| A Rapid Biological Assessment of the Konashen Community Owned Conservation Area, Southern Guyana: Rap Bulletin of Biological Assesesment #51 Volume 51 Contributor(s): Alonso, Leeanne E. (Editor), McCullough, Jennifer (Editor), Naskrecki, Piotr (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1934151246 ISBN-13: 9781934151242 Publisher: Conservation International OUR PRICE: $19.75 Product Type: Paperback Published: July 2008 Annotation: The Konashen Community Owned Conservation Area (COCA)--a stretch of 625,000 hectares of forest in the southern region of Guyana--is relatively unexplored and considered to be one of the last large intact areas of tropical wilderness remaining in Guyana. The data collected during a rapid assessment survey, summarized in this volume, indicate that the forests of the Konashen COCA--maintained primarily by members of the Wai Wai indigenous group--are in very good condition and support rich biodiversity. The assessment team recorded twelve species that are likely new to science as well as more than sixty species found for the first time in Guyana and a number of threatened and endemic species. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Science | Life Sciences - Ecology - Science | Life Sciences - Biological Diversity |
| Dewey: 508.881 |
| LCCN: 2008929199 |
| Series: Rap Bulletin of Biological Assessment |
| Physical Information: 0.3" H x 8.5" W x 10.8" (0.60 lbs) 90 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Latin America - Topical - Ecology |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The Konashen Community Owned Conservation Area (COCA)--a stretch of 625,000 hectares of forest in the southern region of Guyana--is relatively unexplored and considered to be one of the last large intact areas of tropical wilderness remaining in Guyana. The data collected during a rapid assessment survey, summarized in this volume, indicate that the forests of the Konashen COCA--maintained primarily by members of the Wai Wai indigenous group--are in very good condition and support rich biodiversity. The assessment team recorded twelve species that are likely new to science as well as more than sixty species found for the first time in Guyana and a number of threatened and endemic species. |
Contributor Bio(s): Naskrecki, Piotr: - Piotr Naskrecki is an entomologist and a research associate with the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard University. He is the author of The Smaller Majority. |