Exploring Biodiversity

Educators' notes

UK biodiversity

Conserv@tion (e-news magazine)
wildflowerlinks
wharfe
Virtual Field Guide (UK)

UK organisations

Bat Conservation Trust
Botanical Society of the British Isles
British-Trees.com
British Trust for Conservation Volunteers
British Trust for Ornithology
Butterfly Conservation
Countryside Council for Wales
English Nature
Flora-for-Fauna
Flora locale
Linnean Society of London
Marine Conservation Society
National Biodiversity Network
The Natural History Museum
People's Trust for Endangered Species
Plantlife
Royal Society for the Protection of Birds
Scottish Natural Heritage
Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust
The Wildlife Trusts
UK Phenology Network
UK Rivers Network

International biodiversity

biodiversity on the internet
European Tropical Forest Research Network
Global Searcher
Land Plants Online

International organisations

International Union for Conservation of Nature
World Conservation Monitoring Centre
World Resources Institute
World Wildlife Fund
Zoological Society of London

Educational resources

Academic Technology Center
Backyard biodiversity day, 21st June 2002
Discovery.com
The Nuffield Foundation - Curriculum projects Centre
Salters-Nuffield Advanced biology
SAPS (Science and Plants for Schools)
Schoolsnet / biodiversity
Walking with woodlice

Databases

Amimal diversity - University of Michigan
BSBI database
BSBI Threatened Plants database
Fishbase
Global Invasive Species Database
Global Searcher
NHM Data Locator
Online key to British flora
The Postcode Plants Database
Tree of Life
Virtual Field Guide (UK)

Topics

Biodiversity conservation
   (online book)
Benefits of biodiversity
   (World Resources Institute)
Benefits of biodiversity
   (Environment Australia)
Endangered UK wildlife and habitats
   (Environment Agency)
Land plant phylogenetics
   (South Illinois University)
Phenology
   (UK Phenology Network)
Pollution
   (UK Rivers Network)
Pollution - Sea Empress oil spill
   (University of Wales Swansea)
Species concept
   (American Museum of Natural History)
Species concept
   (California Polytechnic State University)
Threats to biodiversity
   (World Resources Institute)
Tree of Life
   (University of Arizona)
UK Biodiversity Action Plans
   (English Nature)
What's in your backyard?
   (Environment Agency)

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