Links

General Sites

• Biodiversity Partnership
• Biodiversity Project
• Ecological Society of America
• Colorado State University, Natural Resource Ecology Laboratory (NREL): IBOY, International Biodiversity Observation Year 2001-2002
• Conservation International: Center for Applied Biodiversity Science (CABS)
• Defying Nature’s End
• National Audubon Society
• National Biological Information Infrastructure
• Nature Serve - Includes a database of 50,000 North American species and ecosystems
• Sierra Club:
  • Ecoregions
  • Species and Habitat
• Society for Conservation Biology: Virtual Library of Ecology and Biodiversity
• Smithsonian Institution:
  • National Museum of Natural History
  • National Zoological Park: Monitoring & Assessment of Biodiversity
• University of Michigan, Museum of Zoology: Animal Diversity Web
• World Conservation Union (IUCN)

Government Sites

• Maryland Department of Natural Resources: Wildlife & Heritage Service: Biodiversity in Maryland
• U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service: Environmental Conservation Online System (EROS): Threatened and Endangered Species System (TESS)
• U.S. Geological Service (USGS):
  • Biological Resources
  • Forest and Rangeland Ecosystem Science Center
  • Status and Trends of the Nation’s Biological Resources

Conventions and Updates

• Convention on Biological Diversity
• Earth Summit 2002

State Biodiversity Plans

Completed Plans

• Florida Closing the Gaps Project
• Massachusetts Division of Fisheries & Wildlife: Natural Heritage & Endangered Species Program: BioMap
• Maryland Department of Natural Resources: GreenPrint
• New Jersey Division of Fish and Wildlife: Landscape Project
• Oregon Biodiversity Project

Plans in Progress

• California Legacy Project
• Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control: Biodiversity Conservation Partnership
• Indiana: Biodiversity Planning
• University of Vermont, Rubenstein School of Environment and Natural Resources, Spatial Analysis Lab: Vermont Biodiversity Project
• Washington - Biodiversity Planning