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Biodiversiteit (Dossier LNV). Dossier over biodiversiteit. Met verwijzingen naar publicaties en internetlinks. Nieuwe link/New link |
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Biodiversiteit (Natuurcompendium). Deze sectie geeft een overzicht van de biodiversiteit in Nederland en de veranderingen daarin. Daarbij gaat het om het aantal soorten in Nederland, de internationale betekenis van bepaalde soorten, de bedreiging en herstel van soorten en de opkomst van exoten. Daarnaast biedt deze sectie informatie over de aantalsontwikkeling van soorten waarvoor soortbeschermingsplannen zijn opgesteld en van soorten die zijn opgenomen in de Habitat- en Vogelrichtlijn. |
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Biodiversiteit en Nederland. Deze LNV-brochure doet verslag van de inspanningen van overheid en maatschappelijke organisaties om de doelstellingen van het Biodiversiteitsverdrag (CBD) te bereiken. De brochure geeft een samenvatting van de formele Nationale Rapportage aan het secretariaat van de CBD. (pdf-file) Nieuwe link/New link |
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Kennis Online (WUR). Overzicht van alle onderzoeksprogramma's die door de instituten van Wageningen Universiteit & Research Centrum (Wageningen UR) worden uitgevoerd. De resultaten van de onderzoekprogramma's worden door LNV benut voor beleidsontwikkeling, beleidsdoorwerking, beleidsuitvoering en beleidsevaluatie. LNV stelt tevens als eis dat de onderzoeksinformatie publiek toegankelijk is. |
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Netherlands Clearing-House Mechanism for Biodiversity. The Dutch contribution to the implementation of the Convention on Biological Biversity. It aims to facilitate exchange of information, to contribute to education programmes and to raise public awareness. The NL CHM offers an overview of the many initiatives taken within the Netherlands and brings you into contact with the people and organizations involved. |
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V.N. Conferentie inzake Milieu & Ontwikkeling, Rio de Janeiro, juni 1992. Volledige tekst van de verklaring van Rio, met o.a. ook de de teksten van het Klimaatverdrag, Verdrag inzake biologische diversiteit, Bossenverklaring. |
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A user's guide to biodiversity indicators. EASAC, the European Academies Science Advisory Council, provides a means for the national Academies of Europe to work together to inject high quality science into EU policy-making. Our task is building science into policy at EU level by providing independent, expert, credible advice about the scientific aspects of public policy issues to those who make or influence policy for the European Union. EASAC published on 22 March 2005 a user's guide to biodiversity indicators. The guide highlights that while the EU has set the challenging target of halting the loss of plant and animal species by 2010, the methods for monitoring this have not yet been finalised, making it impossible to know if this target can or will be achieved. Only once there are effective ways of measuring the health of Europe's biodiversity can we monitor the impact of attempts to protect it. The report points out that there are some established "biodiversity indicators" that could be used right away, such as the European Wild Bird Index. In total the report analyses the usefulness of 17 different Nieuwe link/New link |
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EU-Milieu. Natuurbescherming en de biodioversiteit. Activiteiten van de Europese Unie op het gebied van Biodiversiteit, Fauna en flora, Bossen. Deze site biedt een overzicht van de belangrijkste wetgevingsbesluiten en -procedures. |
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Euforgen (European Forest Genetic Resources Programma). A collaborative programme among European countries aimed at ensuring the effective conservation and the sustainable use of forest genetic resources in Europe. EUFORGEN operates through networks in which forest geneticists and other forestry specialists meet and work together to analyze needs, exchange experiences and develop conservation methods for selected species and their ecosystems. |
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EUR-Lex Repertorium; Milieuzaken. Europese Unie. Repertorium op de geldende gemeenschapswetgeving op het gebied van o.a. Milieuzaken. |
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European Environment Agency: Biodiversity Change. Information on the reasons for changes in biodiversity and measures to conserve biodiversity and sustainable use of biological resources. |
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European Union Nature Conservation Policy and Legislation. List and texts of Regulations, Decisions, Designations, Strategies, EU Environmental Law Directives. The list contains those legal instruments and policy frameworks that apply to the European Union. The focus of this list is on the conservation of biological and landscape diversity. They are classified according to the type of instrument and within the categories ranked chronologically. |
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Protection of Nature and Biodiversity: Biodiversity Action Plan for Agriculture. Objective is to establishing an action plan to improve or maintain biodiversity status and prevent further biodiversity loss due to agricultural activities (EU Scadplus). |
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Technical Report on Biodiversity in Europe: an integrated economic and environmental assessment (RIVM). This report documents the Biodiversity issue within a study, commissioned by the European Commission (DG Environment) to a European consortium led by RIVM, to provide a basis for priority setting for European environmental policy planning in support of the sixth Environmental Action Programme. |
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Belgian Clearing-House-Mechanism. Provides you with several options for searching through the available information on biological diversity in Belgium and world-wide. |
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Biodiversity (Biozone). Links: Biodiversity, Taxonomy |
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Biodiversity in the United Kingdom. General introduction and overview: European and British Legislation contributing to biodiversity conservation. |
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Biodiversity Norway. State of the Environment Norway. |
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Biodiversity Resources in Belgium. Een inventaris van de Belgische expertise omtrent biodiversiteit. De informatie is niet beperkt tot de biodiversiteit van het Belgische grondgebied. |
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Bioinvasion - et problem for biodiversiteten.. Temarapport nr. 1, Naturrådet (2001): Invasive arter og GMOïer - nye trusler mod naturen. |
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Finnish Biodiversity Research Programme 1997 - 2002. A multidisciplinary six-year research programme focusing on biological, socio-economic and legal aspects of biodiversity. |
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Hyperliens nature. Sélection personnelle de sites, de liens et de textes à propos de nature: Etude et protection de l'environnement; Revues, journaux, manifestations, listes de discussion; Agriculture biologique; Les réducteurs de la nature; Les serveurs à plumes; Les serveurs à poils; Les serveurs invertébrés; Les serveurs à feuilles; Associations etc. |
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Leefmilieu - natuur (Statistiek NIS). Statistische gegevens van het Belgische Nationaal Instituut voor de Statistiek (NIS) voor wat betreft natuurgebieden en biodiversiteit in België in vergelijking met de buurlanden, gezondheidstoestand van de bossen en ontbladering van de bomen per soort. |
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Leefmilieu-informatie Vlaanderen: Verlies van biodiversiteit. Doelstellingen, beleid, herstel, ontwikkeling enz. |
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National Biodiversity Network. A union of likeminded organisations that are collaborating to create an information network of biodiversity data that is accessible through the Internet. |
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Nature in Sweden - Swedish EPA. Short description of nature in Sweden: Forests, Arable Land and Cultural Landscapes, Mountains, Wetlands, Inland Waters, Marine Environment, Urban Areas, Ground Waters. |
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Natuurrapport - biodiversiteit (Vlaanderen). Resultaten verspreidingsonderzoek en monitoring van de in Vlaanderen levende organismen en ecosystemen. Het combineren van deze gegevens met de data van de milieuthema's moet het mogelijk maken om deze veranderingen te verklaren en gefundeerde beleids- en beheersmaatregels te ontwikkelen. Met de Rode Lijsten van Vlaanderen: Dagvlinders, Libellen, Spinnen, Broedvogels en Vissen. |
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Natuurrapport - milieu van de natuur. Het kwantificeren van het vervolg van verstorings- en herstelprocessen binnen de natuur en van de gevolgen daarvan voor de biodiversiteit. |
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Serveur d'informations sur la biodiversité en Wallonie. Espèces, Habitats, Sites, Législations, Organisations, Outils. |
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American Museum of Natural History, Biodiversity. The Museum's efforts to alert the public to the critical roles biodiversity plays in sustaining life as we know it, and to the ecological crisis we now face. |
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Biodiversity (CABI Reading Room). Online books on this subject. CABI has a worldwide reputation for producing high quality, value-added information, drawing on its links with the scientific community. |
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Biodiversity and Conservation. A hypertext book. The origin, nature and value of biological diversity, the threats to its continued existence, and approaches to preserving what is left. |
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Biodiversity and Worldmap. Measuring the variety of nature and selecting priority areas for conservation.Global Biodiversity Value: a map showing the distribution of some of the most highly valued terrestrial biodiversity world-wide (mammals, reptiles, amphibians and seed plants), using family-level data for equal-area grid cells. |
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Biodiversity Conservation Information System. BCIS: A consortium of ten international conservation organisations and programs of IUCN-The World Conservation Union, BCIS Members collectively represent the single greatest global source of bio-diversity conservation information in the world. Goal: to support environmentally sound decision-making and action by facilitating access to biodiversity data and information. |
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Biodiversity in the United States and Around the World. Scientific, environmental and political issues related to global biodiversity. Links directory by About.com. |
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Biodiversity on the internet. Search data (search machine), Pictures, Maps, IOP (International Organisation of Palæabotany). |
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Biodiversity Web. A project containing information about the diversity of life on our planet earth (= biodiversity), its history (evolution) and ecological background, the major adverse human impacts on biodiversity and some important structural factors and material processes of biodiversity loss and the (juridical) protection of biodiversity. Its purpose is to make a contribution towards the knowledge of some important aspects of biodiversity and thus to the (legal) protection of biodiversity. |
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Biological Diversity of Forests. By Peder Agger. We are far from sustainable development. Biodiversity is decreasing at an alarming rate and the need for action is met by reaction. There are four questions to consider: 1) is it a serious problem? 2) Are tropical forests species rich? 3) Are they decreasing at an alarming rate? And 4) Will this inevitably lead to mass extinction of species (and other forms of biodiversity)? |
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Convention on Biological Biodiversity. At the 1992 Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro, world leaders agreed on a comprehensive strategy for "sustainable development" -- meeting our needs while ensuring that we leave a healthy and viable world for future generations. One of the key agreements adopted at Rio was the Convention on Biological Diversity. The Convention establishes three main goals: the conservation of biological diversity, the sustainable use of its components, and the fair and equitable sharing of the benefits from the use of genetic resources. |
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EarthTrends: The Environmental Information Portal. Searchable database, Data tables, Country profiles, Maps and Features on several categories: (a.o.) Coastal and Marine Ecosystems, Water Resources and Freshwater Ecosystems, Climate and Atmosphere, Biodiversity and Protected Areas, Forests and Grasslands, Environmental Governance and Institutions. |
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Expert Centre for Taxonomic Identification. ETI is a not for profit foundation, dedicated to improve on a global scale the quantity, quality and accessibility of taxonomic information, based on an initiative of UNESCO. |
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Forest Conservation Portal. Vast Rainforest, Forest and Biodiversity Conservation News & Information. Aims to contribute to ending deforestation, preserving old-growth forests, conserving all forests, maintaining climatic systems and commencing the age of ecological restoration. |
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GIS and Environmental modelling in the conservation of biodiversity. GIS and environmental modelling provide new capabilities for analysing the space/time distribution of ecological phenomena. These predictive capacities are needed to supplement traditional descriptive inventory of Biodiversity. By Brendan G. Mackey (Australia). |
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Global Biodiversity Forum. (site under construction) An independent and open mechanism to analyze and discuss priority ecological, economic, institutional and social issues related to the options for action to conserve biodiversity, and use biological resources sustainably and equitably. It is designed to provide a multi-stakeholder forum to support and enhance the objectives of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) and other biodiversity-related instruments at the national and international levels. |
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International Plant Genetic Resources. IPGRI is an international research institute with a mandate to advance the conservation and use of genetic diversity for the well-being of present and future generations. |
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IUCN Biodiversity Policy Coordination Division (BPCD). BPCD brings species, protected areas and sustainable use concerns together with the social, economic and political dimensions of biodiversity. It works together with IUCN members, partners, IUCN offices and thematic programmes, and various international institutions, especially in relation to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD). BPCD is increasingly facilitating regional fora and regional biodiversity programme development. |
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IUCN Species Survival Commission. A knowledge network of some 7,000 volunteer members working in almost every country of the world. Members include wildlife researchers, government officials, wildlife veterinarians, zoo employees, marine biologists, wildlife park managers, and experts on birds, mammals, fish, amphibians, reptiles, plants, and invertebrates. SSC serves as the main source of advice to the Union and its members on the technical aspects of species conservation. SSC produces the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. |
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Millenium Ecosystem Assessment Synthesis Report. A landmark study released March 30, 2005, reveals that approximately 60 percent of the ecosystem services that support life on Earth - such as fresh water, capture fisheries, air and water regulation, and the regulation of regional climate, natural hazards and pests - are being degraded or used unsustainably. Scientists warn that the harmful consequences of this degradation could grow significantly worse in the next 50 years. Nieuwe link/New link |
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Nature Insight: Biodiversity. Biodiversity means more than counting species! Nature Insight takes a look at global patterns of diversity, investigates what it tells us about ecological and evolutionary processes, and provides a blueprint for international action to conserve biodiversity and ecosystem degradation. |
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Rapport Biodiversity indicators for the OECD Environmental Outlook and Strategy. This study addresses the question whether it is feasable to measure the development of biodiversity at the OECD level. In particular, the study analyzes the possibilities of the Natural Capital Index. This framework has been developed in the Convention on Biodiversity. (Met Nederlandse samenvatting) |
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The Biodiversity Center (USA). Collection of articles which will help introduce you to the scope of meanings associated with the term biodiversity, and introduce Defenders' basic positions on the subject. Defenders of Wildlife is dedicated to the protection of all native wild animals and plants in their natural communities. |
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The Tree of Life: information about phylogeny and biodiversity. A multi-authored, distributed Internet project containing information about phylogeny and biodiversity. |
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Association for Biodiversity Information. A non-profit organization dedicated to developing and providing knowledge about the world's natural diversity. Working with our member programs in the United States, Canada, Latin America and the Caribbean ABI collects and develops authoritative data about the plants, animals, and ecological communities of the Western Hemisphere. |
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Biodiversity Group (Aus). Interim website (new web site to be launched later this year): Marine and Water Division (a.o. Wetlands Program), Parks Australia, Natural Heritage Division |
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Instituto Nacional de Biodiversidad (INBio) (Costa Rica). Mission: Promote a new awareness of the value of biodiversity, and thereby achieve its conservation and use to improve the quality of life. Vision: An institution leader in the search and popularization of the knowledge about biodiversity and its sustainable uses. |
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National Biological Information Infrastructure (NBII) (USA). A broad, collaborative program to provide increased access to data and information on the nation's biological resources. |
