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ACAP: Asian Conservation Awareness Programme: An international education campaign, which seeks to raise awareness of endangered species in order to reduce the demand for luxury foods, medicines, trophies, and tourist souvenirs that contribute to the demise in populations. Statistical details, and information about the threats and trade in body parts are provided on specific creatures, including tigers, bears, marine turtles, rhinos, and elephants. There is also a section on Chinese Medicine, as well as news articles, and related links.
Author: WildAid/ACAP
Subjects: endangered species
DeweyClass: 578.68
Resource type: essays
Audubon Online: Society which organises national campaigns, bird conservation initiatives, educational programs, and workshops. Includes profiles of various bird species, a selection of publications and special projects, news, details of local Audubon societies throughout America, and legal information. Membership details are included.
Author: National Audubon Society
Subjects: birds, endangered species
DeweyClass: 598
Resource type: institution
Bats Bats Everywhere: A resource designed for children aiming to encourage them to help protect the species.
Author: Bats4Kids
Subjects: bats, endangered species
DeweyClass: 599.4
Resource type: directory
David Shepherd Conservation Foundation: Various conservation projects undertaken by the Foundation are outlined, including Operation Khao Yai in Thailand, and the Snow Leopard in Mongolia. Fact sheets on tigers, the African elephant and rhinos are available, which provide details of characteristics, population, diet, and the current threats to the species.
Author: David Shepherd Conservation Foundation
Subjects: endangered species
DeweyClass: 578.68
Resource type: essays
IUCN Red List of Threatened Species: Database of species threatened with extinction. Searches can be limited by geographical location and/or red list category (includes extinct, endangered, vulnerable). Also features a set of summary statistics, and listings of habitat and threat types.
Author: International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources
Subjects: endangered species
DeweyClass: 578.68
Resource type: reference documents
Natural History Notebooks: Factual information on a range of animal species, describing the diet, habitat, and reproductive cycle of each. Users can browse by class, selecting from mammals, birds, fish, reptiles, amphibians, invertebrates, endangered or extinct, and prehistoric, within which specific species are listed alphabetically. An interactive map provides an alternative mode of access. Content is offered in English and French.
Author: Canadian Museum of Nature
Subjects: amphibians, birds, dinosaurs, endangered species, fish, mammals, reptiles, zoology
DeweyClass: 590
Resource type: documents, images
Satellite Tracking of Threatened Species: Offers information on the use of satellite tracking to monitor the migration routes of endangered wildlife. Focusing on birds, graphical illustrations of example flight paths in North America, South America, Eurasia, and Africa are provided.
Author: NASA and Goddard Space Flight Center
Subjects: birds, endangered species
DeweyClass: 578.68
Resource type: documents, images
Threatened Species: Distribution, population, and conservation information about endangered species such as the elephant, bonobo, brown bear, chimpanzee, giant panda, rhinoceros, tiger, and orangutan. Threats to the survival of each species are documented, together with details of research activities, legal status, and captive breeding.
Author: World Wide Fund for Nature
Subjects: endangered species
DeweyClass: 578.68
Resource type: documents, images