Biodiversity in the Yahoo! Directory

Biodiversity Bibliography: Ecology, Economics and Policy
Contains approximately 4,000 references on various aspects of biodiversity and conservation.
www.apec.umn.edu/faculty/spolasky/Biobib.html
Biodiversity Project
Working to make people aware of the importance of biodiversity and to build their commitment to saving it.
www.biodiverse.org
From Jungle to Lab: The Study of Life's Complexity
Part of the Exploratorium's Origins series, the online From Jungle to Lab exhibit looks at how life adapts to its environment.
www.exploratorium.edu/origins/belize-london/index.html
Biodiversity Resource Kit
www.des.ucdavis.edu/IAD217/bidlinks.htm
World Resources Institute: Biodiversity and Protected Areas
Features resources which outline the causes of biodiversity loss and opportunities to prevent biological impoverishment.
biodiv.wri.org
Defying Nature's End
An international conference on biological diversity aiming to provide a practical agenda for saving life on the planet.
www.defyingnaturesend.org
Explore Biodiversity
Works to promote an interest in conservation and biology through producing lively nature documentaries and lesson plans for schools and educators. Explore Biodiversity also offers weekly podcasts.
www.explorebiodiversity.com
Natural History Museum - Biodiversity
Discusses about biodiversity, its destruction, and problems arising due to it. Also includes the Museum's work which is helping in the study and conservation of biodiversity.
www.nhm.ac.uk/nature-online/biodiversity/index.html
SpeciesList.net
Database designed for those who want to know what animal or plant species they encountered, or what they can expect to see, on hikes or field-trips.
www.specieslist.net
USGS-NPS Vegetation Mapping Program
Cooperative effort by the U.S. Geological Survey and the National Park Service to classify, describe, and map vegetation communities in more than 270 national park units across the United States.
biology.usgs.gov/npsveg
World Atlas of Biodiversity
Interactive map illustrating the biodiversity of the Earth's terrestrial, marine, and freshwater environments.
stort.unep-wcmc.org/imaps/gb2002/book/viewer.htm
Biodiversity Information Manager
Tool for the collection and dissemination of current information about biodiversity as it relates to the Convention on Biological Diversity and the National Strategy for the Conservation of Australia's Biological Diversity.
biodivchm.deh.gov.au
Biodiversity Support Program (BSP)
Promoted biodiversity conservation in many of the world's most biologically diverse areas. Operated from 1989-2001 as a consortium of World Wildlife Fund, The Nature Conservancy, and World Resources Institute.
www.bsponline.org
Biocomplexity
Project elucidating the consequences of massive perturbation in biological communities.
www.entomology.umn.edu/biocomplexity
Canadian Biodiversity Web Site
Includes theory, patterns, ecological zones, species distributions, conservation issues, and legislation in Canada. Presented by The Redpath Museum of McGill University.
www.canadianbiodiversity.mcgill.ca
BioKIDS: Kids' Inquiry of Diverse Species
Addresses both inquiry and life science content standards through exploration of local biodiversity, collection of animal species, and the investigation of individual animals, and how animals interact with one another.
www.biokids.umich.edu
Biodiversity 911: Saving Life on Earth
Traveling exhibit introducing people of all ages to the issues surrounding biodiversity conservation. Developed by World Wildlife Fund.
www.biodiversity911.org
Scientific American: Life in the Balance
American Museum of Natural History exhibit makes the case for the value of biodiversity.
www.sciam.com/article.cfm?articleID=00008C07-1908-1D40-90FB809EC5880000&pag...
Biodiversity Economics Library, The
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.
www.biodiversityeconomics.org
Life Science Safari
Virtual expedition for kids that introduces them to bacteria, protists, fungus, plants, and animals.
www.vilenski.org/science/safari/menu/index.html