Biodiversity Action Network (BIONET) an NGO network to strengthen biodiversity policy & law

Biodiversity Conservation Information System (BCIS) joint initiative of eleven programmes and partners of IUCN-The World Conservation Union, seeks to support environmentally sound decision-making and actions affecting the status of biodiversity and landscapes at the local, national, regional and global levels through cooperative provision of data, information, advice and related services

Biodiversity Conservation Network (BCN) evaluating issues of business, environment and local comminities, and putting conservation to work in the real world

Biodiversity at OECD OECD Activities Related to Biological Diversity

BioNET-INTERNATIONAL Building Taxonomic Capacity to Support Sustainable Agricultural Development, a Global Network of people and institutions dedicated to enabling developing countries to achieve and sustain realistic self-reliance in biosystematics, currently active in over 120 countries from the Caribbean through Africa to the South Pacific

BIOTRADE Initiative United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) in collaboration with the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity launched integrated programme consisting of three complementary and mutually reinforcing components - BIOTRADE country programmes, internet services & communications, market research and policy analysis

CABI Bioscience UK Centre Egham, formerly known as International Mycological Institute (IMI), CABI's research, training and scientific service activities, carried out by the International Institutes of Biological Control (IIBC), Entomology (IIE) and Parasitology (IIP) and the International Mycological Institute (IMI), are being refocused and restructured, from 1 January 1998, the four International Institutes will be integrated into CABI Bioscience with activities focused under Biodiversity & Biosystematics, Biological Pest Management and Environment

Center for Biodiversity Management (CBM) a virtual center providing comprehensive advice to clients in environmental management, with a strong focus on biodiversity assessment and monitoring, its mission is to improve methods of biodiversity assessment and monitoring and provide baseline information for managers to ensure sustainability

Clearing-House Mechanism (CHM) of the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) is a network of parties and partners working together to facilitate implementation of the Convention

Commission on Sustainable Development (CSD) UN Commission which ensures the high visibility of sustainable development issues within the UN system and helps to improve the UN's coordination of environment and development activities

Conservation International (CI) a field-based, non-profit organization that protects the Earth's biologically richest areas and helps the people who live there improve their quality of life

Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund (CEPF) a joint initiative of Conservation International (CI), the Global Environment Facility (GEF) and the World Bank, to advance the global conservation agenda on several fronts

DIVERSITAS an International Programme of Biodiversity Science a partnership of inter-governmental and non-governmental organisations, formed to promote, facilitate and catalyse scientific research on biodiversity - its origin, composition, ecosystem function, maintenance, and conservation, established in 1991 it is the only existing umbrella programme to coordinate a broad research effort in the biodiversity sciences at the global level, co-sponsored by IUBS, SCOPE, UNESCO, ICSU, IGBP-GCTE and IUMS

Earth Council an international NGO created in September 1992 to promote and advance the implementation of the Earth Summit agreements, led by a body of 18 Members, drawn from the world's political, business, scientific and non-governmental communities

Fauna & Flora International founded in 1903, the world’s longest-established international conservation body and one of only a few whose remit is to protect the entire spectrum of endangered species of animals and plants world-wide

Global Biodiversity Forum (GBF) an independent and open mechanism to analyze and discuss priority ecological, economic, institutional and social issues related to the options for action to conserve biodiversity, and use biological resources sustainably and equitably

Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) will be an interoperable network of biodiversity databases and information technology tools that will enable users to navigate and put to use the world’s vast quantities of biodiversity information to produce national economic, environmental and social benefits; new dedicated site replaces PowerPoint presentation hosted by BIOSIS August 1998 - May 2000

Global BioDiversity Insitute (GBDI) vision is to be an international leader in providing necessary training and information for capacity building for scientists, legal establishments, local communities, national leaders and government officials in developing countries

Global Environment Facility (GEF) an independent international financial entity, with the UN Development Program (UNDP), the UN Environment Program (UNEP) and the World Bank as its implementing agencies

Indigenous Peoples Biodiversity Information Network (IBIN) a mechanism to exchange information about experiences and projects and to increase collaboration among indigenous groups working on common causes related to biodiversity use and conservation

Information Center for the Environment (ICE) University of California Davis, coordinates many environmental programs incl LTER (Long-Term Ecological Research), MAB (Man and the Biosphere) and others

International Biodiversity Observation Year (IBOY) designated as the year 2001, an initiative of Diversitas, the Internsational Program of Biodiversity Science, through the establishment of a global observation programme, IBOY will cover the three main levels of biological diversity (genetic, species and ecosystems), surveying the field for the most obvious gaps in knowledge of global patterns of biodiversity

International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES) intergovernmental organisation concerned with marine and fisheries science established in Copenhagen in 1902, a leading scientific forum for the exchange of information and ideas on the sea and its living resources, and for the promotion and coordination of marine research within its member countries

International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) advances policy recommendations on international trade, economic instruments, climate change and natural resource management to make development sustainable; IISDnet is a knowledge base for sustainable developement

International Species Information System (ISIS) supports species conservation and preservation by helping member zoos and aquaria manage their living collections

IUCN the World Conservation Union the world's largest conservation related organization created in 1948

MAB Man and the Biosphere Programme UNESCO-MABnet, an interdisciplinary programme of research and training intended to develop the basis, within the natural and the 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

Species 2000: Indexing the World's Known Species the names of organisms are the key to biodiversity communications and as such, provide access to the accumulated knowledge of all life on Earth; however, despite the obvious value of a catalogue, no comprehensive indexing system yet exists for the 1.75 million animals, plants, fungi and micro-organisms named by science - this Programme will enable users worldwide to verify the scientific name, status and classification of any known species, it will be made available as part of the Clearing-House Mechanism under the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity

Species Survival Commission (SSC) IUCN, The Global Conservation Network for Species Survival

Systematics Agenda 2000 International core programme element 3 of Diversitas: Systematics - inventorying and classification, dedicated to promote systematic/taxonomic research in all countries and regions in order to support ongoing activities to conserve and sustainably use their biodiversity

UNEP Biodiversity Programme to identify the real socio-economic causes and impacts of changes in biodiversity, and to develop strategic means to use the components of biological diversity in ways which do not lead to their long term decline whilst contributing to increasing production functions which underpin human progress

WFCC World Data Center on Microorganisms (WDCM) responsible for the directory of culture collections and their holdings which was published with a view of strengthening the network of culture collections and their users

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

World Heritage Information Network (WHIN) a clearinghouse for information about World Heritage sites - natural and/or cultural sites identified as being of 'outstanding universal value' and inscribed on the World Heritage List by the Intergovernmental World Heritage Committee

World Land Trust (WLT) a registered charity based in the UK, which seeks to conserve the World's tropical forests, as well as other biologically important habitats, which are threatened by destruction by helping to purchase land outright and by initiating conservation projects for sustainable development

World Resources Institute (WRI) - Biodiversity a variety of WRI resources which outline the causes of biodiversity loss and opportunities to prevent biological impoverishment

WWF World Wildlife Fund the world's largest and most experienced independent conservation organization with 4.7 million supporters and a global network active in some 100 countries, its mission is to protect nature and biological diversity