NOTES:

This is the smllest sampling of the numerous Web sites that are focused on general or specific aspects of biodiversity. Use search tools to find ones specific to your needs.

SUBJECT	RESOURCE
GENERAL LINKS
Biodiversity and Conservation	A hypertext online book by Peter J. Bryant, School of Biological Sciences, University of California, Irvine http://darwin.bio.uci.edu/~sustain/bio65/Titlpage.htm
Biodiversity and Biological Collections Web Server	from Univ. of New Orleans http://biodiversity.uno.edu/
WWW Virtual Library of Ecology & Biodiversity	http://conbio.net/vl/
Other biodiversity organisations and networks	from the European Community Clearing-House Mechanism` http://biodiversity-chm.eea.eu.int/network/other
Biodiversity on the Internet	http://www.biodiversity.org.uk/ibs/
Digital Taxonomy	"Digital Taxonomy provides a range of links on software, hardware, methodologies, standards, data sources, and projects related to biodiversity data management" http://www.geocities.com/RainForest/Vines/8695/
NBII Biodiversity links	An excellent collection of links from the National Biological Information Infrastructure, part of the USGS Center for Biological Informatics http://www.nbii.gov/issues/biodiversity/
ORGANIZATIONS
NatureServe	"NatureServe represents an international network of biological inventories." http://www.natureserve.org/
Information Center for the Environment	"An environmental information brokerage and research laboratory in the Department of Environmental Science & Policy at the University of California, Davis." http://ice.ucdavis.edu/
World Conservation Union	Also known as the International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources http://www.iucn.org/
Ecological Society of America	http://www.esa.org/
ALL Species Foundation	Not-for-profit organization whose goal is a complete inventory of all species of life within 25 years http://www.all-species.org/
Conservation of Biodiversity	from the North American Commission for Environmental Cooperation, a joint effort by the US, Canada, & Mexico http://www.cec.org/programs_projects/conserv_biodiv/
Conservation International	http://www.conservation.org/xp/CIWEB/home
Center for Applied Biodiversity Science	from Conservation International (CI) http://www.biodiversityscience.org/xp/CABS/home
Biodiversity Hotspots	from the Center for Applied Biodiversity Science of the Conservation International (CI) http://www.biodiversityhotspots.org/xp/Hotspots
INTERNATIONAL
National Biodiversity Profiles	from the UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre http://www.wcmc.org.uk/nbp/
Convention on Biological Diversity	from the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity http://www.biodiv.org/default.aspx
Clearning House Mechanism	from the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity http://www.biodiv.org/chm/default.aspx
World Biodiversity Database	from the not-for-profit Expert Center for Taxonomic Identification http://www.eti.uva.nl/Database/WBD.html
World Atlas of Biodiversity	from the UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre http://stort.unep-wcmc.org/imaps/gb2002/book/viewer.htm
Global Invasive Species Database	Developed by the IUCN/SSC Invasive Species Specialist Group http://www.issg.org/database/welcome/
Multilateral Conventions: Flora and Fauna -- Biodiversity	from the Multilaterals Projectof the Fletcher School of Law & Diplomacy, Tufts University. http://fletcher.tufts.edu/multi/biodiversity.html
Global Biodiversity Information Facility	http://www.gbif.org/
UCN Species Survival Commission Red List Programme	http://ww.redlist.org
Inter-American Biodiversity Information Network	http://www.iabin.net/
European Community Clearing-House Mechanism	Intended to support the 1992 Convention on Biological Diversity http://biodiversity-chm.eea.eu.int/
FEDERAL
Endangered Species Act (vis Cornell Univ.)	http://www4.law.cornell.edu/uscode/unframed/16/ch35.html
NBII	from the USGS Center for Biological Informatics http://www.nbii.gov/issues/biodiversity/
Ecological Assessment Topics	from the EPA http://www.epa.gov/ebtpages/ecosecologecologicalassessment.html
EPA - Bioassessment & Biocriteria Program	from the EPA http://www.epa.gov/ost/biocriteria/
About Wildlife, Plants, Ecosystems, and Biodiversity at NASA	from NASA's Environmental Management Division: Biodiversity http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/codej/codeje/je_site/biodiversity/about_biodiversity.html
Our Living Resources:	A Report to the Nation on the Distribution, Abundance, and Health of U.S. Plants, Animals, and Ecosystems http://biology.usgs.gov/s+t/index.htm
USGS Biology Resources	http://biology.usgs.gov/
USGS - NPS Vegetation Mapping Program	From USGS. http://biology.usgs.gov/npsveg/
U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service	http://www.fws.gov/
Forest Service	part of the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) http://www.fs.fed.us/
US Department of the Interior	http://www.doi.gov/
Bureau of Land Management (BLM)	an agency within the U.S. Department of the Interior http://www.blm.gov/nhp/index.htm
National Park Service	an agency within the U.S. Department of the Interior http://www.nps.gov/
CALIFORNIA
California Biodiversity Council (CBC)	http://ceres.ca.gov/biodiv/
California Biodiversity Center	from UC Berkeley http://cbc.berkeley.edu/
California Floristic Province	Biodiversity Hotspots: California Floristic Province Conservation International http://www.biodiversityhotspots.org/xp/Hotspots/california_floristic