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Alliance for Zero Extinction editor's pick

http://www.zeroextinction.org/

10 out of 10 stars (1 vote)

a global initiative of biodiversity conservation organizations, aims to prevent extinctions by identifying and safeguarding key sites where species are in imminent danger of disappearing
Added: Dec. 17, 2005 | Rate It

Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF), The editor's pick

http://www.gbif.org/

seeks to design, implement, co-ordinate, and promote the compilation, linking, standardisation, digitisation and global dissemination of the world’s biodiversity data
Added: Jul. 13, 2002 | Rate It

Species 2000 -- Indexing the world's known species popular

http://www.sp2000.org/

9 out of 10 stars (2 votes)

has the objective of enumerating all known species of plants, animals, fungi and microbes on Earth as the baseline dataset for studies of global biodiversity
Added: Jan. 26, 2001 | Rate It

Tropical Forest Conservation and Development: A Bibliography popular

http://forestry.lib.umn.edu/bib/trps.phtml

4 out of 10 stars (4 votes)

a searchable subject index of tropical forest resources, deforestation, conservation, indigenous peoples, management, policy and other tropical forest related topics
Added: Jan. 26, 2001 | Rate It

Biodiversity & Environmental Resource Data System of Belize (BERDS)

http://www.biodiversity.bz/

10 out of 10 stars (2 votes)

a comprehensive biodiversity and environmental data warehouse and research system built to enhance collaborative research and conservation efforts in Belize
Added: Aug. 31, 2005 | Rate It

Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) - Media Releases in 2009

http://www.cifor.cgiar.org/mediamultimedia/newsroom/press-releases.html

provides access to media coverage, media releases and opinions related to forestry research around the world
Added: Dec. 14, 2008 | Rate It

Dendronautics

http://www.dendronautics.org/

10 out of 10 stars (2 votes)

exploration of the rain forest canopy using airships and similar aerial platforms
Added: Jun. 25, 2006 | Rate It

European Tropical Forest Research Network (ETFRN)

http://www.etfrn.org/etfrn/

facilitates access to the European capability on tropical forest research, promoting the involvement of European research expertise towards the conservation and wise use of forests and woodlands in tropical and subtropical countries
Added: Jan. 20, 2001 | Rate It

From Jungle to Lab, the study of life’s complexity

http://www.exploratorium.edu/origins/belize-london/

8 out of 10 stars (6 votes)

follows scientists from Belize's rainforests to the Natural History Museum in London's laboratories, witnessing biology in action, and discovering what it mean to find a new species of plant or animal
Added: Oct. 02, 2002 | Rate It

National Institute for Space Research

http://www.inpe.br/ingles/index.php

fosters science and technology in earth and space context and offers products and regular services for the benefit of Brazil
Added: Jul. 19, 2011 | Rate It

Participatory Avenues - Integrated Approaches to Participatory Development (IAPAD)

http://www.iapad.org/

9 out of 10 stars (19 votes)

promotes best practice for merging indigenous technical knowledge and traditional spatial information and acts as focal point for sharing information and technical progress on community-based mapping and Public Participation
Added: Feb. 20, 2002 | Rate It

PLoS One - Accelerating the Publication of Peer-Reviewed Science

http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0004570

an international, peer-reviewed, open-access, online publication, PLoS ONE welcomes reports on primary research from any scientific discipline; searchable by keyword
Added: May. 11, 2009 | Rate It

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