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Arne Mooers Professor of Biodiversity Department of Biological Sciences Simon Fraser University Office, B8242: 778-782-3979 Fax: 778-782-3496 Lab, B9227: 778-782-4649 e-mail: amooers@sfu.ca  |
IMPORTANT RANDOM LINKS
The FAB* Lab at SFU, my intellectual home.
The 2009 Vancouver Evolution Festival - a clearing house for all the events we'll be helping and coordinating to celebrate Darwin's 200th Anniversary.
- A short quicktime clip on the Knowledge Network of me and Dave Redding talking about EDGE species (2008).
- A 45 minute quicktime presentation of a public lecture I gave in the SFU Nobel Series in the spring of 2005 on the work of Prof. Carl Woese
BIODIVERSITY LAB MEMBERS WITH SITES
FRIENDS, COLLEAGUES, ENDANGERED SPECIES
The Vancouver Evolution Group (VEG)
My old friends at U.B.C.: Evolution
My collaborator on phylogenetic tree shape: Prof. Steve Heard
My collaborator on diversity and function: Dr. Diane Srivastava
Email of my collaborator on butterfly biodiversity in Borneo: Dr. Danny Cleary
Interdisciplinary Research Institute at SFU: IRMACS
Scientists for species. A website set up in help of our lobbying attempts for a federal endangered species act.
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 world’s 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
- African Wildlife Foundation.
- Endangered Wildlife Trust. Conservation of plant and animal species in southern Africa.
- Project Elgon. Mount Elgon National Park, Uganda.
- Gulf of Guinea Islands Biodiversity Network. Information about the biodiversity, and its conservation, of the four Gulf of Guinea islands of Bioko, Príncipe, São Tomé and Annobón.
- Madagascar Biodiversity and Conservation. A photo essay by David R. Parks.
- Arabian Wildlife Online.
- Swaziland National Trust Commission. The parastatal organisation responsible for the conservation of nature and the cultural heritage of the Kingdom of Swaziland.
- BiodiversityExplorer. South African Museum.
Europe
- European Centre for Nature Conservation (ECNC). Furthering European nature conservation by bridging the gap between science and policy.
- European Environment Agency. Europe's gateway to environmental information.
- European Community Biodiversity Clearing-House Mechanism. Supporting the Convention on Biological Diversity.
- Fauna Iberica. A project focussing on animal biodiversity in the Iberian-Balearican region.
- Biodiversity of the Black Sea Project. Institute of Biology of the Southern Seas, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine.
- Finnish Biodiversity Research Programme (FIBRE). ´ A multidisciplinary six-year research programme focusing on biological, socio-economic and legal aspects of biodiversity.
- Shetland Wildlife. News & Information on the Wildlife of Shetland, U.K.
Central America and South America
- INBio - Instituto Nacional de Biodiversidad. Costa Rica's National Biodiversity Institute.
- Centro de Referência em Informação Ambiental - BDT (Reference Center for Environmental Information - BDT). Contributing towards a more sustainable use of Brazil's biodiversity through the dissemination of high quality information and education.
- Virtual Galapagos. TerraQuest expedition report.
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
- Hawaii Biological Survey Web Site.
- International Kuril Island Project. An international collaboration of American, Russian, and Japanese scientists to survey the biodiversity of the Kuril Archipelago.
South Pacific
- Nature Conservation in Indonesia. Information about National Parks, Nature Reserves, Game or Wildlife Reserves, and Recreation Parks.
- Environment Australia Online: Biodiversity Group. Australian Department of the Environment and Heritage.
- Australian Biodiversity Information Facility-Fauna. A web based source of taxonomic and biological information for all animal species known to occur in Australia.
- Virtual Antarctica. TerraQuest expedition report.
Miscellaneous Resources
- Major Biomes of the World. Susan L. Woodward, The Virtual Geography Department Project and the Department of Geography, Radford University.
- Biodiversity and Conservation. A Hypertext Book by Peter J. Bryant. University of California, Irvine.
