Biodiversity

Presents answers to common questions about biodiversity.

Includes information and case studies on the institutional conditions for 'successful' interventions, defined in terms of biological as well as economic parameters, derived from this GTZ / ODI / Darwin initiative project with African partners.

Indian programme on community based agricultural biodiversity conservation and management in Wayanad, in Kerala, the Kolli Hills and Namakkal in Tamil Nadu and the Jeypore Tract of Orissa. Also development of a community gene bank.

Source for conservation information on more than 50,000 plants, animals, and ecological communities of the United States and Canada.

Provides information services on conservation and sustainable use of the world's living resources, and helps others to develop information systems of their own.

Charged with the trust of preserving the natural resources of America.

Offers a wide range of awards and grants for nature conservation projects worldwide. Applications are welcome from those working in nature conservation, botanical and habitat conservation and renewable energy.

Entry point for information on alien species in Hawaii compiled by the Hawaiian Ecosystems at Risk (HEAR) Project.

Provides summary of UK information on access and benefit sharing

Portal on information on and programmes to maintain and enhance the in situ conservation of 'wild' relatives of crop plants. Programme profiles and reports on inventories and conservation projects in China, Turkey, India, and other countries.

Website provides access to the resources of Kokopelli which aims to protect biodiversity and produce organic seeds. Includes mission, history, and links to resources (in French).

Provides an extension of the Pittsburgh Zoo's conservation, education, and breeding programs, focusing on the need to house breeding groups of threatened and endangered species, with an emphasis on African Elephants.

NASCO aims to contribute to the conservation, restoration, enhancement and rational management of salmon stocks taking into account the best scientific evidence.

IATTC is responsible for the conservation and management of fisheries for tunas and other species taken by tuna-fishing vessels in the eastern Pacific Ocean.

A database of mammalian taxonomy providing an on-line reference for identifying or verifying recognized scientific names and for taxonomic research.

The OCC is an organization made up of people, orchid societies, and orchid businesses, dedicated to raising awareness and money for orchid and habitat preservation.

Recognizing the need to reconcile wildlife conservation and people's livelihood needs and working towards promoting people's participation in wildlife conservation.

Initiative for the characterization of genebank collections via the application of state-of-the-art genomic, phenomic and molecular technologies, and the release of the subsequent data via an online, open-access portal.

Will assemble a database of all European land and fresh-water animals.

NRPI is the most comprehensive statewide database of its kind in California with over 6,000 natural resource projects.

An intergovernmental organization dedicated to preventing and controlling aquatic nuisance species, and implementing the Nonindigenous Aquatic Nuisance Prevention and Control Act of 1990.

Provides details of non-indigenous species that occur in inland, estuarine and marine waters in the US and that threaten ecological processes or natural resources.

Extensive information on the biodiversity of the Philippines and on endemic species of animals and plants.

Program whose goal is to develop a unified digital system for assessing the North American biota. Descriptions of projects and the Synthesis of the North American Flora CD-ROM.

Provides information on the nestwatch program, the sub adult migration study and plenty of information on the bird in Arizona.

Part of the IUCN's Species Survival Commission, dedicated to co-ordinating and conducting research and conservation activities worldwide to conserve endangered canid species.

A project of The World Carnivore Society, dedicated to promoting wolf restoration, supporting captive breeding and promoting conservation of endangered canines.

Of the 36 species of wild cats, 22 are small cats often no bigger than house cats. Most conservation efforts are directed at the largest members of the family, the big cats. SCCA seeks to put the spotlight on the small wild cats of the world.

A discussion by Clive Hambler and Martin R. Speight about the current role of science in conservation.

A campaign to compile a list of 100 tasks for world governments to undertake to tackle the biodiversity crisis.

Information about environmental projects and legislation.

Article outlining the risks of nine non-native boa, anaconda and python species that are invasive or potentially invasive in the United States.

Addresses the problem of invasive exotic plants in the Mid-Atlantic region of the US. Brochure, e-mail group, organizational information, and links.

The Spread of Invasive Weeds in Western Wildlands.

ATREE is a non-profit organization working to conserve India's biodiversity.

An international collaboration of American, Russian, and Japanese scientists to survey and inventory the biodiversity of the Kuril Archipelago and Sakhalin Island in the Russian Far East.

CEI is devoted to the preservation of North America's biodiversity, through the conservation and breeding of endangered indigenous species, ecosystem restoration through the reintroduction of extirpated fauna and flora, and the education of the public.

To provide for the conservation of Alaska's wolves and their prey populations.

Various articles on the conservation of tigers in India, China, Siberia, North America, Europe and Africa.

Organization dedicated to the conservation and preservation of the species. Includes news, information on research and contacts.

An environmental organization based in Hawaii. ET works to save the dolphins and whales, against whaling, driftnets, and tuna fisheries.

Official list includes taxonomy, assessment information, distribution, biome habitats and data sources.