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23, 24, 143, 244, 256, 257, 263-264, 267-270, 

 274-275, 295 



conservation training by, 303 



database of, 124 



Global Environment Monitoring System of (GEMS), 

 124 

 United Nations Food and Agricultural Organizations 

 (FAO), 124, 256, 257, 260, 262, 263, 264, 269, 

 274, 278 



germplasm conservation and, 25 



resource degradation observations by, 67-68 

 United Nations Industrial Development Organiza- 

 tions, 305 

 United States 



agricultural breeding in, 52-53 



animal breed monitoring in, 162 



assessing plant germplasm in, 191 



biological diversity in, 49-51 



data collection in, 125, 127 



data sharing in, 126, 127 



development assistance by, 289-294, 296-298 



diversity loss in, 66-67, 79, 94 



diversity maintenance in, 8-22, 114, 157, 221-246 



diversity management in, 117-118, 125 



ecosystem diversity program for, 128-129 



embryo transfer in, 153 



endangered species protection in, 7, 8, 11 



genetic diversity in, 4 



germplasm quarantine in, 146-147, 161, 244-245 



influence on MDBs, 24, 295-296 



National Parks and Forests in, 46, 48 



plant breeders' rights legislation in, 260 



plant breeding in, 191, 192 



plant collections in, 184 



plant importation into, 177 



protected area design in, 107-108, 109, 110 



restoration project by, 156 



species diversity in, 68 



support for international conservation efforts, 22-24 



threatened species lists in, 70 



wetlands in, 40 

 U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. See Army Corps of 



Engineers, U.S. 

 U.S. Geological Survey, 125 

 U.S. Plant Introduction Stations, 180 

 U.S. Strategy on the Conservation of Biological 



Diversity, 14, 29, 290 

 University of Veterinary Science (Hungary), 303 

 Utah, 66, 121 

 Utah State University, 240 



Vavilov, N.I., 174 

 Venezuela, 46, 49, 81 

 Virgin Islands, 118 

 V.I. National Park, 118 

 Voyageurs Park (Minnesota), 46 



Washington State, 115 

 West Germany, 156 

 wetlands 



restoration of, 232 



value of, 4-5, 40 

 Weyerhaeuser Company, 237 

 Wildlife Institute of India, 302 

 Willamette National Forest, 43 

 Wind Cave National Park (South Dakota), 41, 44 

 Wisconsin, 14, 20, 232 

 Wisconsin, University of, 232 

 Wood Buffalo National Park (Canada), 117 

 World Bank, 270 



development assistance funding by, 294-296 



preservation approach to conservation and, 122, 

 129 



resource degradation observations by, 67-68 



wildland policy of, 24, 29 



Wildlife Management Policy of, 296 

 World Charter for Nature, 257-259 

 World Conservation Strategy (WCS), 28, 257, 264, 287 

 World Heahh Organization (WHO), 268, 275 

 World Heritage Convention, 22, 23, 264 

 World Heritage Program, 22, 255, 266-268, 276 

 World Meteorological Organization, 268 

 World Resources Institute, 276 

 World Wildlife Fund (WWF)/U.S., 30, 257, 264, 267 



conservation training by, 303 



database of, 124 



development assistance projects by, 293, 297-298 



ecosystem conservation and, 129 



Minimum Critical Size of Ecosystems Project of, 

 106 

 World Wildlife Fund/The Conservation Foundation. 



See World Wildlife Fund/U.S 

 Wyoming, 241 



Zaire, 117 



Zambezi Teak Forest, 41, 44 



Zambia, 41, 44, 51, 81 



National Conservation Strategy of, 115, 301 

 Zimbabwe, 300 



