The document summarizes an upcoming book about connectivity conservation management. It describes the book's focus on large-scale connectivity conservation areas that span thousands of kilometers, case studies from six biogeographic realms, and a framework for systematically managing connectivity. The book introduces 15 critical management practices and identifies foundational, delivery, and cross-cutting tasks for connectivity conservation management.

1. Pre-Launch Of a new Earthscan/IUCN Book Nik Lopoukhine Chair IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas Merida, 11 th November 2009

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3. US Air Force DMSP The book describes a major adaptation response to Global change and the loss of natural habitats world-wide Source: Eduard Muller

4. It promotes a major practical adaptation (and mitigation) response to Climate change impacts on Earth TWS

5. Africotropical Biogeographic realm: Maloti Drakensberg Connectivity Conservation Area, South Africa-Lesotho It describes the context of global change and introduces the science of connectivity conservation

6. It provides 25 in depth case studies from 6 of 8 biogeographic realms of Earth. Australian Biogeographic Realm: Great Eastern Ranges Corridor from the Australian Alps to Atherton

7. It captures the lived management experience of connectivity conservation managers from around the world Indomalayan Realm: Sacred Himalayan landscape connectivity conservation area, Nepal

8. It focuses on large-scale connectivity conservation areas, 10’s-100’s kilometres wide, 1000’s kilometres long….. it promotes leadership, and big thinking responses to the big change issues facing Earth Palaeoarctic Realm: Altai-Sayan Mega Connectivity Corridor

9. It introduces a new connectivity conservation management framework which provides a systematic approach to managing connectivity Nearctic Realm: Yellowstone to Yukon` Connectivity Corridor

11. Relative to this framework, it identifies and describes 15 management practices critical to connectivity conservation Neotropical Realm: Antisana Mountain and Connectivity Conservation, Ecuador

14. Available January 2010 Available from Earthscan www.earthscan.co.uk 20% of list price offer to Wild 9 attendees