Archives for: February 2010

A legal trick threatens Canary Islands herpetofauna

February 14th, 2010
The regional government of the Canay Islands made a bill of law aimed to create a new regional catalogue of protected species. The main changes proposed  for herpetofauna are to demote the category of protection of Gallotia intermedia from Endangered to… more »

Report on the Bern Convention meeting

February 6th, 2010
The Conservation Committee of the SEH has been actively involved in amphibian and reptile conservation trough the Bern convention (the “Convention on the Conservation of European Wildlife and Natural Habitats”; see http://www.coe.int/t/dg4/cultureheritag… more »

The new Red Lists and Atlas of Dutch Amphibians and Reptiles

February 6th, 2010
In November 2009 the new Red Lists on Dutch amphibian and reptiles were presented by RAVON (formal publication date is 2007). This report presents, apart from the list using official Dutch criteria, for the first time Red Lists following the criteria of… more »