Contents:
⇒ International & "biodiplomacy" institutions
⇒ Research
· Key governmental agencies
· Professional associations
· Private sector initiatives
· Private sector consultancies
Also see:
· NGOs listing page, where biodiversity-focused NGOs are highlighted
· Global geography hub for regional international institutions and initiatives on biodiversity
· Countries A>Z for country specific biodiversity information
Key governmental agencies
International Office @ US Fish & Wildlife Service
Research
African Wildlife Economy Institute
· “...critically examines the growing inter-relationships between biodiversity conservation and security."
Centre d’Etudes Biologiques de Chizé (CEBC)
Durrell Insittute of Conservation and Ecology (DICE)
Earth BioGenome Project @ Julie Ann Wrigley Global Futures Laboratory @ Arizona State University
iDiv: German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research
International Bio-logging Society
Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior
· “...Our vision is to understand and predict animal decision-making in the natural world. By
developing and applying emerging technological and analytical approaches, our mission is
to reveal the drivers of behavior across temporal, spatial, organizational, and taxonomic scales.”
Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute (SCBI)
Smithsonian Environmental Research Center (SERC)
Smithsonian Marine Station (SMS)
Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI)
· The Smithsonian Conservation Commons appears to have been absorbed here.
· "At the center of the UN Biodiversity Lab is a partnership between UNDP and UN Environment
to provide high quality data for government representatives. UNDP and UN Environment’s direct
engagement with over 140 governments allows for dynamic updates to the platform based on actual
user needs. Likewise, engagement with 15 technical partners and data providers ensures the provision
of cutting-edge data to take action for sustainable development. The UN Biodiversity Lab is not just
another website; it is a platform for building partnerships among data providers and data users to
ensure that governments have access and capacity to use cutting-edge spatial data to make key
conservation and development decisions."
Professional associations & leadership programs
ℹ️☞ Yale Environmental Professional Associations: Ecology & Wildlife Management
· An extensive and annotated listing
American Society of Mammalogists
International Society for Phylogenetic Nomenclature (ISPN)
Conservation Leadership Programme (CLP)
Private sector initiatives
· “a global coalition that brings together business and conservation organizations and forward-
thinking companies. Together, we demonstrate and amplify a credible business voice on nature
calling for governments to adopt policies to reverse nature loss in this decade. We work with
more than 70 international and national partners and a diverse group of businesses from all
sectors, sizes and geographies. We encourage companies to commit and act to reverse nature
loss, and advocate for greater policy ambition.”
Private sector consultancies
Biodiversity Unlimited Research and Consulting Group
· “Our objective is to create sustainable solutions for a healthy planet and biodiversity by providing our partners
and clients with sound and practical conservation and management of fauna and flora based on rigorous and
objective science and information. Our superior level of engagement and collaboration is focused on exceptional
service and expertise via strategic planning, robust science and research, risk and threat assessments, landscape
planning, sustainability programming, best management practices, biodiversity impact mitigation, inventorying,
and monitoring, capacity-building, policy, training, editorial, and other services.”