Biodiversity Links

• Biodiversity Forum - non-profit organization dedicated to the conservation of biological diversity worldwide.

Science: Ecology: Indices

• Biodiversity, Ecology, and the Environment - WWW Virtual Library

• Canadian Centre for Biodiversity - summarizes national biodiversity issues, economic impacts and valuation systems, and legislation, policy and guidelines that affect biodiversity.
• Biodiversity and Ecosystems NEtwork

• Worldwide Forest/ Biodiversity Campaign News - provides recent coverage, as well as archives for the past 5 years, of worldwide forest protection campaign issues. Conservation, rainforests, and indigeneous rights. 2,500 documents archived.
• Gaia Forest Conservation Archives - forests, biodiversity and indigenous issues. Archives of forest conservation movement materials.

Science: Biology: Botany: Institutes

• Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research

Agriculture: News and Media

• Worldwide Forest/ Biodiversity Campaign News - provides recent coverage, as well as archives for the past 5 years, of worldwide forest protection campaign issues. Conservation, rainforests, and indigeneous rights. 2,500 documents archived.

Science: Ecology

• Biodiversity and Biological Collections
• General Biodiversity Related Resources
• Forest Research Cyberpage - investigating aspects of vertebrate biodiversity and habitat degradation.

: California Environmental Resource Evaluation System (CERES)

• California Biodiversity Council - local, state, and federal partners in conservation. This site contains educational material and an outstanding newsletter.

Canada: Society and Culture: Environment and Nature

• Canadian Centre for Biodiversity - summarizes national biodiversity issues, economic impacts and valuation systems, and legislation, policy and guidelines that affect biodiversity.

United Nations: Agencies: Food and Agriculture Organization

• Sustainable Development Dimensions - information on environment and sustainable development; biodiversity, natural resources management, gender, population, land tenure and energy.

Business and Economy: Products and Services: Magazines: Science

• Growing EDGE magazine - covers the high tech world of horticulture. Topics such as hydroponics, greenhouses, artificial lighting, biodiversity and new plant varieties.

Science: Agriculture: Horticulture

• Growing EDGE magazine - covers the high tech world of horticulture. Topics such as hydroponics, greenhouses, artificial lighting, biodiversity and new plant varieties.

Science: Biology: Education: Higher Education: Departments

• University of California at Riverside - learn about the biodiversity of tropical plants, animals and microrganisms

Science: Biology: Institutes

• BDT - Base de Dados Tropical - As major activities, BDT is involved with the collection, analysis and dissemination of data relevant to biodiversity and biotechnology, and with the development of software for data management.
• Rural Advancement Foundation International - dedicated to the conservation of agricultural biodiversity and socially responsible development of technologies useful to rural societies.

Health: Medicine: Conferences

• International Summit on Drugs - natural products, biotechnology, biodiversity, drug discovery and development, biopharmaceuticals, phytomedicine, gnotobiology.

Oceanography: Organizations

• Canadian Ocean Frontiers Research Initiative (COFRI) - promotes research into aspects of Canadian ocean resources; includes coastal zone, biodiversity, fish stock, technology, and public awareness.

Oceanography

• Radio Expeditions' Ocean of Life - the first of a two-part series exploring threats to biodiversity.

Science: Ecology: Ecosystems

• El Eden Ecological Reserve - An experimental protected area for research on biodiversity, conservation, natural resources management, sustainable development, and ecotourism in the Maya area.

Science: Ecology

• Encyclopedia of Gap Analysis - a national program with a proactive approach to managing biodiversity. It"s products include maps of vegetation, vertibrate distribution, land ownership, and management level.

Environment and Nature: Publications

• Our Environment - comes home to Maui for a look at endangered species and loss of biodiversity in Hawaii.

Science: Zoology: Ichthyology

• Florida Museum Department of Ichthyology - a rich resource of biodiversity information, with a strong emphasis on the southeastern United States, the western North Atlantic, and Central and South America

Hydroponics

• Harvest Moon Hydroponics - specializing in hydroponics, greenhouses, artifical lighting, biodiversity, and new plant varieties. Also, specializing in fertilizer, environmental controls, and indoor gardening.

Environment and Nature: Law: Organizations

• Earthlaw - uses the law to defend the West's forests, air, water, and biodiversity.

Personal Exhibits

• Bettner, Rolf - collection of documentary photographic projects dealing with the Pacific Northwest and especially with issues related to biodiversity and ecological integrity.

• Bones, Jim - Photographic essays, wilderness, biodiversity, sustainable agriculture. Missios, Paul - Ph.D student at York University. Dissertation topics include biodiversity, pollution and international trade, and renewable resource management under uncertainty

Public Interest Groups: Environment

• Conservation International - a nonprofit organization using science, economics, policy, and community involvement to promote biodiversity conservation in rain forests and other ecosystems worldwide.

Natural Heritage Network

• Natural Heritage Network Central Server - Established by The Nature Conservancy and the Association for Biodiversity Information, provides information on the cooperative network of Natural Heritage biodiversity monitoring programs.

Organizations

• World Resources Institute - WRI offers information on a variety of natural resource topics including biodiversity and forest resources as well as data and information and useful tools for environmental education.

Preservation

• Western Canada Wilderness Committee - works for the preservation of wilderness areas, and focus public attention on logging practices, biodiversity, and conservation of natural resources.

Sustainable Development

• Sustainable Development Dimensions - information on environment and sustainable development; biodiversity, natural resources management, gender, population, land tenure and energy.

Science: Agriculture: Conferences

• VIth International Rangelands Congress - Townsville 1999 - socioeconomics of rangelands throughout the world; multiple use issues: ecology, ecotourism, biodiversity, mining, recreation, wildlife and grazing.