Biodiversity Databases:
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www.unep-wcmc.org
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United Nations Environment Programme. World
Conservation Monitoring Center. See species
information-databases.
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www.eol.org
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Encyclopedia of Life portal. "Encyclopedia of Life is an
ecosystem of websites that makes all key information about all life
on Earth accessible to anyone, anywhere in the world."
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www.gisp.org
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Global Invasive Species Programme is an international
partnership dedicated to tackling the global threat of invasive
species.
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www.linnean.org
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Linnean Society of London As it moves into its third century the
Society continues to play a central role in the documentation of the
world’s flora and fauna – as Linnaeus himself did – recognising the
continuing importance of such work to biodiversity conservation.
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www.dnabarcoding.org
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International Barcode of Life Project (iBOL) is species
identification based on digital characters-a DNA barcode library of
life. This system will massively improve our capacity to monitor,
know and manage biodiversity. An alliance of researchers and
biodiversity organizations in 21 nations.
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www.bionet-intl.org
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BioNET is an international not-for-profit initiative dedicated to
promoting taxonomy, especially in the biodiversity rich but
economically poorer countries of the world. Works via local
partnerships (LOOPs).
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www.sp2000.org
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Species 2000 project's goal is to create a validated checklist of all
the world's species (plants, animals, fungi and microbes). This is
being achieved by bringing together an array of global species
databases covering each of the major groups of organisms.
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wiki.tdwg.org
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Biodiversity Information Standards (TDWG) wiki system. This
website is used as an on-line collaboration area for TDWG
subgroups.
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www.nbn.org.uk
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National Biodiversity Network, UK works with local records
centres and National schemes and societies to help their recorders
improve standards and to assist them with sharing data.
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www.ciesin.columbia.edu
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Center for International Earth Science Information Network
(CIESIN) is a center within the Earth Institute at Columbia
University. Links to data.
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plants.usda.gov
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USDA's Plants Database provides standardized information
about the vascular plants, mosses, liverworts, hornworts, and
lichens of the U.S. and its territories.
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www.ice.ucdavis.edu
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Information Center for the Environment (ICE), in cooperation
with the US Man and the Biosphere program, the Man and the
Biosphere program of the United Nations Educational, Scientific,
and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), the National Biological
Information Infrastructure, the U.S. National Park Service, and
the Biological Resources Discipline of the U.S.G.S., has produced
databases containing documented, taxonomically standardized
species inventories of plants and animals reported from the world's
protected areas.
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www.wildflower.org
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Wildflower Center's Native Plant Information Gallery
-search for native plant info by plant traits or names, browse
through their collection of 23,600 native plant images, or ask the
resident horticulturalist a question.
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bure.unep-wcmc.org
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World Atlas of Biodiversity. From Seagrass diversity to
threatened bird density. United Nations Environmental
Programme-World Conservation Monitoring Center-2002.
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esapubs.org
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Ecological Archives publishes materials that are supplemental to
articles and papers that appear in the ESA print journals- Ecology,
Ecological Applications, and Ecological Monographs.
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There are over 1000 species of bamboo.
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