The European Centre for Nature Conservation is an independent organization working for the conservation and sustainable use of Europe’s nature, biodiversity and landscapes. ECNC stimulates cooperation between science, policy and economy for the sake of biodiversity and people in Europe. It does so by providing sound scientific expertise in support of governmental policies and by promoting the integration of biodiversity considerations into other sectors of society. In its approach, ECNC combines vision with practical approaches and applicable expertise.
EFI is committed to compiling and disseminating forestry information at the European level. Here you find links to databases, information services and download pages.
The International Co-operative Programme on Assessment and Monitoring of Air Pollution Effects on Forests operating under the UNECE Convention on Long-range Transboundary Air Pollution.
A concerted effort is now required to ensure the survival of the useful and potentially useful wild plants of the Mediterranean region.
It is imperative that as much accurate information as possible is collected and disseminated concerning both the plants themselves and the use-related knowledge pertaining to them, both traditional and modern. The collection of this information is an essential prerequisite for the development of programmes for increasing the utilisation of these plants in a sustainable manner. It is to facilitate the achievement of this task that the MEDUSA network was conceived, and the MEDUSA database is being developed
SCNAT Swiss Biodiversity Forum of the Swiss Academy of Sciences
The Forum’s objective is to substantially contribute to the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity. To reach this objective the Biodiversity Forum advocates biodiversity research in Switzerland and makes available up-to-date knowledge on biological diversity to conservation practitioners, policy makers, teachers and the public.
