Photo: Wendy Foden

Biodiversity websites

Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD)
http://www.biodiv.org/

Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Fauna and Flora (CITES)
http://www.cites.org/

Convention on Migratory Species (CMS)
http://www.cms.int

Convention on Wetlands (RAMSAR)
http://www.ramsar.org/

White Paper on the Conservation and Sustainable Use of South Africa's Biodiversity
http://www.polity.org.za/govdocs/white_papers/diversity.html

Department of Environmental Affairs and Tourism (DEAT)
http://www.environment.gov.za

TRAFFIC, the wildlife trade monitoring network, works to ensure that trade in wild plants and animals is not a threat to the conservation of nature. TRAFFIC works in co-operation with the Secretariat of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Fauna and Flora (CITES). http://www.traffic.org

For information on a plant or animal species (including photographs):
http://www.ecoport.org

SANBI plant information website
www.plantzafrica.com

Threatened Species Websites

UNEP-World Conservation Monitoring Centre
Site with several resources
http://www.unep-wcmc.org

IUCN/Species Survival Commission
For all the Red Lists compiled by the IUCN and interesting papers and articles about Red List techniques.
http://iucn.org/themes/ssc/red-lists.htm

Swedish Species Information Centre
This organisation the focal point for information on threatened species and biodiversity in Sweden. Its main tasks are to collect, evaluate and store the most important information about threatened and rare plant and animal species.
http://www.artdata.slu.se/home.htm