this checklist aims to reviews and summarize the results of the systematic and zoogeographical research on the iranian inland ichthyofauna that has been carried out for more than 200 years. since the work of j.j. heckel (1846-1849), the number of valid species has increased significantly and the systematic status of many of the species has changed, and reorganization and updating of the publish...

The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species is the most comprehensive resource detailing the global conservation status of plants and animals. The 2004 edition represents a milestone in the four-decade long history of the Red List, including the first Global Amphibian Assessment and a near doubling in assessed species since 2000. Moreover, the Red List assessment process itself has developed substa...

In 1872, United States President Ulysses Grant set aside 2.2 million acres of wilderness, primarily for recreational purposes, as the first formally recognized protected area (PA)—Yellowstone National Park. The concept took hold slowly over the next hundred years, and PAs are now recognized as essential to biodiversity conservation [1] and as irreplaceable tools for species and habitat manageme...

Dendrobium naungmungense, a new species from Naungmung, Kachin State, North Myanmar, is described and illustrated. It is morphologically similar to D. ciliatilabellum and D. vexabile, but the epichile is oblong with three long-ciliate laminae and the column wing has significant denticulation. A preliminary risk-of-extinction assessment shows that the new species should be regarded as Critically...

1 Earth to Ocean Research Group, Biological Sciences, Simon Fraser University, 8888 University Drive, Burnaby, BC V5A 1S6, Canada 2 School of Resource & Environmental Management, Simon Fraser University, 8888 University Drive, Burnaby, BC V5A 1S6, Canada 3 IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature) Species Programme Species Survival Commission (SSC) and Conservation International (CI...

IUCN Red List Category (E. burchellii, E.b. antiquorum, and E.b. boehmi were assessed using version 3.1; all others with version 2.3): Equus burchellii LC Least Concern E. b. boehmi LR Lower Risk E. b. zambesiansis DD Data Deficient (? extinct in wild) E. b. crawshayi DD Data Deficient (? endangered) E. b. chapmani DD Data Deficient E. b. antiquorum LR Lower Risk E. b. burchellii EX Extinct (1930)