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Animal Info - Information on Rare, Threatened and Endangered Mammals  www.animalinfo.org 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.

Bibliography of Genetic Variation in Natural Populations  www.lib.umt.edu/guide/allendorf.htm Searchable database of citations on natural populations of animals, plants, and microbes.

Biodiversity and Its Value: Biodiversity Series, Paper No. 1  www.deh.gov.au/biodiversity/publications/series/paper1 Outlines what biodiversity is, and the three levels at which it is usually defined: genetic, species and ecosystem.

Biodiversity and Protected Areas  biodiv.wri.org Introductory documents on understanding and conserving biodiversity.

Biodiversity Economics  biodiversityeconomics.org Explores the economic dimensions of the global biodiversity agenda as reflected in the work of IUCN and the various biodiversity conventions, notably the Convention on Biological Diversity.

Biodiversity Fact Sheet  www.esa.org/education/edupdfs/biodiversity.pdf 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]

Biodiversity Frequently Asked Questions  bch-cbd.naturalsciences.be/belgium/convention/biodiversity-faq.htm Presents answers to common questions about biodiversity.

Biodiversity Hotspots  www.biodiversityhotspots.org Comprehensive information on 25 of the world's biologically richest and most threatened ecosystems.

Biodiversity II: Understanding and Protecting Our Biological Resources  books.nap.edu/catalog/4901.html National Academy of Sciences report (1996) addresses new strategies and techniques for quantifying, understanding, and protecting biodiversity. Full text online.

Biodiversity in urban ecosystems  www.naturalsciences.be/bch-cbd/belgium/links/themes/urban.htm Links to sites about urban biodiversity.

Biodiversity Resource Center  www.calacademy.org/research/library/biodiv A branch library of the California Academy of Sciences specializing in information on biodiversity. Bibiographies, links to news and educator resources.

Biodiversity Series  www.unep-wcmc.org/resources/publications/biodiv_series.htm Full text online of UNEP-WCMC series of project results.

Biodiversity Theory  www.redpath-museum.mcgill.ca/Qbp/2.About%20Biodiversity/theory.html Overview of some theoretical basics of biodiversity.

Biodiversity Web  www.biodiversity.nl 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.

Canadian Biodiversity  www.canadianbiodiversity.mcgill.ca Biological diversity: theory, patterns, ecological zones, species distributions, conservation issues, and legislation, with an emphasis on Canada. Bilingual: English/French.

DIVERSITAS Programme  www.diversitas-international.org 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.

Fauna and Flora International  www.fauna-flora.org Supports international conservation activities. Documents on methodology, working with NGOs, governments, communities; news, publications, photo gallery.

Global Biodiversity Back Issues  www.nature.ca/prodserv/gb/gb_e.cfm The Canadian Museum of Nature's quarterly magazine. Covered Canadian and international biodiversity news in science, politics, education, community and individual initiatives between 1991 and 1999.

The Global Diversity Foundation  www.globaldiversity.org.uk The Global Diversity Foundation documents, monitors and promotes agricultural, biological and cultural diversity around the world, particularly through training and research.

Industrial Reliance on Biodiversity  ftp://ftp.wcmc.org.uk/products/wcmc.publications/7.industrial Provides an overview of the extent to which industry in the developed world relies on the biodiversity of the developing world. (FTP site).

Introduction to Biodiversity Theory  www.canadianbiodiversity.mcgill.ca/english/theory Overview and definitions.

Kind Planet Biodiversity  www.kindplanet.org/bio.html Introductory notes.

Mass Extinction Underway  www.well.com/user/davidu/extinction.html Links to articles on biodiversity and species extinction.

Natural Resources and Biodiversity  biodiv.wri.org/topic_keyissues_text.cfm?cid=501 Background papers from the World Resources Institute on social and political dimensions of environmental policy-making.

Species 2000  www.sp2000.org Project to provide indexing and links for all known species as the baseline dataset for studies of global biodiversity.

What is Biodiversity?  ceres.ca.gov/biodiv/Biodiversity/biodiv_def2.html Different definitions used by resource managers and ecologists.

What is Biological Diversity?  biodiv.wri.org/topic_keyissues_text.cfm?cid=1289 Overview and definitions.

World Atlas of Biodiversity  stort.unep-wcmc.org/imaps/gb2002/book/viewer.htm Interactive maps of biodiversity and human impacts from the UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre.