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Earthshots: Satellite Images of Environmental Changes popular

http://earthshots.usgs.gov/tableofcontents

an ebook of before-and-after Landsat images (1972-present), showing recent environmental events and introducing remote sensing from the U.S. Geological Survey's EROS Data Center
Added: Feb. 20, 2001 | Rate It

Gondwana Forests Sanctuary popular

http://www.nativeforest.org/campaigns/gondwana/

6 out of 10 stars (2 votes)

the Native Forest Network seeks to protect and restore the life of Gondwana by creating an international sanctuary of the Earth's southernmost forests in South America, Australia, New Zealand and elsewhere
Added: Jul. 29, 2001 | Rate It

Alliance for the Wild Rockies

http://www.wildrockiesalliance.org/

9 out of 10 stars (1 vote)

works to save the Northern Rockies Bioregion from habitat destruction
Added: Feb. 01, 2001 | Rate It

American Prairie Reserve

http://www.americanprairie.org/

seeks to create and manage a prairie-based wildlife reserve that will protect a unique natural habitat, provide lasting economic benefits and improve public access to and enjoyment of the prairie landscape
Added: Sep. 22, 2012 | Rate It

Forest Landscape Restoration - A Global Partnership

http://ideastransformlandscapes.org/

a network of governments, organizations, communities and individuals who recognize the importance of forest landscape restoration and want to be part of a coordinated global effort
Added: Jan. 15, 2006 | Rate It

Global Land Cover Characterization

http://edc2.usgs.gov/glcc/

10 out of 10 stars (1 vote)

a 1-km resolution global land cover characteristics data base useful for a wide range of environmental research and modeling applications
Added: Feb. 20, 2001 | Rate It

Maryland Alliance for Greenway Improvement and Conservation (MAGIC)

http://www.magicalliance.org/

works to protect and restore ecological richness and biodiversity in Maryland, including expanding protected lands in Maryland and linking them to protected lands in adjacent states
Added: May. 21, 2006 | Rate It

National Gap Analysis Program--USGS

http://www.gap.uidaho.edu/

9 out of 10 stars (1 vote)

seeks to provide regional assessments of the conservation status of native vertebrate species and natural land cover types in the U.S. and to facilitate the application of this information to land management activities
Added: Jan. 17, 2001 | Rate It

Permaculture

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Permaculture

Wikipedia entry which describes this design method which utilizes a systems thinking approach to create sustainable human habitats by analyzing and duplicating nature's patterns, particulary in agroforest landscapes
Added: Jun. 19, 2007 | Rate It

Reclamation - Lower Colorado River

http://www.lcrmscp.gov/

10 out of 10 stars (1 vote)

a regional partnership aimed at protecting sensitive, threatened and endangered species of fish, wildlife and their habitats within this vital water supply
Added: Sep. 23, 2004 | Rate It

UFZ Centre for Environmental Research

http://www.mata-atlantica.ufz.de/biocapsp.html

a project called the Biodiversity conservation in fragmented landscapes at the Atlantic Plateau of São Paulo intends to analyze which factors determine, in fragmented landscapes, the diversity patterns and the distribution of bird, mammal and amphibian species
Added: May. 11, 2009 | Rate It

Yellowstone to Yukon Conservation Initiative

http://www.y2y.net/

working to maintain and restore the unique natural heritage of the Yellowstone to Yukon region, to ensure this wilderness continues to function and support all its natural and human communities, by establishing a regionial protected area network
Added: Feb. 01, 2001 | Rate It

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