield ecology economic palms Endangered palms endemic endemic palms Euterpe Euterpe precatoria ex situ conservation EX/E Extinct Fiji genera genus Geonoma Gunatilleke H.A. Wendl habitat highly threatened Hyophorbe India Irian Jaya island IUCN IUCN/SSC Kahn known Latania Licuala lowland Madagascar Malaysia Mart Mauritius Mexico Moore National Park native palms nt nt nt Nypa fruticans ornamental palms Pacific palm collections palm conservation palm diversity palm flora palm heart palm species Philippines Pinanga plants Pritchardia protected areas rattan recommendations regeneration region Salacca Sarawak seed Sepik Dist Specialist Group Sri Lanka studies Sulawesi+ Sumatra+ Syagrus taxa taxonomic threat threatened palms threatened species Tropical understory Vanuatu Vulnerable WCMC