Centro Italiano per la Riqualificazione Fluviale (CIRF) : Italian centre for river Restoration
Fundació Natura : Catalonian Foundation for ecological restoration
Medwet : Wetlands in the Mediterranean
Society for Conservation Biology
Society of Wetland Scientist
River Corridor and Wetland Restoration Program of the US Environmental Protection Office
Environmental Concern Wetlands
North American Lake Management Society (NALMS). Includes an extensive Water Words Glossary
Soil Bioengineering:
Manuale di Ingegneria Naturalistica : Bioengineering manual published by the environmental office of the Lazio Region / Italy
PROGECO : INTERREG project about bioengineering technics in Mediterranean climatic conditions.
European Association for Soil Bioengineering (EFBE)
SUREN NET The Network "Successful Restoration". Handbook Near Natural Restoration of Raw Soils available
Gesellschaft für Ingenieurbiologie e. V : German Bioengineering Association
Verein für Ingenieurbiologie : Swiss Bioengineering Association
Asociacion Española de Ingeniería del Paisaje (AEIP) Spanish Association of Landscape Engineering
Associazione Italiana per la Ingenieria Naturalistica (AIPIN) Italian Bioengineering Association
BIOTEC : A dynamic team passionately fond of ecological design and restoration of watercourses, erosion control and slopes stabilization with soil bioengineerings. This web site includes Bernard Lachat's publications.
European Soil and Water engineering Group: group of companies in the UK, France, Germany, Spain and Sweden
Terra Erosion Control Ltd.: Canadian environmental service company specialized in biotechnical slope stabilization / soil bioengineering solutions to erosion and sediment control, riparian restoration ...... The page includes examples of restoration projects.
Vegetation / Forest management:
IUFRO (International Union of Forest Research Organisations)
MEDFOREX: Valuation, Assessment and Decision Support Tools for the Sustainable Management of Mediterranean Forests
The International Association for Mediterranean Forests
European Forest Institut (EFI)
Forest Genetic Ressources: FAO's web page for the management of forest ressources
Commonwealth Forest Association
Forestry Commission (UK)
Oxford Forest Institute : OFI Annual Reports and other publications
Office National des Forêts (France)
Royal Forest Society
Bundes Forschungs Anstalt für Holzwritschaft: German National Forest Research Center (Silvae Genetica here available)
Wald.de : German foundation for native forest protection and management
Consorci Forestal de Catalunya : Forest Association of Catalonia.
Colegio de Ingenieros de Montes : Spanish Association of Forest Engineers
GENMEDOC network of Mediterranean plant conservation centers from the MEDOCC (Occidental Mediterranean) area. Interreg IIIB project.
Society of American Foresters
USDA Forest Service
Riparian Management Area Guidebook : British Columbia Ministry of Forests/ Canada
Forest for Water
Global Biodiversity Information Facility GBIF
The Flora Bank Web Site: Network of Australian institutions and NGOs that work with native vegetation
Land and Water Australia : Management of nature areas
Birds
European Birds Directive
Bird Life International
Birds as Indicators Initiative
Pro Esteros A.C. mexican association for wetlands protection in the Baja California Peninsula
Fish
Rios con Vida - Asociacion para el Estudio y Mejora de los Salmónidos (Spain)
Genetic Ressources / Native plant seeds / Nurseries
International Seed Testing Association (ISTA)
Woody Plant Seed Manual edited by the USDA Forest Service
Seed Information Database of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Bureau des Ressources Genetiques
European Cooperative Programme for Plant Genetic Resources
EURISCO: European Plant Genetic Resources Search Catalogue with passport data on ex situ collections maintained in Europe
Information System Genetic Ressources GENRES (Germany)
International Plant Propagators Society (IPPS)
Societa Orticola Italiana (SOI): Information about mediterranean vegetation
Royal Horticultural Society (RHS)
Verband deutscher Wildsamen- und Wildpflanzenproduzenten. German Association of wild seeds and wild plants producers
Danida Forest Seed Centre : Forest seed bank of Denmark
Seed Dormancy Bibliography This bibliography database covers material from the world literature on seed dormancy and germination from the 1890's to the present.
Reforestation Nurseries and Genetic Resources. The RNGR Team (USA)
Native Plants Network: Very good information source about native plants propagation. Almost only american species
Plant Conservation Alliance
Greening Australia: Network of nurseries that work with native vegetation in Australia.
Invasive species:
The Global Invasive Species Initiative (GISI) Very active web page! Lots of links
European Alien Species Expertise Registry (DAISIE)
Global Invasive Species Database from the Invasive Species Specialist Goup of the IUCN
Team Arundo del Norte : Network of institutions working with the erradication of Arundo donax
Water:
Water Frame Work Directive
Agences de l'Eau, France
Bundesanstalt für Gewässerkunde German National Water Council
Fundación Nueva Cultura del Agua: Very active spanish NGO in water ressources conservation
Agencia Catalana del Agua Interesting information about the application of the Water Framework Directive in Catalonien
Governmental Institutions
European Union
European Environment Agency
European Topic Centre on Biological Diversity
Inter Active Terminology for Europe (IATE) : before Eurodicautom. Terminology database system in all oficial European languages. Very good when looking for technical terminology translations
Agenzia per la protezione dell'ambiente per i servizi tecnici (APAT) Italian Environment Agency
Ministerio de Medio Ambiente : Spanish Environment Ministry
