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Extensive up-to-the-minute coverage of news about scientific and technological developments, as well as their social and environmental implications. BBC science news is also available in several other languages, including
Spanish and
Portuguese.
Launched as part of the BBC's AIDS Season in November 2003, this website contains news updates, features and analysis on HIV/AIDS around the world, as well sections on the
biology and
spread of HIV.
The Beijing Genomics Institute is the largest non-profit genomics research institute in China. Founded in July 1999 by a group of overseas Chinese scientists, BGI has been growing rapidly with the support from the Chinese Academy of Sciences. China was the only developing country member of the International Human Genome Project Consortium, and BGI played a leading role in the sequencing of chromosome 3. [
Click here for Chinese version.]
The Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs of the John F. Kennedy School of Government undertakes research, teaching, and training in science and technology policy, and other areas.
Part of the centre's mission is to provide policy-relevant knowledge on science and technology policy. The centre’s research activities include the Science, Technology, and Public Policy Program, a multidisciplinary research area which draws on political science, economics, management, and law to study problems where science, technology, and policy intersect.
Bhutan's National Environment Commission is an autonomous agency mandated to oversee environment policies, issues and laws, and coordinate inter-sectoral environment programmes in the country. The commission monitors the impact of development on the environment and aims to put in place the necessary controls, regulations and incentives to private and public sectors to achieve sustainable development through judicious use of natural resources.
This is a virtual library of Latin American social science papers maintained by the Latin American Council of Social Sciences (CLACSO). It provides open and free access to more than 4,000 full-text books, periodical articles and other documents, in Spanish.
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation was created through the merger of the Gates Learning Foundation and the William H. Gates Foundation. The foundation has an endowment of approximately US$25 billion. Among its primary aims are increasing global vaccination rates, developing new vaccines, and helping to bridge the digital divide. It is a major funder of HIV/AIDS research, including the Global Microbicides Project, established in 2000, and HIV/AIDS treatment programmes.
Founded in 1995, BIOTHAI raises awareness of the links between biodiversity and local livelihoods among policymakers and the general public. BIOTHAI is now a member of the Thai National Biosafety Committee and Plant Varieties Protection Board and advises the government on national biodiversity policy. The organisation campaigns on issues surrounding biotechnology and genetically modified organisms in South-East Asia. Its website links to related news, articles, reports and public statements, from a variety of online sources.
Biodiversity Benefits People is a new, free-access online presentation and exhibition available from the UNEP World Conservation Monitoring centre website. Launched on International Biodiversity Day on 22 May 2004 the presentation is aimed at the wider public and takes the form of Microsoft Powerpoint slides accompanied by audio commentary. The presentation highlights examples where world's biodiversity is under threat. It adds that unless current losses are reversed, humans will lose access to what are known as 'environmental services', such as pollination or natural water purification, which themselves depend on the presence of a rich diversity of species and ecosystems.
This award-winning website promotes the hotspots concept through the protection of 25 areas of the world that contain the largest number of species under the greatest threat. A colourful site that allows browsers to discover species that are threatened in different hotspots arond the world; compare the state of different hotspots and find out what is being done to conserve them by Conservation International, a US-based group that publishes the site and is doing most to publicise - and lobby - for more hotspots to be protected.
This up-to-date and comprehensive website from the American Journal of Bioethics covers a wide range of issues in bioethics, including articles on research ethics. The site is very useful for monitoring current controversies and developments but other links provide more useful resources specifically related to research in developing countries (such as the list of
educational resources).
BioethicsWeb, an initiative of the Wellcome Trust, was launched in July 2003 and contains annotated links to hundreds of sites related to biomedical ethics. In addition to research ethics, topics covered include cloning, animal research, genetically modified foods, biotechnology, scientific misconduct and genetic testing. Categories of particular relevance to research ethics include "ethics: theory and concepts" and "research conduct". Much of the material on this extensive and useful site comes from Europe and North America, but material from developing countries is also linked to where available.
Inbios is a non-profit society that has been set up to promote bioinformatics in India, serve as a resource base for those working in the field, and act as a bridge between industry and academia. Its activities include running a moderated web discussion forum, Biomeeet. Founded by Ashwin Sivakumar, currently a researcher at the University of Helsinki, Inbios originated as a voluntary project at the Indian Institute of Science.
Bioline International is a not-for-profit electronic publishing service that provides access to research journals published in developing countries. The website features a growing number of
peer-reviewed journals, and provides a range of other material of interest to bioscientists (reports, books, technical documents, conference proceedings and newsletters). Bioline International is a joint initiative of the
University of Toronto Libraries, Canada, the
Reference Center on Environmental Information, Brazil and Bioline/UK.
This web portal is the starting point for Africa-related biomass information. It contains the latest news on biofuels research on the continent, as well as an events calendar and discussion forum.
BMC is an open-access publishing house, and is part of Current Science Group. It publishes more than 100 peer-reviewed
open-access journals, such as the Journal of Biology. Instead of being based on subscriptions it operates an article-processing charge. To view BMC's Open access charter,
click here.
BioMed Central is an independent publishing house committed to providing immediate free access to peer reviewed biomedical research. This site provides links to BMC's articles on medical ethics, some of which relate to developing countries (prospective authors can submit their articles for peer review and publication). Other relevant journals on the site include BMC International Health and Human Rights and the International Journal for Equity in Health. One
linked site, provided by the West African Doctor's network, allows researchers in developing countries to conduct searches of PUBMED via email.
Biopact is a non-profit volunteer organisation connecting African and European citizens. It seeks to establish a 'mutually beneficial' biofuel and bioenergy relationship between the two continents. The group is web-based, and provides consulting services for a number of initiatives, including various bioenergy projects in the South.
Some of Biopact's ongoing projects include compiling an 'atlas' of biofuel production for use in estimating production factors, and exploiting Nica fruticans, a potential Nigerian biofuel crop.
Bioplan is a public mailing list on biodiversity policy issues set up and maintained by the UN Development Programme and the UN Global Environment Facility. Its users are mostly NGO representatives and government officials involved in implementing biodiversity policies around the world.
The BioSafe Train project is an international collaboration of scientists aiming to build capacity for dealing with the challenges associated with implementing genetically modified (GM) crops in East Africa.
It publishes information on students' research projects that cover topics such as the environmental impacts of GM maize in Kenya, biodiversity in cotton fields in Uganda and the ecological risks posed by transgenic rice in Tanzania.
BioSafe Train also publishes a regular newsletter, issues press releases, links to partner institutions and related organisations, and highlights meetings and events.
