for Tread Softly background briefings on Biodiversity
Campaign Groups
You can help save biodiversity– suggestions from WWF
International Union for Conservation of Nature
Friends of the Earth International
Convention on Biological Diversity
Convention on Biological Diversity – UN site
Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011-2020 and the Aichi Targets (pdf file)
The Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit-sharing
Guide and Glossary to CBD from SciDev
Research
The IUCN Red List of threatened species
The ten most biodiverse countries in the world from Mongabay
Living Blue Planet Report 2015, from WWF and ZSL
Conservation of Biodiversity
Protected Planet – information on terrestrial and marine protected areas, updated monthly
Conservation Effectiveness – 7 investigative articles from Mongabay
Biosafety and Biopiracy
Gene sequences and biopiracy: Protecting benefit-sharing as synthetic biology changes access to genetic resources – from Third World Network
Aided by genomic technologies, the patent pillage of Andean tomato diversity continues, from Third World Network
GM Contamination Register from Greenpeace and GeneWatch UK
Patent grab threatens biodiversity and food sovereignty in Africa – feature from Pambazuka
Finance
The state of the market for ecosystem services, from Mongabay
The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity (TEEB) – Challenges and Responses
Payments for Ecosystem Services – a best practice guide from UK Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs
Science
The Nine Planetary Boundaries, from Stockholm Resilience Centre
Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES)
A Rosetta Stone for Nature’s Benefits to People The IPBES Conceptual Framework
more Biodiversity briefings
The Anthropocene
Importance of Biodiversity
Biodiversity Loss and Planetary Boundaries
Causes of Biodiversity Loss
Climate Change and Biodiversity
Conservation of Biodiversity
Solutions to Biodiversity Loss
Sustainable Development Goals for Biodiversity
Biodiversity Finance and Economics
Biodiversity Access and Benefit-Sharing