UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre

Description: The UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre is the biodiversity information and assessment arm of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP).

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Unep-wcmc.org has 22 URLs listed in 25 Dmoz categories.

African Wild Dog
Summary and update on this species under threat from the World Conservation Monitoring Centre [WCMC/WWF].
http://www.unep-wcmc.org/species/data/species_sheets/wilddog.htm
Top/Science/Biology/Flora_and_Fauna/Animalia/Chordata/Mammalia/Carnivora/Canidae/Canini/Lycaon

Intsia bijuga
Information on the distribution, habitat and utilisation of this valuable timber tree, provided by the Tree Conservation Information Service.
http://www.unep-wcmc.org/trees/trade/int_bij.htm
Top/Science/Biology/Flora_and_Fauna/Plantae/Magnoliophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caesalpiniaceae/Intsia

Biodiversity Series
Full text online of UNEP-WCMC series of project results.
http://www.unep-wcmc.org/resources/publications/biodiv_series.htm
Top/Science/Environment/Biodiversity

World Atlas of Biodiversity
Interactive maps of biodiversity and human impacts from the UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre.
http://stort.unep-wcmc.org/imaps/gb2002/book/viewer.htm
Top/Science/Environment/Biodiversity

World Conservation Monitoring Centre
Provides information services on conservation and sustainable use of the world's living resources, and helps others to develop information systems of their own.
http://www.unep-wcmc.org/
Top/Science/Environment/Biodiversity/Conservation

BirdLife International - Birds to Watch 2
The world list of over 1000 threatened birds, plus information on threats to birds.
http://www.unep-wcmc.org/species/data/birdlife/
Top/Science/Environment/Biodiversity/Conservation/Birds

Global Tree Campaign
Tree Conservation Information Service. Includes The World List of Threatened Trees (survey of the conservation status of trees species worldwide) and Tree Conservation Database.
http://www.unep-wcmc.org/trees/Background/intro2.htm
Top/Science/Environment/Biodiversity/Conservation/Plants/Trees

Freshwater Biodiversity: A Preliminary Global Assessment
This document provides information on inland waters and their biodiversity, and includes the first global assessment of areas of special importance for freshwater biodiversity, based on expert opinion and data. It also includes a first comparative analys
http://www.unep-wcmc.org/information_services/publications/freshwater/toc.htm
Top/Science/Environment/Biodiversity/Ecosystem_Biodiversity

UNEP-WCMC: Threatened Plants Database
Contains information on over 136,000 plant taxa of conservation importance based on 19,000 data sources.
http://www.unep-wcmc.org/species/dbases/flora/
Top/Science/Environment/Biodiversity/Informatics/Databases

UNEP-WCMC Species Database
The World Conservation Monitoring Centre Database holds information on threatened animal and plant species and others of conservation concern.
http://quin.unep-wcmc.org/isdb/taxonomy/
Top/Science/Environment/Biodiversity/Informatics/Databases