Using data for 25,780 species categorized on the International Union for Conservation of
Nature Red List, we present an assessment of the status of the world’s vertebrates. One-fifth of …

A systematic study of metal ion doping in quantum (Q)-sized (2—4 nm) TiC> 2 colloids is
performedby measuring their photoreactivities and the transient charge carrier recombination …

The Fifth World Parks Congress in Durban, South Africa, announced in September 2003 that
the global network of protected areas now covers 11.5% of the planet's land surface 1 . This …

… Hoffmann has published more than 140 peer-received professional papers and is the
holder ol five patents in the subject areas of applied chemical kinetics, environmental …

Industry is the part of an economy that produces material goods which are highly mechanized
and automatized. Ever since the beginning of industrialization, technological leaps have …

The location of and threats to biodiversity are distributed unevenly, so prioritization is
essential to minimize biodiversity loss. To address this need, biodiversity conservation …

Knowledge of mammalian diversity is still surprisingly disparate, both regionally and
taxonomically. Here, we present a comprehensive assessment of the conservation status and …

Effective and targeted conservation action requires detailed information about species, their
distribution, systematics and ecology as well as the distribution of threat processes which …

The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species is the most comprehensive resource detailing the
global conservation status of plants and animals. The 2004 edition represents a milestone …

The syntheses of transparent colloidal solutions of extremely small titanium dioxide particles
(d< 3 nm) in water, ethanol, 2-propanol, and acetonitrile are presented. Quantum-size …