Announcement: CALL FOR PAPERS
Volume 2 will be published in 2013 in time for the 100th anniversary of Alfred Russel Wallace's death.
CLICK HERE to download "Call for papers" circular
CLICK HERE for "Instructions" file
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Announcement: INFORMATION ON VOLUME 1
The new book series "Biodiversity, Biogeography and Nature Conservation on Wallacea and New Guinea" is an attempt for starting new era in research and nature conservation in the region of Indo-Australian transition. The book will run to several volumes published on a regular basis every 2-3 years.
CLICK HERE to see contents of first volume
Please support our project and invest into the volume 2 by ordering the first volume of this series. The only you can leave are your experience and knowledge, the only you can do is to help our planet to save the natural heritage!
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Statistics - proportion of Volume 1 readers by their countries - CLICK HERE
Wallacea in a broad sense, including New Guinea, is one of the 34 "Global Biodiversity Hotspots" listed by Conservation International. This area holds enormous biodiversity, and has recently been classified as having the highest in the World (Reichholf J.H. 2003. Malesian Island Biogeography. from Alfred R. Wallace to Robert H. MacArthur and beyond: What Makes "Wallacea" so unique? - J. Zool. Soc. Wallacea 1: 4-11). This region has long been the last blank spot on the map and in a biological sense remains a real treasure for all biological disciplines. The unique situation of this region being relatively intact for so long, with critically increasing pressure on environment and natural resources during last decades.
Collaboration between different biological disciplines and specialists from over the World is a possibility for summarizing known information of this region and providing better basement for conservation of its biodiversity in the future.
Professionals and amateurs both pleased to contribute the first and forthcoming volumes of the book. Potential sponsors or financial contributors are welcomed.