Biodiversity Frequently Asked Questions - Presents answers to common questions about biodiversity. Go

Canadian Biodiversity - Biological diversity: theory, patterns, ecological zones, species distributions, conservation issues, & legislation, with an emphasis on Canada. Bilingual: english/français. Go

The Global Diversity Foundation - The Global Diversity Foundation documents, monitors & promotes agricultural, biological & cultural diversity around the world, particularly through training & research. Go

Introduction to Biodiversity Theory - Overview & definitions. Go

Biodiversity & Its Value: Biodiversity Series, Paper No. 1 - Outlines what bio-diversity is, & the three levels at which it's usually defined: genetic, species & ecosystem. Go

What is Biodiversity? - Different definitions used by resource managers & ecologists. Go

Kind Planet Biodiversity - Introductory notes. Go

Natural Resources & Biodiversity - Background papers from the World Resources Institute on social & political dimensions of environmental policy-making. Go

Species 2000 - Project to provide indexing & links for all known species as the baseline dataset for studies of global biodiversity. Go

Biodiversity & Protected Areas - Introductory documents on understanding & conserving biodiversity. Go

Biodiversity Theory - Overview of some theoretical basics of biodiversity. Go

Fauna & Flora International - Supports international conservation activities. Documents on methodology, working with NGOs, governments, communities; news, publications, photo gallery. Go

Biodiversity Hotspots - Comprehensive information on 25 of the world's biologically richest & most threatened ecosystems. Go

What is Biological Diversity? - Overview & definitions. Go

Bibliography of Genetic Variation in Natural Populations - Searchable database of citations on natural populations of animals, plants, & microbes. Go

Biodiversity Fact Sheet - What is biodiversity, what threatens it, why is it important, & what are ecologists doing to better understand it? From Ecological Society of America. [PDF file] Go

DIVERSITAS Programme - International collaborative project with the goal of providing accurate scientific information & predictive models of the status of bio-diversity & sustainability of the use of the Earth's biotic resources, & to build a world-wide capacity for the science of biodiversity. Go

Global Biodiversity Back Issues - The Canadian Museum of Nature's quarterly magazine. Covered Canadian & international bio-diversity news in science, politics, education, community & individual initiatives between 1991 & 1999. Go

Biodiversity Resource Center - A branch library of the California Academy of Sciences specializing in information on biodiversity. Bibiographies, links to news & educator resources. Go

Biodiversity II: Understanding & Protecting Our Biological Resources - National Academy of Sciences report (1996) addresses new strategies & techniques for quantifying, understanding, & protecting biodiversity. Full text online. Go

All Species Foundation - A non-profit organization with the goal of recording a complete inventory of all species on Earth within 25 years. Go

Biodiversity Series - Full text on line of UNEP-WCMC series of project results. Go

Biodiversity in urban ecosystems - Links to sites about urban biodiversity. Go

Biodiversity Economics - Explores the economic dimensions of the global bio-diversity agenda as reflected in the work of IUCN & the various bio-diversity conventions, notably the Convention on Biological Diversity. Go

World Atlas of Biodiversity - Interactive maps of bio-diversity & human impacts from the UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre. Go

Biodiversity Web - Personally maintained website with information & links about many aspects of biodiversity: biological, ecological, physical, chemical, social (e.g., population growth), economical & juridical. Some links in Dutch language or of particular relevance to Netherlands. Go

Resources for the Future Library: Biodiversity - Research papers (PDF files) & project summaries related to economic & policy aspects of bio-diversity protection. Topics include ecosystem valuation, endangered species laws, & habitat conservation Go

Mass Extinction Underway - Links to articles on bio-diversity & species extinction. Go