Communication, Education & Public Awareness

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ActionBioscience.org

www.actionbioscience.org
ActionBioscience.org is a non-commercial, educational web site created to promote bioscience literacy.
Subject(s): Communication, Education and Public Awareness

ASEAN Centre for Biodiversity

www.aseanbiodiversity.org
The ASEAN Centre for Biodiversity (ACB) is ASEAN’s response to the challenge of biodiversity loss. It is an intergovernmental regional centre of excellence that facilitates cooperation and coordination among the ten ASEAN Member States and with relevant national governments and regional and international organizations on the conservation and sustainable use of biological diversity, as well as the fair and equitable sharing of benefits arising from the use of such natural treasures.
Subject(s): Communication, Education and Public Awareness; Strategic Plan / Biodiversity Targets; International Year of Biodiversity - 2010; Clearing-House Mechanism; Exchange of Information; United Nations Decade on Biodiversity - 2011-2020

Biodiversity Education Network

www.bioednet.org
The Biodiversity Education Network is a project of The Tides Center, a nonprofit 501(c)(3) public charity organization. The Network's mission is to advance biodiversity education and awareness through collaboration, networking, and capacity building. It serves as a forum for the development and delivery of quality biodiversity education and awareness programs. Led by national and international organizations who are recognized leaders in biodiversity education and communication, the Biodiversity Education Network has become a valued resource for over 100 local, regional, national, and international organizations seeking to promote, enhance, or improve their existing biodiversity education programs.
Subject(s): Communication, Education and Public Awareness

Canadian Museum of Nature - Global Biodiversity Bulletin

www.nature.ca/en/home
Global Biodiversity bulletin bridged the gaps between professional disciplines and the public. This quarterly bulletin served as an international forum for news and views on biological diversity
Subject(s): Communication, Education and Public Awareness

Commission on Education and Communication

www.iucn.org/about/union/commissions/cec
This site is about how to interest and motivate people for the environment and sustainable development. It is about how learning is supported and guided. The material and experience presented draws on the IUCN Commission on Education and Communication's work, the work of its members and partners.
Subject(s): Communication, Education and Public Awareness

Environmental Education and Training Opportunities

www.unep.org/Training
This is an electronic version of the extensively revised and up-dated UNEP Directory ET Worldwide, which gives a listing of environmental education and training (EEandT) opportunities around the world, as well as information on financial assistance for environmental studies abroad
Subject(s): Communication, Education and Public Awareness

Environmental Education Network

www.envirolink.org
The Environmental Education Network (EEN) is a collaborative effort among educators, the EnviroLink Network and the environmental community to bring environmental education on-line and into a multimedia format
Subject(s): Communication, Education and Public Awareness

European Environmental Education

www.eeeprojects.net/index.php?modus3_themen_id=3
   &modus=3
The eee - european environmental education initiative - is designed to heighten public awareness of environmental issues and hence to increase sensitivity to the environment in Europe.
Subject(s): Communication, Education and Public Awareness

Natural History Museum of London

www.nhm.ac.uk
The Natural History Museum is one of three large museums on Exhibition Road, South Kensington, London (the others are the Science Museum, and the Victoria and Albert Museum). Its main frontage is on Cromwell Road. The museum is a non-departmental public body sponsored by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport.
The museum is home to life and earth science specimens comprising some 70 million items within five main collections: Botany, Entomology, Mineralogy, Palaeontology and Zoology. The museum is a world-renowned centre of research, specialising in taxonomy, identification and conservation. Given the age of the institution, many of the collections have great historical as well as scientific value, such as specimens collected by Darwin. The Natural History Museum Library contains extensive book, journal, manuscript, and artwork collections linked to the work and research of the scientific departments.
Find out more at: www.decadeonbiodiversity.net
Subject(s): Communication, Education and Public Awareness; Global Taxonomy Initiative; International Year of Biodiversity - 2010; International Day for Biological Diversity; United Nations Decade on Biodiversity - 2011-2020

Ocean Classroom Foundation

www.oceanclassroom.org
Ocean Classroom Foundation is an educational organization that provides programs of sea education and adventure for the youth of America aboard boats. Foundation is a leader in experiential education, with award-winning programs sailing from the Canadian Maritimes to the Caribbean Sea.
Subject(s): Communication, Education and Public Awareness; Marine and Coastal Biodiversity

Regional Environmental Education Programme

www.sadc-reep.org.za
The purpose of the Regional Environmental Education (EE) Programme is to enable environmental education practitioners in the SADC region to strengthen environmental education processes for equitable and sustainable environmental management choices. This will be achieved through enhanced and strengthened environmental education policy, networking, resource materials and training capacity.
Subject(s): Communication, Education and Public Awareness

Society of Environmental Journalists

www.sej.org
Environmental journalism homepage is the online home of the Society of Environmental Journalists, which purpose is to enable journalists to better inform the public about critical issues concerning the environment
Subject(s): Communication, Education and Public Awareness

The Equator Initiative

www.equatorinitiative.org
The Equator Initiative is a partnership that brings together the United Nations, governments, civil society, businesses, and grassroots organizations to build the capacity and raise the profile of local efforts to reduce poverty through the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity.
Subject(s): Communication, Education and Public Awareness; Biodiversity for Development; Sustainable Development / Millenium Development Goals

THE WORLD OCEAN OBSERVATORY

www.thew2o.net
THE WORLD OCEAN OBSERVATORY is an Internet-based place of exchange for ocean information, educational services, and public discourse about the ocean defined as an "integrated, global, social system," thereby relating the ocean to climate, biodiversity, fresh water, food, energy, human health, trade, transportation, policy, governance, finance, coastal development, and cultural traditions.
Subject(s): Communication, Education and Public Awareness; Marine and Coastal Biodiversity; Clearing-House Mechanism

United Nations Environment Programme, Children and Youth

www.unep.org/children_youth
UNEP started developing activities for young people in 1985, the International Youth Year. Since then, it has developed networks and many environmental information materials (publications) for young people. UNEP also organizes regular conferences for children (10-15 years) and youth (16-25 years).
Subject(s): Communication, Education and Public Awareness

Web server of the Service of Biosafety and Biotechnology

biosafety.ihe.be
The Belgian Biosafety Server is the Web server of the Service of Biosafety and Biotechnology (SBB) and hosted by the federal Scientific Institute of Public Health under aegis of the Ministry for Consumer Protection, Public Health and Environment
Subject(s): Communication, Education and Public Awareness

YesWorld

www.yesworld.org
Founded in 1990 by two teenagers, YES! is a nonprofit organization that connects, inspires and collaborates with young changemakers in building thriving, just and sustainable ways of life for all. Our three program areas are global leadership Jams, on-going support networks, and resources & communications. We work at the meeting point of internal, interpersonal, and systemic transformation.
Subject(s): Communication, Education and Public Awareness