Biodiversity Hotspots
This project of Conservation International was created to spread biodiversity data to a wide audience. The site offers data, maps, trends, reports, links, and other resources.

Census of Marine Life
The Census of Marine Life is a growing global network of researchers engaged in a ten-year initiative to assess and explain the diversity, distribution, and abundance of marine life in the oceans. Learn about this fascinating project and access data and maps.

Center for Biodiversity and Conservation
The Center was formed by the American Museum of Natural History in response concern among scientists over rapid species loss and increasing environmental degradation. The site provides information integrating scientific research, education, and outreach so that people will become participants in conservation. Includes information on what you can do for the environment living with biodiversity

Center for Marine Biodiversity and Conservation
The Center for Marine Biodiversity and Conservation is established at Scripps Institution of Oceanography. The site provides, information and images about habitats and organisms as well as opportunities within academic institutions, labs, and organizations. Also contains many useful links to sites with related information.

Centre for Marine Biodiversity
General information concerning marine biodiversity, biographies of scientists and students working in the field of marine biodiversity, scientific reports of these projects as well as projects taken on by the Centre, reference lists, spectacular photos, databases, relevant links and much more.

FAO Food and Agriculture Biodiversity
This site contains a bibliography of FAO`s documentation in biodiversity for food and agriculture, lists of ongoing activities and links to international organizations, networks, and databases. The site is available in Arabic, Chinese, English, French, and Spanish.

Investigate Biodiversity
Conservation International's introductory site provides an overview of the basics of biodiversity, ways to save biodiversity, and information on existing scientific expeditions.

Marine Conservation Biology Institute
MCBI was founded with the mission of generating and disseminating marine biodiversity information. The site contains links to articles, reports, and upcoming symposia and conference announcements on various marine issues.

The Biodiversity Project
The Biodiversity Project site provides a good overview on what biodiversity is, why it is important, and what threatens it. They also have an impressive array of resources including publications, public opinion research, and tools for advocates.

The United Nations Environment Programme, World Conservation Monitoring Centre
This site was established in 2000 as the world biodiversity information and assessment center of the UNEP. It has consolidated information, from interactive maps to an impressive list of publications and a protected areas searchable database.

United Nations, Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD)
This site for the CBD contains Global Biodiversity Outlook, their newsletters, publications, national data on parties to the convention, case studies, initiatives, and documentation of and results from on-going meetings around the globe.

We've tried to make it easier for you to learn about some of the issues that affect you and your "blue backyard" — our world's ocean. These categories organize lists for some of the best sites on the Web that we know about.

If you have suggestions for websites for us to include, please let us know! Thank you!