Implementing Agency:
Department For International Development (EPD)

Managing Institute:
Department For International Development (EPD)

Contractor:
Singleton Consultant

Project Code: 781-620-006	Start Date: 01/10/1992	End Date: 31/03/1998
Commitment: £38,610	Status: Awaiting Confirmation of Completion	Type of Funding: Bilateral - TDR

Project Background:
The book consists of 12 chapters, each of approximately 100-150 pages in length, double line spacing, illustrated with figures, graphs, boxes, tables and black and white photographs.

It is predominantly a work of synthesis, with heavy emphasis on bibliographic research, and complementary material provided by researchers in the form of unpublished papers, degree theses and personal communications, together with field observations.

The book has been adopted as a specially commissioned project ("Proyecto de Encargo E019) by Mexico's National Commission for the knowledge and use of Biodiversity (CONABIO), which is providing the bulk of the publication costs. The book is to be published, in the first instance, in Spanish (for obvious reasons).

Project Objectives:
To produce a much needed basic text on ecology, land use and nature conservation in Mexico.

Intended Outputs:
A book entitled "The Utilisation and Conservation of Mexico's Terrestrial Ecosystems: Past, Present and Future".