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Convention on Biological Diversity 	

Official Convention Bodies

• Convention on Biological Diversity - Secretariat, Montreal, Canada
• Convention on Biological Diversity - Geneva Executive Center, Switzerland
• United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) - Geneva, Switzerland

Clearinghouse Mechanism

• CBD Clearinghouse Mechanism - Secretariat, Montreal, Canada
• CBD Clearinghouse Mechanism - Australia - Environmental Resources Information Network (ERIN), Australia
• CBD Clearinghouse Mechanism - Belgium - Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, Belgium
• CBD Clearinghouse Mechanism - Germany - German Ministry for the Environment (GMU), Germany
• CBD Clearinghouse Mechanism - World Conservation Monitoring Centre (WCMC), Cambridge, UK
• CBD Clearinghouse Mechanism Discussion Paper -Biodiversity Information Network (BIN21), Campinas, Brazil

Text of the Convention

• Convenio sobre la Diversidad Biológica
  Communications for a Sustainable Future (CSF) Conservation Biology Archives (File from IDRC)
• Convention on Biological Diversity
  Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) Secretariat - Montreal, Quebéc, Canada
  Biodiversity Information Network (BIN21) - Charles Stuart University, Australia
  Biodiversity Information Network (BIN21) - METLA, Finland
  Environmental Treaties and Resource Indicators (ENTRI) - CIESIN, Washington, DC, USA
  Tufts University Multilaterals Project - Medford, Massachusetts, USA
  World Conservation Monitoring Centre (WCMC) - Cambridge, UK

Definitions and Explanations of Biodiversity

• Biodiversidad - CONABIO
• Biodiversidad - Instituto de Recursos Mundiales
• Biodiversidad y los Recursos Geneticos - PROCISUR
• Que es la Biodiversidad? - Gonzalo Halffter y Exequiel Ezcurra
• Modelos de Extincion y Fragmentacion de Habitats - Rosario Ortiz Quijano
• Biodiversity: An Overview - World Conservation Monitoring Centre
• Biodiversity and Its Value Biodiversity Series, Paper No. 1 Biodiversity Unit, Commonwealth Department of the Environment, Sport and Territories (DEST), Australia
• Incentives and Biodiversity - Randal O'Toole The Thoreau Institute
• Introduction to Biodiversity - Canadian Biodiversity Information Network (CBIN)/ Réseau canadien d'information sur la biodiversité (RCIB)
• Questions About Biodiversity - Green Lane /La Voie verte - Atlantic Region/Région Atlantique
• The Wonder of Biodiversity - Canadian Biodiversity Information Network (CBIN)/ Réseau canadien d'information sur la biodiversité (RCIB)
• World Resources Institute - Biodiversity

Guides and Commentary on the Convention on Biological Diversity

• Biodiversity Action Network (BioNet) The Convention on Biological Diversity: An Overview
• • BioNet Document Service - Documents on the CBD and related Processes
• Guide to the Convention on Biological Diversity Biodiversity Section, Department of the Environment, Sport and Territories, Canberra, Australia Australian Environmental Resources Information Network (ERIN)
• Guidelines for Country Studies on Biological Diversity - UNEP/World Conservation Monitoring Centre

Biodiversity and Sustainable Development Organizations and Networks

• Indigenous Knowledge Programme (IKP)
• Biodiversity Information Network (BIN21)
• Biodiversity Action Network (BioNet)
• International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD)
• • International Forest Policy
  • Countdown Forests 97
• Linkages/Earth Negotiations Bulletin International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD)
• • Convention on Biological Diversity
  • Global Forest Policy
  • Linkages Journal
• Rural Advancement Fund International (RAFI)
• The Earth Council/Consejo de la Tierra
• World Conservation Monitoring Centre
• Programme for Traditional Resource Rights

International and Intergovernmental Bodies with Related Programs

• Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
• • International Conference and Programme on Plant Genetic Resources
  • Sustainable Development Department (SD) Sustainable Development Dimensions
  • • People (Women and Population; People's Participation)
    • Institutions (Land Tenure, Rural Administration & Cooperatives)
    • Knowledge (Research & Technology; Extension and Education; Development Communication) Environment (Environmental Information; Policy, Planning and Management; Energy)
• United Nations Department for Policy Coordination and Sustainable Development
• United Nations Commission on Sustainable Development
• United Nations Development Programme Sustainable Development Networking Programme
• United Nation Environmental, Social and Cultural Organization - Man and the Biosphere Programme UNESCO MAB
• Links to Diversitas an international research program on biodiversity involving ICSU (International Council of Scientific Unions), IGBP-GCTE (International Geosphere-Biosphere Program - Global Change and Terrestrial Ecosystems), IUBS (International Union of Biological Sciences), IUMS (International Union of Microbiological Sciences), SCOPE (Scientific Committee on Problems of the Environment), and UNESCO
• Links to the People and Plants Programme which publishes the People and Plants Handbook: Sources of Information on the Management of Biological Resources, Conservation and Community Development
• World Bank Global Environment Facility Includes an NGO Information Kiosk with details of the acreditation process, lists of NGO Country Focal Points and a List of Accredited NGOs; and GEF Project Profiles.

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