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Acute Toxicity
Database
A USGS Biological Resources database with results from aquatic
acute toxicity tests.
Amphibian Count Database
A monitoring program to detect population trends in
amphibians.
Amphibian Information Website
Covers reports, scientific papers, and web sites devoted
to the topic.
ARS Pesticide Properties Database
A database created by the Remote Sensing and Modeling
Lab.
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Bibliography on Bison
Contains 572 reports and items for biologists.
Biological Control: A
Guide to Natural Enemies in North America
An extensive database of biological control agents of
insects, diseases and weeds.
BioTech's
Life Science Dictionary
Over 8,300 definitions.
Bureau of Land Management
The BLM oversees a major portion of the U.S.
CalFlora Database
Contains geographic and ecological distribution information for
8,363 California vascular plant taxa.
Center for Environmental
Information and Statistics
EPA metasite for environmental info.
Center for Renewable Energy and
Sustainable Technology (CREST)
Excellent site for sustainable energy and development
information.
CIESIN
The Center for International Earth Science Information Network
(Columbia University) is a major non-profit organization with valuable Interactive Applications for research.
Commission for Environmental Cooperation
Try their interactive map of the ecological regions of
North America.
Compendium of Sustainable Development
Indicator Initiatives
Provides an overview of ecological, economic and social
indicators.
Corporate Report Card
Evaluation of over 320 companies on environmental
stewardship and social responsibility.
CSUBIOWEB
The purpose of this server is to consolidate existing
WWW Biological Science teaching and research resources and to create and distribute
original multimedia resources for the teaching of biology.
Database
on Introductions of Aquatic Species
The database contains about 3,150 records on freshwater
species and other taxa.
Ecological Database of
the World's Insect Pathogens
This database provides information on fungi, viruses,
protozoa, mollicutes, nematodes, and bacteria.
Ecological Monitoring and Assessment
Network
Maintains over 100 research and monitoring sites across
Canada.
EcoNet
A major site with a specialized search engine for
researching environmental topics.
EE - Link
Environmental Education Link is a project of the Environmental
Education & Training Partnership with classroom and professional resources.
Endangered Species
Lists of endangered species compiled by the U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service.
Environmental Information
Resources
A directory to environmental resources on
the Web.
The
Environmental Measurements Laboratory's (EML) Stratospheric Radionuclide (RANDAB) and
Trace Gas (TRACDAB) Databases
RANDAB represents the worlds largest collection of
stratospheric and upper tropospheric radionuclide data. TRACDAB contains more than
1,000 stratospheric trace gas measurements for the period 1974 to 1983.
EnviroLink
Sources on sustainable businesses, animal rights, news, etc.
Environmental Jobs and Careers
Directory to Web resources.
Environmental Protection Agency
National agency with the responsibility of protecting
human health and the environment.
Environmental Securites
Database
The database includes around 20,000 items, with
information from related fields such as ecological sciences, demography, development
studies, economics, political science, conflict studies, anthropology, and regional
studies.
Envirofacts
A single point of access to select EPA data.
Environmental Accounting Project
Created to encourage and motivate
business to understand the full spectrum of their environmental costs, and integrate these
costs into decision making.
Environmental Contaminants Encyclopedia
Information from the National Park Service.
Environmental Data Interactive Exchange
Provides a wide range of resources for environmental
professionals.
Environmental Organization WebDirectory
Claims to have the largest environment search engine.
Environmental Resources
A top rated site with lots of good sources.
European Centre for Nature Conservation
Includes a wide range of environmental resource info for
Europe including over 130 major databases.
Everglades Information Network
This network maintains the Everglades Digital Library
and the Everglades Online
Database in support of research, restoration and resource management.
Forest Service
National agency that oversees U.S. National Forests.
Gaia Forest Conservation Archive
Over 12,000 information pieces on forest conservation.
GeoIndex
A geo-environmental search engine.
Global Contamination,
Wildlife Health and Biotechnology
Basic environmental info. Check out BioTech's
other resources.
Global Ecovillage Network
This grassroots non-profit organization links
together ecovillages and related projects around the world.
Habitat Restoration Information
Center
The purpose of our Center is to
facilitate the exchange of information pertaining to the restoration of native plant and
animal species, and their habitats.
HazDat Database
This ATSDR site is the scientific and administrative
database developed to provide access to information on the release of hazardous
substances.
Information Center for the Environment
The Information Center for the Environment is a
cooperative effort of environmental scientists from over 30 organizations. The ICE
creates major environmental databases.
National Park Service
Oversees the U.S. National Park system.
NASA Earth Observing System
Lots of excellent information on climate change, El Nino,
deforestation, melting of the glaciers and polar ice caps, etc.
National Institute for the Environment
Contains books, reports, environmental links and Congressional Research Service
Reports.
National Pesticide
Loss Database
A tool for management of large watersheds.
National Wildlife Foundation
Focuses on education to inform and protect natural
resources.
Natural Resources Conservation Service
USDA agency dedicated to conserving and sustaining our natural
resources.
NOAA Paleo Global Warming
Another excellent, authoritative source.
Rainforest Fact
Sheets
Factsheets provided by the Rainforest Action Network.
Resources for the Future
RFF is a nonprofit and nonpartisan think tank located in
Washington, DC that conducts independent research – rooted primarily in economics and other social sciences – on environmental and natural resource issues.
River Network Online
Their mission is to help people organize to protect and
restore rivers and watersheds.
Scorecard
Contains info from the Environmental Defense Fund.
Sierra Club
Major environmental organization.
Sustainable Farming Connection
Provides info on ways to increase profits from farming
while building healthy soil and protecting the environment.
Trade and Environment
Database
Provides an inventory of cases as a point of context to
explore trade and environmental issues.
UNEP/GRID Database
United Nations Environmental Programme database on
climate, soils, vegetation, etc.
Union of Concerned Scientists
Major source of environmental science articles.
USGS Biological Resources
A major site with lots of info.
USGS TerraWeb
This site is based on information gathered from Terrestrial
Remote Sensing (TRS).
World Conservation Monitoring Centre
Conservation Databases
The 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 Resources Institute
WRI supplies the United Nations, World Bank and others with
reference data.
Worldwatch Institute
An excellent source of well-referenced environmental
reports.
World-Wide Web Virtual Library: Environment
Searchable directory to over 1,000 environmental
resources.
Wyoming Bioinformation Node: Introduction to
the Species Atlas
This site contains distribution maps for all 445
terrestrial vertebrate species modeled in the Wyoming Gap Analysis Project.
Yahoo:
Environmental Organizations
Directory to several hundred conservation groups.
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