Nationally Related Biodiversity Website:
Conserving China's biodiversity: http://www.chinabiodiversity.com
Friends of Nature: http://www.fon.org.cn/
Green Time: http://www.cinic.org.cn/green/
China Environment and Development Information: http://www.enviroinfo.org.cn/
Oriental Environment: http://www.ee65.com.cn/pub/gb/2001/06/11/dfhj/home.htm
Bibliography on Sustainable Development:
http://www.sdinfo.net.cn/wenxian/content/baohuq.htm
Green Web: http://www.green-web.org/aboutus.htm
Pulse Web -Nature And Human Beings:
http://www.maibo.com.cn/hubdoors/0011/list1_0011.asp?ID=00110007
Human Loneliness: http://www.oyo.com.cn/topics/culture/animal/
Knowing Wild Animals: http://www.tesri.gov.tw/knowthem/
China Animals and Plants Protection: http://www.ipmchina.cn.net/ipm/ipm_c.html
China Environmental Protection International: http://www.65.com.cn/
China Environmental Protection:http://www.chinaenvironment.com/
China Environmental Protection: http://www.zhb.gov.cn/index6.htm
China Popular Science Overview: http://www.kepu.com.cn/
Typical Cultivate Life-form Conversation Committee, CAS:
http://www1.im.ac.cn/typecc/index.html
China's Biodiversity Information System: http://cbis.brim.ac.cn/
China's Biodiversity and Natural Protection Information Web:
http://www.nies.org/biodiv/chm_main.htm
China Wildlife-plant: http://www.wildlife-plant.gov.cn/Chinese Nature Reserve Information Share System:
http://www.nies.org/biodiv/issnr/index.htm
Government agencies:
State Bureau of Environmental Protection: http://www.zhb.gov.cn/sepa/nature/natureindex.htm
National Bureau of Oceanography: http://www.soa.gov.cn/kepu/index.htmlProvincial institutions
Fujian Environmental Protection: http://fjepb.fj.cn.net/fjepb/zlhj.htm
Guilin Environmental Protection: http://www.gll-gx.org.cn/hb/zrsht.htm
Anhui Environment: http://www.aepb.gov.cn/
Beijing Wildlife Protection: http://www.bwca.com.cn/
Shanghai Window of Environmental Protection: http://www.sh-ep.com.cn/
Sichuan Environmental Supervision and Measure Center:
http://www.scemc.org.cn/html/cswd.html
Taiwan Birds: http://taiwan.yam.org.tw/tbc/
Taiwan Nature Protection : http://wagner.zo.ntu.edu.tw/preserve/
Wuhan Environmental Supervision and Measure Center:
http://www.whepb.gov.cn/jiancezhan/hjkpzs/kpzs.htm
Xiamen Environmental Supervision and Measure Center:
http://www.xmems.org.cn/creature/index.htm
Ecology and Biodiversity Department of Hongkong University: http://www.hku.hk/ecology/
Hongkong Bird Watch System: http://www.hkbws.org.hk/
Hongkong Fishing and Farming Natural Protection Bureau : http://www.afcd.gov.hk/web/
Xinjiang Environmental Protection: http://public.xj.cninfo.net/huanbao/xjepb.htm
Stories of Xinjiang Wild Animals: http://public.xj.cninfo.net/huanbao/wild/
Web of Wildlife: http://www.wow.org.tw/¡¡
Nature reserves:
Baishanzu National Nature Reserve: http://www.nre.com.cn/hd/12/01.htm¡¡
Species
Western Australian Museum, Queensland Museum and Museum & Art Gallery of NT - (Reptiles Database)
Herpseeker http://www.herpseeker.comPanthera Partners in Wild Cat Conservation http://www.panthera-foundation.org/default.aspx
World Wildlife Fund for a living planet http://www.worldwildlife.org/science/ecoregions/g200.cfm
Conserving Black-necked Crane:
http://greenmail.126.com/
Beijing Window of Popular Science: http://www.bjkp.gov.cn/kxbl/smqy/kp0824.htm
Beijing Milu Center: http://www.green-web.org/miluyuan/index.html
Share in Microorganism Species Resources Information: http://www.im.ac.cn/sdinfo/
Approach Nature, Approach Panda:http://www.china-panda.org/
Saving Panda: http://www.chinakol.com/panda/
Chinese Mushroom: http://www.mushroom.gov.cn/
China Microorganism Mushroom Species Conservation and Management Committee
: http://www.im.ac.cn/database/aboutccccmc.html
China Microbiology Information Network: http://www.im.ac.cn/¡¡
International organizations:
Wildlife Conservation Society: http://www.wildlifewarden.net/wcs/default.htm
The Nature Conservancy, China Programme: http://nature.org/wherewework/asiapacific/china/
Chinese Web of World Wildlife Fund: http://www.wwfchina.org/
TRAFFIC: http://www.wow.org.tw
Traffic Dispatches http://www.traffic.org/dispatches/june2004/wildlife_trade.html
Right Whale Dolphins Protection Foundation of Ocean Park: http://www.scuba.net.hk/oceanpark/
Environmental Protection in Heilongjiang Province: http://hb.hl.cninfo.net/
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Research institutions and universities:
Literature Information Center of CAS: http://www.las.ac.cn/
Institute of Zoology, CAS: http://www.ioz.ac.cn/
Institute of Hydrobiology, CAS: http://www.ihb.ac.cn/
Institute of Microbiology, CAS: http://www.im.ac.cn/im/im.shtml
Institute of Botany, CAS: http://www.ibcas.ac.cn/
Open Research Laboratory of Quantity Vegetation Ecology, Institute of Botany, CAS:
http://www.lqve.ac.cn/newpage1.htm
Microorganism Species Resources Information of Chinese Sustainable Development Information Web: http://www.im.ac.cn/sdinfo/
Institute of Resource entomology, CAF: http://www.forestry.ac.cn/zks/zks.htm
China Society of Microbiology: http://www.im.ac.cn/im/csm/index.htm
General
BIODI - Advanced Computational Approaches to Environmental and Biodiversity Information£ºhttp://biodi.sdsc.edu
Resources for the Future Library: Biodiversity
http://www.rff.org/nat_resources/biodiversity.htm
Forests Conservation Archives and Portal http://forests.org/
Ecology from About.com http://ecology.about.com/science/ecology/
US MAB: http://www.usmab.org/; http://ice.ucdavis.edu/mab/index.html
Animal phylogeny: http://phylogeny.arizona.edu/tree/eukaryotes/animals/animals.html
The Nature Conservancy http://www.nature.org/
Australian Government's Overseas Aid Program£ºhttp://www.ausaid.gov.auNASA's Global Change Master Directory£ºhttp://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov
NASA's Earth Observing System (EOS)£ºhttp://eospso.gsfc.nasa.gov
GAIA Project - A Multi-Media Tool for Natural Resources Management and Environmental Education (EU - Venezuela)
£ºhttp://cesimo.ing.ula.ve/GAIAThe Conservation Technology Support Program (CTSP) annually awards grants of equipment plus software and training to tax-exempt conservation organizations to build their Geographic Information Systems (GIS) capacity£º http://www.ctsp.org
Resource Identification for a Biological Collection Information Service in Europe£ºhttp://www.bgbm.fu-berlin.de/biocise
Island Resource Foundation - Biodiversity Conservation Program for the Eastern Caribbean£ºhttp://irf.org/irbiodiv.html
Convention
CITES http://www.cites.org/
United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change£ºhttp://www.unfccc.de
United Nations Secretariat of the Convention to Combat Desertification£ºhttp://www.unccd.ch
The Convention on Wetlands, signed in Ramsar, Iran, in 1971£ºhttp://www.ramsar.org
Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and their Disposal
£ºhttp://www.basel.intConvention on Biological Diversity: http://www.biodiv.org/
World Heritage: http://www.unesco.org/whc/nwhc/pages/home/pages/homepage.htm
Species
Search Lioncrusher's Domain: http://www.lioncrusher.com
SAVE THE TIGER FUND: http://www.savethetigerfund.org/CATT/Reptiles in China (in Chinese): http://www.pxtx.com
Environment Canada Crocodilian Identification Guide:
http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/natsci/herpetology/CITEScroc/default.htm
Endangered Big Cats: http://bigcats.care2.com/
Mammals Species of the World (MSW) http://www.nmnh.si.edu/msw/
World Species List - Animals Plants Microbes£ºhttp://envirolink.org/speciesEuropean Register of Marine Species - a research consortium funded by the European Union under the MAST (Marine Science and Technology) Program£ºhttp://erms.biol.soton.ac.uk
Biodiversity
Handbook of Convention on Biological Diversity: http://www.biodiv.org/handbook/
China Nature Image http://www.chinanatureimage.com
Implementation Office of Convention on Biological Diversity: http://www.biodiv.gov.cn
Biodiversity: Journal of Life on Earth http://www.synapse.net/~tropical/biojournal.htm
Biodiversity Series http://kaos.erin.gov.au/portfolio/esd/biodiv/about_series.html
Biodiversity, Journal of Life on Earth http://www.synapse.net/~tropical/biojournal.htm
Biodiversity Planning Support Programme: http://www.undp.org/bpsp/
Biodiversity Conservation Network http://www.bcnet.org/
Biodiversity Support Program http://www.bsponline.org/
Biodiversity Conservation in the Tropics - Gaps in Habitat Protection and Funding Priorities
ftp://ftp.wcmc.org.uk/products/wcmc.publications/6.tropics/
Biodiversity and Worldmap http://www.nhm.ac.uk/science/projects/worldmap/
Agricultural Biodiversity: Sustainable Use for Food Security http://www.ukabc.org/
In-Situ and Ex-Situ Biodiversity Conservation in the New Millennium http://www.borneo-online.com.my/intbiodconference/
Priorities for Conserving Global Species Richness and Endemism
ftp://ftp.wcmc.org.uk/products/wcmc.publications/3.priorities
BRE (2000) Ecohomes http://www.bre.co.uk/press2000/april/eco060400.html
Regional information
PestNet site: http://www.pestnet.org/plant/index.asp
New South Wales Biodiversity survey and monitoring£ºhttp://www.npws.nsw.gov.au/science/biodiv.htm
REGIONAL SITE FOR NORTH EAST AND EAST CENTRAL ASIA, Biodiversity Planning Support Programme
:http://www.bpsp-neca.brim.ac.cn/
Flora Locale's in UK http://www.naturebureau.co.uk/pages/floraloc/homepage.html
Madagascar Biodiversity and Conservation http://ridgwaydb.mobot.org/mobot/madagascar/
African Rainforests and the Conservation of Biodiversity http://www.earthwatch.org/europe/limbe/limbe.html
Guinean Forests of West Africa
http://www.conservation.org/WEB/FIELDACT/REGIONS/AFRIREG/guinea.htm
African Biodiversity: Foundation for the Future
http://www.bsponline.org/publications/showhtml.php3?17
Biodiversity Conservation in Britain: Science Replacing Tradition
http://www.eco-action.org/dt/hambler.html
Biodiversity in New Zealand
http://www.natureandco.co.nz/conservation/issues/biodiv/index_biodiv.htm
Biodiversity Profile of India http://www.wcmc.org.uk/igcmc/main.html
Non-native marine species in British waters: http://www.jncc.gov.uk/marine/dns/default.htm
Nordic Network on Introduced Species: http://www.sns.dk/natur/nnis/Mt Elgon Integrated Conservation and Development Project http://www.mountelgon.net/
Organizations and InstitutesGreen Camp: http://www.greencamp.org.cn
Wuhai Botanic Garden, Chinese Academy of Scineces: http://www.whiob.ac.cn/default.htm
IUCN:http://www.iucn.org/UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre Center for Conservation and Biodiversity
http://darwin.eeb.uconn.edu/ccb/ccb.html
Invasive Species Specialist Group/IUCN: http://www.issg.org/
TRAFFIC http://www.traffic.org/
Biodiversity Assessment Programme - World Conservation Monitoring Centre
http://www.wcmc.org.uk/species/
Conservation International http://www.conservation.org/
Association for Biodiversity Information http://www.abi.org/
Centre for Biodiversity and Conservation Biology - ROM:
http://www.rom.on.ca/biodiversity/cbcb/
Society for Conservation Biology -- UT Austin: http://www.utexas.edu/students/scb/
Biodiversity Group http://www.biodiversity.environment.gov.au/
International Foundation for the Conservation of Wildlife - IGF
http://www.wildlife-conservation.org/
The Biodiversity Center http://www.defenders.org/bio-cont.html
Conservation Fisheries, Inc. http://conservationfisheries.org/
Biodiversity - Tata Energy Research Institute http://www.teriin.org/biodiv/biodiv.htm
Aquatic Conservation Center http://Conserve-Now.org/
Seychelles Marine Conservation Expedition
http://dialspace.dial.pipex.com/town/avenue/aba60/index.shtml
Tongass Conservation Society http://www.ptialaska.net/~tongass/
Japan Environment Agency (EIC) http://www.eic.or.jp/eanet/en/index.html
Cheshire Wildlife Trust http://www.wildlifetrust.org.uk/cheshire/index.htmGreen Foundation : http://www.committedtogreen.org/
World Conservation Monitoring Center http://www.wcmc.org.uk/
Species 2000http://www.sp2000.org/
Botanical Gardens Conservation Internationa lhttp://www.rbgkew.org.uk/BGCI/
International Species Information System http://www.worldzoo.org/
World Resources Institute http://www.wri.org/
Biodiversity Information Network http://www.bdt.org.br/bin21/
Biodiversity Conservation Information System http://www.biodiversity.org/
The Nature Conservency http://www.tnc.org/
CAB International http://www.cabi.org/
National Library of Medicine, U.S. http://www.nlm.nih.gov/
ASEAN Review of Biodiversity and Environmental Conservation (ARBEC)
http://www.cyberct.com.my/arbec/Conservation International http://www.conservation.org/
The World Conservation Union http://iucn.org/
Trade Records Analysis of Fauna & Flora In Commerce http://www.traffic.org/
Wetlands International http://ngo.asiapac.net/wetlands/
World Wide Fund For Nature http://www.panda.org/home.cfm
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization http://www.unesco.org/
United Nations Environment Programme http://www.unep.org/
United Nations Development Programme http://www.undp.org/
THE MARIN COMMUNITY FOUNDATION (also http://midas.org/npo/mcf)£º http://npo.marin.org
International Council for Science CODATA- Committee on Data for Science and Technology£º
http://www.codata.orgAssociation for Biodiversity Information£ºhttp://www.abi.org
Center for Conservation Biology Network (University of California)£ºhttp://conbio.rice.edu
ICE - Information Center for the Environment (University of California)£ºhttp://ice.ucdavis.edu
CGIAR - Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research£ºhttp://www.cgiar.org
International Plant Genetic resources Institute (IPGRI)£ºhttp://www.ipgri.cgiar.org
International Organization for Plant Information£º http://iopi.csu.edu.au/iopi
American Museum of Natural History£º http://research.amnh.org
Institute of Development Studies - Biodiversity and conservation online:
http://nt1.ids.ac.uk/eldis/biodiv/biodiv.htmIISD - International Institute for Sustainable Development £ºhttp://iisd.ca
Canadian International Development Agency (ACDI-CIDA)£ºhttp://www.acdi-cida.gc.ca
The African Center for Technology Studies (ACTS) is an international inter-governmental policy research and training organization located in Nairobi, Kenya. The Center¡¯s activities focus on the implementation of Agenda 21 and related conventions£ºhttp://www.anaserve.com/~acts
WFCC-MIRCEN World Data Center for Microorganisms (WDCM) provides a comprehensive directory of culture collections, databases on microbes and cell lines, and the gateway to biodiversity , molecular biology and genome projects£º http://wdcm.nig.ac.jp
Information Systems and DatabasesNew Zealand insects database: http://www.landcareresearch.co.nz/research/biodiversity/invertebratesprog/invertid/index.asp
SpringerLink http://www.chinabiodiversity.com/search/reply.shtm
The NCBI Taxonomy Homepage:
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Taxonomy/taxonomyhome.html/
Biodiversity Conservation Information System http://www.biodiversity.org/
Indigenous Peoples Biodiversity Information Network http://www.ibin.org/
Naturenet - Countryside Management & Nature Conservation http://www.naturenet.net/
CERES - The California Environmental Resources Evaluation System£ºhttp://ceres.ca.govAsian Network on Microbial Researches£ºhttp://salix.riken.go.jp
The Biodiversity Conservation Network£º http://www.bcnet.org
CGIAR's System-wide Information Network for Genetic Resources (SINGER)£ºhttp://singer.cgiar.org
Biodiversity Action Network (BIONET)£ºhttp://www.bionet-us.org
LIFE - Australia's information service on environment and biodiversity£ºhttp://life.csu.edu.au
Protected Areas Information by WCMC http://www.wcmc.org.uk/protected_areas/data/
Tree Conservation Database by WCMC http://www.wcmc.org.uk/cgi-bin/SaCGI.cgi/trees.exe
Threatened Animals of the World by WCMC
http://www.wcmc.org.uk/species/animals/animal_redlist.htmlThreatened Plants of the World by WCMC
http://www.wcmc.org.uk/threatened-plants/plants.by.taxon.htmlIntegrated Species Information by WCMC
http://www.wcmc.org.uk/species/data/species.htmlSpecies Under Threat by WCMC, WWF and Chevron
http://www.wcmc.org.uk/species/data/species_sheets/Arctic Bird Library by WCMC http://www.wcmc.org.uk/arctic/data/birds/
Forest Information Service by WCMC http://www.wcmc.org.uk/forest/data/
Marine Information by WCMC http://www.wcmc.org.uk/marine/data/
Indexing the World's Known Species by Species 2000
http://www.sp2000.org/dynamic_cl.htmlInternational Species Information System http://www.worldzoo.org/abstract/abstract.htm
FishBase http://www.fishbase.org/search.cfm
The Pacific Rim Biodiversity Catalog http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/collections/pacrim.html
Grass Genera of the World http://biodiversity.uno.edu/delta/grass/index.htm
The Families of Flowering Plants http://biodiversity.uno.edu/delta/angio/index.htm
The Universal Virus Database http://life.anu.edu.au/viruses/welcome.html
USDA - Plants Database£ºhttp://plants.usda.gov
Biosafety related websitesBiosafety Information Network and Advisory Service£ºhttp://binas.unido.org/binas
The International Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology£¨ An international organization dedicated to advanced research and training in molecular biology and biotechnology , with special regard to the needs of the developing world.£©£º http://www.icgeb.trieste.it
OECD's Work on Environmental Health and Safety£º http://www.oecd.org/ehs
UNEP International Register on Biosafety £ºhttp://irptc.unep.ch/biodiv
http://www.rff.org/nat_resources/biodiversity.htm
http://www.wwf.orghttp://www3.undp.org/biod/bio.html