Land snails as models for biodiversity assessment in Sri Lanka
Key Facts
FUNDING SCHEME Post-Project
VALUE £68,285
WHERE Sri Lanka
Summary
Provide a leading example of post-survey taxonomic revision with new species and higher level taxa descriptions. Establish a baseline of land snail diversity and distributions and assessment of threatened status to enable conservation measures to be put in place. Publish results in peer reviewed journals and disseminate information to a wide audience by means of a CD-ROM, the WWW, field guide and scientific and public presentations.
1. taxonomic revisions
2. descriptions of new species
3. evaluation of entire recorded land snail fauna for IUCN red listing
4. publications on distributions and conservation
5. major development of CD-ROM
6. user friendly guide
7. Summary information on WWW
