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Climate, Community and Biodiversity Alliance, The editor's pick popular

http://www.climate-standards.org/

3 out of 10 stars (5 votes)

developing and promoting a set of rigorous standards for evaluating climate, community and biodiversity impacts of land-based carbon projects
Added: Jun. 21, 2004 | Rate It

Coalition for Rainforest Nations editor's pick popular

http://www.rainforestcoalition.org/eng/

8 out of 10 stars (8 votes)

a group of forested tropical countries collaborating to reconcile forest stewardship with economic development, including establishment of rainforest protection financed through carbon markets
Added: Apr. 16, 2006 | Rate It

coolforests.org editor's pick

http://www.coolforests.org/

dedicated to highlighting the importance of preserving Australia's old forests in the fight against global warming
Added: Sep. 16, 2007 | Rate It

Forests Now editor's pick

http://www.forestsnow.org/

a declaration calling on world governments to take urgent action on deforestation in the tropics and sub-tropics; such deforestation causes 18-25% of global carbon emissions, which is more than the world’s entire transport industry
Added: Sep. 24, 2007 | Rate It

Gardner's Guide to Global Warming, The editor's pick

http://www.nwf.org/gardenersguide/Gardeners_Guide.pdf

the National Wildlife Federation discusses the challenges and solutions (pdf)
Added: Apr. 01, 2008 | Rate It

United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification editor's pick

http://www.unccd.int/

addresses the underlying causes of desertification and drought and identifies measures to prevent and reverse them
Added: May. 22, 2001 | Rate It

Boreal Ecosystem-Atmosphere Study (BOREAS) popular

http://daac.ornl.gov/BOREAS/boreas_home_page.html

4 out of 10 stars (10 votes)

an intensive remote-sensing and field study in the northern boreal forests of Canada, investigating exchanges of energy, water, heat, CO2, and trace gases between the boreal forest and the atmosphere
Added: Feb. 08, 2001 | Rate It

Global Change and Terrestrial Ecosystems (GCTE) popular

http://www.igbp.kva.se/

7 out of 10 stars (2 votes)

scientific effort to predict the effects of changes in climate, atmospheric composition, and land use on terrestrial ecosystems, and resultant feedbacks to the atmosphere and climate system
Added: Feb. 21, 2001 | Rate It

Global Roundtable on Climate Change popular

http://www.earthinstitute.columbia.edu/grocc/

4 out of 10 stars (5 votes)

a stakeholder forum of leaders from industry, governments and NGOs, set up to discuss and explore areas of potential consensus regarding core scientific, technological, and economic issues critical to shaping sound public policies on climate change
Added: Mar. 08, 2007 | Rate It

Assessing Large Scale Risks for Biodiversity with Tested Methods (ALARM)

http://www.alarmproject.net/alarm/

seeks to develop an integrated large scale risk assessment for biodiversity as well as terrestrial and freshwater ecosystems associated with climate change, environmental chemicals, rates and extent of loss of pollinators and biological invasions
Added: Sep. 17, 2006 | Rate It

Biodiversity and climate change

http://www.unep-wcmc.org/climate/

8 out of 10 stars (1 vote)

UNEP-WCMC aims to put authoritative knowledge on biodiversity and climate change at the heart of decision-making, enabling better links between the climate and biodiversity policy worlds
Added: May. 24, 2001 | Rate It

Carbon Balanced

http://www.carbonbalanced.org/index.asp

projects by the World Land Trust that invest in "carbon offsets" including reforestation, restoration and improved land management
Added: Feb. 06, 2006 | Rate It

Case Studies on Climate Change and World Heritage

http://whc.unesco.org/documents/publi_climatechange.pdf

UNESCO publication which highlights impacts of climate change on World Heritage sites, a global network now comprising 830 natural and cultural properties (pdf)
Added: Apr. 01, 2008 | Rate It

Climate and Conservation

http://www.climateandconservation.org/mediawiki/index.php?title=Main_Page

provides a gateway to the scientific information that exists elsewhere on conservation of biodiversity with regard to global climate change
Added: Apr. 13, 2007 | Rate It

Climate change and forests topic page

http://www.etfrn.org/etfrn/topics/climatechange/

European Tropical Forest Research Network provides relevant information on climate and forests, as well as links to other sites and databases on this topic
Added: Oct. 07, 2003 | Rate It

Climate Change Impacts on Bird Species

http://www.panda.org/about_wwf/what_we_do/climate_change/problems/impacts/species/cc_and_birds/index.cfm

a recent status report compiled for WWF that reviews more than 200 scientific articles, finds a clear and escalating pattern of climate change impacts on bird species around the world, suggesting a trend towards a major bird extinction from global warming (pdf)
Added: Apr. 01, 2008 | Rate It

Climate Change Initiative -- IUCN World Conservation Union

http://cms.iucn.org/about/work/initiatives/about_work_global_ini_clima/index.cfm

6 out of 10 stars (1 vote)

concerned with climate change in relation to the conservation of biodiversity and the sustainable use of natural resources; assists countries in climate change adaptation and mitigation
Added: May. 18, 2001 | Rate It

Clouds on the Horizon: The Congo Basin's Forests and Climate Change

http://www.rainforestfoundationuk.org/files/Global%20Warming%20Low%20PDF.pdf

a report by the Rainforest Foundation UK about emissions from deforestation in the Congo Basin, and the likely impact of increased logging and land conversion in the future (pdf)
Added: Apr. 01, 2008 | Rate It

Extreme Weather: Does Nature Keep Up?

http://assets.panda.org/downloads/extremeweatherreportdoesnaturekeepup.pdf

WWF outlines the major findings of climate change and its impact upon the world's ecosystems and urges major modifications in our energy use and production (pdf)
Added: Apr. 15, 2005 | Rate It

Global Terrestrial Observing System

http://www.fao.org/gtos/

provides policy makers with data they need to detect, quantify, locate and understand changes (especially reductions) in the capacity of terrestrial ecosystems to support sustainable development
Added: Feb. 21, 2001 | Rate It

Global Warming and Wildlife

http://www.nwf.org/globalwarming/

National Wildlife Federation campaign which highlights the serious challenge global warming poses to the world's ecology
Added: Mar. 22, 2002 | Rate It

Great Lakes Communities and Ecosystems at Risk

http://www.ucsusa.org/greatlakes/

10 out of 10 stars (1 vote)

introduction to projected impacts of climate change on the Great Lakes' natural and managed ecosystems, from the Union of Concerned Scientists USA
Added: May. 11, 2003 | Rate It

Impact of a Drier Early–Mid-Holocene Climate upon Amazonian Forests

http://journals.royalsociety.org/content/h8ux8t2x337127h1/fulltext.pdf

report describes the effects of a drier climate 8000 to 4000 years ago on Amazonian forests and the fires that occur there (pdf)
Added: Mar. 03, 2008 | Rate It

No Place to Hide: Effects of Climate Change on Protected Areas

http://assets.panda.org/downloads/wwfparksbro.pdf

1 out of 10 stars (1 vote)

report from WWF which concludes climate change is now taking place impacting protected areas, and that many animals and plants show significant alterations in range or behavior as a result (pdf)
Added: Sep. 09, 2003 | Rate It

Program for Climate, Ecosystem and Fire Applications

http://www.cefa.dri.edu/

provides products and information related to climate, weather, fire and natural resources; a collaboration between the Desert Research Institute and the Bureau of Land Management National Office of Fire and Aviation
Added: Jul. 24, 2003 | Rate It
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