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IUCN co-drafted the World Heritage Convention with UNESCO and has been involved as the official Advisory Body on nature from the onset. [8] CITES – the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (1974). IUCN is a signatory party and the CITES secretariat was originally lodged with IUCN.
It was created by René E. Honegger in 1968. [10] In 1970, the IUCN published its fifth volume in this series. This was the first Red Data List which focused on plants (angiosperms only), compiled by Ronald Melville. [11] The final volume of Red Data List created in the older, loose leaf style was volume 4 on freshwater fishes.
The IUCN has published a set of Guidelines for Application of the IUCN Red List Criteria at Regional and National Levels and at least 113 countries have produced their own Red Lists. [1] [2] Below, where a particular article or set of articles on a foreign-language Wikipedia provides fuller coverage, a link is provided.
Book of the Dead of Sobekmose, the Goldworker of Amun, 31.1777e, Brooklyn Museum. The dimensions of a Book of the Dead could vary widely; the longest is 40 m long while some are as short as 1 m. They are composed of sheets of papyrus joined together, the individual papyri varying in width from 15 cm to 45 cm.
The Book of the Dead compilations are regarded as classic anthologies in the horror and splatterpunk genres, featuring a great number of famous names including Stephen King, Joe R. Lansdale, Robert R. McCammon and foreworded by George A. Romero and Tom Savini. They are likely the first anthologies of zombie-themed tales ever printed, and have ...
"The Dead" was adapted as a one-act play of the same name by Hugh Leonard in 1967. [15] Joyce Carol Oates's 1973 story, "The Dead", makes many allusions to Joyce's story. [16] In 1987, it was adapted into the film The Dead directed by John Huston, starring Anjelica Huston as Gretta Conroy and Donal McCann as Gabriel Conroy. [17]
The Book of the Dead is a novel by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child published on July 1, 2007, by Warner Books. This is the seventh book in the Special Agent Pendergast series. [ 1 ] Also, it is the third and final installment to the trilogy concentrating on Pendergast and his relationship with Lieutenant Vincent D'Agosta in their pursuit to ...
Harold Edward James Aldridge (10 July 1918 – 23 February 2015) [1] was an Australian-British writer and journalist. [2] His World War II despatches were published worldwide and he was the author of over 30 books, both fiction and non-fiction works, including war and adventure novels and books for children.