BIODIVERSITY, BIODIVERSITY STUDIES AND CONSERVATION

WEBSITES

Alien Species In Hawaii
http://hear.org/AlienSpeciesInHawaii/index.htm

Biodiversity Action Network
http://www.access.digex.net/~bionet/index.html

Biodiversity and Conservation:
A Hypertext Book by Peter J. Bryant
http://darwin.bio.uci.edu/~sustain/bio65/Tutlepage.htm

Convention on Biological Diversity
http://www.biodiv.org
http://www.unep.ch/biodiv.html

EcoNet's Understanding of Biodiversity at Home
http://www.ig.apc.org/biodiv/index.html

Encyclopedia of Biodiversity
http://www.academicpress.com/ecology

Hawai`i Biological Survey - Bishop Museum
http://www.bishop.hawaii.org/bishop/HBS

Plants as Teachers, Traditional Wisdom and Rainforest Conservation Strategies
http://www.hookele.com/experientials

Rainforest Action Network
http://www.ran.org

Rainforest Alliance
http://www.rainforest-alliance.org

Terralingua
http://www.terralingua.org

World Bank - Biodiversity
http://www.worldbank.org/biodiversity

World Rainforest Movement
http://www.wrm.org

JOURNALS

Amazoniana QH98 .A53
Biodiversity and Conservation
Biotropica QH84.5 .B56
Diversity SB123.3 .D58
Journal of Biogeography QH84 .J68
Journal of Tropical Ecology QH540 .J63
Journal of Tropical Forest Science SD247 .J67
Journal of Tropical Forestry SD247 .J68
Tropical Biodiversity QH84.5 .T82
Tropical Ecology QH540 .T7
Tropical Forestry Papers SD434 .F33
Tropical Science S3 .T7
Tropinet QH84.5 .T86
Wallaceana QH540 .W35

BOOKS

Balick, Michael J., Elaine Elisabetsky, and Sarah A. Laird, eds., 1996, Medicinal Resources of the Tropical Forest: Biodiversity and its Importance to Human Health, New York, NY: Columbia University Press.

Barbier, Edward B., Joanne C. Burgess, and Carl Folke, 1994, Paradise Lost?: The Ecological Economics of Biodiversity, Washington, D.C.: Island Press/Earthscan.

Baumann, M., J. Bell, F. Koechin, M. Pimbert, 1996, The Life Industry: Biodiversity, People and Profits, London, UK: International Technology Publications.

Blockhus, J.M., M. Dillenbeck, J.A. Sayer, and P. Wegge, eds., 1992, Conserving Biodiversity in Managed Tropical Forests, Gland, Switzerland: International Union for the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources.

Brush, Stephen B., and Doreen Stabinsky, eds., 1996, Valuing Local Knowledge: Indigenous People and Intellectual Property Rights, Washington, D.C.: Island Press.

Busch, Lawrence, et. al., 1995, Making Nature, Shaping Culture: Plant Biodiversity in Global Context, Lincoln, NE: University of Nebraska Press.

Cracraft, Joel, and Francesca T. Grifo, 1999, The Living Planet: Biodiversity Science and Policy in Crisis, New York, NY: Columbia University Press.

Dobson, A.P., 1995, Conservation and Biodiversity, San Francisco, CA: W.H. Freeman & Co.

Furze, B., T. de Lacy, and J. Birckhead, eds., 1996, Culture, Conservation and Biodiversity: The Social Dimension of Linking Local Level Development and Conservation through Protected Areas, Chichester, UK: Wiley.

Goodland, Robert, ed., 1990, Race to Save the Tropics: Ecology and Economics for a Sustainable Future, Washington, D.C.: Island Press.

Gray, Andrew, 1991, Between the Spice of Life and the Melting Pot: Biodiversity Conservation and its Impact on Indigenous Peoples, Copenhagen, Denmark: International Work Group for Indigenous Affairs Document No. 70

Grifo, Francesca, and Joshua Rosenthal, eds., 1996, Biodiversity and Human Health, Washington, D.C.: Island Press.

Grumbine, R. Edward, ed., 1994, Environmental Policy and Biodiversity, Washington, D.C.: Island Press.

Halladay, P., and D.A. Gilmour, eds., 1995, Conserving Biodiversity Outside Protected Areas: The Role of Traditional Agro-Ecosystems, Gland, Switzerland: International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources.

Hamilton, Larwence S., ed., 1993, Ethics, Religion and Biodiversity: Relations Between Conservation and Cultural Values, Cambridge, UK: Whitehorse Press.

Harris, Larry D., 1984, The Fragmented Forest: Island Biogeography Theory and the Preservation of Biotic Diversity, Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press.

Heyer, W. Ronald, Maureen A. Donnelly, Roy W. McDiarmid, Lee-Ann C. Hayek, and Mercedes S. Foster, 1994, Measuring and Monitoring Biological Diversity: Standard Methods for Amphibians, Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press.

Heywood, V.H., Executive Editor, 1995, Global Biodiversity Assessment, New York, NY: Cambridge University Press/UNEP.

Huston, Michael A., 1994, Biological Diversity: The Coexistence of Species and Changing Landscapes, New York, NY: Cambridge University Press.

International Union for the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources, 1997, Indigenous Peoples and Sustainability: Cases and Actions, Utrecht, The Netherlands: International Books.

Kaufman, Les, and Kenneth Mallory, eds., 1993, The Last Extinction, Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.

Kellert, Stephen R., 1996, The Value of Life: Biological Diversity and Human Society, Washington, D.C.: Island Press.

_____, and Edward O. Wilson, eds., 1993, The Biophilia Hypothesis, Washington, D.C.: Island Press.

Levin, Simon Asher, Editor-in-Chief, 2001, Encyclopedia of Biodiversity, San Diego, CA: Academic Press, volumes 1-5.

Maffi, Luisa, ed., 2001, On Biocultural Diversity: Linking Language, Knowledge, and Environment, Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press.

Magurran, Anne E., 1988, Ecological Diversity and Its Measurement, Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press.

Martin, Gary J., 1995, Ethnobotany: A Methods Manual, New York, NY: Chapman and Hall.

McNeely, Jeffrey A., ed., 1995, Expanding Partnerships in Conservation, Washington, D.C.: Island Press.

McNeely, Jeffrey A., et al., 1990, Conserving the World’s Biological Diversity, Washington, D.C.: World Resources Institute.

McNeely, Jeffrey A., and Sunthad Somchevita, eds., 1996, Biodiversity in Asia: Challenges and Opportunities for the Scientific Community, Bangkok, Thailand: Ministry of Science, Technology and Environment, Office of Environmental Policy and Planning.

Minnis, Paul E., and Wayne J. Elisens, eds., 2000, Biodiversity and Native America, Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press.

National Research Council, 1980, Research Priorities in Tropical Biology, Washington, D.C.: National Academy of Sciences.

_____, 1982, Ecological Aspects of Development in the Humid Tropics, Washington, D.C.: National Academy Press.

_____, 1992, Conserving Biodiversity: A Research Agenda for Development Agencies, Washington, D.C.: National Academy of Sciences.

Nazarea, V.D., 1998, Cultural Memory and Biodiversity, Tucson, AZ: University of Arizona Press.

Norton, Bryan G., ed., 1986, The Preservation of Species: The Value of Biological Diversity, Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press.

Oldfield, Margery L., 1984, The Value of Conserving Genetic Resources, Sunderland, MA: Sinauer Associates, Inc.

Oldfield, Margery L., and Janis B. Alcorn, eds., 1991, Biodiversity, Culture, Conservation and Development, Boulder, CO: Westview Press.

Pearce, David, and Dominic Moran, 1994, The Economic Value of Biodiversity, Washington, D.C.: Island Press/Earthscan.

Pei, Shengii, and Percy Sajise, eds., 1995, Regional Study on Biodiversity: Concepts, Frameworks, and Methods, Kunming, China: Yunnan University Press.

Peters, Robert L., and Thomas E. Lovejoy, eds., 1992, Global Warming and Biological Diversity, New Haven, CT: Yale University Press.

Pimm, Stuart L., 1991, The Balance of Nature? Ecological Issues in the Conservation of Species and Cummunities, Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press.

Plotkin, Mark, and L. Famolare, eds., 1992, Sustainable Harvesting and Marketing of Rain Forest Products, Washington, D.C.: Island Press.

Poole, Peter, 1995, Indigenous Mapping and Biodiversity Conservation: An Analysis of Current Activities and Opportunities for Applying Geomatic Technologies, Landover, M.D.: Corporate Press.

Posey, Darrell Addison, et al., eds., 1999, Cultural and Spiritual Values of Biodiversity, London, UK: Intermeditae Technology Publishers/UNEP.

Ramakrishnan. P.S., K.G. Saxena, and U.M. Chandrashekara, eds., 1998, Conserving the Sacred for Biodiversity Management, Enfield, NH: Science Publishers, Inc.

Reaka-Kudla, Marjorie L., Don E. Wilson, and Edward O. Wilson, eds., 1997, Biodiversity II: Understanding and Protecting Our Biological Resources, Washington, D.C.: John Henry Press.

Redford, Kent H., and Jane A. Mansour, eds., 1996, Traditional Peoples and Biodiversity Conservation in Large Tropical Landscapes, Washington, D.C.: Island Press.

Reid, Walter V., et al., 1993, Biodiversity Prospecting: Using Genetic Resources for Sustainable Development, Washington, D.C.: World Resources Institute.

Reska-Kudla, Marjorie L., Don E. Wilson, and Edward O. Wilson, eds., 1997, Biodiversity II: Understanding and Protecting Our Biological Resources, Washington, D.C.: John Henry Press.

Saunier, Richard E., and Richard A. Meganck, eds., 1995, Conservation of Biodiversity and the New Regional Planning, Washington, D.C.: Organization of American States and International Union for the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources.

Sayre, Roger, 2000, Nature in Focus: Rapid Ecological Assessment, Washington, D.C.: Island Press.

Shiva, Vandana, 1993, Monocultures of the Mind: Perspectives on Biodiversity and Biotechnology, Atlantic Highlands, NJ: Zed Books.

_____, 1997, Biopiracy: The Plunder of Nature and Knowledge, Boston, MA: South End Press.

Shiva, Vandana, et al., 1991, Biodiversity: Social and Ecological Perspectives, Atlantic Highlands, NJ: Zed Books.

Smith, Nigel J.H., et al., 1992, Tropical Forests and their Crops, Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press.

Soule, Michael E., and Kathryn A. Kohm, eds., 1989, Research Priorities for Conservation Biology, Washington, D.C.: Island Press.

Sponsel, Leslie E., Thomas N. Headland, and Robert C. Bailey, eds., 1996, Tropical Deforestation: The Human Dimension, New York, NY: Columbia University Press.

Stevens, Stan, 1997, Conservation Through Cultural Survival: Indigenous Peoples and Protected Areas, Washington, D.C.: Island Press.

Swanson, Timothy, 1997, Implementing the Biodiversity Convention, Washington, D.C.: Island Press/Earthscan.

Takacs, David, 1996, The Idea of Biodiversity: Philosophies of Paradise, Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press.

U.S. National Research Council, 1992, Conserving Biodiversity: A Research Agenda for Development Agencies, Washington, D.C.: National Academy Press.

Vandemreer, John, and I. Perfecto, 1995, Breakfast of Biodiversity: The Truth About Rain Forest Destruction, Oakland, CA: Institute for Food and Development Policy.

Wilson, Don E., F. Russell Cole, James D. Nichols, Rasanayagam Rudran, and Mercedes S. Foster, eds., 1996, Measuring and Monitoring Biological Diversity: Standard Methods for Mammals, Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press.

Wilson, E.O., 1984, Biophilia, Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press.

_____, 1992, The Diversity of Life, Cambridge, MA: Belknap/Harvard University Press.

Wilson, E.O., and F.M. Peter, eds., 1988, Biodiversity, Washington, D.C.: National Academy Press.

World Resources Institute, 1992, Global Biodiversity Strategy, Washington, D.C.: World Resources Institute.

Zimmerer, Karl S., 1996, Changing Fortunes: Biodiversity and PEasant Livelihood in the Peruvian Andes, Berkeley, CA: University of California Press.