Subject: Biodiversity Web Sites To: biodiv-conv@igc.apc.org X-Mailer: Windows Eudora Pro Version 2.2 (16) X-Sender: bionet@pop.igc.org Status: RO X-Status: Attached please find the first edition of the 1998 directory of web sites on biodiversity policy and law, which we hope you find useful and informative. BIONET distributes the list of web sites on a quarterly basis, and includes it in the Biodiversity Bulletin newsletter. In an effort to balance the importance of current issue-oriented sites with the utility of maintaining relevant institutional sites, we will divide the directory into two sections: one section containing timely issue-specific web addresses, which will be updated with each addition; and one permanent section listing the addresses of relevant institutions, organizations and other stakeholder groups working around the CBD. The list is notably not comprehensive, and we welcome submissions for inclusion in future editions. If you have any other suggestions or comments please feel free to contact us. Regards, Stas Burgiel Juliette Moussa Biodiversity Action Network 1400 16th Street, NW, Suite 502 Washington, DC 20036 USA T: +1.202.547.8902 F: +1.202.265.0222 E: bionet@igc.apc.org http://www.igc.apc.org/bionet I. ISSUE-SPECIFIC SITES Biosafety/Biotechnology Australian GeneEthics Network http://www.peg.apc.org/~acfgenet Biotechnology, Intellectual Property Rights & Regulation http://www.acephale.org/bio-safety Unit of Genetic Resources, National Directorate for Biodiversity http://coord.rds.org.bo/mdsma/dncb/inicio.htm World Federation for Culture Collections http://wdcm.nig.ac.jp/wfcc/wfcc.htmlnicio.htm Domestic Animal Diversity Domestic Animal Diversity Information System http://www.fao.org/DAD-IS//wfcc.htmlnicio.htm Economics The Economics of Biodiversity http://iucn.org/themes/economicshtmlnicio.htm "Multilateral Agreement on Investment - Consolidated Text and Commentary" available on Canadian Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade web site: http://www.dfait-maeci.gc.ca/english/trade/may_1997-e.htm OECD Multilateral Agreement on Investment - Negotiating Group: "Foreign Direct Investment and the Environment: An Overview of the Literature." http://www.oecd.org/daf/cmis/mai/environ.htmay_1997-e.htm WWF Macroceconomics Program http://www.panda.org/resources/publications/sustainability/mpo/mpo.htm Forests FAO Forestry Internet Site http://www.fao.org/waicent/faoinfo/forestry/strategy/forstrat.htmo.htm Forests for Life http://www.panda.org/forests4lifeo/forestry/strategy/forstrat.htmo.htm Intergovernmental Forum on Forests (IFF) http://www.un.org/esa/sustdev/iff.htmrestry/strategy/forstrat.htmo.htm or http://www.un.org/dpcsd/dsd/iff.htmtmrestry/strategy/forstrat.htmo.htm State of the World's Forests 1997 (FAO March 1997) http://www.fao.org/waicent/faoinfo/forestry/sofotoc/htmrstrat.htmo.htm World Bank Forest Sector Strategy and Policy Review http://www-esd.worldbank.org/forestry/wbforest.html/htmrstrat.htmo.htm Indigenous Knowledge African Indigenous Knowledge Systems http://members.aol.com/Afsci/africana.htmorest.html/htmrstrat.htmo.htm Indicators American Museum of Natural History Indicators http://research.amnh.org/entomology/biodiv_links.htmltmrstrat.htmo.htm CIAT and UNEP project: Environment and Sustainability Indicators: Outlook for Latin America and the Caribbean http://www.ciat.cgiar.org/indicators/project.htmlhtmltmrstrat.htmo.htm National Reports under CBD Costa Rican Country Report (Spanish) http://www.inbio.ac.cr/~coabio/ators/project.htmlhtmltmrstrat.htmo.htm The Netherlands http://www.agro.stoas.nl/NICBN/policy/natrep.htmlhtmltmrstrat.htmo.htm Ukraine http://www.freenet.kiev.ua/ciesin/N_97/eng/index.htmltmrstrat.htmo.htm Sustainable Development Online Compendium of Sustainable Development Indicator Initiatives and Publications http://iisd1.iisd.ca/measure/compendium.htmindex.htmltmrstrat.htmo.htm PanAsia http://www.PanAsia.org.sgure/compendium.htmindex.htmltmrstrat.htmo.htm UN Division for Sustainable Development Country- and issue-specific information on sustainable development, with hyperlinks to relevant web sites throughout the UN system: http://www.unsystem.org/agenda21pendium.htmindex.htmltmrstrat.htmo.htm UNEP Working Group on Sustainable Product Development http://unep.frw.uva.nlg/agenda21pendium.htmindex.htmltmrstrat.htmo.htm Publications: "Bibliography on the Conservation of Biological Diversity: Biological/Ecological, Economic, and Policy Issues" by Stephen Polasky http://www.osu.orst.edu/dept/ag_resrc_econ/biodiv/biblio.html.htmo.htm Biopolicy Journal http://www.bdt.org.br/bioline/pyresrc_econ/biodiv/biblio.html.htmo.htm Earth Negotiations Bulletin, Linkages & Sustainable Developments http://www.iisd.ca/linkages/e/pyresrc_econ/biodiv/biblio.html.htmo.htm ENetDigest - Jan 1997: A guide to internet resources on natural resources and agriculture. http://www.enetdigest.com/s/e/pyresrc_econ/biodiv/biblio.html.htmo.htm Other Biodiversity Forum http://real.geog.ucsb.edu/bioforumsrc_econ/biodiv/biblio.html.htmo.htm Biodiversity Impact Assessment http://iucn.org/themes/economics_launch/98-02-01.htmblio.html.htmo.htm II. INSTITUTION-SPECIFIC SITES CBD Clearinghouse Mechanism Site See the CBD's web site for new documents on the Fourth Conference of the Parties and national reports on the implementation of Article 6. http://www.biodiv.orgs/economics_launch/98-02-01.htmblio.html.htmo.htm Intergovernmental Organizations (IGOs) Convention on International Trades of Endangered Species of Fauna and Flora (CITES) http://www.wcmc.org.uk:80/CITES/_launch/98-02-01.htmblio.html.htmo.htm Convention on Migratory Species http://www.wcmc.org.uk:80/cms/S/_launch/98-02-01.htmblio.html.htmo.htm Global Environment Facility http://www.gefweb.comk:80/cms/S/_launch/98-02-01.htmblio.html.htmo.htm Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) Contains the UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms and other relevant information: http://www.unesco.org/ioc/cms/S/_launch/98-02-01.htmblio.html.htmo.htm Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer http://www.unep.org/unep/secretar/ozone/issues.htmtmblio.html.htmo.htm Ramsar Convention on Wetlands http://www.iucn.org/themes/ramsar/index.htmles.htmtmblio.html.htmo.htm UN Conference on Environment & Development Documents gopher://gopher.un.org:70/11/conf/unced/English UN Division for Sustainable Development http://www.un.org/dpcsd/dsd/amsar/index.htmles.htmtmblio.html.htmo.htm UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization http://www.unesco.orgsd/dsd/amsar/index.htmles.htmtmblio.html.htmo.htm UN Food and Agricultural Organization http://www.fao.orgorgsd/dsd/amsar/index.htmles.htmtmblio.html.htmo.htm UN Framework Convention on Climate Change http://www.unfccc.degsd/dsd/amsar/index.htmles.htmtmblio.html.htmo.htm World Bank http://www.worldbank.orgdsd/amsar/index.htmles.htmtmblio.html.htmo.htm Governments Australian Biodiversity Clearing House Mechanism http://www.erin.gov.au/life/chm/chm2.htmltmles.htmtmblio.html.htmo.htm Belgian Clearing-House Mechanism http://www.kbinirsnb.be/bch-cbd/homepage.htmes.htmtmblio.html.htmo.htm Canadian Biodiversity Information Network http://www1.ec.gc.ca:81/Biodiversity/EN/Default.cfmmblio.html.htmo.htm Canadian "Biodiversity Law and Policy" Online Search http://www1.ec.gc.ca:81/Biodiversity/EN/Search/OnlineSearch.cfmtmo.htm Costa Rica BDM http://www.inbio.ac.cr/~bdm/home.htmlEN/Search/OnlineSearch.cfmtmo.htm German Clearing-House Mechanism http://www.dainet.de/bmu-cbd/homepage.htmearch/OnlineSearch.cfmtmo.htm Italian Clearing-House Mechanism http://wwwamb.casaccia.enea.it/chm-cbd/tmearch/OnlineSearch.cfmtmo.htm Mexican National Biodiversity Commission http://www.conabio.gob.mx/a.it/chm-cbd/tmearch/OnlineSearch.cfmtmo.htm Netherlands CBD Clearinghouse Mechanism Homepage http://www.agro.stoas.nl/NICBN/chm-cbd/tmearch/OnlineSearch.cfmtmo.htm Polish Clearing-House Mechanism http://ciuw.warman.net.pl/alf/biodiversity/rch/OnlineSearch.cfmtmo.htm US Geological Survey Clearinghouse for Biological Data http://www.nbii.gov/clearinghouse.htmlsity/rch/OnlineSearch.cfmtmo.htm US National Biological Information Infrastructure http://www.nbii.gov/clearinghouse.htmlsity/rch/OnlineSearch.cfmtmo.htm Nongovernmental Organizations (NGOs) & Networks Biodiversity Action Network (BIONET) http://www.igc.org/bionetinghouse.htmlsity/rch/OnlineSearch.cfmtmo.htm Coordinating Body for the Indigenous Peoples' Organization of the Amazon Basin (COICA) http://www.satnet.net/coicaghouse.htmlsity/rch/OnlineSearch.cfmtmo.htm Cultural Survival Canada http://www.cscanada.org/~cschouse.htmlsity/rch/OnlineSearch.cfmtmo.htm DIVERSITAS http://www.unesco.org/mab/collab/diver1.htmrch/OnlineSearch.cfmtmo.htm Greenpeace International http://www.greenpeace.org/collab/diver1.htmrch/OnlineSearch.cfmtmo.htm IABIN - Inter-Americas Biodiversity Information network http://biology.usgs.gov/nbii/iabin/ver1.htmrch/OnlineSearch.cfmtmo.htm IUCN-The World Conservation Union http://www.iucn.org.gov/nbii/iabin/ver1.htmrch/OnlineSearch.cfmtmo.htm Working Group on Traditional Resource Rights http://users.ox.ac.uk/~wgtrr/iabin/ver1.htmrch/OnlineSearch.cfmtmo.htm World Resources Institute http://www.wri.org/uk/~wgtrr/iabin/ver1.htmrch/OnlineSearch.cfmtmo.htm European Working Group on Research and Biodiversity http://www.oden.se/~ewgrbtrr/iabin/ver1.htmrch/OnlineSearch.cfmtmo.htm SRISTI- Indian Institute of Management http://csf.colorado.edu/srostiabin/ver1.htmrch/OnlineSearch.cfmtmo.htm World Wide Fund for Nature-International http://www.panda.orgedu/srostiabin/ver1.htmrch/OnlineSearch.cfmtmo.htm ************************************ Biodiversity Action Network (BIONET) 1400 16th Street, NW - Suite 502 Washington, DC 20036 - USA Tel: +1.202.547.8902 Fax: +1.202.265.0222 E-mail: bionet@igc.apc.org URL: http://www.igc.apc.org/bionetiabin/ver1.htmrch/OnlineSearch.cfmtmo.htm ************************************