Scientific Facts on
Biodiversity & Human Well-being
Sites linking to our Biodiversity Digest
Note: Links are provided for information purposes only and are not an endorsement of the content of the sites to which they are made.
1 National and international bodies addressing biodiversity
- The European Commission's DG Environment published the GreenFacts Question box on biodiversity at: http://ec.europa.eu/environment/nature_biodiversity/index_en.htm

- The UNEP-WCMC highlights the GreenFacts Digest on Biodiversity from its News page at: http://sea.unep-wcmc.org/latenews/index.html#biodivday

- The Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) links to the GreenFacts Digest on Biodiversity from a web page addressing the challenge of "Protecting Threatened Ecosystems" at: www.sdc.admin.ch/index.php?navID=21888&langID=1&

- The Belgian Science Policy links to the GreenFacts Digest on Biodiversity from its News page at: www.belspo.be/belspo/home/actua/actua.asp?l=en

- The website of Finland’s environmental administration links to the GreenFacts Digest on Biodiversity from its News page at: www.environment.fi/default.asp?node=4068&lan=EN
and from LUMONET (the Finnish Clearing-House Mechanism of the Convention on Biological Diversity) at: www.environment.fi/default.asp?node=5319&lan=EN
, also available in Finnish: www.ymparisto.fi/default.asp?node=5318&lan=fi

- The Canadian Biodiversity Information Network (CBIN) links to the GreenFacts Digest on Biodiversity from: www.cbin.ec.gc.ca/index.cfm

2 Environmental organizations
- The home page of the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment (MA), the organization that produced the source of this study: www.millenniumassessment.org/
or www.maweb.org/
, and the webpage where all the different reports are presented: www.millenniumassessment.org/en/Products.Synthesis.aspx

- The website of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) links to the GreenFacts Digest on Biodiversity at:
www.biodiv.org/programmes/outreach/awareness/biodiv-day-2006-ctrs.shtml
, and in its News headlines of Friday 19 May at:

- Earth Legacy published the GreenFacts press release on Biodiversity at:
www.earthlegacy.org/Earth_Legacy_Website/press_room.htm

- Forest.org, the forest conservation portal, links to the GreenFacts Digest on Biodiversity from its biodiversity links page: http://forests.org/links/Biodiversity/Science/
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- columbia earthscape, "a comprehensive aggregation of resources in the Earth and Environmental Sciences", put a link to the GreenFacts Digest on Biodiversity on its home page under "Educational Resources": www.earthscape.org/

- GreenNet, "an Internet Service Provider dedicated to supporting and promoting groups and individuals working for peace, human rights and the environment", links to the GreenFacts press release on biodiversity under its headline archive of 19 May 2006 entitled "The International Day for Biological Diversity is 22 May." at:
www.gn.apc.org/newspage.shtml

3 Business and Industry
- SUEZ contributed to the printing of the foldout presenting this GreenFacts summary of the MA Biodiversity Synthesis report:
www.suez.com/en/developpement-durable/

- Innovations report, the Forum for Science, Industry and Business, published the GreenFacts press release on Biodiversity at:
www.innovations-report.com/html/reports/environment_sciences/report-59156.html

4 News sites and Media
- The Development Gateway Foundation links to the GreenFacts Digest on Biodiversity from its Content browser webpage at:
http://home.developmentgateway.org/environment/rc/
, and published the GreenFacts press release on Biodiversity at: http://home.developmentgateway.org/environment/rc/ItemDetail.do~1062958

- The Society of Environmental Journalists selected GreenFacts' study on Biodiversity as "link of the week" on 22 May 2006 at: www.sej.org/body.htm

- COM+, the Alliance of communicators for sustainable development published the GreenFacts press release on Biodiversity at: www.complusalliance.org/plugins/ComPlusDoc/details.asp?type=DocDet&ObjectId=1925

- Energy bulletin, "a clearinghouse for current information regarding the peak in global energy supply", announces the release of our biodiversity study at:
www.energybulletin.net/16074.html

- EcoEarth.Info, the "Environment Portal & Search Engine Empowering the Environmental Sustainability Movement", links to our study among other biodiversity-related links at:
www.ecoearth.info/links/Land/Biodiversity/Information/welcome.asp
, and at www.ecoearth.info/links/Land/Biodiversity/Science/welcome.asp

- The Science and Development Network (SciDev.Net) announce the release of the GreenFacts Digest on Biodiversity at: www.scidev.net/announcements/

- EurActiv, the media portal dedicated to EU affairs, presents the GreenFacts Digest on Biodiversity in an article entitled "Analysis: Scientific Facts on Biodiversity":
www.euractiv.com/en/sustainability/analysis-scientific-facts-biodiversity/article-156210

- iNSnet, a platform for communicating information related to sustainable development, presents the GreenFacts Digest on Biodiversity on its home page: www.insnet.org/
, and publishes the article EurActiv wrote about this GreenFacts Digest at: www.insnet.org/ins_headlines

5 Others
- The US Montana State University introduced on its website a biology course entitled "Understanding & Managing Animal Biodiversity In The Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem" at:
www.montana.edu/rotella/MSSE/

- The Biodiversity Conservation Strategy for the Greater Vancouver Region links to this study at: www.gvrd.bc.ca/growth/biodiversity.htm

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