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
BirdLife International a global conservation alliance with a worldwide network of Partners, Representatives, Associate Organisations, Specialist Groups and individuals, seeking to conserve all bird species on earth and their habitat and through this, it works for the world's biological diversity and the sustainability of human use of natural resources, founded in 1922 under its original name of the International Council for Bird Preservation (ICBP)
BirdLife International Partners partner organisations throughout the world and partners designate and representatives in the Americas

CAB International (CABI)
Calypso Publications and Research ichthyological publishing house and producer of ichthyological taxonomic databases
CAUZ Members with an Interest in Birds list arranged by taxonomic interest groupings
Committee on Data for Science and Technology (CODATA) International Council of Scientific Unions
Conservation International a nonprofit organization using science, economics, policy, and community involvement to promote biodiversity conservation in rain forests and other ecosystems worldwide
Consortium for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN) Kiosk
Consortium of Aquariums, Universities and Zoos (CAUZ) for Worldwide Conservation

Discus Study Group (DSG) international group of hobbyists, breeders, and scientists dedicated to the study and conservation of the habitat of the genus Symphysodon

Earthwatch an international nonprofit organization which supports scientific field research worldwide through its volunteers and scientists working together to improve our understanding of the planet
Estuarine Research Federation (ERF) an international organization whose purpose is to promote research in estuarine and coastal waters, to promote communication between members of affiliated societies, to conduct meetings and to be available as a source of advice in matters concerning estuaries and the coastal zone

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
Flatfish Network network for taxonomists coordinated by Netherlands Institute for Sea Research

International Association for Aquatic Animal Medicine (IAAAM) an organization of individuals who are professionally interested in and devote a significant amount of time to the practice of aquatic animal medicine, teaching and research in aquatic animal medicine, or the husbandry and management of aquatic animals
International Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies (IAFWA)
International Association of Meiobenthologists (IAM) is a non-profit scientific society representing meiobenthologists in all aquatic disciplines
International Association for Plant Taxonomy (IAPT) founded at the Seventh International Botanical Congress in Stockholm on 18 July 1950, to carry out projects of interest and concern to systematic biologists, especially those which require or profit from international cooperation, constitutes the Section for Plant Taxonomy of the International Union of Biological Sciences (IUBS)
International Aviculturists Society avian research, conservation and educational programs for companion bird owners
International Biotherapy Society (IBS) aims to support the use and understanding of living organisms in thetreatment of human diseases, such as fly larvae, bees and leeches
International bodies issuing codes of nomenclature
International Center for Living Aquatic Resources Management (ICLARM) an international research organization based in Manila, Philippines - devoted to improving productivity and management of aquatic resources for the benefit of users and consumers in developing countries
International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature (ICZN) the official body responsible for providing and regulating the system for ensuring that every animal has a unique and universally accepted scientific name
International Committee for Bionomenclature IUBS/IUMS committee responsible for preparing and editing the Draft BioCode published in 1996
International Congress of Zoology (ICZ) the New International Congress of Zoology - alternative url : http://shum.cc.huji.ac.il/~por/icz_xviii/icz_home.html
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 Council for Science (ICSU) a non-governmental organization, founded in 1931 to bring together natural scientists in international scientific endeavour. It comprises 95 multidisciplinary National Scientific Members (scientific research councils or science academies) and 25 international, single-discipline Scientific Unions to provide a wide spectrum of scientific expertise enabling members to address major international, interdisciplinary issues which none could handle alone
International Hibernation Society
International Marinelife Alliance (IMA) Pasig City, Philippines
International Nannoplankton Association (INA) hosted by The Natural History Museum (NHM) London, UK
International Organization of Palaeobotany (IOP)
International Organization for Plant Information (IOPI)
International Organization for Systematic and Evolutionary Biology (IOSEB) new organization established at ICSEB IV to facilitate international co-operation among systematists and evolutionists in all groups of organisms
International Society for Anthrozoology (ISAZ) Southampton, UK - supportive organization for the study of human-animal interactions
International Society for Biochemical Systematics (ISBS) Liege, Belgium, promoting research & communication in study of molecular aspects of evolutionary systematics
International Society for Biochemical Systematics (ISBS) Liege, Belgium - promoting research & communication in study of molecular aspects of evolutionary systematics
International Society for Research on Aggression (ISRA) Santa Barbara - scientific and educational society to promote and encourage the discovery and exchange of scientific information concerning the destructive and constructive aspects of aggression
International Society of Vertebrate Morphology
International Species Information System (ISIS) supports species conservation and preservation by helping member zoos and aquaria manage their living collections
International Symbiosis Society (ISS) International Union of Biological Sciences (IUBS) and as ICSU member
International Union of Biological Sciences (IUBS) and as ICSU member ; created in 1919, to promote the study of biological sciences, to facilitate and coordinate research and other scientific activities that require international cooperation, to ensure the discussion and dissemination of international conferences and to assist in the publication of their reports
International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Fontanebleau, France - The World Conservation Union, mission 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
International Wildlife Education & Conservation Los Angeles

Madagascar Fauna Group (MFG) an international consortium of zoological institutions concerned with conservation of all classes of Malagasy fauna, particularly those whose populations are falling below viable minimums

National Shellfisheries Association
National Audubon Society
National Avian Research Center (NARC) Abu Dhabi, promoting ecologically sustainable utilization of the houbara bustard and saker falcon
National Wildlife Rehabilitation Association (NWRA) a nonprofit, international membership organization committed to promoting and improving the integrity and professionalism of wildlife rehabilitation and contributing to the preservation of natural ecosystems
Neotropical Bird Club
Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organization (NAFO) international organization to promote the conservation and optimum utilization of the fishery rsources of the Northwest Atlantic

Oriental Bird Club UK registered charity established for ornithologists throughout the world, both amateur and professional, who share a common interest in the region's birds and their conservation
Ornithological Council informational organization founded by seven North American professional ornithological societies

Pacific Science Association a regional, nongovernmental scientific organization founded in 1920
Pacific Seabird Group (PSG) a society of professional seabird researchers and managers dedicated to the study and conservation of seabirds, formed in 1972 out of a need for increased communication among academic and government seabird researchers
Partnerships for Enhancing Expertise in Taxonomy (PEET) US National Science Foundation (NSF), in partnership with academic institutions, botanical gardens, freshwater and marine institutes, and natural history museums, seeks to enhance and stimulate taxonomic research and help prepare future generations of experts, through support of competitively reviewed research projects that target groups of poorly known organisms; an effort designed to encourage the training of new generations of taxonomists and to translate current expertise into electronic databases and other formats with broad accessibility to the scientific community

Raptor Research Foundation

Seabird Bycatch Working Group Institute for Fisheries Resources
Shape of Enrichment founded in 1991 as a partnership to further animal enrichment efforts worldwide, it became a non-profit corporation in 1996 to better enable it to accomplish this goal
Shark Research Institute an international scientific organization dedicated to the conservation of sharks specializing in the study of whale sharks
Shark Specialist Group - IUCN/SSC composed of elasmobranch specialists willing to donate their time in identifying the problems associated with the maintenance of elasmobranch stocks in their regions
Societas Internationalis Limnologiae (SIL) Seattle - International Association of Theoretical and Applied Limnology
Society for Conservation Biology (SCB) Seattle - an international professional organization dedicated to promoting the scientific study of the phenomena that affect the maintenance, loss, and restoration of biological diversity
Society for Cryobiology
Society of Ethnobiology a nonprofit professional organization dedicated to the interdisciplinary study of the relationships of plants and animals with human cultures worldwide, topics include but are not limited to paleoethnobotany, zooarchaeology, ethnobotany, ethnozoology, and other related areas in anthropology and biology
Society for Ecological Restoration (SER) an international professional membership organization for people researching, practicing or interested in Ecological Restoration as a means of sustaining the diversity of life on Earth and reestablishing an ecologically healthy relationship between nature and culture
Society for the Preservation of Natural History Collections (SPNHC)
Society of Systematic Biologists (SSB) promoting advancement of the science of systematic biology in all its aspects of theory, principles, methodology, and practice, for both living and fossil organisms, with emphasis on areas of common interest to all taxonomists regardless of individual specialization
Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology (SICB) dedicated to promoting the pursuit and public dissemination of important information relating to comparative biology, formerly the American Society of Zoologists
Specialist Collection Managers Groups (SCMGs) set up in order to promote communication and coordination between Collection Managers of selected taxonomic groups from the UK’s major collections-holding institutions
Species 2000 international project with the objective of enumerating all known species of plants, animals, fungi and microbes on Earth as the baseline dataset for studies of global biodiversity
Systematic and Applied Acarology Society (SAAS) established in the UK to promote development of acarology in China and foster communication and cooperation among acarologists in China and other parts of the world
Systematics Agenda 2000 International (SA2000/I) Charting the Biosphere, a program of the International Union of Biological Sciences which serves as the systematics program element of Diversitas, the international biodiversity science program
SA2000:The Challenge for Europe Leiden 1995 Report
Systematics Association commited to furthering all aspects of Systematic biology

Taxonomic Database Working Group (TDWG) International Union for Biological Sciences (IUBS) International Working Group on Taxonomic Databases
TRAFFIC wildlife trade monitoring program, a joint conservation programme of WWF World Wide Fund for Nature and IUCNThe World Conservation Union, supporting the work and missions of both of these organisations to help ensure that wildlife trade is at sustainable levels and in accordance with domestic and international laws and agreements
Tropical Marine Mollusc Programme (TMMP) Danish International Development Agency (DANIDA) sponsored organization which aims to build strong scientific infrastructure in member countries through enhancement of research capacity and yearly meetings, the programme deals with systematic studies of the species - rich, but poorly known tropical seas, ecology and aquaculture related conservation and environmental studies

United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) Geneva
USDA / ARS Bee Biology & Systematics Laboratory research of international scope which emphasizes pollination management challenges and the development of a diversified and stable pollinator base for U.S. agriculture and environment, Utah State University Logan

Virtual Museum of Natural History (VMNH) a non-profit division of the Order of Shaolin Chan (OSC) (a non-profit charitable foundation) which operates to provide data and access to data about the earth's biodiversity to researchers ranging from grade-school children to professional biologists, the International CURATOR Project is the first phase in its creation

Waterbird Society formerly The Colonial Waterbird Society
Wetlands International Africa, Europe, Middle East (AEME) WI is the world's leading non-profit organisation concerned with the conservation of wetlands and wetland species, comprising a global network of governmental and non-governmental experts working on wetlands
Whale Shark Research Group Inc. a non-profit organization with objective to closely monitor behavior and migration of Rhincodon typus, to continually track and record the largest and possibly the oldest living fish for the purpose of studying the effects of global warming on migratory fish
Wildlife Disease Association (WDA) an international, nonprofit organization dedicated to wildlife conservation through the study and understanding of diseases in wildlife
Wildlife Preservation Trust International (WPTI) conservation organization striving worldwide to save endangered species from extinction through collaborative projects with local conservationists
Wildlife Preservation Trust International
World Animal Net (WAN) a worldwide network of societies campaigning to improve the status and welfare of animals
Willi Hennig Society
Wilson Ornithological Society
World Association of Wildlife Veterinarians (WAWV) Ireland - established to meet the needs of veterinarians involved in, or keenly interested in, the care of non-domesticated species throughout the world
World Conservation Monitoring Centre (WCMC) Cambridge, UK
World Society for the Protection of Animals (WSPA)
World Wildlife Fund
WWF Arctic Programme a focal point for arctic conservation issues
WWF's Campaign 2000, The Living Planet Campaign
WWF Global Network
World Zoo Organization umbrella organization for the world zoo community