Internet Directory for Botany - Conservation and Threatened Plants

General

• Conservation Biology Listserver, Colorado, USA.
• Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES).
• Country reports on the state of plant genetic resources by FAO.
• Desertification Information Network. The Desertification Information Network (DIN) aims to provide information to a varied audience, including those who (i) require basic information such as the educationalists, media and the general public, (ii) are actively involved in desertification research and (iii) make decisions that effect desertification. Information products are available at each of these user levels. This Desertification Information Network has been facilitated by the CEC-Centre For Earth Observation and is managed by the World Conservation Monitoring Centre, UK.
• Greenpeace. Greenpeace International (Amsterdam, the Netherlands).
• Endangered Species Bibliography, California Academy of Sciences, USA.
• Endangered species (USA bias) by EE-Link. The links on this page represent a compendium of information that is available about Endangered Species on the Internet. The original source for much of this information is the US Fish and Wildlife Service.
• EROS-AFO Conservation of Arctic Flora and Fauna Maps, US Geological Survey.
• International Society for Environmental Protection - ISEP, from Austria. The International Society for Environmental Protection (ISEP) was founded in 1987 by a committee of renowned scientists, business people, and representatives of government agencies to establish a global platform for environmental information exchange. Funding for the Society is provided by its members -- well-known companies and research institutions -- concerned with environmental protection, sustainable development, and related stress-reducing strategies for humans and ecological systems. Membership in ISEP is open for all interested parties.
• The Natural Heritage Network Central Server and Natural Heritage Central FTP Server, USA. This project is a joint effort of the Association for Biodiversity Information (ABI) and The Nature Conservancy (TNC). Support for this homepage is also provided from the U.S. National Biological Service (NBS). ABI was formed by and works to benefit the network of biodiversity data centers across the Western Hemisphere known as the Network of Natural Heritage Programs and Conservation Data Centres. This network currently includes eighty-five biodiversity data centers across the Western Hemisphere (including Hawaii). These programs and data centers exist in the United States, Canada, Latin America and the Caribbean and collectively represent the largest ongoing effort to collect standardized data on endangered plants, animals and ecosystems.
• Naturenet. UK based, naturtenet includes listing by county/region of sites and areas of conservation interest; contacts for UK and international organisations involved in practical conservation; full descriptions and links describing designations such as SSSI, NNR etc.; links to other UK and international sites.
• A Reference List For Plant Re-introductions, Recovery Plans and Restoration Programmes from the Royal Botanic Gardens Kew, UK.
• United Nations Environment Programme, UNEP from Geneva, Switzerland. This Web has been established by UNEP's Information Unit on Climate Change (IUCC) to make information from Geneva-based secretariats more widely available.
• WCMC, The World Conservation Monitoring Centre, UK; also accessible via WCMC ftp. here you cna find the Biodiversity Profile for India and Vietnam, Conservation Status Listing of Indian Plants, Frequently asked questions about protected areas, Information on Protected Areas, IUCN Publications for 1995, IUCN/WCMC Protected Areas Publications, Plant Species Database (nomenclatural, distribution and conservation status information on 82,500 species, subspecies and varieties of vascular plants worldwide (over 1/4 of the described higher plants). This taxon- based information is linked to 145,000 distribution records and 17,000 data source records), Protected Areas Database, Protected Areas Virtual Library, 1993 United Nations List of National Parks and Protected Areas, Threatened plants of Vietnam and Tropical Forests Digital Map Database - Since 1989 WCMC has been involved in the production of The Conservation Atlas of Tropical Forests, in collaboration with IUCN. The first two volumes, Asia and the Pacific and Africa, have been published and the last volume, The Americas, is in press. Each volume contains national maps of tropical moist forests, the digital copies of which are maintained in WCMC's Biodiversity Map Library (BML).
• WWF Global Network

Asia

• Biodiversity and Conservation on Mount Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia by the University of Florida Herbarium (FLAS).

Australia

• Australia's National Wilderness Database, ERIN.
• Australian Network for Plant Conservation from the Australian National Botanic Gardens, Canberra.
• Australian Public Lands and Protected Areas, from ERIN.
• Australia's World Heritage Areas, from ERIN.
• Biosphere Reserves in Australia, from ERIN.
• Endangered Species in Australia (from ERIN; you can browse, for instance, a list of Endangered and Vulnerable Australian Plants Species and ANZECC List of Threatened Australian Flora - April 1993).
• National Threatened Species Network (NTSN), Australia. The NTSN is a non-government, community network which seeks to help protect threatened plants and animals and their habitats throughout Australia. The NTSN focuses on increasing people's awareness of threatened species, and encouraging the community to get involved in the protection and recovery of threatened species and their habitats.
• Terrestrial and Marine Protected Areas in Australia, from ERIN.

Canada

• Canada's Endangered Plants from the Canadian Botanical Conservation Network at Royal Botanical Gardens, Hamilton, Ontario.
• Canadian Botanical Conservation Network (CBCN) at Royal Botanical Gardens, Hamilton, Ontario.
• The Canadian Endangered Species Protection Act
• The Canadian Nature Federation Home Page.
• The Evergreen Foundation's community ecology resource network. The Evergreen Foundation is a Canadian non-profit organization dedicated to restoring natural areas in urban environments through education and community-based action projects, with special emphasis on supporting school efforts to transform their grounds more natural, healthier learning environments.
• Rare Vascular Plants of British Columbia, Canada, based on Straley, G.B., R.L. Taylor & G.W. Douglas. 1985. The rare vascular plants of British Columbia. Syllogeus (Ottawa) No. 59: 1-165.

Europe

• European Centre for Nature Conservation, the Netherlands. This service tells you about ECNC and its activities. But it also aims to give full information on nature in Europe, focusing especially on biodiversity and sustainable development. - European Nature Conservation Organizations - Nature Conservation in Europe - The Natural Environment by Country - The Natural Environment by Subject - EU Habitats Directive and Bern Convention.
• European Environment Agency, Denmark. The main goal of the EEA and its wider network, EIONET, is to deliver high quality environmental information to the European Union and the Member States, as well as to the general public.
• HELCOM (Helsinki Commission) Home Page, Finland. The first Convention on the Protection of the Marine Environment of the Baltic Sea Area was signed in 1974 by the coastal states of the Baltic Sea at that time. In 1992 , a new Convention was signed by all the countries bordering on the Baltic Sea and by the European Economic Community. The governing body of the Convention is the Helsinki Commission - Baltic Marine Environment Protection Commission - also known as HELCOM. The present contracting parties to HELCOM are Denmark, Estonia, European Community, Finland, Germany, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Russia and Sweden.
• Liste rouge des phanérogames et ptéridophytes and Liste des plantes protégées by Musée National d'Histoire Naturelle, Luxemburg.

Finland:

• Finnish Association for Nature Conservation, Suomen Luonnonsuojeluliitto (SLL), Finland.
• List of Threatened Vascular Plants of Finland from the Report on the Monitoring of Threatened Animals and Plants in Finland (1992) from the Botanical Museum, Finnish Museum of Natural History, University of Helsinki, Finland.
• Index of regional reports on threatened vascular plants in Finland, from the Botanical Museum, Finnish Museum of Natural History, University of Helsinki, Finland..

Latin America

• Biodiversidad de América Latina, Mexico.
• INBio, Costa Rica Biodiversity Program WWW Server.

USA

• Alabama's Endangered Plants Page, USA.
• Arizona Nature Conservancy, USA. Descriptions of nature conservancy preserves in Arizona.
• The Bergen Swamp Preservation Society, USA. The Bergen Swamp Preservation Society (BSPS) is chartered by the New York State Board of Regents to protect fragile wetlands and to provide educational and research opportunities. BSPS owns and protects more than 3000 acres of unique wetlands in 5 locations in upstate New York.
• The Biodiversity Action Network, USA. A network of U.S. organizations working to conserve biological diversity.
• California State Listed Threatened and Endangered Animals and Plants (1992), State of California, Department of Fish & Game, USA.The 1992 Annual Report summarizes the status of 73 animals and 213 plants listed as rare, threatened, or endangered by the California Fish and Game Commission. Four species of plants and one animal designated as candidates for listing are also reviewed. Legislation affecting endangered species, funding programs, and habitat preservation programs is also discussed.
• Center for Plant Conservation. The Center for Plant Conservation (CPC), hosted at the Missouri Botanical Garden (St. Louis, USA), is dedicated to conserving rare plants native to the United States in an integrated plant conservation context through a systematic national program of ex situ plant conservation, research, and education. A consortium of twenty-five of America's leading botanical gardens and arboreta, CPC maintains 486 of America's rarest plant species in live, protective custody in the National Collection of Endangered Plants. The Center also complements and supports in situ conservation efforts by implementing rare plant research and education programs, organizing rare plant task forces around the country, and producing strategic plans for plant conservation initiatives.
• Central Appalachian Biodiversity Project, USA. CABP home page created by Matt Peters (University of Pittsburgh) for Central Appalachian Biodiversity Project, based in Hedgesville, West Virginia (USA). The site provides links to Heartwood and other groups working to bring ecological sanity to the Appalachians. The CABP Home Page will provide timely information pertaining to the Central Appalachian Bioregion.
• Federally Protected Plants of Georgia, by Dr. Kim D. Coder, Extension Forest Resources, USA.
• FICM, Federal Interagency Committee for the Management of Noxious and Exotic Weeds from National Wildlife Refuge System, USA.
• Germaine's Conservation Page, Germain Mesureur, UK. Pages dealing with the plants of Hawaii, USA.
• Illinois Natural History Survey, USA.
• Missouri Department of Conservation, USA. A comprehensive source of information about the natural resources in the state of Missouri.
• Montana Natural Heritage Program, USA. The Montana Natural Heritage Program (MTNHP) systematically collects information on Montana's biological features, emphasizing threatened, endangered, or sensitive (TES) plants, animals, and plant communities. The Heritage Program is a part of the Montana Natural Resource Information System. Vascular Plants of Special Concern.
• National Biological Service (NBS), USA; National Biological Information Infrastructure.
• The National Collection of Endangered Plants, from the Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, USA. As of September 15, 1995, the National Collection of Endangered Plants contained seeds, cuttings and whole plants of 486 plant species native to the United States. The Collection is stored at the 25 gardens and arboreta that form the network known as the Center for Plant Conservation.
• National Parks and Conservation Association (NPCA), USA. America's only private nonprofit citizen organization dedicated solely to protecting, preserving, and enhancing the U.S. National Park System. NPCA was founded in 1919 and today has more than 450,000 members.
• Natural Heritage Network, USA. This project is a joint effort of The Nature Conservancy and the Association for Biodiversity Information (ABI). Support is also provided from the U.S. National Biological Service. ABI represents 85 biodiversity information centers across the Western Hemisphere (and Hawaii) known as the Network of Natural Heritage Programs and Conservation Data Centers. Central and regional support to the network is provided by The Nature Conservancy. Biodiversity centers exist in the United States, Canada, and Latin America. Centers with World Wide Web servers already exist in California, Maine, Montana and Oklahoma and more are in process.
• New Jersey Natural Heritage Program Anonymous FTP Archive, USA. Rare species lists, reports, surveys and forms from the New Jersey Natural Heritage Program.
• Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Geographic Information System, USA.
• Oklahoma Natural Heritage Inventory, USA. The Oklahoma Natural Heritage Inventory (ONHI) is a continuing, computer-assisted biological inventory in the Oklahoma Biological Survey. The inventory exists to identify species and natural communities that are of significant or of special concern within the state, and to help establish protection priorities for them.
• The Sierra Club, USA, is a non-profit member-supported, public interest organization that promotes conservation of the natural environment by influencing public policy decisions--legislative, administrative, legal, and electoral.
• Texas Organization for Endangered Species (TOES), USA. Home Page of the Texas Organization for Endangered Species (TOES) Plant Listing, which provides several interfaces to information included in the 1993 TOES Plant List.
• Texas Threatened and Endangered Species, USA.
• Threatened and Endangered Plant Species at Kennedy Space Center, Florida, USA.
• Threatened and Endangered Animal Lists and Distribution Maps for the Great Basin, from the Biological resources Research Center, University of Nevada, Reno, USA. - Also plants ... ;-)
• Toni Corelli's Home Page. Toni Corelli is a botanist and environmental consultant from San Francisco, California, USA, specializing in the Rare and Endangered Plants of San Mateo and Santa Clara Counties. Information about the local Chapter of the California Native Plant Society.
• US Endangered Species by Region, USA.
• US Department of Agriculture: Natural Resources Conservation Service, USA.
• US Fish and Wildlife Service - National Wetlands Inventory (NWI), U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service - US FWS Endangered Species Program, USA
• U.S. Listed Non-Flowering Plant Species Index By Lead Region and Status, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
• U.S. National Park Service (NPS), USA.
• USA, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) WWW Server
• Vermont Endangered and Threatened Plant List, The Middlebury College, USA, USA.
• Virginia Natural Heritage Program maintains an extensive listing of rare plants and animals for the state of Virginia, USA.

• Alphabetical List (Canada) - Finnish mirror of the Alphabetical List
• Subject Category List (Finland)
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This page updated May 16, 1996 by Raino.Lampinen@Helsinki.Fi