ARKive is the Noah's Ark for the Internet era - a unique global initiative, gathering together into one centralised digital library, films, photographs and audio recordings of the world’s species. ARKive is leading the ‘virtual’ conservation effort - finding, sorting, cataloguing and copying the key audio-visual records of the world’s animals, plants and fungi, and building them into comprehensive and enduring multi-media digital profiles. Using film, photographs and audio recordings, ARKive is creating a unique record of the world’s biodiversity - complementing other species information datasets, and making a key resource available for scientists, conservationists, educators and the general public. ... [Information of the supplier]
The Census of Marine Life is a growing global network of researchers in more than 70 nations engaged in a ten-year initiative to assess and explain the diversity, distribution, and abundance of marine life in the oceans -- past, present, and future. This site is a portal for the Census of Marine Life. The site is designed to provide quick and easy access to all elements of the Census and basic information about each element for the interested public. It is also a central location for news and information about the Census. ... [Information of the supplier]
CITES (the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora) is an international agreement between governments to which States (countries) adhere voluntarily. Its aim is to ensure that international trade in specimens of wild animals and plants does not threaten their survival. CITES was drafted as a result of a resolution adopted in 1963 at a meeting of members of IUCN (The World Conservation Union). The text of the Convention was finally agreed at a meeting of representatives of 80 countries in Washington DC., United States of America, on 3 March 1973, and on 1 July 1975 CITES entered in force. The species covered by CITES are listed in three Appendices, according to the degree of protection they need. ... [Information of the supplier, modified]
In unserem „Arten A - Z“ bieten wir Ihnen Hintergrundinformationen, Karten, Bilder, Töne und Filme von gefährdeten Arten oder Artengruppen. Neben Informativem finden Sie auch Unterhaltsames zu Tiger, Elefant und Co. Das WWF „Arten A-Z“ wird ständig erweitert. [Information des Anbieters]
Ten major natural history museum libraries, botanical libraries, and research institutions have joined to form the Biodiversity Heritage Library Project. The group is developing a strategy and operational plan to digitize the published literature of biodiversity held in their respective collections. This literature will be available through a global “biodiversity commons.” As of November 2008, the 10 member libraries of the Biodiversity Heritage Library (BHL) members have over 10 million pages of key taxonomic literature available on the web. ... [Information of the supplier, modified]
Die Naturschutz-Botschafter sind ein Team motivierter und engagierter Ehrenamtlicher, die sich zwei Institutionen gleichermaßen verpflichtet fühlen: dem Zoo Frankfurt und der weltweit tätigen Naturschutzorganisation Zoologische Gesellschaft Frankfurt (ZGF). Die Naturschutz-Botschafter sind schwerpunktmäßig an Infomobilen im Zoo Frankfurt im Einsatz. Auch anzutreffen sind sie auf Projekttagen in Schulen und an stark frequentierten öffentlichen Räumen. So tragen sie die Botschaften des Naturschutzes in das Frankfurter Stadtgebiet. Wo befinden sich die artenreichsten Gebiete der Erde? Wie kann die Vielfalt unseres Planeten bewahrt werden? Und wie kann ich mich selbst für den Naturschutz engagieren? Antworten auf diese Fragen - und vieles mehr - erfahren Sie auf diesen Seiten der Naturschutz-Botschafter. ... [Information des Anbieters]
The aim of the BUKO Campaign against Biopiracy is to make the political, social and economical components of biodiversity public. It criticises the way in that biological diversity is only discussed as a topic in conservation. This disguises the fact that it is being appropriated by multinational concerns, in conjunction with government research institutes. This is biopiracy. This rejection is accompanied by a radical critique of north-south relations as well as global capitalism, its forms of domination and power structures. The campaign aims to build resistance against biopiracy as well as discuss and support social alternatives. ... [Information of the supplier, translated]
The Stiftung Artenschutz (“Species Conservation Foundation”) is a joint initiative, currently comprising 45 respected zoos and nature conservation organisations. The foundation aims to preserve animal species (and their natural environment) which, although under severe threat of global extinction, do not have a strong enough lobby for their conservation. The Species Conservation Foundation achieves its goals through the joint initiative of currently 43 zoos and several nature conservation organisations, which provide public relations and financial support. International species conservation attains a new dimension through this concentration of specialists and funds. The work of the foundation and its partners and the sponsor commitment will be effectively communicated to over 20 million people every year. The innovative aspect of the Species Conservation Foundation’s concept is the idea of winning businesses as exclusive sponsors for a certain animal species in addition to conventional canvassing for donations and sponsorship. Support from these businesses makes it possible to implement conservation measures conceived by specialists for the highly endangered species. In return the sponsors will appear as exclusive sponsors together with their species on the Foundation Info Boards in all participating zoos, a measure which also offers great publicity. ... [Information of the supplier]
Prof. Heinz Sielmann made the first animal documentaries on television. To date, more than 250 episodes have been aired. He also filmed some 30 educational films for schools and about 100 documentaries for the International Zoological Film Encyclopaedia of the Institute of Scientific Films (IWF) in Göttingen. His popular cinema films "Song of the Wild", the Congo film "Lords of the Forest", "Galapagos - Dream Island in the Pacific" and "Alluring wild - on the wild paths of North America" have been aired in 25 different languages around the world. The high point of the countless activities Prof Sielmann undertook was the Heinz Sielmann Foundation (Heinz Sielmann Stiftung), which he founded in 1994 together with his wife Inge. The Foundation's guiding principle is “Conservation as a positive life philosophy”. Encouraging children and young people towards active conservation is its most important goal. ... [Information of the supplier, translated]
Worldwide, thousands of animal and plant species are threatened with extinction. Even in Switzerland more than 3000 animals and plants appear in the so-called Red List of threatened species. Without appropriate protection measures many of these species may soon vanish forever. This website serves to demonstrate the dramatic situation of species threat, and to present the threatened species. At the same time, the political responsibilities are stressed ─ both of the Republic, the Cantons, and the Communes, but also of every individual. Finally, information about active, and planned, protective action for the benefit of threatened species will be found here. The overall objective of this website is to awaken the broadest possible public interest and understanding for the concerns of species protection. ... [Information of the supplier, translated]