Links

 

ASEAN Review of Biodiversity and Environmental Conservation (ARBEC) is published in association with the Institute of Biodiversity and Environmental Conservation (IBEC) based at University Malaysia Sarawak. Published quarterly in electronic form, it seeks unpublished review articles on important research, reports on projects, programs, and initiatives on biodiversity and environment issues. ARBEC seeks to publish critical reviews designed to enhance the knowledge on biodiversity and environmental conservation at all levels, from research methods, theory, applications and practice of environmental conservation and education.

The Species Survival Commission is one of the world's largest species conservation network. SSC is the largest of the six Commissions of IUCN-The World Conservation Union. It serves as the main source of advice to the Union and its members on the technical aspects of species conservation. SSC seeks to mobilize action by the world conservation community for species conservation, particularly those species threatened with extinction and those of importance for human welfare.

ASEANET is the Southeast Asian Loop of BioNET-International, a global network of interlinked sub-regional LOOPs (Locally Organised & Operated Partnerships) of scientific institutions. These Loops are dedicated to enabling developing countries to become realistically self-reliant in the skills of identifying and understanding the relationships of the organisms which collectively constitute biodiversity and the living environment. It is a network of people and institutions designed to enable the pooling and sharing of existing taxonomic resources of the LOOPs via South-South cooperation, and building further taxonomic capacity through institutional strengthening and human resource development programs. The Network is coordinated by the Malaysian Agricultural Research & Development Institute (MARDI) which serves as the Network Coordinating Institute (NECI), supported by a permanent secretariat at the CAB International Southeast Asian Regional Center (CABI-SEARC). Each of the 10 ASEAN Member Countries is represented in the LOOP by an appointed National Coordinating Institute (NACI).

Natural Resources Management Program in Indonesia links to donors, training and education resources, taxonomic etc.

The Association for Biodiversity Information (ABI) is a non-profit organization dedicated to developing and providing knowledge about the world's natural diversity. Working with our member programs in the United States, Canada, Latin America and the Caribbean—known as the Natural Heritage Network—ABI collects and develops authoritative information about the plants, animals, and ecological communities of the Western Hemisphere.

Traffic is the Wildlife Trade Monitoring Programme of WWF-Worldwide Fund for Nature and IUCN-The World Conservation Union. Traffic works in cooperation with the Secretariat of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of wild Fauna and Flora (CITES).

Haribon Foundation Inc. sustainable development by: Promoting and undertaking community-based resource management strategies in specific sites; Conducting scientific and socio-economic researches on natural ecosystems to benefit communities and to promote sustainable approaches to development; Raising the national consciousness on sustainable development to promote a constituency for environmental issues and membership for Haribon.

The Foundation for Philippine Environment initiates, assists and finances projects that supports biodiversity conservation and sustainable development efforts in priority sites in the Philippines. FPE aims, furthermore, to strengthen the capacities of NGOs, POs and local communities to be significant agents of biodiversity conservation through stewardship and responsible management of the natural resources and ecosystems in their environment.

Global Change Impact Center for South East Asia IC-SEA is the first regional centre in the developing regions established to assess the impacts of global change, and their implications for the sustainable management of terrestrial ecosystems. IC-SEA's mission is to develop the capacity of the Southeast Asian region for sustainable development under global change. The website serves as the most comprehensive information pool on global change and its implications in South East Asia. It includes a searchable database on global change impacts literature as well as on upcoming events. Extensive information is given on the activities and the partners of IC-SEA. Alltogether a very valuable website for South East Asia.

UNEP-World Conservation Monitoring Center (WCMC) provides information services on conservation and sustainable use of the world's living resources, and helps others to develop information systems of their own.

The IUCN's World Commission on Protected Areas (WCPA) promotes the establishment and effective management of a world-wide representative network of terrestrial and marine protected areas, as an integral contribution to the IUCN mission. Its purpose is simple: to promote interaction among WCPA members and a sense of community and to effectively communicate WCPA messages relating to protected areas and provide specific WCPA information, such as membership data, activities, news, publications, reports, and key events.

World Heritage Information Network (WHIN): a clearing-house for information about the natural and cultural sites identified as being of "outstanding universal value" and inscribed on the World Heritage List by the Intergovernmental World Heritage Committee. This list is established as part of the international implementation of the World Heritage Convention.

The World Wildlife Fund (WWF) directs its conservation efforts toward three global goals: protecting endangered spaces, saving endangered species, and addressing global threats. From working to save the giant panda, tiger, and rhino to helping establish and manage parks and reserves worldwide, WWF has been a conservation leader for more than 39 years.

The World Conservation Union mission is to influence, encourage and assist societies throughout the world to conserve the integrity and diversity of nature and to ensure that any use of natural resources is equitable and ecologically sustainable. IUCN is the world's largest environmental knowledge network. Within the framework of global conventions IUCN has promoted sustainability and helped over 50 countries to prepare and implement National Conservation Strategies.

Conservation International is a useful site which presents the organization's mission, strategies and campaigns to protect rainforests, coastal and coral reef systems and dry forests, deserts and wetlands.

The UNESCO Man and the Biosphere (MAB) Programme is an interdisciplinary program of research and training intended to develop the basis, within the natural and social sciences, for the rational use and conservation of the resources of the biosphere, and for the improvement of the global relationship between people and the environment. The overall program is guided by the MAB International Coordinating Council, consisting of 34 member states. WCPA works closely with the MAB Programme and specifically acts as an Advisory Body to the International Coordinating Council. WCPA also co-operates closely in major MAB activities, such as the Seville Biosphere Reserve Congress.

World Resources Institute (WRI) provides information, ideas and solutions to global environmental problems. The WRI mission is to move human society to live in ways that protects earths environment for future generation. WRI meets global challenges by using knowledge to catalyze public and private action. WCPA works closely with WRI in the application of approaches such as bioregional planning to ensure the more effective establishment and management of protected areas, as well as more effective planning across the entire landscape.

Birdlife International is a global Partnership of conservation organizations with a focus on birds that works together on shared priorities, policies and programs of conservation action, exchanging skills, achievements and information, growing in ability, authority and influence. The BirdLife International Partnership strives to conserve birds, their habitats and global biodiversity working with people towards sustainability in the use of natural resources.

Tropenbos coordinates research for the sustainable management and conservation of tropical forests. Projects are located in Vietnam, Indonesia, Ghana, Cameroon, Ivory Coast, Columbia and Guyana.

Coral Cay provides resources to help sustain livelihoods and alleviate poverty through the protection, restoration and management of coral reefs and tropical forests.

The Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) has officially been established on 1st March, 2001, as a multilateral international scientific program devoted to deliver biodiversity information freely available via the internet. GBIF is currently supported by 30 national governments, economies, and international organizations.

Forests Conservation Portal. works to end deforestation, preserve old-growth forests, conserve and sustainably manage other forests, maintain climatic systems and commence the age of ecological restoration.

NatureServe (formerly known as ABI) is a non-profit conservation organization dedicated to developing and providing knowledge to protect out natural world. Working with our network of member programs in the United States, Canada, Latin America and the Caribbean, NatureServe collects and develops authoritative information about the plants, animals, and ecological communities of the Western Hemisphere.