Sites of Interest on Biology

I. INSTITUTION-SPECIFIC SITES 

A. CBD Clearinghouse Mechanism Sites

CBD Secretariat Clearinghouse Mechanism
http://www.biodiv.org/chm

WCMC CBD Clearinghouse Mechanism Page
http://www.wcmc.org.uk/~chm

B. Intergovernmental Sites

Global Environmental Facility Web Site
http://www.worldbank.org/html/gef

European Centre for Nature Conservation
http://www.ecnc.nl

Southeast Asian Impacts Centre (IC-SEA) Web Site
http://www.bogor.indo.net.id/biotrop/ic-sea.htm

DIVERSITAS
http://www.unesco.org/mab/collab/diver1.htm

C. Governments

United States Pacific Northwest Research Station
http://www.fs.fed.us/pnw/

Laboratory of Geographical Information System. Ministerio de Agricultura, Ganadería y Alimentación de Guatemala.
http://www.maga.gob.gt/sig

D. NGOs

The Foundation for the Defense of Nature
http://www.fudena.org

Rural Advancement Foundation International Web Site
http://www.rafi.ca

FUNDECOR
http://www.fundecor.org


II. ISSUE-SPECIFIC SITES

A. Forests

Forest Conservation Links - a reviewed Forest Conservation search space
http://forests.org/links/

Forest Genetic Resources
http://www.fao.org/WAICENT/faoinfo/forestry/FOGENRES/GENRESBU/genbul-e.HTM

Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) Forestry Issues
http://www.cfan-rcfa.org/issues/cida.forestry.issues.3.html

CIFOR: Project 8 - Sustainable Use and Development of Non-Timber Forest Products
http://www.cgiar.org/cifor/research/projects/project/project8.html

FAO Non-Wood Forest Product Web Site
http://www.fao.org/waicent/faoinfo/forestry/nwnews/default.htm

International Network for Bamboo & Rattan
http://www.idrc.org.sg/inbar

Rogue Institute for Ecology & Economy: Forest Product Assessment
http://id.mind.net/~clc/sfp.htm

World Wildlife Fund: Forest Links
http://www.panda.org/index/findex.htm

Livelihood Diversity: Non-Timber Forest Products in Michigan's Upper Peninsula
http://www.fsl.uvm.edu/nontim/

B. Indigenous Peoples

Coordinating Body for the Indigenous Peoples' Organizations of the Amazon Basin
http://www.satnet.net/coica

The Ethnobiology and Conservation Team
http://ethnobotany.org

Center for Indigenous Knowledge for Agriculture and Rural Development
http://www.physics.iastate.edu/cikard/CIKArt.html

American Indian Ethnobotany Database
http://www.inform.umd.edu/PBIO/Medicinals/helpful.html

C. Plant Genetic Resources Sites

International Organization for Plants Information (IOPI)
http://www.iopi.csu.edu.au/iopi/

Mycology Net Resources
http://www.keil.ukans.edu/~fungi/

Medical Botany World Wide Web
http://www.inform.umd.edu/PBIO/MEDICAL_BOTANY/internet.html

Internet Directory for Botany
http://www.helsinki.fi/kmus/botmenu.html

E. Endangered Species

IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals
http://www.wcmc.org.uk/species/animals_redlist.html

The 10th Conference of the Parties for CITES (Convention on
International Trade of Endangered Species
http://www.xmission.com/~gastown/herpmed/

Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild
Fauna and Flora
ftp://ftp.wcmc.org.uk/services/species/trade/cites

Fauna & Flora International
http://www.wcmc.org.uk/ffi

 F. Desertification

Desertification Information Network
http://www.wcmc.org.uk/~dynamic/desert

G. Inland Waters

Aquatic Conservation Network
http://www.achilles.net/holiday/acn/acnhome.html

Canada Centre for Inland Waters
http://www.cciw.ca/

Global Lake and Catchment Conservation Database
http://www.wcmc.org.uk/~dynamic/lcdb

The RAMSAR Convention on International Wetlands
http://www.iucn.org/themes/ramsar/

International Center for Living Aquatic Resources Management
http://www.cgiar.org/iclarm/

International Rivers Network
http://www.irn.org/irn/

Strategy for International Fisheries Research
http://www.idrc.ca/sifr/

Sustainable Freshwater Aquaculture
http://www.fishace.demon.co.uk

Wetlands International
http://ngo.asiapac.net/wetlands/

World Fisheries Trust
http://vvv.com/~worldfish

H. Marine

Global Programme of Action for the Protection of the Marine Environment from Land- Based Activities
http://www.unep.org/unep/gpa/home.htm

I. Environmental Activism

Goldman Environmental Prize
http://www.goldmanprize.org/goldman/prize.html

Environmental Heroes
http://www.unsungheroes.com/hero_topic.html#environmental

Washington Environmental Council
http://www.greenwec.org/voices/heroes.html

Eco-Heroes by Aubrey Wallace
http://www.ecobooks.com/heroes.htm

J. Ecological tourism

The Ecotravel Center
http://www.ecotour.org.

K. Eco-Portal

Environmental Sustainability: An Information Gateway Empowering the Movement for Environmental Sustainability
http://www.EnvironmentalSustainability.info

La Iniciativa de Biocomercialización
http://www.biotrade.org

L. Biotrade/Biotechnology

Biotechnology Intellectual Property Rights & Regulations, Resources on the Internet
http://www.http://www.acephale.org/bio-safety 

The Biotrade Initiative
http://www.biotrade.org

 
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