The objectives of conservation and requirements for their achievement:
Maintenance of essential ecological processes and life-support systems.
Preservation of genetic diversity that is flora and fauna.
Sustainable utilization of species and ecosystems.
Priorities for national action:
A framework for national and sub-national conservation strategies.
Policy making and the integration of conservation and development.
Environmental planning and rational use allocation.
Priorities for international action:
International action: law and assistance.
Tropical forests and dry lands.
A global programme for the protection of genetic resource areas.
Map sections:
Tropical forests
Deserts and areas subject to desertification.