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CRES (CONSERVATION AND RESEARCH FOR ENDANGERED SPECIES)
ENDANGERED & THREATENED SPECIES LISTS
Animal Info - Information on Endangered Animals -- Superior Resource Created By Dr. Paul Massicot
CITES -- Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of wild fauna and flora
ICE -- Biological Inventory Databases from UC Davis
IUCN Red List -- Combines & updates plant & animal records
UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Center -- United Nations Environment Program, click on "species"
USFWS - Endangered Species Lists -- Includes foreign species
CONSERVATION ORGANIZATIONS
Alliance for Zero Extinction
AZA
Audubon
BIONET -- Biodiversity Action Network
BirdLife International
CBSG -- Captive Breeding Specialist Group
Conservation International
Defenders of Wildlife
Environmental Defense Fund
Global Amphibian Assissment -- IUCN
Greenpeace
IPPL -- International Primate Protection League
IUCN -- World Conservation Union
LCIE -- Large Carnivores Initiative for Europe
National Wildlife Federation
Nature Conservancy
Ocean Conservancy
Peregrine Fund
SSC Specialist Groups -- IUCN
Sierra Club
TRAFFIC -- Wildlife Trade Monitoring Program
USFWS - US Fish and Wildlife Service -- Major U.S. Conservation Resource
Wildlife Conservation Society -- Bronx Zoo
Wildlife Habitat Council -- promotes joint ventures in environmental stewardship
World Conservation Monitoring Centre
World Resources Institute
WWF -- World Wildlife Fund
ZOO RESOURCES
Amphibian Conservation in Zoos -- AmphibiaWeb
AZA Species Survival Plans
World Zoo and Aquarium Conservation Strategy -- Building a Future for Wildlife
STATISTCS
CBD -- United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity
EarthTrends -- 50 years of statistics on the world's biodiversity and protected areas from WRI
Ecosystem Valuation -- The economics of conservation
Summary Statistics for Threatened Species -- IUCN Redlist
LEGAL RESOURCES
Center for International Environmental Law
Federal eRulemaking Portal -- submit comments to Federal Register Notices
Laws, Policies and Federal Register Notices -- US Fish & Wildlife
Origins of the USFWS -- Historical Summary of US Fish & Wildlife Legislation
Regulations.gov -- Submit comments on Federal Register Proposed Rules
WWW Virtual Law Library -- Indiana University School of Law
CALIFORNIA & HAWAII RESOURCES
CA Demographics -- From the California Department of Finance
CA Integrated Waste Management -- Recycling & disposal
CA Natural Diversity Database -- CA Department of Fish & Game
California's Endangered Insects -- Berkeley's Essig Museum of Entomology
California Turtle and Tortoise Club
California Wildlife and Habitat Data -- CA Department of Fish & Game
Calflora -- Plant Status and Distribution
CERES -- California Envronmental Resources Agency
Earth's 911 -- Community Specific Environmental Information
Hawaiian Ecosystems at Risk -- Technology, Methods, Information
Pacific Island Ecosystems Research -- USGS Biological Resources
Pacific Island Ecosystems at Risk -- US Forest Service
San Diego and Baja Field Guides -- San Diego Natural History Museum
Sevilleta LTER -- Long Term Ecological Research in the South West
Western Ecological Research Center -- USGS
NORTH AMERICA RESOURCES
EIS -- Environmental Impact Statements
EPA -- Complete U.S. Environmental Resource
Federal Register Endangered Species Documents
Invasivespecies.gov -- Gateway to Federal and State programs
Internet Center for Wildlife Damage Management -- University of Nebraska
NBII - National Biological Information Infrastructure
NCSE - National Library for the Environment -- Congressional Research Reports
NCBI - National Center for Biotechnology Information -- Genbanks and genomics
NWRC - National Wetlands Research Center -- USGS Biological Resources
Natural Resources Conservation Service eFOTOG -- U.S. Field Office Tech Guides
NatureServe - Online encyclopedia -- Species and ecological communities in the U.S. and Canada
North American Breeding Bird Survey -- USGS and Canada
USFWS - US Fish and Wildlife Service -- Major U.S. Conservation Resource
USFWS Recovery Plans
USGS Habitat Suitability Index Reports -- North American Animals
GLOBAL RESOURCES
Eco-Index -- Index to conservation projects in Mesoamerica
IUCN Information for Researchers
IUCN / SSC Specialist Groups - Newsletters & Action Plans
IUCN / SSC Disciplinary Groups -- Breeding, Invasive Species, Reintroductions, Veterinary
Genome Biology -- Molecular, cellular, organismal & population biology
Global Amphibian Assessment --IUCN-sponsored
NASA's Global Change Master Directory -- Research data from 1200 government agencies and universities worldwide
GBIF -- Global Biodiversity Information Facility / International Portal linking to museum specimens
Science and Development Network -- Global Science News Network
UNEP -- United Nations Environment Programme
Virtual Library of Ecology & Biodiversity -- Center for Conservation Biology
WCS Working Papers Series -- Reports on conservation projects
Web Resources on Biodiversity -- Science Magazine
Wildlife Middle East News
World Information Network on Biodiversity -- Museum collections in North and Central America
WRI -- World Resources Institute
World's Environmental Organizations -- Links
World Environmental Library -- New Zealand full text information
MAPS AND GIS
African Mammals Databank --GIS-based
distribution of African mammals
Alexandria Digital Library -- UC Santa Barbara
GIS Tools for Conservation Planning -- USGS
GIS Interactive Map Server -- Cornell
National Imagery and Mapping Agency -- US Government
Oddens Map Links -- More than 13,000 links
Southern California Integrated GPS Network
TopoZone -- USGS topographic maps
USGS EarthExplorer
World and Historical Maps -- University of Texas
World Atlas of Biodiversity -- United Nations Environment Programme
WWF's Global 200 -- Identifies Ecoregions
SPECIES EXTINCT IN THE WILD
CREO - Committee on Recently Extinct Organisms -- American Museum of Natural History
Definitions of Red List Categories -- IUCN
Extinction Web Site -- Peter Maas, Netherlands
History of Extinction -- Peter J. Bryant, UC Irvine
EDUCATION RESOURCES
Biodiversity & Conservation -- A hypertext book by Peter J Bryant, UC Irvine
Eartheasy -- An excellent guide to personal conservation practices
Ecosystems -- Environmental Literacy Council
Environmental Ethics -- San Francisco State University
EE-Link Endangered Species -- North American Association for Environmental Education
IUCN
Red List categories explained