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110 2  $a Rapid Assessment Program (Conservation International)
245 10 $a Still counting : $b biodiversity exploration for conservation : the first 20 years of the Rapid Assessment Program / $c edited by Leeanne E. Alonso ... [et al. ; introductory letter by Peter A. Seligmann ; foreword by Russell A. Mittermeier].
246 30 $a Biodiversity exploration for conservation : $b the first 20 years of the Rapid Assessment Program
246 30 $a First 20 years of the Rapid Assessment Program
260    $a Arlington, VA : $b Rapid Assessment Program, Conservation International, $c c2011.
300    $a 316 p. : $b ill. (chiefly col.), col maps ; $c 25 cm.
500    $a Includes index of RAP survey profiles.
530    $a Also issued online.
504    $a "Appendix 4. RAP publications": p. 309-313.
505 0  $a RAP at a glance -- RAP highlights -- History and overview of Terrestrial RAP -- History and overview of MarineRAP -- History and overview of AquaRAP -- Map of RAP survey sites -- RAP survey profiles -- Regional profiles -- Lists and appendices.
520    $a "This exciting book outlines the inception, history, and achievements of Conservation International's Rapid Assessment Program (RAP) over its first two decades, 1990-2010. The philosophy and methodology of RAP, its major goals and results, and the "feet-in-the-mud" attitude that has made the program so effective are featured.The book profiles nearly 80 expeditions to some of the most remote but often highly threatened sites around the world, highlighting the impacts of RAP surveys in relation to the establishment and improvement of protected areas, the discovery of species new to science, scientific capacity building, spatial planning for conservation, and enhancing human well-being"--Cover.
610 20 $a Rapid Assessment Program (Conservation International) $x History.
650  0 $a Nature conservation $x History.
650  0 $a Biodiversity conservation $x History.
650  0 $a Nature conservation $x History. $x History.
650  0 $a Sustainable development $x History.
650  0 $a Biodiversity $v Pictorial works.
650  0 $a Endangered ecosystems $v Pictorial works.
700 1  $a Alonso, Leeanne E. $q (Leeanne Elizabeth)
710 2  $a Conservation International.
856 41 $u http://www.conservation.org/Documents/CI_RAP_20_Year_Still_Counting_discoveries.pdf $z Click here for online version.
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