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Australia Biodiversity Convention and Strategy Section Biodiversity Conservation Branch, Biodiversity Group Environment Australia Fax: 61 26 250 0723 Email: veronica.biazely@ea.gov.au www.ea.gov.au
Bolivia Ministry of Sustainable Development and the Environment National Secretariat of Natural Resources and the Environment Av Mariscal Santa Cruz No 1092 Piso 6to, La Paz, Bolivia Tel: 591 023 30762 Fax: 555 331 273 Email: vmarnaf@coord.rds.org.bo www.rds.org.bo
Brazil Divisao do Meio Ambiente (DEMA) Ministerio das Relacoes Exteriores Esplanada dos Ministerios, Anexo Administrativo I, Sala 635 Brasilia DF 70170.900 Brazil Fax: 55.61.411.6012/224.1079 www.brazil.gov.br
Colombia Ministerio de Medio Ambiente Calle 37 No 840 Santa fe de Bogota, Colombia Tel: 571 233 2340 Fax: 571 288 9892 Email: webmaster@minambiente.gov.co www.minambiente.gov.co
Costa Rica Ministerio de Ambiente y Energia Email: root@ns.minae.go.cr www.minae.go.cr
Ecuador Instituto Ecuatoriano Forestal y de Areas Naturales y Vida Silvestre Eloy Alfaro y Av Amazonas, Piso 8, Quito Ecuador Tel: 5932 506 337 Fax: 5932 564 037
Eritrea Department of Environment Ministry of Land Water and Environment PO Box 976, Asmara, Eritrea Tel: 2911 120 311/125 887 Fax: 2911 126 095 Email: env@env.col.com.er
Fiji Ministry of Local Government and Environment PO Box 2131, Suva, Fiji Fax: 679 30 3515 Tel: 679 211310 Email: info@fiji.gov.fj
India Ministry of Environment and Forests, Paryavaran Bhawan CGO Complex, Lodhi Road, New Delhi 110003, India Telefax: 91 11 436 1896 / 4360721 Email: secy@menf.delhi.nic.in https://envfor.nic.in/mef/mef.html
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Peru Consejo Nacional del Ambiente Av San Borja Norte 226, San Borja, Lima, Peru Tel: 511 225 370 Fax: 511 225 5369 Email: ddda@conam.gob.pe www.conam.gob.pe
Seychelles Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Planning and Environment Botanical Gardens, PO Box 656, Victoria, Mahé, Seychelles Tel: 248 22 46 88 Fax: 248 22 45 00 Email: mfapesey@seychelles.net
South Africa Department of Environmental Affairs and Tourism, Subcommittee on Sustainable Development Private Bag X447, Pretoria 0001, South Africa Tel: 271 2310 3446 Fax: 271 2322 2682 Email: omd_ah@ozone.pwv.gov.za
Venezuela Ministerio del Ambiente y de los Recursos Naturales Renovables La Dirección de Vegetación Av. Rómulo Gallegos con 2da avenida de Santa Eduvigis, Caracas Tel: 0212 2854859 Email: info@marnr.gov.ve www.marnr.gov.ve
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) www.fao.org
FAO Agriculture Department www.fao.org/ag/
FAO Commission on Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture www.fao.org/ag/cgrfa/default.htm
FAO Non Wood Forest Products Database www.fao.org/forestry/forestry.asp
FAO Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (PGRFA) www.fao.org/ag/cgrfa/PGR.htm
Global Environment Facility, World Bank (GEF) www.gefweb.org
Intergovernmental Forum on Forests www.un.org/esa/sustdev/iff.htm
International Organization for Standardization (ISO) www.iso.ch
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) www.oecd.org/ehs/icgb/biodiv.htm
Organization of African Unity/Scientific, Technical and Research Commission (OAU/STRC) Email: oaustrcl@rcl.nig.com www.oau-oua.org
United Nations Convention on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) www.unctad.org
UNCTAD Biotrade Initiative www.biotrade.org
United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) Email: ipainfo@unep.org www.unep.org
United Nations Educational, Social and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) www.unesco.org
United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) www.unido.org
United Nations Commission for Sustainable Development (CSD) www.un.org/esa/sustdev/csd.htm
United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) www.unep.org
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) www.undp.org
World Bank www.worldbank.org
World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) www.wipo.org
World Trade Organization (WTO) www.wto.org/english/tratop_e/envir_e/issu1_e. htm
African Centre for Technology Studies www.acts.or.ke
Association of University Technology Managers (AUTM) www.autm.net
Asia-Pacific Centre for Environmental Law https://www.sunsite.nus.edu.sg/apcel
Asia Pacific Centre for Environmental Accountability www.accg.mq.edu.au/apcea
Asia Pacific Information Network on Medicinal and Aromatic Plants www.pchrd.dost.gov.ph/apinmap/
Bank Information Center www.bicusa.org
Biodiversity Action Network (ECONET) www.igc.org/igc/gateway/enindex.html
Biodiversity Strategies International Email: lglowka@csi.com
Bioresources Development and Conservation Programme www.bioresources.org
BIOSIS www.biosis.org
Biotechnology and Biodiversity Resource Centre www.sustain.org/biotech
Biowatch South Africa www.oneworld.org/saep/fordb/biowatch.html
Birdlife International www.birdlife.net
Botanic Gardens Conservation International www.rbgkew.org.uk/BGCI
CABI Bioscience www.cabi-bioscience.org
Canadian Institute for Environmental Law and Policy www.cielap.org
Center for Biodiversity and Conservation, American Museum of Natural History https://research.amnh.org/biodiversity/
Center for Conservation Biology Network https://conbio.edu/
Center for International Environmental Law (CIEL) www.ciel.org biodiversity and intellectual property page: www.ciel.org/biodiversity/biodiversityintellectu alproperty.html
Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) www.cgiar.org/cifor/
Centre for Development and the Environment, University of Oslo www.sum.uio.no/bioprospecting
Centre for Science and Environment www.oneworld.org/cse/
Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical (CIAT) www.ciat.cgiar.org
Centro Internacional de Mejoramiento de Maiz y Trigo (CIMMYT) www.cimmyt.org/
Centro Internacional de la Papa (CIP) www.cipotato.org
Ciencia y Tecnologia para el Desarrollo (CYTED) www.cyted.org
Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO) www.csiro.au
Conservation International (CI) www.conservation.org
Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR) www.cgiar.org
Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, South Africa (CSIR) www.csir.co.za
Cultural Survival www.cs.org
DIVERSITAS www.icsu.org/diversitas
Eden Foundation www.eden-foundation.org
Edinburgh Centre for Tropical Forests www.nmw.ac.uk/ectf/
Edmonds Institute www.edmonds-institute.org
Environmental Resources Information Network (ERIN) www.ea.gov.au/sdd/erin
European Working Group on Research and Biodiversity https://europa.eu.int/comm/research/envir/ewgr b.html
Forest Stewardship Council www.fscoax.org
Forests, Trees and People (FTP) Programme and Network www-trees.slu.se
Foundation for International Environmental Law and Development (FIELD) www.field.org.uk
Friends of the Earth (International Secretariat) (FoE) www.foei.org
Gaia’s Forest Conservation Portal www.forests.org/portal/
Gecko Productions (marine conservation education) Email: nward@mbl.edu
Gene Ethics Network www.geneethics.org
Genetic Resources Action International (GRAIN) www.grain.org
Greenpeace International www.greenpeace.org
Green Net www.gn.apc.org
Harvard University Center for International Development www.cid.harvard.edu/cidbiotech/homepage.ht m
Healing Forest Conservancy (HFC) www.shaman.com/healing-forest.html
Horticulture Research International (HRI) www.hri.ac.uk
Indian Institute of Management/SRISTI www.sristi.org
Institute of Terrestrial Ecology (ITE) www.nmw.ac.uk/ite/edin/
Instituto de Gestion Ambiental, Colombia Email: igea@impsat.net.co
Instituto Nacional de Biodiversidad de Costa Rica (InBio) www.iabin.org
Inter-American Biodiversity Information Network (IABIN) www.nbii.gov/iabin/
International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA) www.cgiar.org/icarda/
International Center for Living Aquatic Resources Management (ICLARM – The World Fish Center) www.iclarm.org
International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (ICGEB) www.icgeb.trieste.it
International Centre for Research in Agroforestry (ICRAF) www.icraf.org
International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) www.iccwbo.org
International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (OCRISAT) www.icrisat.org/
International Development Research Centre (IDRC) (Canada) www.idrc.ca
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) www.ifpri.org
International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED) www.iied.org
International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) www.iisd.ca
IISD, Environmental Negotiations Bulletin www.iisd.ca/linkages
International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) www.ilri.org
International Plant Genetic Resources Institute (IPGRI) www.ipgri.org
International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) www.irri.org
International Service for National Agricultural Research (ISNAR) www.isnar.org
International Union of Forestry Research Organizations https://iufro.boku.ac.at
International Water Management Institute (IWMI) www.iwmi.org
IUCN Environmental Law Centre www.iucn.org/themes/law/index.html
IUCN – The World Conservation Union www.iucn.org
IUCN Medicinal Plant Specialist Group www.iucn.org/themes/ssc/sgs/sgs.htm
Maryland Biotechnology Institute www.umbi.umd.edu
The Max Lock Centre, University of Westminster www.wmin.ac.uk/builtenv/env/maxlock/ default.htm
Mexican Centre for Environmental Law (CEMDA) www.cemda.org.mx
National Biological Information Infrastructure (NBII) www.nbii.gov
National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM) www.nccam.nih.gov
Natural Resources Defence Council www.igc.apc.org/nrdc
The Nature Conservancy https://nature.org
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) Megascience Forum www.oecd.org/dsti/mega
People and Plants Programme www.rbgkew.org.uk/peopleplants
Peruvian Society for Environmental Law (SPDA) www.spda.org.pe
Plant Conservation Alliance (PCA) Medicinal Plant Working Group www.nps.gov/plants/medicinal
Rainforest Alliance www.rainforest-alliance.org
Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh www.rbge.org.uk
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (RBG) www.rbgkew.org.uk
Rural Advancement Foundation International (RAFI) www.rafi.org
Third World Network www.twnside.org.sg
TRAFFIC International www.traffic.org
Tropenbos Foundation www.tropenbos.nl
Tufts Centre for the Study of Drug Development www.tufts.edu/med/research/csdd/
United Plant Savers www.plantsavers.org
Via Campesina – UNORCA www.laneta.apc.org/unorca/
Vitae Civilis www.vitaecivilis.org.br
Von Humboldt Biological Resources Research Institute www.humboldt.org.co
West Africa Rice Development Association (WARDA) www.warda.org
World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) www.wbcsd.ch
World Conservation Monitoring Centre www.wcmc.org.uk
World Economic Forum (Davos Forum) www.weforum.org
World Foundation for Environment and Development (WFED) www.wfed.org
World Resources Institute (WRI) www.wri.org
Worldwatch Institute www.worldwatch.org
WWF (World Wildlife Fund in Canada and the US) www.wwf.org
WWF International Secretariat www.panda.org
American Anthropological Association (AAA) www.aaanet.org
American Society of Pharmacognosy (ASP) www.phcog.org
American Sociological Association www.asanet.org/ecoderev.htm
Association of Systematics Collections (ASC) www.ascoll.org
Centre for Applied Ethics (professional ethics resources on the www) www.ethics.ubc.ca
International Society of Ethnobiology (ISE) Code of Ethics https://users.ox.ac.uk/~wgtrr/isecode.htm
The Pew Conservation Fellows https://geography.berkeley.edu/ProjectsResource s/BRP/BRP.html
Register of Professional Archaeologists www.rpanet.org
Society for Economic Botany (SEB) www.econbot.org
The American Folklore Society www.afsnet.org/ethics.htm
Aboriginal Studies www.ciolek.com/WWWL-Aboriginal.html
Assembly of First Nations www.afn.ca
Australian Indigenous Cultural and Intellectual Property Rights www.icip.lawnet.com.au
Center for World Indigenous Studies www.cwis.org
Centre for Indigenous Knowledge for Agriculture and Rural Development (CIKARD) www.ciesin.org/IC/cikard/CIKARD.html
Consejo Indio de Sudamerica (CEA CISA) www.puebloindio.org Coordinating Body for the Indigenous Organizations of the Amazon Basin (COICA) www.pangea.org/~coam/coica.htm The COICA Statement on IPRs and Biodiversity: https://users.ox.ac.uk/~wgtrr/coica.htm
Dialogue Between Nations www.dialoguebetweennations.com
First Nations Development Institute www.firstnations.org
Fourth World Documentation Project (FWDP), The Center for the World Indigenous Studies www.cwis.org
The Honey Bee Network and SRISTI www.iimahd.ernet.in/~anilg/
Humanity Libraries Project www.oneworld.org/globalprojects/humcdrom
The Impact of Ecosystem Degradation on Peoples Lives: Searching for Stories from Around the World www.wri.org/wri/wr2000/
Indigenous Environmental Network www.ienearth.org
Indigenous Peoples Biodiversity Information Network (IBIN) www.ibin.org/
Indigenous Peoples Council on Biocolonialism www.ipcb.org
Indigenous Peoples and the Law www.kennett.co.nz/law/indigenous/index.html
Indigenous Knowledge and Development Monitor www.nuffic.nl/ciran/ikdm/index.html
Indigenous Knowledge Initiative (The World Bank Group – Sub-Saharan Africa Region) www.worldbank.org/afr/ik/ik-web2.htm
International Working Group for Indigenous Affairs (IWGIA) www.iwgia.org
International Alliance of the Indigenous-Tribal Peoples of the Tropical Forests www.gn.apc.org/laip
International Indian Treaty Council (IITC) www.treatycouncil.org
LANIC: Indigenous Peoples https://lanic.utexaas.edu/la/region/indigenous
Nuffic Centre for International Research and Advisory Networks, Indigenous Knowledge (Nuffic-CIRAN) www.nuffic.nl/ciran/ik.html
Principles and Guidelines on Indigenous and Traditional Peoples and Protected Areas (WCPA, IUCN, WWF) www.panda.org/resources/publications/sustainability/indigenous2/index.html
Protection of Traditional Knowledge/Resources Guide Lines (World Council of Indigenous Peoples and CIDA) www.kivu.com
South and Meso-American Indian Rights Centre (SAIIC) www.saiic.nativeweb.org
Survival International www.survival.org.uk
WATU – Accion Indigena www.servicom.es/watu
WIPO Roundtable on Intellectual Property and Indigenous Peoples www.wipo.int/eng/meetings/1998/indip/index. htm
World Rainforest Movement www.wrm.org.uy
Working Group on Traditional Resource Rights www.users.ox.ac.uk/~wgtrr/wghist.htm
