A Guide to the Identification of Seahorses is a comprehensive information source on the taxonomy and distriubtion of the 33 CITES listed species. This key marine conservation manual is published as part of Project Seahorse.
Fungi of Switzerland
Fungi of Switzerland, Volume 6, is due in the next couple of weeks. We are just checking the price, should be displayed on nhbs.com within a few days. This is a magnificent series, the latest volume is sure to be a must for serious mycologists.
Wildflowers of Northern Mongolia
Wildflowers of Northern Mongolia – This great little book has arrived from the Alaskan publishers. We will have copies at the Botanical Congress.
Tropical African Flowering Plants
See for details on volume 1 of Tropical African Flowering Plants’. We’ve just had an email from the Conservatoire in Geneva who are publishing the series. This is an English edition which substantially updates the French edition, published in 4 volumes as “Enumération des plantes à fleurs d’Afrique tropicale (1991-1997)”. The new English language version will be in 6 parts, dealing with all 26,000 species! Volume 2 due in 2006.
CITES titles from NHBS
We are proud to announce that we are now a distributor for CITES – we are really looking forward to working with this key conservation organisation.
New Books on Georgian Birds
Two great new books are in stock from the Georgian Centre for the Conservation of Wildlife – A Birdwatching Guide to Georgia With Information on Other Wildlife. This is a really usful practical guide for anyone visiting, or planning to visit the beautiful countryside of Georgia. It’s packed with information, photography and local bird-watching knowledge.
The Vultures of Georgia and Caucasus coveres the biology, taxonomy, ecology and conservation of the region’s vultures.
Nowhere to Hide: The Trade in Sumatran Tiger
Nowhere to hide: The trade in Sumatran Tiger is an in-depth and revealing analysis of the terrible cost of hunting endagered species for trading.
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All the Birds of Brazil
For all those people who are desperate to hear about All the Birds of Brazil – the latest news from the publisher is that this new edition should be due by the end of September 2005!! As soon as we know when copies are actually arriving in stock we’ll let you know.
Flora Mania
First of many blogs on floras – huge info updating exercise underway in advance of NHBS attending the botanical congress in Vienna, July 05, e.g. Flora of Somalia, Flora of Tropical East Africa, Flora of Ecuador…. floras are one of the great achievements of scientists, but often underused, we think!! There’ll be a new page soon on www.nhbs.com listing all the floras we’ve updated
Botanists See Red! Reviews of The Vascular Plant Red Data List for Great Britain – Species Status No 7
“The warm glow of the corn buttercup and the scarlet dazzle of the prickly poppy, which have illuminated the British countryside since Roman times, could be in danger of fading for ever”- Guardian
The Vascular Plant Red Data List for Great Britain – Species Status No 7 has been widely reviewed in print and broadcast media. It’s nice to wake up and hear BBC Radio 4 talking about a title we distribute!
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