By Russell A. Mittermeier, Michael Totten, Laura Ledwith Pennypacker, Frederick Boltz, Cristina G. Mittermeier, Guy Midgley, Carlos Manuel Rodriguez, Glenn Prickett, Claude Gascon, Peter A. Seligmann, and Olivier Langrand. RECENT RELEASE

"A Climate for Life: Meeting the Global Challenge" is a large-format illustrated book released internationally in the fall of 2008 in both English and Spanish-language editions.

By Alwyn H. Gentry

This field guide is the first ever to deal with the extraordinarily diverse flora of Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru. All families that contain woody, epiphytic, or scandent species in northwestern South America are included.

By Timothy J. Killeen, Ph.D.

The ongoing changes that threaten the Amazon Wilderness – agriculture, logging, climate change – will likely be intensified under a South American initiative to build roads and other infrastructure across the continent.

By Frank J. Bonaccorso, Illustrated by Fiona A. Reid, Aldi Oyarzabal, Stephen D. Nash, Lester Seri, Michael Hedemark

The bats, whose role as pollinators, seed dispersers and insect predators is of enormous importance in maintaining the health of tropical forest ecosystems, have been far less thoroughly studied in comparison with other elements of the Papuan fauna.

By Peter Seligmann et al.

Five years ago development agendas were bulldozing their way into the last unspoiled places and conservation work was threatened. But a new environmental consciousness was forming, requiring a bold new approach. CBCs were created to take up the challenge.

Conservation International’s 2008 wall calendar features stunning photos from award-winning photographers highlighting the people, places, plants, and animals affected by climate change.

By Anthony L. Rose, Russell A. Mittermeier, Olivier Langrand, Okyeame Ampadu-Agyei, and Thomas M. Butynski. Photography by Karl Ammann.

Consuming Nature is a beautifully photographed book which depicts the devastation of nature in Africa as witnessed by some of the world’s most experienced conservation experts.

By Linday K. Glover and Sylvia A. Earle. Foreword by Graeme Kelleher. Published by Island Press, 2004.

Defying Ocean's End was inspired by an urgent need – to address the sharp decline in ocean wildlife, the disturbing increase in ocean pollution and the neglect of policies and resources to solve these problems.

By Olga Jovanovic, Falitiana Rabemananjara, Olga Ramilijaona, Franco Andreone, Frank Glaw and Miguel Vences

This laminated pocket guide with over 30 color photos to identify species of frogs and individual maps of Madagascar for locating them is the tool to have on hand.

By Russell A. Mittermeier, Patricio Robles Gil, Michael Hoffman, John Pilgrim, Thomas Brooks, Cristina Goettsch Mittermeier, John Lamoreux, and Gustavo A.B. da Fonseca. Preface by Peter A. Seligmann. Foreword by Harrison Ford.

Hotspots Revisited is the fourth volume in the series including Megadiversity, Hotspots and Wilderness. It is richly illustrated with over 300 photographs and has contributions from more than 200 scientific experts from around the world.

By by José Vicente Rueda-Almonacid, John L. Carr, Russell A. Mittermeier, José Vicente Rodríguez-Mahecha, Roderic B. Mast, Richard C. Vogt, Anders G.J. Rhodin, Jaime de la Ossa-Velásquez, José Nicolás Rueda and Cristina Goettsch Mittermeier.

The newest of CI’s Tropical Field Guides, Las tortugas y los cocodrilianos de los países andinos del trópico, describes the terrestrial, marine and river turtles and crocodiles in the Andes tropical countries.

By Russell A. Mittermeier, William R. Konstant, Frank Hawkins, Edward E. Louis, Olivier Langrand, Jonah Ratsimbazafy, Rudin Rasoloarison, Jorg U. Ganzhorn, Serge Rajaobelina, Ian Tattersall and David M. Meyers. Illustrated by Stephen D. Nash. 2006.

The book contains extensive scientific information with chapters including: origin of lemurs, discovery and study of living lemurs, conservation of lemurs, geographic range and distribution of lemurs, behavior of lemurs, threats to lemurs, and more.

By Russell A. Mittermeier, William R. Konstant, Frank Hawkins, Edward E. Louis, Olivier Langrand, Jonah Ratsimbazafy, Rodin Rasoloarison, Jorg U. Ganzhorn, Serge Rajaobelina Ian Tattersall, and David M. Meyers. Illustrations and maps by Stephen D. Nash.

This laminated pocket guide with over 100 illustrations to identify species of lemurs and individual maps of Madagascar for locating them is the tool to have on hand.

By by Russell A. Mittermeier, Adelmar F. Coimbra-Filho, Maria Cecilia Martins Kierulff, Anthony B. Rylands, Sergio Lucena Mendes, Alcides Pissinatti and Livia Meneghel de Almeida.

This laminated pocket guide with over 35 illustrations to identify species of monkeys and individual maps for locating them in Brazil is the tool to have on hand.

By Russell A. Mittermeier, Monica Barcellos Harris, Cristina G. Mittermeier, Jose Maria Cardoso da Silva, Reinaldo Lourival, Gustavo A.B. da Fonseca, Peter A. Seligmann. Book foreword by Gordon Moore. Photos by Theo Allofs.

The incredible abundance and variety of animal life in the Pantanal and the unique culture of the people have been captured through superb photography. The accompanying text is written by scientists of CI, who have studied the Pantanal for many years.

By Thomas Richard Defler. Illustrations by Stephen D. Nash, Cesar Landazabal Mendoza and Margarita Nieto Diaz. Edited by Jose Vicente Rodriguez-Mahecha.

This field guide illustrates and describes 28 primate species comprising 43 different taxa, 15 of these taxa being endemic (found nowhere else) to Colombia.

By Conservation International and the IUCN Marine Turtle Specialist Group

This volume includes numerous articles by sea turtle and marine specialists focusing on the state of the world's sea turtles, their habitats, policy and economics, and raising awareness of sea turtle and marine issues.

By Patricio Robles Gil, Exequiel Ezcurra, Eduardo Peters, Eugenia Pallares and Ana Ezcurra (compilers).

The Great Tamaulipan Natural Province focuses on an incredibly biodiverse region and is filled with beautiful images, scientific dissemination, and a call to understand these natural riches and the need to study and conserve them adequately.

By Eric W. Sanderson, Patricio Robles Gil, Cristina G. Mittermeier, Vance G. Martin, Cyril F. Kormos. Preface by Steven E. Sanderson. Foreword by Jared Diamond.

Using some of the best available science, state-of-the-art GIS mapping, and satellite technology, as well as the most compelling images created by some of the world's best photographers, the authors illustrate the mark of humans on planet Earth.

By Russell A. Mittermeier, Cyril F. Kormos, Cristina G. Mittermeier, Patricio Robles Gil, Trevor Sandwith, and Charles Besançon

This book reviews the history of the transboundary conservation concept and application, as well as summarizes the latest information available and the many benefits that these areas provide.

By Thomas E. Leuteritz, Justin Gerlach, Russell A. Mittermeier, Anders G. J. Rhodin, Peter Paul van Dijk, Richard Lewis, Herilala Randriamahazo

Traveling to Madagascar? Searching for turtles and tortoises? This is a must-have companion to your trip.

By Russell Mittermeier, Cristina Goettsch Mittermeier, Patricio Robles Gil, Gustavo Fonseca, Thomas Brooks, John Pilgrim, and William R. Konstant

Wilderness: Earth's Last Wild Places combines nearly 300 breathtaking images of untamed lands and rare glimpses of the people who inhabit them with the most current scientific analyses of their endangered ecosystems.

By Russell Mittermeier, Patricio Robles Gil, Cristina G. Mittermeier, Thomas Brooks, Michael Hoffman, William R. Konstant, Gustavo A.B. Da Fonseca, and Roderic B. Mast

Imagine vast flocks of birds so enormous that they block out the sun, schools of herring so dense that the ocean appears to be more fish than water, wildebeest migrations that stretch to the horizon, and more animals in vast, almost incalculable numbers.