General
resources for project planning
The Royal Geographic Societies' Expedition
Advisory Centre. A good source of
contacts, advice and past expedition reports. Also
publish a series of field techniques manuals.
IUCN Bookstore An on-line
catalogue for a wide range of specialised publications
and technical reports prepared by the IUCN, its regional
and country offices, commisions and partners.
Natural History
Book Store Ltd.
Smithsonian Institution
Press
Oxford
University Press
Cambridge
University Press
Sites with
significant on-line resources useful for project planners
Biodiversity/Biological
collections web server
Convention on Biological
Diversity, Information
Clearinghouse Mechanism; particularly useful sections
list a) the CBD National focal points contactable for
country-specific information that addresses the articles
of the convention and b) the National Biodiversity
Action Plans so far available which
form part of this information and set out the perceived
priorities for action.
Botanic Gardens
Conservation International
Cornell Laboratory of
Ornithology
Biodiversity Conservation
Information System BCIS is a global
partnership of a dozen conservation organisations who
collectively aim to provide access to the most current
knowledge about Biodiversity - location, distribution,
trends and protective measures. Large parts of the system
are still under development however.
BIOSIS Many useful
taxonomically based zoological information including an
abstract search and list of biologists.
Species Survival
Commission Contains details of the
many taxonomically based specialist groups (e.g.SSC Cat
Specialist Group) who collectively
publish the extremely useful series of 'status survey and
action plan' documents for different species groups.
World
Conservation Monitoring Centre Highly recommended for a
range of information resources concerning the status and
conservation of the world's biodiversity, including
threatened species lists and protected area information.
Also available is The Biodiversity Map Library, an on-line GIS
based system giving easy access to the status and
distribution of biodiversity world-wide. The National
Biodiversity Profiles have a section focusing
on potential for international Cupertino towards
conservation needs in the selected countries
Sites providing access
to further biological/conservation related web-sites
A Biologists Guide to
Internet Resources
Environmental
Search Engine
NRM-changelinks A useful
internet node desribed as an on-line resource guide for
those seeking to develop sustainable change in the way we
manage our Natural Resources.
International Reptile and
Amphibian Web-sites Directory
Biodiversity action
Network (BIONET), lists sites
related to Biodiversity policy and law.
Zoology Internet resource
guide A thorough guide to
Internet resources viewed by taxonomic group or subject
with a searchable Zoological Record of abstracts, subject
to a request of the administrator.
Internet Directory for
Botany giving information and
links to all aspects of botanical work world-wide.
Ecology WWW page, an exhaustive
alphabetical guide.
Bioforum, is a good
general directory of web-sites concerned with
conservation from academic institutions to governmental
and non-governmental organisations..
International
conservation organisations
BirdLife
International
IUCN - The
International Union of Conservation Organisations
TRAFFIC (Species
in trade)
Conservation
International
Fauna and Flora
International
World Resources
Institute
The African
Wildlife Foundation
World Wildlife
Fund for nature
The Earthwatch Institute
Global
environmental law and policy
United Nations
Environment Programme (UNEP)
Global Environment
Facility
Convention on Migratory
Species
Convention on
International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES)
Commission on Ecosystems
management
IUCN World Commission on
Protected Areas
IUCN Environmental Law
Programme
Convention on Biological
Diversity
Virtual Global
Biodiversity Forum Gives access to GBF
(designed to contribute to the development and
implementation of the CBD) discussion information and
allows direct contribution to current areas of debate.
Botanical
The International
Organisation for Plant Information
Royal Botanic
Gardens Kew
Missouri
Botanical Garden
Species Survival
Commission Plant Conservation Sub-committee
Medicinal plant
specialist group
Centre for Plant
Conservation
Ornithological
The Neotropical Bird Club
Provides
funding for native Latin-American members of teams
undertaking conservation projects in the Neotropics.
The African Bird Club provides
funding for teams undertaking conservation projects in
Africa.
The Oriental Bird Club provides
networking, funding and publishing opportunities for
teams working within the 'Oriental' region.
The
Ornithological Society of the Middle-East
African/Eurasian
Migratory Water-bird agreement
BirdLife International
Seabird Global Conservation Project
General
Desertification
Information Network
International
Species Information Service
United Nations
Education, Scientific and Cultural Organisation
European Centre
for Nature Conservation
World Heritage
Information Network
The Natural
History Museum
The Nature
Conservancy
Environmental
education
GLOBE An
international programme for school pupils to take
standardised measurements of their local environment e.g
land cover/biodiversity. Projects wishing to involve
local schools could use this resource to gain extra
results and initiate environmental environmental
education.
The Environmental
Education Network
Wetlands/Marine
Global Lake and Catchment
Conservation Database
Ramsar Information
about the International Convention on Wetlands
Wetlands International
International Year of the
Ocean
The Coral Reef NGO
Directory
Coral Cay
Conservation
World Resources Institute
-Reefs at Risk
Sources of
funding information
Simbiota Gives
information about 78 possible sources of funding for
field biologists and conservationists conducting work in
Latin America.
BirdLife International
Partner Organisations
BirdLife International has Partner organisations in 61
countries, not all of them are bird focused. These can be
a good starting point when you are trying to contact
people, organisations and universities outside your own
country.
Asociación
Ornithológica del Plata
Belize Audobon Society
BirdLife Americas
Regional Office
BirdLife Asia Partnership
Birds Australia
BirdLife Austria
BirdStudies
Canada
The Bahamas National
Trust
Réserves Naturelles et
Ornithologiques de Belgiques de Belgique, RNOB
Canada Nature
Federation
Chilean Ornithologists
Union
Chinese Wild Bird
Federation (Taiwan)
Dansk
Orintologisk Forening
Fundacion Ornitologica
del Ecuador, CECIA
Falkland Islands
BirdLife Finland
German society for the
protection of nature NABU (Germany)
Gibraltar Ornithological
and Natural History Society
Hong Kong Bird Watching
Society
Hungary -'MME'
BirdLife Indonesia
Programme
LIPU (Italy)
Gosse Bird Club (Jamaica)
Wild Bird Society of
Japan
Lëtzebueger
Natur-a Vulleschutzliga (LNVL) (Luxembourg)
Malaysian Nature Society
BirdLife Malta
CIPAMEX - Mexico
Norsk Ornitologisk
Forening
Panama Audubon Society
Paraguay - Fundación
Moisés Bertoni
Haribon Foundation for
Conservation of Natural Resources (Philippines)
Romanian Ornithological
Society
The Nature Society
(Singapore)
BirdLife South Africa
SOF (BirdLife
Partner in Sweden)
Switzerland
(SVS)
DHKD Turkey
Royal Society for the Protectionof Birds, UK
E-Mail Discussion
groups
Provide a good forum for project planners to pose
specific technical questions simultaneously to many
specialists and informed individuals throughout the
world. Please bear in mind the 'netiquette' of such
groups. There are too many to list however the following
sites link to most of the good ones available.
Inter-Links - Links to
five different sites which each list discussion groups
available.
Cornell University.
Smithsonian Institute.
Mailbase
- UK, Lists academic discussion
groups based in the UK.
AVIFAUNA list server (relating to
Neotropical birds). for subscription to the group see the
web site
National
Parks
Natural
Monuments
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