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BIODIVERSITY SUPPORT PROGRAM CONSORTIUM
BCN PROJECT PARTNERS
OTHER SITES OF INTEREST
INTERNET RESOURCES
BIODIVERSITY SUPPORT PROGRAM CONSORTIUM
•The Biodiversity Support Program -- The Biodiversity Support Program is a consortium of World Wildlife Fund, The Nature Conservancy, and World Resources Institute. It was established in 1988 with funding from the Research and Development Bureau of the United States Agency for International Development. BSP's mission is to work with local communities, non-governmental organizations, and governments to promote conservation of the world's biological diversity.
•World Wildlife Fund -- WORLD WILDLIFE FUND (WWF) is the largest private U.S. organization working worldwide to conserve nature. WWF works to preserve the diversity and abundance of life on Earth and the health of ecological systems by protecting natural areas and wildlife populations, promoting sustainable use of natural resources, and promoting more efficient resource and energy use and the maximum reduction of pollution.
• The Nature Conservancy -- The Nature Conservancy strives for the preservation of habitats and species by buying the lands and waters they need to survive.
• World Resources Institute (WRI) -- An independent center for policy research and technical assistance on global environmental and development issues, the WRI is dedicated to helping governments and private organizations of all types cope with environmental, resource, and development challenges of global significance.
• USAID -- The Biodiversity Support Program is funded by the United States Agency for International Development.
BCN PROJECT PARTNERS
• Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) -- A nature and environmental web site with a goal to save wildlife and wild lands throughout the world. The site features WCS's environmental educational programs designed to teach biological diversity.
• King Mahendra Trust for Nature Conservation
OTHER SITES OF INTEREST
Activist Organizations
• American Society of International Law -- The ASIL Wildlife Interest Group focuses on the effectiveness of international wildlife treaty regimes. Resources include the full text of many wildlife treaties and information about the annual International Wildlife Law Conference.
Marketplaces
• Rainforest Alliance -- This site is devoted to the conservation of tropical forests. Additions to the site include their involvement with various conservation programs, news stories, their online newsletter, "The Canopy", and merchandize information.
• Conservation International (CI) -- Using science, economics, policy and community involvement to promote biodiversity conservation, CI's web site provides information how to protect the Earth's biologically richest areas and helps the people who live there improve their quality of life.
• The Maruia Society's On-Line Catalogue
• EnviroLink -- An environmental grassroots web site that is dedicated to uniting various organizations and volunteers around the world and keeping them informed with up-to-date environmental resources.
• EcoMarket International -- A web site that has information about environmental products, labels, ecotourism and other services.
• Tourism Concern -- Tourism Concern is a UK-based campaign for fair, sustainable and responsible tourism. If you work in tourism, study it, or are just thinking about your next holiday, check out our site.
• Eco Travels in Latin America -- Large archive and forum for improving ecotourism practices throughout the Americas. The site includes several reports on biodiversity issues.
Academic
• Journal of International Wildlife Law & Policy -- The Journal is an academic publication that focuses on the effectiveness of international wildlife law and policies to conserve endangered species of fauna and flora.
• The Charles Sturt University Life Server -- Life is an online information service about many aspects of biology and the environment.
• WORLDMAP: assessing biodiversity value & conservation priority -- Quantitative measures for mapping biodiversity value, rarity and endemism, combined with accountable methods for assessing priority areas for biodiversity conservation, including gap analysis. The site shows examples from different spatial scales, including preliminary maps derived from AFE data for Europe, and a free downloadable demo of the WORLDMAP software.
• Canadian Museum of Nature -- Our bilingual web site includes information about our exhibits, research activities, publications, and collections, along with a changing line-up of nature-related information and fun activities.
Regional
• South Pacific Information Network(SPIN). The notice board in particular has a lot of useful information for academics and NGO's.
• Voices From The Forest. A newsletter with articles of Southeast Asian grassroot organizations.
• Eco Travels in Latin America -- Large archive and forum for improving ecotourism practices throughout the Americas. The site includes several reports on biodiversity issues.
• ASEAN Review of Biodiversity and Environmental Conservation -- ARBEC seeks to publish critical reviews designed to enhance the knowledge on biodiversity and environmental conservation at all levels, from research methods, theory, applications and practice of environmental conservation and education in the region of South East Asia.
INTERNET RESOURCES
News Services
• EcoNet -- This site covers environmental preservation and sustainability issues as well as environmental justice, global warming, energy policy, rainforest preservation, legislative activities, water quality, toxics and environmental education.
• CNN Environment Page -- Select environmental news stories and articles are featured in this section of CNN's web site.
• Ecology -- The site has weekly articles about ecology, reviewed links to hundreds of the best sites in ecology and environmental science, a bulletin board, newsletter and much more.
Directories and Databases
• National Biodiversity Network -- The National Biodiversity Network is a Consortium of UK conservation agencies dedicated to providing public access to reliable and validated data.
• World Conservation Monitoring Centre -- The World Conservation Monitoring Centre provides information services on conservation and sustainable use of the world's living resources, and helps others to develop information systems of their own.
• Amazing Environmental Organizational Web directory -- An search engine that exclusively targets environmental organizations, this site houses thousands of sites from over 100 countries.
• Best Environmental Directories -- This site provides a series of environmental directories listed around the world and is avaiable in various languages including Deutsch, Français, Italiano, and Nederlands. Over 400 environmental subjects are recorded in this site.
• Gaia Forest Conservation Archives (GAIA) -- GAIA serves as a informational resource on worldwide rainforest and forest conservation, biodiversity, indigenous issues and ecological activism. This site also provides information related to biodiversity campaign news, including campaign news in Papua New Guinea.
• EarthScan -- A web page of environmental links and resources.
• EnviroLink -- An environmental grassroots web site that is dedicated to uniting various organizations and volunteers around the world and keeping them informed with up-to-date environmental resources.
• The Biodiversity Forum (TBF) -- TBF's web site promotes, collects and disseminates information regarding the conservation of biological resources.
Search Engines
• Biodiversity Conservation Network's Internet Search -- LinkStar
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