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RAP Bulletin of Biological Assessment Results from RAP surveys are immediately made available on the Internet and in preliminary reports. Final reports, with complete species lists, are published in the series RAP Bulletin of Biological Assessment within a year of each expedition.
RAP Bulletins are available to the host governments and local people where surveys take place, and to all interested conservationists, scientists, institutions and organizations. We hope that these reports will catalyze effective conservation action on behalf of our planet's biological diversity, the legacy of life that is so critical to us all.
Terrestrial RAP Bulletins
AquaRAP Bulletins
Marine RAP Bulletins
CD-ROMs
What is RAP?
RAP, which assesses terrestrial, aquatic and marine ecosystems, assembles teams of international and host-country experts to generate first-cut assessments of the biological value of poorly known areas. An area's importance can be characterized by its total biodiversity, its degree of endemism, the uniqueness of an ecosystem, and the degree of risk of extinction or habitat degradation.
At a global level, we have targeted the "hotspots," twenty-five regional land areas that hold 40 percent or more of all terrestrial diversity and are at a great risk. Our global priorities also focus on major tropical wilderness. We are now undertaking a series of priority-setting exercises for other major categories of ecosystems, among them marine and freshwater biomes. | |
| |  | | Species’ Responses to Fragmented Landscapes: CABS’ Will Turner authored an article in Ecology and Society that offers a framework to understand species’ responses to habitat loss.
View ArticleConfronting Amphibian Decline: A team of authors, including Simon Stuart of CABS, recommends policies to rescue amphibian populations.
View article abstract Setting Priorities for Conservation: CABS researchers and their colleagues outline strategies to identify regions in need of conservation action.
View article abstract.Ants: Standard Methods for Measuring and Monitoring Biodiversity: Edited by thirty leading ant biologists, including Leeanne Alonso of CABS, this quintessential guide to research on ants is now available online
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