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Biodiversity related databases

The Marshall Islands - An Electronic Library & Archive of Primary Sources, includes reports on environmental issues, biodiversity. The resource created an maintained by Dirk H.R. Spennemann

GBIF - global biodiversity information facility

OBIS - Ocean Biogeographic Information System

Global invasive species database

Fishbase - global information sytem on fishes

LarvalBase - global information sytem on fish larvae

CephBase - global information system on cephalopods

ReefBase - global information system on coral reefs

Cetacea - global information system on whales, dolphins and porpoises

AlgaeBase - global information system on algae

TreeBase - a database of phylogenetic knowledge

The Tree of Life - a collaborative Internet project containing information about phylogeny and biodiversity

Seemounts Online - an online information system for seamount biology

Marshall Islands on UN SYSTEM-WIDE EARTHWATCH website

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Institutes, individuals, organizations and information systems relevant to Marshall Islands

NRAS - NRAS is working in the Marshall Islands where it carries out underwater surveys of several atolls

Digital Micronesia - information about the people & environment of Micronesia. Gateway created an maintained by Dirk H.R. Spennemann

Colledge of the Marshall Islands

ICRAN - International Coral Reef Action Network ICRAN is a global partnership of coral reef experts who are working to halt and reverse the decline of the health of the world's coral reefs

Small Island Developing States Network the global network for small island developing States service provided by the UN DESA

Pacific Biodiversity Information Forum The Pacific Biodiversity information Forum (PBIF) is a consortium of biodiversity information initiatives in the Pacific Region.

SPREP - South Pacific Regional Environment Programme - SPREP is a regional organisation established by the governments and administrations of the Pacific region to look after its environment

Hawaiian Ecosystems at Risk Project (HEAR) - provides technology, methods, and information to decision-makers, resource managers, and the general public to help support effective science-based management of harmful non-native species in Hawaii and the Pacific. A lot of information on invasive species.

IUCN -International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources

Institute of Pacific Islands Forestry -Pacific Island Ecosystems at Risk

FAO -Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre