- The Global Diversity Foundation - http://www.globaldiversity.org.uk/
The Global Diversity Foundation documents, monitors and promotes agricultural, biological and cultural diversity around the world, particularly through training and research.
- NBII: Biodiversity Links - http://www.nbii.gov/issues/biodiversity/
Access to WWW sites that provide information on genetic diversity, species diversity, ecological diversity, and geopolitical perspectives. From the National Biological Information Infrastructure.
- Academic Info: Biodiversity - http://academicinfo.net/biodiv.html
A partially annotated directory of Internet resources on biodiversity.
- Canadian Biodiversity - http://www.canadianbiodiversity.mcgill.ca/
Biological diversity: theory, patterns, ecological zones, species distributions, conservation issues, and legislation, with an emphasis on Canada. Bilingual: english/français.
- What is Biodiversity? - http://www.defenders.org/bio-bi00.html
An introduction to meanings associated with the term biodiversity.
- Biodiversity Web - http://www.biodiversity.nl/
Personally maintained website with information and links about several aspects of biodiversity: biological, ecological, physical, chemical, social (e.g., population growth), economical and juridical. Some links in Dutch language or of particular relevance to Netherlands.
- Biodiversity Theory - http://www.redpath-museum.mcgill.ca/Qbp/2.About%20Biodiversity/theory.html
Overview of some theoretical basics of biodiversity.
- What is Biodiversity? - http://ceres.ca.gov/biodiv/Biodiversity/biodiv_def2.html
Different definitions used by resource managers and ecologists.
- Biodiversity Economics - http://biodiversityeconomics.org/
Explores the economic dimensions of the global biodiversity agenda as reflected in the work of IUCN and the various biodiversity conventions, notably the Convention on Biological Diversity.
- Encyclopedia of Biodiversity - http://www.biodiversity.nl/encyclopedia.htm
Online resource: major themes include evolution of biodiversity, systems for classifying and defining biodiversity, ecological patterns and theories, an assessment of contemporary patterns and trends, treaties and government legislation.
- Resources for the Future Library: Biodiversity - http://www.rff.org/nat_resources/biodiversity.htm
Research papers (PDF files) and project summaries related to economic and policy aspects of biodiversity protection. Topics include ecosystem valuation, endangered species laws, and habitat conservation.
- Mass Extinction Underway - http://www.well.com/user/davidu/extinction.html
Links to articles on biodiversity and species extinction.
- Biodiversity Series - http://www.unep-wcmc.org/resources/publications/biodiv_series.htm
Full text online of UNEP-WCMC series of project results.
- Industrial Reliance on Biodiversity - ftp://ftp.wcmc.org.uk/products/wcmc.publications/7.industrial
Provides an overview of the extent to which industry in the developed world relies on the biodiversity of the developing world. (FTP site).
- Fauna and Flora International - http://www.fauna-flora.org/
Supports international conservation activities. Documents on methodology, working with NGOs, governments, communities; news, publications, photo gallery.
- Biodiversity Resource Center - http://www.calacademy.org/research/library/biodiv/
A branch library of the California Academy of Sciences specializing in information on biodiversity. Bibiographies, links to news and educator resources.
- Species 2000 - http://www.sp2000.org/
Project to provide indexing and links for all known species as the baseline dataset for studies of global biodiversity.
- All Species Foundation - http://www.all-species.org/
A non-profit organization with the goal of recording a complete inventory of all species on Earth within 25 years.
- Biodiversity Hotspots - http://www.biodiversityhotspots.org/
Comprehensive information on 25 of the world's biologically richest and most threatened ecosystems.
- World Atlas of Biodiversity - http://stort.unep-wcmc.org/imaps/gb2002/book/viewer.htm
Interactive maps of biodiversity and human impacts from the UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre.
- Biodiversity Fact Sheet - http://www.esa.org/education/edupdfs/biodiversity.pdf
What is biodiversity, what threatens it, why is it important, and what are ecologists doing to better understand it? From Ecological Society of America. [PDF file]
- Global Biodiversity Back Issues - http://www.nature.ca/prodserv/gb/gb_e.cfm
The Canadian Museum of Nature's quarterly magazine. Covered Canadian and international biodiversity news in science, politics, education, community and individual initiatives between 1991 and 1999.
- DIVERSITAS Programme - http://www.diversitas-international.org/
International collaborative project with the goal of providing accurate scientific information and predictive models of the status of biodiversity and sustainability of the use of the Earth's biotic resources, and to build a world-wide capacity for the science of biodiversity.
- Natural Resources and Biodiversity - http://biodiv.wri.org/topic_keyissues_text.cfm?cid=501
Background papers from the World Resources Institute on social and political dimensions of environmental policy-making.
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