Natural Resources
Links
Conservation and
biodiversity
Agenda
21 (United Nations Sustainable Development)
A plan of action to be taken globally, nationally and locally by organisations
in every area in which human impacts on the environment.
Bushmeat
Crisis Task Force
Dedicated to the conservation of wildlife populations threatened by
the commercial hunting of wildlife for sale as meat.
CAB
International (CABI)
Undertakes research and training in biological pest management, biodiversity,
biosystematics and the environment.
Centre
for Science and Environment (CSE)
Aims to increase public awareness on science, technology, environment
and development.
Centre
for Social and Economic Research on the Global Environment (CSERGE)
A research centre linking natural and social science theories, tools
and methods.
Convention
on Biological Diversity
Addresses all aspects of biological diversity: genetic
resources, species, and ecosystems.
CBNRM
Net – the Community-Based Natural Resource Management Network
Provides powerful tools for communities, NGOs and institutions, aimed
at global networking and knowledge management for community-based natural
resource management.
Earth
Policy Institute
Dedicated to providing a vision of an environmentally sustainable economy
as well as a roadmap of how to get there.
Earth
Trends
A comprehensive online database focusing on environmental, social and
economic trends.
Envirolink
Unites organisations and volunteers in more than 150 countries and provides
comprehensive, up-to-date environmental information and news.
Environmental
Investigation Agency (EIA)
Committed to investigating and exposing environmental crime.
Fauna
and Flora International
Pioneers conservation work that tackles problems holistically and provides
solutions that help wildlife, humans and the environment.
Foundation
for International Environmental Law and Development (FIELD)
Advises and assists governments, inter-governmental and non-governmental
organisations worldwide.
GreenNet
Works for peace, the environment, gender equality and social justice,
through the use of Information Communication Technologies (ICTs).
Institute
of Environmental Management and Assessment (IEMA)
Promotes best practice standards in environmental management, auditing
and assessment.
International
Human Dimensions Programme on Global Environmental Change
Links national research programmes and other projects on human dimensions
of global environmental change.
IUCN
- The World Conservation Union
Aims to influence, encourage and assist societies to conserve the integrity
and diversity of nature and ensure that any use of natural resources
is equitable and ecologically sustainable.
Millennium
Ecosystem Assessment
Designed to meet the needs of decision makers and the public for scientific
information concerning the consequences of ecosystem change and options
for responding to those changes.
Navdanya
Works on biodiversity conservation and protecting people's
rights from threats to their livelihoods and environment.
TRAFFIC
Aims to ensure that the trade in wild plants and animals is not a threat
to the conservation of nature.
United
Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
Provides leadership and encourages partnership in caring
for the environment by inspiring, informing and enabling people to improve
their quality of life without compromising future generations.
Wild
Foundation
Helps to create long-term solutions which protect and sustain wilderness
and wildlife.
World
Bank Environment
Protecting the environment is one of the main principles in the World
Bank's mission to alleviate poverty and to sustain the quality of development.
World
Environment Centre
Promotes sustainable development and the efficient use of natural resources
in multinational corporations.
World
Wildlife Fund
Invests in projects to stop the accelerating degradation of the natural
environment and to help people live in greater harmony with nature.
World
Resources Institute
Features resources which outline the causes of biodiversity loss and
opportunities to prevent biological impoverishment.
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