To: biodiv-conv@igc.apc.org
Subject: Web Sites Related to Biodiversity Policy and Law

In response to our recent call for information from
subscribers to this list-server, we received a number of
references to homepages on the world-wide web. Given the
present and future value of the web as a medium of
information, we will begin to post regular updates of web
sites relating to biodiversity policy and law, along with
our other information postings (calendar of events and
recent publications).

Please note that the citations have been forwarded to us,
and that they are subject to change (although we at minimum
verify their existence and content at the time of
inclusion). 

Finally, we acknowledge that the list is small and notably
incomplete, but do hope that it prompts you, as subscribers,
to submit information regarding your biodiversity-related
web sites. 

We welcome any inputs or comments that you might have.

Stas Burgiel
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

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CBD CLEARINGHOUSE MECHANISM SITE

Official CBD Clearinghouse Mechanism (CHM) Pilot Phase 
http://www.biodiv.org/chm


INTERGOVERNMENTAL SITES

DIVERSITAS (IUBS, SCOPE, UNESCO, ICSU and IGBP-GCTE)
http://www.unesco.org/mab/collab/diver1.htm

Environmental Treaties and Resource Indicators (ENTRI)
http://sedac.ciesin.org/pidb/pidb-home.html

European Environment Agency Homepage
http://www.ea.dk/

CSD-5/UNGASS

     CSD Country Profiles
     http://www.un.org/DPCSD/dsd

     Earth Summit +5
     http://www.un.org/dpcsd/earthsummit

     Linkages & ENB
     http://www.iisd.ca/linkages/csd/


GOVERNMENTS

Australia
     CBD Clearinghouse Mechanism Homepage
     http://www.erin.gov.au/life/chm/chm2.html

     Environmental Resources Information Network
     http://kaos.erin.gov.au/general/erin_info/intro.html

     Australian Nature Conservation Agency
     http://www.anca.gov.au

Belgian CBD Clearinghouse Mechanism Homepage
http://www.kbinirsnb.be/bch-cbd/homepage.htm

Canadian Biodiversity Information Network (CBIN)
http://www.doe.ca/ecs/biodiv/biodiv.html

Costa Rica
     Biodiversity Data Management Homepage
     http://www.inbio.ac.cr/~bdm/home.html

     Environmental and Natural Resources Law Center
     http://www.inbio.ac.cr/~bdm/info_inst/cedarena.html

German CBD Clearinghouse Mechanism Homepage
http://www.dainet.de/bmu-cbd/homepage.htm

Mexican CBD Clearinghouse Mechanism Homepage
http://www.conabio.gob.mx/


NETWORKS

Biodiversity Action Network (BIONET)
http://www.igc.org/bionet

Third World Network
http://www.twnside.org.sg/souths/twn/twn.htm




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DOMESTIC ANIMAL DIVERSITY 

FAO's Domestic Animal Diversity Information System (DAD-IS)
http://www.fao.org/waicent/FaoInfo/Agricult/AGA/AGAP/Default
.htm


FOREST 

Community Forestry at FAO
http://www.fao.org/waicent/faoinfo/forestry/ftpp/default.htm

FAO's Forest Genetic Resources Homepage
http://www.fao.org/waicent/faoinfo/forestry/fogenres/homepag
e/content.htm

Forests, Trees and People Programme and Network
http://treesandpeople.lbutv.slu.se/welcome.html

Gaia Forest Conservation Archives
http://forests.org/gaia.html

Rainforest Action Network
http://www.ran.org/ran

World Commission on Forests and Sustainable Development
http://iisd1.iisd.ca/wcfsd/

World Resources Institute
     
     General
     http://www.wri.org/wri/biodiv/foresthm.html

     Forest Frontiers Initiative
     http://www.wri.org/wri/ffi/

World Wide Fund for Nature-International
http://www.panda.org/tda/forest/new/index.htm


INDIGENOUS PEOPLES

Cultural Survival Canada
http://www.cscanada.org/~csc/home.htm

Center for Indigenous Knowledge for Agriculture and Rural
Development (CIKARD)
http://www.physics.iastate.edu/cikard/cikard.html

Fourth World Documentation Project
http://www.halcyon.com/FWDP/fwdp.html

Indigenous Peoples Biodiversity Information Network (IBIN)
http://www.ibin.org

Linguistic & biological diversity--Terralingua Conference
http://cougar.ucdavis.edu/nas/terralin/english.html
http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/Endangered_Lang_Conf/Endangered_L
ang.html

Working Group on Traditional Resource Rights (WGTRR)
http://info.ox.ac.uk/~wgtrr


PLANT GENETIC RESOURCES SITES

African Savannahs (International Meeting 18-28 February,
Mali)
http://www.rio.net/insitu-mali/

UN Food and Agriculture Organization

     FAO Global System on Plant Genetic Resources
     http://www.fao.org/waicent/FaoInfo/Agricult/AGP/AGPS/

     Plant Genetic Resources Information
     http://web.icppgr.fao.org

     Plant Protection Information
     http://pppis.fao.org

PROTECTED AREAS

WCMC Protected Areas Virtual Library
http://www.wcmc.org.uk/protected_areas/data/pavl.html


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Biopolicy Journal
http://www.bdt.org.br/bioline/py

Global Biodiversity
http://www.ecomall.com/class/bio.htm

RAFI Communique
http://www.rafi.ca/communique/


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Peoples Tribunals and The Other Economic Summit (coincident
with the G-7 meeting)
http://pender.ee.upenn.edu/~rabii/toes