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Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) editor's pick popular
(3 votes)
clearing-house mechanism for the Convention on Biological Diversity, seeks to protect biodiversity and ensure that it is used for the benefit of all
Added: Jan. 20, 2001 | Rate It
Alliance for Zero Extinction editor's pick
http://www.zeroextinction.org/
(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
Bruno Manser Fonds - News editor's pick
maintains the biodiversity in threatened tropical rainforests campaigns for the rights of the peoples who inhabit the rainforests
Added: Oct. 07, 2009 | Rate It
Northern New Guinea Lowland Rain and Freshwater Swamp Forests editor's pick
http://www.worldwildlife.org/wildworld/profiles/terrestrial/aa/aa0115_full.html
from the World Wildlife Fund, a description and ecological status of this area designated as an ecoregion
Added: Feb. 23, 2010 | Rate It
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew editor's pick
seeks to enable better management of the Earth's environment by increasing knowledge and understanding of the plant and fungal kingdoms - the basis of life on Earth
Added: Jan. 26, 2001 | Rate It
Saving Species editor's pick
a collective of senior, conservation professionals, profoundly committed to preventing species extinctions; providing a ratings service of projects that protect existing habitats or restore degraded ones and seeking to connect individual donors to NGOs directly
Added: Nov. 15, 2008 | Rate It
Welcome to COP 10 editor's pick
from the Convention on Biological Diversity, an announcement of and information about the 10th meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP10)
Added: Oct. 12, 2010 | Rate It
Biodiversity and Worldmap -- The Natural History Museum popular
http://www.nhm.ac.uk/research-curation/research/projects/worldmap/
(2 votes)
develops and applies methods to measure the variety of nature and select priority areas for conservation at many spatial scales
Added: Jan. 03, 2001 | Rate It
Species 2000 -- Indexing the world's known species popular
(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
Amazonia
http://www.amazonia.org/index.en.htm
(1 vote)
research in sustainable development, biodiversity, conservation, ecology, and permaculture in the Xixua -Xiparinã Reserve, the Jauaperí Region and Amazonia in general
Added: Jan. 26, 2001 | Rate It
Bibliography on the Conservation of Biological Diversity
http://faculty.apec.umn.edu/spolasky/Biobib.html
(1 vote)
an extensive biodiversity bibliography covering biological/ecological, economic, and policy issues
Added: Feb. 03, 2001 | Rate It
Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES)
(1 vote)
an international treaty to protect wild fauna and flora against over-exploitation and to prevent international trade from threatening species with extinction
Added: Feb. 08, 2001 | Rate It
E.O.Wilson Biodiversity Foundation
mission is to preserve biological diversity in the living environment by inventing and implementing business and educational strategies in the service of conservation
Added: Mar. 09, 2009 | Rate It
Endangered Species
http://wwf.panda.org/what_we_do/endangered_species/
WWF's campaign to protect endangered and threatened species including tigers, rhinos, elephants, turtles, the great apes and whales
Added: Aug. 17, 2002 | Rate It
International Reptile Conservation Foundation
(2 votes)
works to conserve reptiles and the natural habitats and ecosystems that support them
Added: Mar. 21, 2008 | Rate It
Madagascar
(1 vote)
examines Madagascar's uniqueness including its unique and diverse species of wildlife
Added: Jul. 22, 2006 | Rate It
ParksWatch - Strengthening Parks to Safeguard Biodiversity
http://www.parkswatch.org/main.php
a watchdog and monitoring organization that works through partnerships with in-country NGOs and individuals to conduct on-the-ground evaluations of national parks and other protected areas, to help parks in their role as protectors of biodiversity
Added: Feb. 27, 2008 | Rate It
Southern African Water Crisis (SAWAC)
provides information about the state of the water resources, biodiversity and sustainability in general; campaigning against further environmental destruction and works for ecological restoration
Added: Jan. 04, 2007 | Rate It
Traffic
monitors and investigates wildlife and endangered species trade, helping to ensure that trade in wildlife is at sustainable levels and in accordance with domestic and international laws and agreements
Added: Feb. 08, 2001 | Rate It
WWF: Congo Basin
http://www.worldwildlife.org/what/wherewework/congo/index.html
description of the Congo Basin, the threats it faces, and what the WWF is doing to counter them
Added: Feb. 16, 2005 | Rate It
