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Conservaton and Ecology Books at Amazon.com
Earth Day
http://www.earthday.org/
"Throughout the world, Earth Day is recognized as the symbol of environmental responsibility and stewardship."
Center for a Sustainable Future - Cornell University
http://www.sustainablefuture.cornell.edu/index.php
Cornell University Renewable Bioenergy Initiative - CURBI
http://www.cuaes.cornell.edu/cals/cuaes/ag-operations/curbi/
EarthWatch Institute
http://www.earthwatch.org/
The World Conservation Congress
http://www.iucn.org/
WWF Global Network
http://panda.org/
The Living Planet Campaign
http://panda.org/livingplanet/
The World of WWF
http://www.wwf.org/
WWF - U.S.
http://www.worldwildlife.org
The World Resources Institute
http://www.wri.org/
"The World Resources Institute is a Washington, DC-based center for policy research and technical assistance on global environmental and development issues. It provides objective information and practical proposals for policy change that will foster environmentally sound development."
The Nature Conservancy
http://nature.org/
Earthscape: A Learner's Guide to the Environment
http://www.und.nodak.edu/instruct/eng/fkarner/earth.htm
"Study Earth and its future! Earthscape invites you outdoors to investigate Earth systems, landscapes and environmental challenges."
Global Learning and Observations to Benefit the Environment (GLOBE)
http://www.globe.gov/
"a worldwide network of students, teachers, and scientists working together to study and understand the global environment. Students and teachers from over 6,000 schools in more than 70 countries are working with research scientists to learn more about our planet.
EnviroLink
http://www.envirolink.org/
Ducks Unlimited
http://www.ducks.org/
The Izaak Walton League of America
http://www.iwla.org/
"Defenders of Soil, Air, Woods, Waters and Wildlife"
U.S. Geological Survey - a bureau of the U.S. Department of the Interior
http://www.usgs.gov/
USGS News Releases
http://www.usgs.gov/public/press/public_affairs/press_releases/index.html
Environmental Fact Sheets
http://water.usgs.gov/public/wid/index-environ.html
Environment
http://www.usgs.gov/themes/environ.html
Volunteer for a Changing World
http://www.usgs.gov/volunteer
The United States Environmental Protection Agency
http://www.epa.gov/
Forests.org
http://forests.org/
"Works to end deforestation, preserve primary and old-growth forests, conserve and sustainably manage other forests, conserve water and climatic systems and commence the age of ecological restoration."
Project WILD
http://www.projectwild.org/
"Project WILD is one of the most widely used conservation and environmental education programs among educators of students in kindergarten through high school. Project WILD is based on the premise that young people and educators have a vital interest in learning about our natural world"
Global Change Master Directory - NASA
http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/
U.S. Long Term Ecological Research Network (LTER)
http://lternet.edu/
"a collaborative effort involving more than 1100 scientists and students investigating ecological processes operating at long time scales and over broad spatial scales."
Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center
http://www.npwrc.usgs.gov/
"This Web site emphasizes natural resource issues and data pertinent to the North American Great Plains. Our desire is that this site will be useful to managers, scientists, and the public for addressing issues in the mid-continent."
The Wilderness Society Home Page
http://wilderness.org/
"Today, Americans enjoy some 104 million acres of protected wilderness, due in large part to the efforts of The Wilderness Society. The Wilderness Society is a non-profit membership organization devoted to preserving wilderness and wildlife, protecting America's prime forests, parks, rivers, deserts and shorelands, and fostering an American land ethic." |
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| Atmosphere
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Institute for Atmospheric and Climate Science - Zurich
http://www.iac.ethz.ch/
Northern
Hemisphere Ozone Maps
http://woudc.ec.gc.ca/e/ozone/Curr_allmap.htm
Total
Ozone Mapping Spectrometer (TOMS) - from
NASA and Goddard Space Flight Center
http://jwocky.gsfc.nasa.gov/
World Meteorological
Organization
http://www.wmo.int/pages/index_en.html |
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| Biodiversity
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Mothers for Natural Law
http://www.safe-food.org/
"You are eating genetically engineered food.
Is it good for you? Do you have a choice?"
The Tulane/Xavier
Center for Bioenvironmental Research - (CBR)
http://www.cbr.tulane.edu/
World Resources
Institute - Biodiversity
http://www.wri.org/ecosystems/ |
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| Birds
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Audubon WatchList - Sponsored by
National Audubon
Society
http://web1.audubon.org/science/species/watchlist/
The Peregrine
Fund and the World Center for Birds of Prey
http://www.peregrinefund.org/ |
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| Ecosystems
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EPA Ecosystems Website
http://www.epa.gov/ebtpages/ecosystems.html
NatureWorks
http://www.nhptv.org/natureworks/
NatureWorks is a video series available for purchase from New Hampshire Public Television. There is also educational material on the website, and teacher guides to accompany the videos for classroom use. |
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| Energy
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The
International Institute for Energy Conservation
http://www.iiec.org
"IEC has worked to bring the power
of sustainable energy solutions to developing countries
and economies in transition since 1984. These solutions
include energy efficiency, renewable energy, and
integrated transport planning."
World Resources
Institute
http://www.wri.org
"The World Resources Institute's mission is
to move human society to live in ways that protect
Earth's environment and its capacity to provide
for the needs and aspirations of current and future
generations."
The American Solar Energy Society (ASES)
http://www.ases.org/ |
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| Forests
and Trees |
World
Resources Institute - Forest Frontiers Initiative
http://www.wri.org/ffi/
"The Forest Frontiers Initiative (FFI) is a
five year, multi-disciplinary effort to promote
stewardship in and around the world's last major
frontier forests by influencing investment, policy,
and public opinion. The FFI team is working with
governments, citizens' groups, and the private sector
in Amazonia, Central Africa, Indonesia, North America,
and Russia. We also take part in pressing international
discussions on forest policy."
The National
Arbor Day Foundation
http://www.arborday.org/
"The National Arbor Day Foundation is involved
in much more than just Arbor Day celebrations around
the world. Its mission is to help promote tree care
and conservation and to educate people on tree issues."
American Forests
"the nation's oldest nonprofit citizen
conservation organization, founded in 1875"
Rainforest Action
Network
TreeGivers
- The Gift That Keeps On Growing...
http://www.treegivers.com/
Reforestation
Technologies International
http://www.reforest.com/
"Manufacturers & Suppliers For: Reforestation,
Mine Reclamation, Watershed Restoration, Riparian
Mitigation, Wetland Construction, Christmas Tree
& Woodlot Farmers, Community Tree Planting Projects
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Forest Protection Portal - Forest news, information, analysis
http://forests.org/ |
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Health and the Environment
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The Collaboration on Health and the Environment
http://www.healthandenvironment.org/
A network of thousand of individuals and organizations in many countries, collectively assessing and addressing issues of health and the environment.
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| Miscellaneous
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Earth Day Cards at American Greetings
Plugging
Abandoned Wells
http://ndsuext.nodak.edu/extnews/askext/recycle/63.htm |
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| Oceans
& Sea Life |
Sea
Shepherd Conservation Society
http://www.seashepherd.org/
Inter-American
Convention for the Protection and Conservation of
Sea Turtles
http://www.seaturtle.org/iac/intro.shtml
U.S. Fish
& Wildlife Service - Endangered Species Home
Page
http://endangered.fws.gov/ |
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Publications |
Ecology and Society
http://www.ecologyandsociety.org/
"an electronic, peer-reviewed, multi-disciplinary journal devoted to the rapid dissemination of current research."
Brownfield
News & Sustainable Development
http://www.brownfieldnews.com/ |
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| Plants
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Center
for Plant Conservation
http://www.centerforplantconservation.org/
"The mission of the CPC is to prevent
the extinction of plants native to the United
States"
Lady
Bird Johnson Wildflower Center
http://www.wildflower.org/
Native
Habitats
http://www.nativehabitats.org/
"The mission of Native Habitats is to participate
in and support efforts to restore and preserve
native ecosystems (urban, suburban & wild)...for
the sake of restoring ecological process and biodiversity;
and allowing native species, both flora and fauna,
to survive and thrive."
Arizona Native
Plant Society
http://www.aznps.com/
California
Native Plant Society
http://www.cnps.org/
Colorado
Native Plant Society
http://www.conps.org/
Georgia
Native Plant Society
http://www.gnps.org/
Florida Native Plant Society
http://www.fnps.org/
Native
Hawaiian Plant Society
http://www.angelfire.com/hi4/nhps/
Idaho
Native Plant Society
http://www.idahonativeplants.org/
Iowa
Native Plant Society
http://www.public.iastate.edu/~herbarium/inps/inpshome.htm
Kentucky Native
Plant Society
http://www.knps.org/
Maryland Native
Plant Society
http://mdflora.org/
Minnesota
Native Plant Society
http://www.mnnps.org/
Missouri
Native Plant Society
http://www.missourinativeplantsociety.org/
New Mexico
Native Plant Society
http://npsnm.unm.edu/
Native
Plant Society of Oregon
http://www.npsoregon.org/
Native Plant
Society of Texas
http://npsot.org/wp/
Virginia Native
Plant Society Home Page
http://www.vnps.org/
Washington
Native Plant Society
http://www.wnps.org/index.html
Wyoming
Native Plant Society
http://uwadmnweb.uwyo.edu/WYNDD/wnps/ |
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| Population
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Population Connection (formerly Zero Population
Growth)
http://www.populationconnection.org/
Instant
World Awareness!
http://www.vancedesign.com/exhibits/mother.htm
"By letting this counter run a while, you'll
gain a better sense of the incredible rate of habitat
loss and human population increase. Sadly, we are
losing species at a rate that is equally alarming
(and a whole lot harder to calculate)."
World
POPClock Projection - by the U.S
Census Bureau
http://www.census.gov/ipc/www/popclockworld.html |
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| Recycling
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The GrassRoots Recycling Network (GRRN)
http://www.grrn.org/
"dedicated to environmental stewardship and
achieving a sustainable economy by eliminating waste
and reusing, recycling and composting resources
which will support community economic growth, create
jobs, save wilderness, reduce pollution, and conserve
natural resources"
Recycler's
World
http://www.recycle.net/
"a world wide trading site for information
related to secondary or recyclable commodities,
by-products, used & surplus items or materials."
Resource Recycling
Systems, Inc.
http://www.recycle.com
"Resource Recycling Systems, Inc. (RRSI) is
a resource management, consulting and engineering
firm based in Michigan. We have served clients both
nationally and internationally since 1985. Our core
personnel have over 80 years of experience in a
range of skill areas including manufacturing engineering,
product/process development, system design, planning,
public policy, business and public finance, and
market development."
Citizens' Environmental Coalition - Houston
http://www.cechouston.org/
"Environmental news and resources for the Houston region."
Environmental Recycling Group (ERG)
http://www.envrecycle.com/
Earth’s 911
http://www.earth911.org/
"the nation’s official, 24 hour public service
resource for geographically specific environmental
and recycling information" |
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| Wetlands
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EPA: Wetlands
http://www.epa.gov/wetlands/
National Wetlands Inventory - US Fish & Wildlife Service
http://www.fws.gov/wetlands/
Society of Wetland Scientists Journal Wetlands
http://www.sws.org/wetlands/
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| Wildlife
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International Wildlife Coalition Trust
http://www.iwct-uk.org/
Environmental
Defense Fund
http://www.edf.org/
The
Declining Amphibian Populations Task Force (DAPTF)
http://www.open.ac.uk/OU/Academic/Biology/J_Baker/JBtxt.htm
Amphibian Specialist Group (ASG)
http://www.amphibians.org/
Endangered Species Program - US Fish & Wildlife Service
http://endangered.fws.gov/
Kenya Wildlife
Service
http://www.kws.go.ke/
All
Florida Herpetology Conference
http://snre.ufl.edu/seec/
SEEC Conference and Herpatology Conference information |
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The
Man From the Sunflower Forest
http://www.sunflowerforest.com/
US Geological Survey
http://www.usgs.gov/
Ecology
WWW page
http://pbil.univ-lyon1.fr/Ecology/Ecology-WWW.html
Environmental
Organization WebDirectory!
http://www.webdirectory.com/
The
International Institute for Energy Conservation
- Links
http://www.iiec.org/index.php?option=weblinks&Itemid=4&topid=1
Habitat
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http://www.nativehabitats.org/restore.htm |
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