The internet has a huge number of items covering biodiversity. For example, normal search
engines will find over 300,000 items. Many of them deal with government programs or
positions in response to the International Convention. Others offer coverage of local
issues. Some address more general scientific or societal themes. A shortlist of sites from
which to start an exploration of the range of links and information available is: http://www.nhm.ac.uk/science/projects/worldmap/
(British Natural History Museum); http://biodiversity.uno.edu/ (The Biodiversity
and Biological Collections Web Server); http://kaos.erin.gov.au/life/general_info/biodiv_assess.html
(bibliography on biodiversity assessment) and related items http://www.nbii.gov/ (U.S. national biodiversity
information initiative)
Canadian National Collection of Insects, Arachnids and Nematodes on the Web
Information about the Canadian National Collection (CNC) of Insects, Arachnids and
Nematodes has been consolidated on a web site. The site provides information on the roles
and uses of the collection, the history of the collection, the CanaColl Foundation,
curatorial units, and on-site and off-site links. Each curatorial unit section describes
the holdings in the collection and provides links to relevant personnel, publications and
related sites. The site is part of the larger ECORC (Eastern Cereal & Oilseed Research
Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada) site and can be found at http://res.agr.ca/ecorc/cnc/