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Maintenance of Biological Diversity

In the Convention of Biological Diversity the term biological diversity is defined as "the variability among living organisms from all sources including, inter alia, terrestrial, marine and other aquatic ecosystems and the ecological complexes of which they are part; this includes diversity within species, between species and of ecosystems".

Links to Other Biological Diversity Websites

These sites are in no particular order. If you know of a site you think should be included in this list, please e-mail your suggestions to rcu@cep.unep.org.

Center for Marine Conservation

http://www.cmc-ocean.org/23/carribeanbiodiv.html

Worldwide web resources for Caribbean biodiversity. Contains a list of databases with information about Caribbean biodiversity.

Community Biodiversity Network

http://www.peg.apc.org/~bdnet/word.htm

The site contains information and text on the Convention of Biological Diversity.

Island Resources Foundation

http://www.irf.org/irenvinf.html

International Institute for Sustainable Development

http://www.jisd.ca/linkages/biodiv.html

Nevis Historical & Conservation Society's Biodiversity's Website

http://www.bio-diversity-nevis.org/