The World Conservation Monitoring Centre provides information services on conservation and sustainable use of the world's living resources, and helps others to develop information systems of their own.

        Conservation Databases

        WCMC maintains a large and varied collection of databases concerning nature conservation, developed in collaboration with a range of partners. It is beginning the process of making this information available through the Internet with this collection of links.

        bullet Species
        Databases on the world's threatened animals and plants, including access to the 1996 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals and the 1997 IUCN Red List of Threatened Plants
        bullet Protected Areas
        This link includes the 1993 UN List of National Parks and Protected Areas and other information
        bullet Forest
        Maps and statistics on the world's forests
        bullet Marine
        Maps and statistics on the world's marine and coastal resources
        bullet National Biodiversity Profiles
        Facts and figures on the state of biological diversity for a number of countries
        bullet WCMC Library Catalogue

        For further information please write to:
        Information Officer, World Conservation Monitoring Centre, 219 Huntingdon Road, Cambridge CB3 0DL, United Kingdom. Tel: +44 1223 277314; Fax: +44 1223 277136.
        Email: info@wcmc.org.uk
        Document URL: http:// www.wcmc.org.uk /cis/index.html
        Revision date: 9-November-1997
        Current date: 5-April-1998
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