Plant Links

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1. United Kingdom

   
   
   • ConservationEvidence.com - Sharing conservation experience
     This website collates information on the effectiveness of conservation practice.
     http://www.conservationevidence.com


• Countryside Council for Wales
  http://www.ccw.gov.uk/


• English Nature
  http://www.english-nature.org.uk/


• Environment and Heritage Service
  http://www.ehsni.gov.uk


• Garden Organic Web site for HDRA
  The HDRA is the national charity for organic growing.
  http://www.gardenorganic.org.uk


• Global Taxonomic Initiative National Focal Point
  http://www.nhm.ac.uk/research-curation/biodiversity-museum/global-taxonomic-initiative/index.html


• JNCC UK Joint Nature Conservation Committee
  http://www.jncc.gov.uk


• Millennium Seed Bank Project - Kew
  The Millennium Seed Bank Project is the largest ex situ conservation project ever conceived.
  http://www.kew.org/msbp/


• Natural History Museum London
  http://www.nhm.ac.uk


• NERC Natural Environment Research Council
  http://www.nerc.ac.uk


• Plantlife International
  The conservation charity working to protect wild plants and fungi in the UK and across the world.
  http://www.plantlife.org.uk


• Plantnetwork
  Plant collections network of Britain and Ireland.
  http://www.plantnetwork.org


• Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh
  http://www.rbge.org.uk


• Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
  http://www.rbgkew.org.uk


• Royal Horticultural Society
  http://www.rhs.org.uk


• Scottish natural Heritage
  http://www.snh.org.uk


• Soil Association
  Leading environmental charity promoting sustainable, organic farming
  http://www.soilassociation.org/web/sa/saweb.nsf?Open


• UK Plant Genetic Resources (PGR) Group
  http://ukpgrg.org


• University of Birmingham - School of Biosciences
  Research in the School of Biosciences.
  http://www.biosciences.bham.ac.uk/research/research.htm


• University of Reading, School of Agriculture
  School of Agriculture, Policy and Development
  http://www.reading.ac.uk/apd/about/apd-aboutagriculture.asp



2. European

   
   
   • EPGRIS European Plant Genetic Resources Information Infra-Structure
     http://www.ecpgr.cgiar.org/epgris/


• Euro+Med Plantbase
  Information resource for euro-mediterranean plant diversity
  http://www.euromed.org.uk


• European Community Access and Benefits Sharing Portal
  http://abs.eea.eu.int


• European Cultivated Potato Database
  http://www.europotato.org


• http://eurisco.ecpgr.org
  Search Catalogue for ex situ collections.
  http://EURISCO European Plant Genetic Resources


• PGR Forum
  http://www.pgrforum.org


• Planta Europa
  Conservation of wild plants in Europe and their habitats
  http://www.plantaeuropa.org


• SEBI2010 Streamlining European Biodiversity Indicators
  http://biodiversity-chm.eea.eu.int/information/indicator/F1090245995


• The European Native Seed Conservation Network (ENSCONET)
  http://www.ensconet.com

3. International

   
   
   • DIVA GIS
     A free and open source geographic information system (GIS) for the analysis of biodiversity data.
     http://diva.riu.cip.cgiar.org/index.php


• FAO Food and Agricultural Organisation of the United Nations
  http://www.fao.org


• GBIF Global Biodiversity Information Facility
  http://www.gbif.org


• GEF - The Global Environment Facility
  Helps developing countries fund projects and programs that protect the global environment.
  http://www.gefweb.org


• Global Plan of Action for the Conservation and Sustainable Utilization of PGRFA
  http://www.fao.org/ag/AGP/AGPS/GpaEN/gpatoc.htm


• GRAIN Genetic Resources Action International
  http://www.grain.org


• GRIN USDA Agricultural Research
  Service Genetic Resources Information Network.
  http://www.ars-grin.gov/npgs/acc/acc_queries.html


• International Seed Testing Association
  http://www.seedtest.org


• Internet Directory for Botany
  http://www.botany.net/IDB


• IPGRI International Plant Genetic Resources Institute
  http://www.cgiar.org/ipgri/


• IUCN World Conservation Union
  http://www.iucn.org/


• Mansfeld?s World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops
  http://mansfeld.ipk-gatersleben.de/Mansfeld/


• Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database
  A useful for range of common names used worldwide.
  http://www.plantnames.unimelb.edu.au


• Rural Advancement Foundation International (RAFI)
  http://www.rafi.org


• SINGER System-wide Information Network for Genetic Resources
  http://www.cgiar.org/singer


• Species 2000 Baseline dataset for studies of global biodiversity
  http://www.sp2000.org


• The Commission on Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture
  http://www.fao.org/ag/cgrfa/


• UNEP United Nations Environment Programme
  http://www.unep.unep.org


• UPOV Union for the Protection of New Varieties of Plant
  http://www.upov.int


• WCMC World Conservation Monitoring Centre
  http://www.wcmw.org.uk


• WIEWS World Information and Early Warning System on Plant Genetic Resources
  http://www.fao.org/ag/agp/pgr/wiews/


• WWF World Wide Fund For Nature
  http://www.wwf.org