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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 the Environment - Cornell University

http://environment.cornell.edu/

EarthWatch Institute
http://www.earthwatch.org/

The World Conservation Congress
http://www.iucn.org/wcc/index.html

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/

IGC EcoNet
http://www.igc.org/igc/econet/
"working to support ecological sustainability and environmental justice"

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


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

Taking the pulse of ecosystems with DISPro
http://www.aqd.nps.gov/pubs/yr_rvw97/chapter04/chapter04_a02.html
"Ozone thinning in the stratosphere is likely increasing the exposure of both humans and natural ecosystems to this damaging radiation each year. But up until now, scientists have not measured this “external stress” that can trigger human cancers and cataracts, and can change the mix of insects and algae."

Total Ozone Mapping Spectrometer (TOMS) - from NASA and Goddard Space Flight Center
http://jwocky.gsfc.nasa.gov/

World Meteorological Organization
http://www.wmo.ch/
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Biodiversity


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 Virtual Library of Ecology, Biodiversity and the Environment
http://conbio.net/vl/

The Tulane/Xavier Center for Bioenvironmental Research - (CBR)
http://www.cbr.tulane.edu/

World Resources Institute - Biodiversity
http://biodiv.wri.org/
New Report Says that Cultivating Agricultural Biodiversity is Necessary for Global Food Security
Biodiversity Books at Amazon.com
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Birds


Audubon WatchList
- Sponsored by National Audubon Society
http://www.audubon.org/bird/watchlist/index.html

The Peregrine Fund and the World Center for Birds of Prey
http://www.peregrinefund.org/

Save the birds: drink shade-grown coffee
http://forests.org/gopher/america/shadegro.txt
Endangered Bird Books at Amazon.com
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Ecosystems


The Association of Ecosystem Research Centers

http://culter.colorado.edu:1030/~aerc/
"Recognizing that the ecological problems confronting our society are large and the means of addressing them are not limitless, the founding institutions set up the AERC in 1987 to seek new ways to pool their scientific resources and undertake a comprehensive integration of their current knowledge. The goal of the AERC is to promote the optimal use of limited scientific resources in the search for solutions to complex, large-scale environmental problems."
Ecosystem Books at Amazon.com
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Energy

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/
Energy Conservation Books at Amazon.com
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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"
Global Releaf - Plant a Tree and Restore A Forest
"For $1 and a phone call (or the click of a mouse!), you can help American Forests plant a tree in a threatened forest ecosystem. Our Global ReLeaf program plants trees in Global ReLeaf Forest sites all across the United States to restore ecosystems that have been damaged or destroyed by hurricanes, fire, disease, erosion, insects, or human abuses...For every 10 trees that are planted, we will send a personalized certificate to you or the person of your choice. These certificates make great gifts for any occasion--weddings, birthdays, or anniversaries...Each tree is $1 with a 10-tree minimum for each order."

Rainforest Action Network
http://www.ran.org/

Prime Forestry Group
http://www.ownatree.com/
Own A Tree / Replant A Tree / Replant A Tree For Kids

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 "

Cana Teca International S.A. - A Pioneer in Teak Reforestation in Costa Rica
http://www.canateca.com/CT/pioneer.html
"Cana Teca's mandate is to plant, maintain, harvest and sell high quality teak in Costa Rica and elsewhere providing international markets with a sustainable source of teak wood and investors a strong, long term, tax free revenue stream."
Forests & Forestry Books at Amazon.com
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Health and the Environment

World Resources Institute: Health, Development and Environment
http://www.wri.org/health/
"Pollution takes a toll on human health, and there is increasing evidence of interaction among large-scale environmental, development, and demographic changes with human disease. WRI's new Program in Health, Environment and Development explores the synergies among these elements and to assess policy options to reduce human risks."
Environmental Health Books at Amazon.com
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Miscellaneous


Earth Day Cards at American Greetings


Plugging Abandoned Wells
http://ndsuext.nodak.edu/extnews/askext/recycle/63.htm
Nature Calendars at Amazon.com
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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/
Marine Life Books at Amazon.com
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Online Publications

Conservation Ecology - A Publication of the Ecological Society of America
http://www.consecol.org/Journal/
"an electronic, peer-reviewed, scientific journal devoted to the rapid dissemination of current research"

Environmental Education Publications
http://eelink.umich.edu/

Brownfield News Home Page
http://www.brownfieldnews.com/
"Brownfield News is the premier magazine for tracking the developments associated with environmentally impaired properties (brownfields)."
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Plants

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://members.aol.com/gstigall/
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://aznps.org/

California Native Plant Society
http://www.cnps.org/

Colorado Native Plant Society
http://carbon.cudenver.edu/~shill/conps.html

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.stolaf.edu/depts/biology/mnps/

Missouri Native Plant Society
http://www.missouri.edu/~umo_herb/monps/

New Mexico Native Plant Society
http://npsnm.unm.edu/

Native Plant Society of Oregon
http://www.npsoregon.org/

Native Plant Society of Texas
http://www.npsot.org/

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://www.rmh.uwyo.edu/wnps.html

Native Plant Books at Amazon.com
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Population


Population Connection  (formerly Zero Population Growth
)
http://www.zpg.org/

Instant World Awareness!
http://cn.org/zpg/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/cgi-bin/ipc/popclockw
Population Policy Books at Amazon.com
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Recycling


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."

Houston Environmental Resources
http://www.cechouston.org/

The Environmental Recycling Group Inc. (E.R. Group)
http://www.ergroup.com/
"formed in 1990 to pool resources, source recyclable materials, and facilitate distribution of recycled building materials and environmental products around the world"

Earth’s 911
http://www.earth911.org/
"the nation’s official, 24 hour public service resource for geographically specific environmental and recycling information"

Preserving Resources through Integrated Sustainable Management of Waste
http://www.residua.com/rrf/index.htm
"PRISM is the information service of the World Resource Foundation (WRF), dedicated to providing a information on sustainable waste management."
Recycling Books at Amazon.com
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Wetlands


EPA's Office of Water/Office of Wetlands/Restoration

http://www.epa.gov/owow/wetlands/restore/

Wetlands Conservation & Restoration

http://www.erols.com/wetlandg/
"A home page dedicated to furthering wetland restoration, enhancement and conservation on private lands. Maintained by the National Wetlands Conservation Alliance."
Ecosystems: Wetlands Books at Amazon.com
Hydrology Books at Amazon.com
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Wildlife


International Wildlife Coalition

http://www.iwc.org/

Environmental Defense
http://www.environmentaldefense.org/home.cfm

The Declining Amphibian Populations Task Force (DAPTF)
http://www.open.ac.uk/OU/Academic/Biology/J_Baker/JBtxt.htm

Threatened and Endangered Animal Specie
http://endangered.fws.gov/

The Consortium of Aquariums, Universities and Zoos (C.A.U.Z.)
http://www.primate.wisc.edu/pin/idp/idp/entry/455
"an international network of scientists and educators in universities, zoos, aquariums, conservation organizations, and governmental agencies who are dedicated to worldwide conservation"

Kenya Wildlife Service
http://www.kws.org/

All Florida Herpetology Conference
http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/natsci/herpetology/afhc.htm
"a day of talks, information sharing, and exhibits of books, art, paraphernalia, information, and live amphibians and reptiles"
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Links Pages

The Man From the Sunflower Forest
http://www.geocities.com/Athens/4189/LCElinks.html

Environment
http://www.usgs.gov/themes/environ.html

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 Restoration Entities & Volunteer Projects
http://members.aol.com/gstigall/restore.htm

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