National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan

sdnp.delhi.nic.in/nbsap/

The National Policy and Macrolevel Action Strategy on Biodiversity by the MoEF is a macro-level statement of policies, gaps and strategies needed for conservation and sustainable use of biological diversity.

Food and Agriculture Organisation

www.fao.org

The website of the UN FAO provides useful statistics on production, trade, food balance sheets, land use and irrigation, forest and fishery products etc.

http://www.counterpart.org

This site is maintained by Counterpart International a non-profit international human development organization. The site provides the details about the forest garden and coral garden programs undertaken by Counterpart's Division of Environment and Natural Resources in different parts of the world (i.e. Srilanka, Mexico, and Philippines etc). The site also has a dedicated newsroom section covering the latest news in the field of environment and online issue of organization’s annual report. The site also links to other related organizations.

http://www.erin.gov.au

Environment Australia works on policies and programs for the protection and conservation of the environment, including both natural and cultural heritage places. The site through its various links provides in-depth information on biodiversity, land management, atmosphere, and ozone protection. The site has a detailed environmental events calendar, a publication section and a media centre. The site also facilitates online search on the above mention topics.

http://www.gefweb.org/

The site is maintained by Global Environment Facility (GEF), which helps the developing countries by funding projects and programs that protect the global environment. The site embraces details of the various projects undertaken by the organization to protect and preserve biodiversity, climate change, waters, ozone, land degradation, and persistent organic pollutants. The site hosts a dedicated news and media section and links to other related organizations.

http://www.caspianenvironment.org/

The Caspian Environment Program (CEP) is a comprehensive response to the key environmental problems facing the region. The site compiles of biodiversity database section, dictionary of eco-terms section, online library, and links to the online issue of “The Caspian” an e-mail bulletin. The site embraces details about its various project which are completed and other which are going on. The site links to the other related organizations also.

http://www.nature.org/

The Nature Conservancy, is the Non- Governmental Organization (NGO) working towards preserving the plants, animals and natural communities that represent the diversity of life on Earth by protecting the lands and waters they need to survive. The site accumulates slide show, articles on environmental issues, online issue of the “Nature Conservancy” magazine enlisting both the current and back issues, pilling them up with various books been published by the organization (only abstracts are provided). The site also hosts a newsroom.

http://www.londonzoo.com/

The site is hosted by London Zoo. The site provides informative information on London zoo. The site links to the event section, news section and adoption section & volunteer section. The site also links to other zoo and wild life sanctuaries.

http://www.gbif.org/

The purpose of the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) is to make the world's biodiversity data freely and universally available.

GBIF works cooperatively with and in support of several other international organizations concerned with biodiversity. These include the clearinghouse mechanism and the global taxonomic initiative of the convention on biological diversity, and regional biodiversity information networks.

http://www.ipgri.cgiar.org/

International Plant Genetic Resources Institute (IPGRI), is an international research institute with a mandate to advance the conservation and use of genetic diversity for the well being of present and future generations. It is a Centre of the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR). The site provides deep knowledge about forest genetic resources, genetic diversity, legal and policy issues. The site also enlists the forth-coming events piling it up with training programs in the field of genetic resources.

http://www.ec.gc.ca/water/e_main.html

It’s an environment Canada website. It provides detailed explanation of the topics such as climate change, greenhouse effect, air pollution, environmental protection, biotechnology its research and development, biodiversity in all forms is covered, acid rain and various other environmental related topics are covered. It also has the catalogue for the search of books on the above issues. It also lists the various regulatory issues providing various environmental related acts and regulations, codes of practice compliance and enforcement & agreements.