Find out how you can help! First, click on one of the three chains to make it appear. Mouse over the chain you selected and discover more info as well as easy tips on how you can help prevent biodiversity loss ... [Information of the supplier]
FishBase, a global information system with all you ever wanted to know about fishes. FishBase is a relational database with information to cater to different professionals such as research scientists, fisheries managers, zoologists and many more. FishBase on the web contains practically all fish species known to science. ... [Information of the supplier]
Our goal: to understand protein folding, misfolding, and related diseases. Proteins are biology's workhorses -- its "nanomachines." Before proteins can carry out these important functions, they assemble themselves, or "fold." The process of protein folding, while critical and fundamental to virtually all of biology, in many ways remains a mystery. Moreover, when proteins do not fold correctly (i.e. "misfold"), there can be serious consequences, including many well known diseases, such as Alzheimer's, Mad Cow (BSE), CJD, ALS, Huntington's, Parkinson's disease, and many Cancers and cancer-related syndromes. You can help by simply running a piece of software. Folding@home is a distributed computing project -- people from throughout the world download and run software to band together to make one of the largest supercomputers in the world. Every computer takes the project closer to our goals. Folding@home uses novel computational methods coupled to distributed computing, to simulate problems millions of times more challenging than previously achieved. We have had several successes. You can read about them on our Science page, on our Awards page, or go directly to our Results page. ... [Information of the supplier, modified]
DG Fisheries And Maritime Affairs is the Directorate-General responsible for the Common Fisheries Policy (CFP) and for developing a future maritime policy for the EU at the European Commission. The CFP covers all fishing activities, the farming of living aquatic resources, and the processing and marketing of fisheries products, on the legal basis of Article 33 (ex 39) of the Treaty establishing the European Community. Since the first decisions adopted in 1970, the CFP has been through many changes, and its current form centres on four main areas: the conservation and management of marine resources, fisheries relations and agreements with non-member countries and international organisations, structural measures, and the common market organisation for fishery and aquaculture products. The major challenge facing the CFP today is to strike a sustainable balance between available marine resources and their exploitation. ... [Information of the supplier]
Das "Hellenic Centre for Marine Research" (HCMR) ist die zentrale Institution der staatlich finanzierten Meeresforschung Griechenlands. Es entstand im Jahr 2003 durch Vereinigung der bis dahin selbständigen Forschungsinstitute National Centre for Marine Research (NCMR) und Institute of Marine Biology of Crete (IMBC). Das Zentrum gliedert sich in fünf Institute: Institute of Oceanography, Institute of Aquaculture, Institute of Marine Biological Resources, Institute of Inland Waters, Institute of Marine Biology and Genetics. Die Institute befinden sich an den drei Standorten Heraklion (Kreta) und Anavyssos (Attika) und Ellinikon (bei Athen). Zu den Aufgabenfeldern gehören Umweltforschung, Technologie-Transfer, Aquakulturforschung, Multimediaentwicklung und IT-Projekte. Das HCMR ist Herausgeber des halbjährlich erscheinenden "Mediterranean Marine Science Journal" welches früher unter dem Namen "Thalassographica" bekannt war. Die besondere Aufgabe des "Institute of Marine Biological Resources" ist die Verknüpfung von Forschung und Technologieentwicklung in den Bereichen Biodiversität, Ökosystem-Management und Genetik mariner Organismen. Die Studien finden Anwendung z.B. im Umweltschutz, im Küstenmanagement oder in der Aquakuturtechnik. ... [Redaktion vifabio]
Natural History Museum of Crete has been functioning and operates under the framework of the University of Crete since 1980, being a pioneer institute at national and European level in the following activities: Study and Management of the Natural Environment of Crete; Public awareness, education and sensitisation of local people as well as the visitors of the area; Link University activities with Cretan society; and, Set up a network of Ecological Museums in Greece and throughout the Eastern Mediterranean. Eastern Mediterranean is unique at a global level due to the great ecological and cultural complexity. The evenness as well as the contrast, the stability, many affinities and the special features characterizes the area. The aim of the Natural History Museum of Crete is the study, protection and promotion of the special features of the area of Eastern Mediterranean. ... [Information of the supplier]
