Biodiversity International Organizations

• Andean Botanical Information System - provides information concerning the floristic and systematic investigations of the flowering plants of Andean South America  

•   Virtual Library of Ecology and Biodiversity, The - specializes in reviewing internet information sources pertaining to ecology and biodiversity  

•   World Dictionary of Trees - attempts to present all currently accepted generic, specific, subspecific and variety names of trees, still under development  

• All Species Foundation - dedicated to the complete inventory of all species of life on Earth within the next 25 years - a human generation  

• Belize Biodiversity Information System - summary of species accounts compiled as zoological information for national protected areas management plans  

• Bibliography on the Conservation of Biological Diversity - an extensive biodiversity bibliography covering biological/ecological, economic, and policy issues  

• Biodiversity and Biological Collections Web Server - devoted to information of interest to systematists and other biologists of the organismic kind  

• Biodiversity and Conservation - a hypertext book by Peter J. Bryant on the origin, nature and value of biological diversity, the threats to its continued existence, and approaches to preserving what is left  

• Biodiversity Conservation Information System - provides handbooks that support decisions on the conservation and sustainable use of living resources

• Biodiversity Explorer, South African Museum, Cape Town - provides information regarding insects and spiders found in South Africa, mainly from within the Western Cape region  

• Biodiversity Links - compiled by the "Tree of Life" Internet project containing information about phylogeny and biodiversity  

• Biodiversity Publications - includes information on threats to biodiversity, conservation guidelines, and action plans, from the World Resources Institute which seeks to safeguard natural systems that support life on earth  

• Biodiversity Publications - World Resources Institute - publications dedicated to reversing the rapid degradation of ecosystems, assuring their capacity to provide the ecosystem goods and services on which human well-being depends

• Biological Diversity and Indigenous Knowledge - a paper from the Australian Parliament's library which discusses the importance of recognition and protection of Indigenous peoples' knowledge, innovations and practices relating to biodiversity  

• Canadian Biodiversity Information Network, The - Canada’s node in the International Clearing House Mechanism (CHM) for the Convention on Biological Diversity, providing information on Canadian Biodiversity  

• Common Ground, Common Future - a report (pdf) from IUCN and Future Harvest on how ecoagriculture can help feed the world and save wild biodiversity  

• Economic Botany Links - selective guide to useful web sites for ethnobotany, with emphasis on educational and reference resources  

• Global Biodiversity Forum - fosters analysis, dialogue and debate regarding development and implementation of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) and other biodiversity conservation related instruments  

• International Biodiversity Observation Year 2001-2002 - seeks to focus global attention on the Earth's biodiversity and its contributions to ecosystems and society  

• Internet Biodiversity Service, The - extensive listings of biodiversity resources on the Internet  

• Tropical Conservancy - works to conserve World biodiversity and environment, their journal "Biodiversity" publishes articles on current research in biodiversity  

• Wetlands and Biodiversity - a paper prepared by the Ramsar Convention Bureaul and made available by the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands web site  

• Wildland Invasive Species Program - project of The Nature Conservancy to protect the native biodiversity of our wild lands from harmful invaders