Many of the links below are from your textbook. Please be aware that some of the sites are overtly political or advocacy sites. Correctly or not, I have tried to include those that are representative of the mainstream of conservation thought and efforts. The list is certainly not exhaustive. Nor is it meant as political statement. It is a series of resources that should be examined and evaluated as needed. More will be added as I get time and suggestions from the class (no outside suggestions, please).

Use these links to navigate to different topics. Societies and Conservation Organization Zoos, Botanical Gardens, Aquariums and Captive Breeding Programs Wildlife, Diversity and Endangered Species Ecosystems, Biomes and Eco-regions Climate Change Extinctions Invasive Species Responsible Eating Advocacy General Interest

Societies and Conservation Organizations (many or perhaps all could be said to also be environmental advocacy groups) Society for Conservation Biology Nature Conservancy World Wildlife Fund (WWF) Conservation International The World Conservation Union World Resources Institute Environmental Defense Natural Resources Defense Council New England Wild Flower Society Zoos, Botanical Gardens, Aquariums and Captive Breeding Programs World Association of Zoos and Aquariums Botanical Gardens Conservation International ISIS -- global network for keeping track of captive animal populations Conservation Breeding Specialist Group of the World Conservation Union Wildlife Diversity and Endangered Species The tree of life (an inventive way to view to diversity and relationship of living things) US Fish and Wildlife Service Endangered Species Program Website Species at Risk in Canada -- Environment Canada's site The International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources List of Endangered Species The Global Biodiversity Information Facility -- a global repository for information on biodiversity The United Nations World Conservation Monitoring Center UN web-based resources on biodiversity NatureServe -- "a network that connects science with conservation efforts WWF lists of various types of animals Ecosystems, Biomes, and Eco-regions North American Biomes by Lois Van Wagner at Yale North American Forest Biomes NatureServe Explorer -- On-line encyclopedia of life -- species and higher level organization National Geographic -- Terrestrial Eco-regions of the World Climate Change Inter-governmental Panel on Climate Change The US Government Take on Climate Change Global Warming -- Early Warning Signs (Produced by: Environmental Defense, Natural Resources Defense Council, Sierra Club, Union of Concerned Scientists, U.S. Public Interest Research Group, World Resources Institute, World Wildlife Fund) Extinctions The committee on recently extinct organisms Invasive Species Invasive.org -- a general source for information about invasive species aimed towards the Southeast The invasive species group of the world conservation union The USDA's invasive species website The New England Wildflower Society's invasive plant page for Massachusetts Invasive plants in the Worcester area Photos of common invasive plants in Massachusetts "Responsible Eating" --- Many of the choices of what we eat have important environmental consequences. Monterey Bay Aquarium's Seafood Watch Program (excellent imformation about sea food -- this link takes you to cod, but you can look up most species from this page.) Advocacy -- I only include non-profit sites here that are specifically devoted to advocacy for the environment. Commercial interests are well-represented and well-funded elsewhere and they can speak for themselves. You will have no trouble finding such sites with a simple search. EarthJustice -- environmental law from an environmentalists view point Save the Endangered Species Act website -- a website devoted to preserving the endangered species act, published by earthjustice.   General Interest Chico Mendes: a memorial to the great, martyred conservationist and information about extractive reserves and conservation Everglades Everglades restoration -- official site of the restoration project Florida's Dept. Env. Protection Everglades restoration website The everglades restoration movement -- an example of an NGO devoted to practical restoration Everglades National Park Websites Articles Commenting on Fundamentalism Masquerading as Science -- evolution and natural selection are central organizing principles of biology, contrary to what an unfortunately large number of fundamentalists, largely in the USA, assert. Read about their beliefs and the problems, from a scientific viewpoint, of their ideas. Wikipedia article on "irreducible complexity" Wikipedia article on "intelligent design" The Dover, PA court decision on teaching "intelligent design" in public schools-- politics, law and scholarship all rolled together    Top of this page