Open Directory - Science: Environment: Biodiversity
See also: This category in other languages: - 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. - Searchable database of citations on natural populations of animals, plants, and microbes. - Web portal to nearly 200 reviewed biodiversity databases, also video links and biodiversity news. - What is biodiversity, what threatens it, why is it important, and what are ecologists doing to better understand it? From Ecological Society of America. [PDF] - Presents answers to common questions about biodiversity. - Comprehensive information on 25 of the world's biologically richest and most threatened ecosystems. - National Academy of Sciences report (1996) addresses new strategies and techniques for quantifying, understanding, and protecting biodiversity. Full text online. - Overview of some theoretical basics of biodiversity. - 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. - Outlines what biodiversity is, and the three levels at which it is usually defined: genetic, species and ecosystem. - Introductory documents on understanding and conserving biodiversity. - Links to sites about urban biodiversity. - Biological diversity: theory, patterns, ecological zones, species distributions, conservation issues, and legislation, with an emphasis on Canada. Bilingual: English/French. - 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. - Supports international conservation activities. Documents on methodology, working with NGOs, governments, communities; news, publications, photo gallery. - Overview and definitions. - Introductory notes. - Links to articles on biodiversity and species extinction. - Partnership between Nantucket conservation organizations, government agencies and individuals interested in documenting the biodiversity of the islands and adjacent waters. - Background papers from the World Resources Institute on social and political dimensions of environmental policy-making. - Project to provide indexing and links for all known species as the baseline dataset for studies of global biodiversity. - The Global Diversity Foundation documents, monitors and promotes agricultural, biological and cultural diversity around the world, particularly through training and research. - Different definitions used by resource managers and ecologists. - Overview and definitions.
