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Editorial Direction Antonio Bolívar Editorial Revision and Correction Susan Beth Kapilian
General Coordination Ana Ezcurra, Eugenia Pallares Editorial Coordination Oswaldo Barrera
Graphic Design Juan Carlos Burgoa Photographic Coordination Roxana Vega Technical Support Elena León
Maps and Cartography Álvaro Couttolenc, Mark Denil Typesetting Socorro Gutiérrez

Acknowledgements

First of all, we would like to thank CEMEX for making the production of this book and the many others that have come before it a reality. Their commitment, their vision, and their support for biodiversity conservation around the world are deeply appreciated. In addition, the editors and authors of this book would like to acknowledge the following individuals and institutions, either for providing information for use in this book, or for other forms of assistance or support over the last few years that have helped make it possible. In particular, we thank Rudi van Aarde, Tony Abbott, Thomas Akre, Thomas Allnutt, Carlos Álvarez, Katama Amberbirr, Laura Arriaga, John Ash, Fred R. Barrie, Bruce Bartholomew, Paul Beckman, Afework Bekelle, Hesiquio Benítez, Jocelyn Bentley, Donald Broadley, David E. Brown, Scott Burnett, James Cambray, Chris Carpenter, Alan Channing, Lawrence Chau, Fernando Chiang, Terry Chiu, Arnaud Collin, Neil Cox, João Crawford-Cabral, Thomas B. Croat, Neil Crouch, Jennifer D’Amico, Thomas F. Daniel, Richard Dean, Sebsebe Demissew, Pedro Díaz, Michael Donoghue, Robert L. Dressler, Bob Drewes, Amanda Driver, Sue Edwards, Gerald Eilu, Ernesto Enkerlin, Fan Enyuan, José Manuel Espinosa, John Fa, Neil Fairall, María Hilda Flores- Olvera, Óscar Flores-Villela, Steve Freligh, David Frodin, Carlos Galindo, Martín Jon García-Urtiaga, Rafael García Zuazua, David Garza Lagüera, Michael Gilbert, Francisco González-Medrano, Janice Golding, Katharine Gotto, Werner Greuter, Robert Guldenmond, Ron Gutberlet, Sun Hang, James Harrison, Billy Hau, Kris Helgen, Rod Henderson, Vernon Heywood, David Hibbett, Craig Hilton-Taylor, Carsten Hobohm, Wayne Hsu, Tseng-Chieng Huang, Luke Hunter, Lucas Human, Brian Huntley, Clyde Imada, Dean Impson, Stoffel de Jager, Raúl Jiménez, Yin Kaipu, Sam Kanyamibwa, Mark Keith, Philippe Keith, Susan L. Kelley, Michael Kennedy, Ronan Kirsch, Sandra Knapp, Cyril Kormos, Maurice Kottelat, Chien-Wei Kuan, Gigi Laidler, Pei-Jing Lan, Malcolm Largen, Sebastien Lavergne, Pei-Jen Lee, Keng-Hsien Lin, Frida Lindemalm, Jesús López García, Staci Markos, Vance G. Martin, Michael Maunder, Roberto de la Maza, Billy Pat McKinney, Bonnie McKinney, Rodrigo Medellín, Dolores Mestre de Robles Gil, James Miller, Scott Miller, John Miskell, Dick Moe, Sanjay Molur, María Antonieta Morales de Yarrington, Rob Morely, Elizabeth Moreno, John Morrison, Federico Mozo, Enrique Muñoz, Adolfo Navarro, John Neldner, Alfonso Ocampo, Susana Ocegueda, Javier Ortega, Doris Osuna, Sandra Osuna, Rosa Osuna de Llano, Guillermo Osuna Sáenz, Guillermo Osuna Villar, N. Parthasarathy, Raúl Pérez Madero, Brian Perry, Otto Pfister, Baz van Pinto, J. Danuta Plisko, Derek Pomeroy, John F. Pruski, Chris Puttock, Richard H. Ree, Berndt J. van Rensburg, Javier Robles Gil, Patricia Rojo, Jerzy Rzedowski, Roberto Saldívar, R. Uma Shaanker, Kuang-Chao Shao, Jevgeni Shergalin, Lee Kwok Shing, Tatyana Shulkina, Claudio Sillero- Zubiri, Laurence E. Skogg, Hannelie Snyman, Hugh Spencer (Australian Tropical Research Foundation), Warren Douglas Stevens, Hester Steyn, Daryn Storch, Holly Strand, Wu Sugong, Charlotte M. Taylor, Julie L. Tessler, The Society of Wilderness (Taiwan), Michele Thieme, Lana Troy, Ming-Chang Tu, Jonás Villalobos, James Vonesh, Wes Wettengel, Daniel Winkler, Derek Yalden, Xie Yan, Jen-Te Yen, Jia Yu, James L. Zarucchi, Wang Zheng, Yang Zhuliang, the Avian Demography Unit at the University of Cape Town, the KwaZulu-Natal Conservation Service, and the National Science Foundation. Also, of the Parque Nacional Marítimo Terrestre del Archi- piélago de Cabrera, we particularly thank Jorge Moreno, Francisco López, and Gaby Coll. We would also like to acknowledge the help and advice received from our friends and colleagues at BirdLife International. Other special thanks are due to the World Wildlife Fund-U.S. for the use of their global ecoregion vertebrate species data, to Fabio Cassola, Richard Freitag, Karl Werner, W. Dan Sumlin, and Dave Brzoska for the use of data pertaining to tiger beetles, and, finally, to Peter Raven and colleagues (in particular Peter Stevens) at the Missouri Botanical Garden for kindly lending us their botanical expertise and insights.

We are also grateful for the support received from various staff members of Conservation International during the course of this project, including Gerry Allen, Jake Brunner, Chuck Burg, Janice Chanson, Shannon Charlton, Philip Chou, Jason Cole, Jessica Donovan, Sarah Frazee, Stuart Gottlieb, Nicole Guanzon, John Hanks, Bobby Jo Kelso, Jill Lucena, Laara Manler, Nina Marshall, Judy Mills, John Musinsky, Ella Outlaw, Ana Rodrigues, James Sanderson, Alexander Shenkin, Chris Stone, Carly Vynne, John Watkin, Michele Zador, and Sterling Zumbrunn. In addition, we would also like to pay tribute to the staff of the GIS department, particularly Robert Waller, Sonya Krogh, and Joanna Seeber, for their help with analyses and in preparing the maps appearing in this book. Special thanks also to Shawn Concannon for his long-term commitment and his support for some of the research that went into the writing of this book. Last, but not least, we would like to acknowledge the support of the Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund and the Global Conservation Fund at Conservation International.

First English edition, 2004
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