The result of a three year project, the `Asian Wetlands Inventory' sponsored by the IUCN, ICBP and IWRB, this massive document consists of a series of 24 national reports covering all countries from Pakistan in the west to China, the Koreas, Japan, the Philippines, Indonesia and Papua New Guinea in the east. Each report consists of a general introduction to the wetlands and conservation of the country, site accounts of known wetlands of international importance, maps and a bibliography.