Eurisco: Links

BIG - Federal Information System on Genetic Resources
Integrates relevant data on genetic resources for cultivated and wild flora in Germany by establishing a set of related internet databases.
http://www.big-flora.de/inhalt-e.htm [1]
BGCI - Botanic Gardens Conservation International
BGCI was founded in 1987 to link botanic gardens as a co-operating global network for effective plant conservation. It now links over 800 institutions in over 120 countries, all working together to preserve and promote plant diversity for people and the planet.
http://www.bgci.org.uk/ [2]
ECPGR (European Cooperative Programme for Plant Genetic Resources)
A collaborative programme among most European countries aimed at ensuring the long term conservation and facilitating the increased utilization of plant genetic resources in Europe.
http://www.ecpgr.cgiar.org/ [3]
ePIC - Electronic plant information centre
ePIC is a major resource discovery project to provide a single point of search across all Kew's major specimen, bibliographic and taxonomic databases on the Internet.
http://www.kew.org/epic/index.htm [4]
EEA (European Environment Agency)
The EEA's core task is to provide decision-makers with the information needed for making sound and effective policies to protect the environment and support sustainable development.
http://www.eea.eu.int/ [5]
EUCARPIA (European Association for Research on Plant Breeding)
EUCARPIA aims to promote scientific and technical co-operation in the field of plant breeding in order to foster its further development.
http://www.eucarpia.org/ [6]
Euro+Med PlantBase: The Information Source for Euro-Mediterranean Plant Diversity
The Euro+Med PlantBase provides an on-line database and information system for the vascular plants of Europe and the Mediterranean region.
http://www.emplantbase.org/ [7]
EUNIS - European Nature Information System
The EUNIS Database web application provides access to publicly available data in a consolidated database. Information on Species, Habitats and Sites taken into account in relevant international conventions or from International Red Lists.
http://eunis.eea.europa.eu/ [8]
European Platform for Biodiversity
A Thematic Network which aims to improve the effectiveness and relevance of European biodiversity research, to contribute to European Research Area for Biodiversity and to promote the dissemination of current best practices and information regarding the scientific understanding of biodiversity conservation.
http://www.epbrs.org/ [9]
GBIF - Global Biodiversity Information Facility
The Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) is an international organization that is working to make the world's biodiversity data accessible anywhere in the world. GBIF encourages, coordinates and supports the development of worldwide capacity to access the biodiversity data held in natural history museum collections, libraries and databanks.
http://www.gbif.org/ [10]
Global Facilitation Unit for Underutilized Species
Created to ease and increase information and knowledge exchange in the field of underutilized and neglected species.
http://www.underutilized-species.org/Default.asp [11]
GRIN TAXONOMY - Germplasm Resources Information Network
GRIN taxonomic data provide the structure and nomenclature for accessions of the National Plant Germplasm System (NPGS), part of the National Genetic Resources Program (NGRP) of the United States Department of Agriculture's (USDA's) Agricultural Research Service (ARS).
http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/index.pl [12]
ILDIS - International Legume Database and Information Service
ILDIS is an international project which aims to document and catalogue the world's legume species diversity in a readily accessible form.
http://www.ildis.org/ [13]
IPNI - International Plant Names Index
The International Plant Names Index (IPNI) is a database of the names and associated basic bibliographical details of all seed plants, ferns and fern allies.
http://www.ipni.org/index.html [14]
ISRIC - World Soil Information
ISRIC - World Soil Information is an independent foundation with a global mandate, funded by the Netherlands Government. We have a strategic association with Wageningen University and Research Centre.
http://www.isric.org/ [15]
IUCN Red List
Coordinates the production of the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, which provides taxonomic, conservation status and distribution information on taxa that have been evaluated using the IUCN Red List Categories and Criteria
http://www.redlist.org/ [16]
IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC)
The SSC is a science-based network of some 7,000 volunteer experts from almost every country of the world, all working together towards achieving the vision of "A world that values and conserves present levels of biodiversity."
http://www.iucn.org/about/work/programmes/species/about_ssc/ [17]
Mansfeld's World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops
Is a standard source of information on cultivated plants, deals with c. 4.800 species (without ornamental and forestry plants).
http://mansfeld.ipk-gatersleben.de/ [18]
Planta Europa
Planta Europa is a network of non-government and government organizations working to conserve the wild plants, both higher and lower, of Europe and their habitats.
http://www.plantaeuropa.org/ [19]
Plant Conservation in European Countries
It provides contacts, information and web links on plant conservation throughout Europe.
http://www.plant-talk.org [20]
Quick basic maps
This website can be used to prepare quick basic maps of countries and regions for printing or presentations.
http://www.planiglobe.com/country_maps.html [21]
SAGE
SAGE has been developing global databases of land use and land cover by combining satellite data and census data. This website provides access to our datasets of the distribution of the world's natural vegetation, croplands, grazing lands, major crops, etc.
http://www.sage.wisc.edu/iamdata/ [22]
SEPASAL - Survey of Economic Plants for Arid and Semi-Arid Lands
A database of useful species of wild and semi-domesticated vascular plants of tropical and sub-tropical drylands, developed and maintained at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
http://www.rbgkew.org.uk/ceb/sepasal/ [23]
SINGER
The CGIAR System-wide Information Network for Genetic Resources It provides access to information on the collections of genetic resources held by the CGIAR Centres. Together, these collections comprise over half a million samples of crop, forage and tree germplasm of major importance for food and agriculture. The genetic resources information exchange network of the International Agricultural Research Centres of the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR).
http://singer.cgiar.org/ [24]
The MEDUSA Network: Conservation and Sustainable Use of Wild Plants of the Mediterranean Region
The identification of native and naturalized plants of the Mediterranean Region, currently being used in some way.
http://medusa.maich.gr [25]
UNEP GEO data portal
UNEP provides access to a number of global environmental datasets via the http://geodata.grid.unep.ch/ [26]
WIEWS
World Information and Early Warning System on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (PGRFA)
http://apps3.fao.org/wiews/ [27]

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