 Mass Extinction Underway - http://www.well.com/user/davidu/extinction.html Links to articles on biodiversity and species extinction. |
 Biodiversity II: Understanding and Protecting Our Biological Resources - http://books.nap.edu/catalog/4901.html National Academy of Sciences report (1996) addresses new strategies and techniques for quantifying, understanding, and protecting biodiversity. Full text online. |
 Biodiversity and Its Value: Biodiversity Series, Paper No. 1 - http://www.environment.gov.au/biodiversity/publications/series/paper1/ Outlines what biodiversity is, and the three levels at which it is usually defined: genetic, species and ecosystem. |
 Biodiversity Information - http://www.defenders.org/programs_and_policy/biodiversity_partners/biodiversity_information/ Provides links to several programs that provide information about the distribution and status of biodiversity and biodiversity conservation. |
 Introduction to Biodiversity Theory - http://www.canadianbiodiversity.mcgill.ca/english/theory/ Overview and definitions. |
 Biodiversity Theory - http://www.redpath-museum.mcgill.ca/Qbp/2.About%20Biodiversity/theory.html Overview of some theoretical basics of biodiversity. |
 Canadian Biodiversity - http://www.canadianbiodiversity.mcgill.ca/ Biological diversity: theory, patterns, ecological zones, species distributions, conservation issues, and legislation, with an emphasis on Canada. Bilingual: English/French. |
 Biodiversity Web - http://www.biodiversity.nl/ Personally maintained website with information and links about several aspects of biodiversity: biological, ecological, physical, chemical, social (e.g., population growth), economical and juridical. Some links in Dutch language or of particular relevance to Netherlands. |
 What is Biological Diversity? - http://biodiv.wri.org/topic_keyissues_text.cfm?cid=1289 Overview and definitions. |
 Biodiversity and Protected Areas - http://biodiv.wri.org/ Introductory documents on understanding and conserving biodiversity. |
 Natural Resources and Biodiversity - http://biodiv.wri.org/topic_keyissues_text.cfm?cid=501 Background papers from the World Resources Institute on social and political dimensions of environmental policy-making. |
 Industrial Reliance on Biodiversity - ftp://ftp.wcmc.org.uk/products/wcmc.publications/7.industrial Provides an overview of the extent to which industry in the developed world relies on the biodiversity of the developing world. (FTP site). |
 Animal Info - Information on Rare, Threatened and Endangered Mammals - http://www.animalinfo.org/ Biology, ecology, habitat, and status of rare, threatened and endangered species of mammals and information on their native countries: biodiversity, ecosystems, population, and land use. |
 The Global Diversity Foundation - http://www.globaldiversity.org.uk/ The Global Diversity Foundation documents, monitors and promotes agricultural, biological and cultural diversity around the world, particularly through training and research. |
 Kind Planet Biodiversity - http://www.kindplanet.org/bio.html Introductory notes. |
 Biodiversity Fact Sheet - http://www.esa.org/education/edupdfs/biodiversity.pdf What is biodiversity, what threatens it, why is it important, and what are ecologists doing to better understand it? From Ecological Society of America. |
 Biodiversity Resource Center - http://www.calacademy.org/research/library/biodiv/ A branch library of the California Academy of Sciences specializing in information on biodiversity. Bibiographies, links to news and educator resources. |
 Bibliography of Genetic Variation in Natural Populations - http://www.lib.umt.edu/guide/allendorf.htm Searchable database of citations on natural populations of animals, plants, and microbes. |
 Biodiversity Hotspots - http://www.biodiversityhotspots.org/ Comprehensive information on 25 of the world's biologically richest and most threatened ecosystems. |
 Biodiversity Economics - http://biodiversityeconomics.org/ Explores the economic dimensions of the global biodiversity agenda as reflected in the work of IUCN and the various biodiversity conventions, notably the Convention on Biological Diversity. |
 Fauna and Flora International - http://www.fauna-flora.org/ Supports international conservation activities. Documents on methodology, working with NGOs, governments, communities; news, publications, photo gallery. |
 Species 2000 - http://www.sp2000.org/ Project to provide indexing and links for all known species as the baseline dataset for studies of global biodiversity. |
 DIVERSITAS Programme - http://www.diversitas-international.org/ International collaborative project with the goal of providing accurate scientific information and predictive models of the status of biodiversity and sustainability of the use of the Earth's biotic resources, and to build a world-wide capacity for the science of biodiversity. |
 Biodiversity Series - http://www.unep-wcmc.org/resources/publications/biodiv_series.htm Full text online of UNEP-WCMC series of project results. |
 World Atlas of Biodiversity - http://stort.unep-wcmc.org/imaps/gb2002/book/viewer.htm Interactive maps of biodiversity and human impacts from the UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre. |
 Biodiversity Frequently Asked Questions - http://bch-cbd.naturalsciences.be/belgium/convention/biodiversity-faq.htm Presents answers to common questions about biodiversity. |
 Biodiversity in Urban Ecosystems - http://www.naturalsciences.be/bch-cbd/belgium/links/themes/urban.htm Links to sites about urban biodiversity. |
 Biodiverselife - http://www.biodiverselife.com Web portal to nearly 200 reviewed biodiversity databases, also video links and biodiversity news. |
 What is Biodiversity? - http://ceres.ca.gov/biodiv/Biodiversity/biodiv_def2.html Different definitions used by resource managers and ecologists. |
 Nantucket Biodiversity Initiative - http://www.nantucketbiodiversityinitiative.org Partnership between Nantucket conservation organizations, government agencies and individuals interested in documenting the biodiversity of the islands and adjacent waters. |