Sites providing access to further biological/conservation related web-sites

A Biologists Guide to Internet Resources
Environmental Search Engine
NRM-changelinks A useful internet node desribed as an on-line resource guide for those seeking to develop sustainable change in the way we manage our Natural Resources.
International Reptile and Amphibian Web-sites Directory
Biodiversity action Network (BIONET), lists sites related to Biodiversity policy and law.
Zoology Internet resource guide A thorough guide to Internet resources viewed by taxonomic group or subject with a searchable Zoological Record of abstracts, subject to a request of the administrator.
Internet Directory for Botany giving information and links to all aspects of botanical work world-wide.
Ecology WWW page, an exhaustive alphabetical guide.
Bioforum, is a good general directory of web-sites concerned with conservation from academic institutions to governmental and non-governmental organisations..

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International conservation organisations
BirdLife International
IUCN - The International Union of Conservation Organisations
TRAFFIC (Species in trade)
Conservation International
Fauna and Flora International
World Resources Institute
The African Wildlife Foundation
World Wildlife Fund for nature
The Earthwatch Institute

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Global environmental law and policy
United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
Global Environment Facility
Convention on Migratory Species
Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES)
Commission on Ecosystems management
IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas
IUCN Environmental Law Programme
Convention on Biological Diversity
Virtual Global Biodiversity Forum Gives access to GBF (designed to contribute to the development and implementation of the CBD) discussion information and allows direct contribution to current areas of debate.

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Botanical
The International Organisation for Plant Information
Royal Botanic Gardens Kew
Missouri Botanical Garden
Species Survival Commission Plant Conservation Sub-committee
Medicinal plant specialist group
Centre for Plant Conservation

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Ornithological
The Neotropical Bird Club Provides funding for native Latin-American members of teams undertaking conservation projects in the Neotropics.
The African Bird Club provides funding for teams undertaking conservation projects in Africa.
The Oriental Bird Club provides networking, funding and publishing opportunities for teams working within the 'Oriental' region.
The Ornithological Society of the Middle-East
African/Eurasian Migratory Water-bird agreement
BirdLife International Seabird Global Conservation Project

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General
Desertification Information Network
International Species Information Service
United Nations Education, Scientific and Cultural Organisation
European Centre for Nature Conservation
World Heritage Information Network
The Natural History Museum
The Nature Conservancy

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Environmental education
GLOBE An international programme for school pupils to take standardised measurements of their local environment e.g land cover/biodiversity. Projects wishing to involve local schools could use this resource to gain extra results and initiate environmental environmental education.
The Environmental Education Network

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Wetlands/Marine
Global Lake and Catchment Conservation Database
Ramsar Information about the International Convention on Wetlands
Wetlands International
International Year of the Ocean
The Coral Reef NGO Directory
Coral Cay Conservation
World Resources Institute -Reefs at Risk

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Sources of funding information
Simbiota Gives information about 78 possible sources of funding for field biologists and conservationists conducting work in Latin America.

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BirdLife International Partner Organisations
BirdLife International has Partner organisations in 61 countries, not all of them are bird focused. These can be a good starting point when you are trying to contact people, organisations and universities outside your own country.

Asociación Ornithológica del Plata
Belize Audobon Society
BirdLife Americas Regional Office
BirdLife Asia Partnership
Birds Australia
BirdLife Austria
BirdStudies Canada
The Bahamas National Trust
Réserves Naturelles et Ornithologiques de Belgiques de Belgique, RNOB
Canada Nature Federation
Chilean Ornithologists Union
Chinese Wild Bird Federation (Taiwan)
Dansk Orintologisk Forening
Fundacion Ornitologica del Ecuador, CECIA
Falkland Islands
BirdLife Finland
German society for the protection of nature NABU (Germany)
Gibraltar Ornithological and Natural History Society
Hong Kong Bird Watching Society
Hungary -'MME'
BirdLife Indonesia Programme
LIPU (Italy)
Gosse Bird Club (Jamaica)
Wild Bird Society of Japan
Lëtzebueger Natur-a Vulleschutzliga (LNVL) (Luxembourg)
Malaysian Nature Society
BirdLife Malta
CIPAMEX - Mexico
Norsk Ornitologisk Forening
Panama Audubon Society
Paraguay - Fundación Moisés Bertoni
Haribon Foundation for Conservation of Natural Resources (Philippines)
Romanian Ornithological Society
The Nature Society (Singapore)
BirdLife South Africa
SOF (BirdLife Partner in Sweden)
Switzerland (SVS)
DHKD Turkey
Royal Society for the Protectionof Birds, UK

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E-Mail Discussion groups
Provide a good forum for project planners to pose specific technical questions simultaneously to many specialists and informed individuals throughout the world. Please bear in mind the 'netiquette' of such groups. There are too many to list however the following sites link to most of the good ones available.

Inter-Links - Links to five different sites which each list discussion groups available.
Cornell University.
Smithsonian Institute.
Mailbase - UK, Lists academic discussion groups based in the UK.

AVIFAUNA list server (relating to Neotropical birds). for subscription to the group see the web site