USEFUL
LINKS
 AUGUST
2010













IUCN
Conservation
Tools



IUCN
Conservation
Databases:

A
 list
 of
 conservation
 databases
 including
 “The
 IUCN
 Red
 List
 of

Threatened
Species”,
“The
World
Database
on
Protected
Areas”,
…
http://www.iucn.org/knowledge/tools/databases/

IUCN
Conservation
Action
Tools:

A
 wealth
 of
 tools
 developed
 to
 support
 conservation
 action
 including

“Conservation
 Policy
 Tools”,
 “Education
 and
 Awareness
 Raising”,
 “IUCN

Programme
Management
Tools”,
…

http://www.iucn.org/knowledge/tools/tools/




Other
useful
links



Integrated
Biodiversity
Assessment
Tool
for
Business
(IBAT
for

Business):

IBAT
 for
 Business
 is
 an
 innovative
 tool
 designed
 to
 facilitate
 access
 to

accurate
 and
 up‐to‐date
 biodiversity
 information
 to
 support
 critical

business
decisions.

http://www.ibatforbusiness.org/



The
Birdlife
Datazone:

This
webpage
provides
you
detailed
information
on
endemic
species,
sites

and
Important
Bird
Areas,
including
maps.
Users
can
download
subsets
of

the
database.

http://www.birdlife.org/datazone/index.html







Inter­American
Biodiversity
Network
(IABIN):

The
Inter‐American
Biodiversity
Information
Network
(IABIN)
is
a
forum

among
 countries
 of
 the
 Americas
 that
 promotes
 collection,
 sharing,
 and

use
of
biodiversity
information.

http://www.iabin.net






World
Database
on
Marine
Protected
Areas
(WDPA):

The
 WDPA‐Marine
 is
 dedicated
 to
 providing
 the
 most
 comprehensive
 set

of
marine
protected
areas
data
available.

http://www.wdpa‐marine.org





UNEP
Policy
Series
blog
on
Ecosystem
Management:

This
 is
 a
 new
 blog
 sites
 that
 promotes
 discourse
 on
 ecosystem

management.

http://www.unep.org/ecosystemmanagement/Policy/UNEPPOLICYSERIE
SBLOG/tabid/4564/language/en‐US/Default.aspx





USGS
TerraLook:

TerraLook
 serves
 user
 communities
 with
 images
 of
 the
 Earth
 from
 space

provided
by
ASTER
and
Landsat
satellite
imaging
programs.

http://terralook.cr.usgs.gov/





Tematea:

Tematea’s
 website
 provides
 a
 logical,
 issue‐based
 framework
 of

commitments
 and
 obligations
 from
 regional
 and
 global
 biodiversity‐
related
agreements.

http://www.tematea.org/






 IUCN
Commissions



The
 six
 Commissions
 unite
 10,000
 volunteer
 experts
 from
 a
 range
 of

disciplines.
 They
 assess
 the
 state
 of
 the
 world’s
 natural
 resources
 and

provide
 the
 Union
 with
 sound
 know‐how
 and
 policy
 advice
 on

conservation
issues.

IUCN
World
Commission
on
Protected
Areas
(WCPA):

This
 webpage
 presents
 news,
 events
 and
 publications
 about
 the
 World

Commission
 on
 Protected
 Areas
 and
 proposes
 to
 browse
 information

region
by
region.

http://www.iucn.org/about/union/commissions/wcpa/

IUCN
Commission
on
Education
and
Communication
(CEC):

CEC’s
webpage
presents
the
CEC
solutions,
region‐by‐region
resources
and

information
on
specialty
groups.

http://www.iucn.org/about/union/commissions/cec/


IUCN
Commission
on
Environmental,
Economic
and
Social
Policy

(CEESP):

CEESP’s
webpage
presents
key
topics,
news,
events
and
publications
of
the

CEESP.

http://www.iucn.org/about/union/commissions/ceesp/



IUCN
Commission
on
Environmental
Law
(CEL):

CEL’s
webpage
presents
its
resources,
tools
and
network
of
environmental

law
and
policy
experts
from
all
regions.

http://www.iucn.org/about/union/commissions/cel/



IUCN
Commission
on
Ecosystem
Management
(CEM):

CEM’s
 webpage
 presents
 the
 ecosystem
 management
 related
 issues,
 its

resources
and
thematic
groups.

http://www.iucn.org/about/union/commissions/cem/



IUCN
Species
Survival
Commission
(SSC):

SSC’s
 webpage
 is
 a
 science‐based
 network
 delivering
 news,
 publications

and
technical
documents.
http://www.iucn.org/about/work/programmes/species/about_ssc/


Regional
Office
for
Mesoamerica
and
the
Caribbean
Initiative