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IMPORTANT RANDOM LINKS
BIODIVERSITY LAB MEMBERS WITH SITES
FRIENDS, COLLEAGUES, ENDANGERED SPECIES
BIODIVERSITY PROJECTS ON THE WEB
Global Projects
- Biodiversity and Biological Collections Web Server. Information of interest to systematists and other biologists of the organismic kind.
- Expert Center for Taxonomic Identification. Promoting the broad use of taxonomic and biodiversity knowledge worldwide.
- DIVERSITAS. An International Programme of Biodiversity Science
- Biodiversity Conservation Information System (BCIS). A global partnership providing access to the most current knowledge about biodiversity.
- Biodiversity Information Network (BIN21). An international effort to link information relevant to biodiversity and to make it widely available by electronic and other means.
- GBIF - The Global Biodiversity Information Facility. A project to create an interoperable network of biodiversity databases and information technology tools that will enable users to navigate and put to use the worlds vast quantities of biodiversity information to produce national economic, environmental and social benefits.
- BIODI. Advanced computational approaches to environmental and biodiversity information. San Diego Supercomputer Center.
- BioNet-International, the Global Network for Taxonomy. A world-wide, inter-governmental initiative for capacity building in taxonomy (biosystematics) in developing countries.
- Convention on Biological Diversity. United Nations Environment Programme.
- All Species Foundation.
- World Wildlife Fund.
- Greenpeace International.
- The Nature Conservancy.
- Defenders of Wildlife.
- World Conservation Monitoring Centre. Provides information services on conservation and sustainable use of the world's living resources, and helps others to develop information systems of their own.
- Conservation International.
Using science, economics, policy, and community involvement to promote
biodiversity conservation in tropical rain forests and other endangered ecosystems worldwide.
- World Resources Institute. Information,
ideas, and solutions to global environmental problems.
- World Land Trust. Seeking
to conserve the World's tropical forests, as well as other biologically
important habitats, which are threatened by destruction.
- Man and the Biosphere (MAB). An interdisciplinary programme of research and training intended to develop the basis for the rational use and conservation of the resources of the biosphere.
- Species Survival Commission. IUCN-International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources.
- Endangered Species. EE-Link: Environmental Education Resources on the Internet.
- Center for Marine Conservation. Through science-based advocacy, research and public education, CMC promotes informed citizen participation to reverse the degradation of our oceans.
- Marine Conservation Biology Institute.
MCBI is a tax-exempt, nonprofit organization dedicated to safeguarding life in the sea by advancing the multidisciplinary science of marine conservation biology.
- Oceanic Research
Group. Dedicated to the conservation of the world's oceans through
education.
- Center for Biodiversity and Conservation. American Museum of Natural History.
- Virtual School of Biodiversity. A Multi-University Centre for Distributed Environmental
Education.
- The Living Edens. PBS online.
Regional Projects
Africa
Europe
Central America and South America
North America
- nearctica. The Natural World of North America.
- ecocanada.com. A gateway to the world of conservation and sustainability.
- Canada's Aquatic Environments. University of Guelph.
- Biological Resources Division (BRD). U.S. Geological Survey.
- Our Living Resources. A Report to the Nation on the Distribution, Abundance, and Health of U.S. Plants, Animals, and Ecosystems. U.S. Department of the Interior. National Biological Service.
- Endangered Species Home Page.
US Fish & Wildlife Service.
- Comisión Nacional para el Conocimiento y Uso de la Biodiversidad (CONABIO). Mexico's National Commission for the Knowledge and Use of Biodiversity.
- Discover Life in America. A volunteer science and education non-profit organization to study, use, conserve, and enjoy the diversity of life. Organizers of the ATBI All Taxa Biodiversity Inventory of Great Smoky Mountains National Park.
- Sierra Club.
- National Wildlife Federation.
- Center for Biological Diversity. Protecting endangered species and wild places of western North America through science, policy, education, and environmental law.
- Information Center for the Environment. UC Davis.
- Sevilleta Long-Term Ecological Research Program. University of New Mexico.
- South Florida Ecosystem History Project. U.S. Geological Survey.
- Chihuahuan Desert Home Page.
- Nature of New England.
- Natural History of Orange County, California.
- eNature.com. Online field guides to North American plants and animals.
North Pacific
South Pacific
Miscellaneous Resources
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