1973 iucn yearbook

Curry-Lindahl (UNEP), Raymond F. Dasmann (IUCN), Jean-Paul Harroy
(Belgium), P. H. C. Lucas (New Zealand), and Kenton R. Miller (USA).
Work progressed meanwhile on the 1974 List.
World Directory of National Parks and Other Protected Areas
This new publication, now in preparation, will provide data on protected
areas in greater detail and scope than in the English and French versions
of the Second Edition of the UN List. It will consist of data sheets for
each area in a series of loose-leaf volumes. The initial coverage is intended
to describe the protected areas of the UN List but other areas with less
rigorous protection will also be included.
Data on protected areas from many parts of the world is already
being processed and it is hoped that an initial issue of some 200 sheets
will be made in 1974.
Ecological data
IUCN continued to operate, in close cooperation with the UK Nature
Conservancy, the ecological data bank resulting from the IBP/CT Check
Sheet Survey. Work continued on the analysis of the data, principally
in relation to the preparation of IBP synthesis publications.
This activity is linked with the maintenance of the biome field station
list, another task started by IBP/CT. It is hoped to publish a revised
version of the list in 1974.
Ecological and genetic considerations in establishing areas
for the protection of species and biotic communities
This project is closely related to MAB Project 8. The Commission on
Ecology has been active in examining the minimum sizes of ecologically
self-supporting units as a basis for planning national parks and reserves.
A paper was prepared by the Secretariat as a basis for discussion by the
participants of the UNESCO MAB Panel of Experts for Project 8,
which met at IUCN headquarters in Morges on 25-27 September 1973.
This paper will be used as a background document for a MAB expert
group which will meet in Paris early in 1974 to further develop criteria
for the establishment of biosphere reserves.
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