Biodiversity Links

1. Factual links

   Some of the websites providing factual information on Biodiversity :

   • 1.1 Other GreenFacts Digests addressing Biodiversity
   • 1.2 Some websites addressing biodiversity indicators
   • 1.3 Information on biodiversity for the non-specialist
   • 1.4 Some news and monitoring websites addressing biodiversity
   • 1.5 Some policy-related websites
   • 1.6 Other websites related to biodiversity
2. Partner links

1. Factual links

1.1 Other GreenFacts Digests addressing Biodiversity

• GreenFacts summarized the “ Biodiversity Synthesis” Report of the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment (MA) in its Digest on Biodiversity & Human Well-being
• GreenFacts also summarized the related over-arching synthesis report of the MA entitled “ Ecosystems & Human Well-being” in its Digest on Ecosystem Change

1.2 Some websites addressing biodiversity indicators

• The European Academies’ Science Advisory Council proposes “A users’ guide to biodiversity indicators” at:  www.europarl.europa.eu/comparl/envi/pdf/externalexpertise/easac/
• The European Community Biodiversity Clearing House Mechanism (ECCHM) provides links towards “Biodiversity indicator information” at: http://biodiversity-chm.eea.europa.eu/information/indicator/F1056004638 

1.3 Information on biodiversity for the non-specialist

• Q&As on biodiversity loss from the European Commission:
  http://ec.europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=MEMO/04/27 
• "Biodiversity and Conservation: the web of life" at the Field Museum of Chicago:
  www.fieldmuseum.org/biodiversity/ 
• Briefing paper for students on Biodiversity provided by the United Nations (UNEP) cyberschoolbus based on the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment (MA): www.un.org/cyberschoolbus/briefing/biodiversity/ 
• The website of the Natural History Museum (UK) offers an overview on biodiversity:
  www.nhm.ac.uk/nature-online/biodiversity/ 

1.4 Some news and monitoring websites addressing biodiversity

• TEMS (Terrestrial Ecosystem Monitoring Sites) is an international directory of sites and networks that carry out long-term terrestrial monitoring and research activities. It is managed by the GTOS (Global Terrestrial Observing System):
  www.fao.org/gtos/tems/ 

1.5 Some policy-related websites

• Activities in biodiversity of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP):
  www.unep.org/themes/biodiversity/ 
• Web pages of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO on Biological Diversity: www.fao.org/biodiversity/ 
• The Division for Sustainable Development of the United Nations (UN) Department of Economic and Social Affairs:
  www.un.org/esa/sustdev/sdissues/biodiversity/biod.htm 
• The "Nature and Biodiversity" page of the Environment DG of the EC:
  ec.europa.eu/environment/nature/index_en.htm 
• The EC Biodiversity Clearing House Mechanism (EC-CHM) site is managed by the European Environment Agency. It provides information on the Convention on Biological Diversity: http://biodiversity-chm.eea.europa.eu/ 

1.6 Other websites related to biodiversity

• The Conservation International (CI) website which advocates biodiversity conservation: www.conservation.org 
• Earthwatch proposes a series of publications addressing the links between business and biodiversity which can be downloaded at:
  www.earthwatch.org/europe/ 
• Biodiversity economics, Sponsored by the IUCN and WWF, promotes economic approaches to conservation by sharing documents, contacts and information about upcoming events: www.biodiversityeconomics.org/index.html 
• BiodivERsA, a network of research funding agencies in 14 European countries for the understanding of European & Overseas Biodiversity:
  www.eurobiodiversa.org 
• The Center for Applied Biodiversity Science (CABS), Conservation International's hub of scientific research, provides research and analysis that strengthen conservationists' ability to identify and respond to threats against earth’s biodiversity:
  www.biodiversityscience.org/xp/CABS/home/ 
• The European Environmental Agency (EEA) publishes a list of Biodiversity change reports to download at:
  www.eea.europa.eu/themes/biodiversity 

2. Partner links

Web pages of GreenFacts' partners providing information relevant to biodiversity:

The World Conservation Union (IUCN) webpage of the Species Survival Commission, including the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species: www.iucn.org/themes/ssc/

Countdown 2010 collaborates closely with countries, regions, and civil society to help governments reduce biodiversity loss by 2010: www.countdown2010.net

The Development Gateway provides access to information on "Wildlife and Biodiversity" at: http://topics.developmentgateway.org/environment

Euractiv provides information on EU policy priorities in terms of biodiversity at: www.euractiv.com/en/environment/

The Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) provides multilingual information on "Biodiversity" at: www.sdc.admin.ch

The World Business Council for Sustainable Development provides information on ecosystems and biodiversity at: www.wbcsd.org