71. Thus, as at 1 November 2010, the number of States parties to the Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs of 1961 as amended by the 1972 Protocol16 remained at 184. Two States, namely Afghanistan and Chad, continued to be parties to the 1961 Convention in its unamended form. 17 A total of eight States had yet to accede to the 1961 Convention: one State in Africa (Equatorial Guinea), one in Asia ...

Sandalwoods encompass 19 species restricted to southeast Asia and the Pacific. The species Santalum austrocaledonicum Vieill. (Santalaceae) is endemic to New Caledonia (Grande-Terre, Isle of Pines, Loyalty Islands) and Vanuatu, where several varieties are recognized. The Loyalty Islands sandalwood variety is here reinstated as Santalum austrocaledonicum var. glabrum Hürl. emend. Butaud & P.Firm...

During specific inventories led by the Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle (MNHN, Paris), numerous specimens of Atyidae, particulary Atya-like shrimps were collected in Melanesia (Vanuatu, Solomon Islands) and Polynesia (Futuna, Samoa). These morphologically genetically examined. Our study revealed that some belonged to a new species genus AustralatyaChace, 1983. The aim this paper is describe...