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International Press Centre Biodiversity Research (IPCB)
The International Press Centre for Biodiversity Research, run by the European-funded ALTER-Net project, links to biodiversity research news and press releases from universities and research institutes. It runs a networking service to put journalists in touch with biodiversity researchers willing to...
LINK | 23 November 2009 | EN
Environment and Energy
Part of the UN Development Programme, the Environment and Energy group work in six areas: water governance, frameworks and strategies for sustainable development, sustainable energy, sustainable land management, biodiversity and chemicals management. The group publishes information on its...
LINK | 16 November 2009 | EN
Mongabay.com
Mongabay.com is an environmental science and conservation news site, founded in 1999 and run by environmental journalist Rhett A. Butler. Its content focuses on tropical forests, including in-depth information and facts and figures on deforestation and forest degradation. Progress on proposals for...
LINK | 8 July 2009 | EN
Guardian Environment
The Guardian Environment website publishes news and commentary on environmental issues such as climate change, energy, ethical living, food and recycling. It also provides blogs, job listings and multimedia, including audio and video podcasts. Users can comment and are encouraged to join...
LINK | 5 March 2009 | EN
CABI
CABI is a not-for-profit, intergovernmental organisation specialising in agricultural and environmental research, publishing and communication. With over 40 different member countries, its scientific projects include finding ways to lower production costs while using ecological practices. CABI...
LINK | 8 October 2008 | EN
Chinadialogue
Chinadialogue is the world's first bilingual Chinese-English online magazine on environmental issues, with a special focus on China. Chinadialogue publishes articles by experts, policy makers, activists and concerned citizens. We aim to find solutions through debate and discussion on shared global...
LINK | 30 March 2007 | EN
BioWatch South Africa
BioWatch South Africa is a nongovernmental organisation based in Cape Town founded in 1997 to 'publicise, monitor and research issues of genetic engineering and promote biological diversity and sustainable livelihoods'. It publishes a monthly newsletter, occasional policy briefings and information...
LINK | 17 November 2006 | EN
Biodiversity Action Thailand
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...
LINK | 17 November 2006 | EN
Gobabeb Training and Research Centre
The Gobabeb Training and Research Centre aims to understand the relationship between the ecology of arid environments and human activities. Its areas of focus include developing appropriate technologies that can help improve quality of life, such as fog-collection and alternative energy sources....
LINK | 25 May 2006 | EN
Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development: Agri-Environmental Indicators
This is a single page of links to agriculture and environment-related information, hosted by the Paris-based Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. When it comes to land degradation, the organisation is mostly concerned with developing numerical indicators in areas such as...
LINK | 25 May 2006 | EN
Online Information Service for Non-Chemical Pest Management in the Tropics
The Concept of OISAT Project is to provide a platform for information dissemination and information sharing. Additionally, it aims at building a network of organisations and individuals to further improve the value of OISAT and to support the use of information offered via OISAT in the field. OISAT...
LINK | 16 February 2006 | EN
Peat-Portal
The Peat-Portal housed by the Global Environment Centre (GEC) is an online information portal on peatland management. The site is dedicated to exchange of information, identification of problematic areas in management, sharing of ideas, and enhancing global awareness of pertinent issues in...
LINK | 9 September 2004 | EN
African Conservation Telegraph
African Conservation Telegraph is a thrice-yearly newsletter published free of charge by the Africa section of the US Society for Conservation Biology. The newsletter aims to provide news and information on conservation science in Africa.
LINK | 26 July 2004 | EN
Climate Change Biodiversity Alliance
In June 2004, the Climate Change Biodiversity Alliance (CCBA), a consortium of large businesses and mostly US conservation NGOs, launched a certification system for global climate protection and biodiversity conservation projects around the world. Under the scheme, projects that mitigate or adapt...
LINK | 26 July 2004 | EN
Biodiversity Benefits People
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...
LINK | 26 July 2004 | EN
Conservation in Practice
Conservation in Practice is a quarterly magazine published by the US Society for Conservation Biology, aimed at researchers and practitioners who need high quality information written in an accessible way. It is a subscription publication, although a selection of articles are freely available. The...
LINK | 22 March 2004 | EN
Earth Trends
Earth Trends is a free online information service produced by the World Resources Institute in Washington DC, and is based on their annual World Resources Report. It is packed full of easily accessible information including hundreds of maps, country profiles, data tables and feature articles...
LINK | 22 March 2004 | EN
Global Biodiversity Information Facility
The GBIF is an intergovernmental organisation committed to making information on the world’s biodiversity freely available on the Internet. It hosts an online data portal providing free access to scientific records on plants, animals and microbes, including 12 million records on biological...
LINK | 22 March 2004 | EN
Biodiversity Hotspots
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...
LINK | 6 August 2003 | EN
Bioplan
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.
LINK | 4 August 2003 | EN
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