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           · Most of the world's 195+ countries are listed on this page, many (eventually all) with a link to a focused country page.  

           · USA has its own section.


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Atmosphere pages

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Oceans, seas & the marine environment pages

Marine environment hub

     General information ~ Marine environment

     Marine geography ~ Oceans & seas

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Freshwater pages

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Ecosystems, ecology & biomes pages

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Land use pages

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          Urban climate change

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     Infrastructure, buildings and the built environment


Ecosystem approach & area-based conservation pages

Ecosystem approach & AbC hub

     Ecosystem approach, including EM, NbS, NCS & EbA

    Ecosystem services & nature's contributions to people (NCPs)

     Community-based conservation (CBC) & OECMs

     Global targets, including 30x30, Half-Earth & Nature Needs Half

     Rewilding & restoration ecology

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          Road ecology

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Biodiversity conservation pages

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         Artificial light at night (ALAN) & light pollution

     Endangered species & extinction

     Migratory species & animal migration

          Convention on Migratory Species (CMS)

          Regional geography

          Timeline of international agreements

          Migratory aquatic species

          Migratory birds

     Biodiplomacy

     Conservation finance

     Sustainable use

          Hunting & angling community

     Bioprospecting

     GMOs & LMOs

     Ex situ conservation

     Animal rights


Life & taxa pages

Life & taxa hub

     Taxonomy, systematics & biogeography

     Main listing

     Plants

          Plant taxa, including cultivated & crop species, varieties & breeds

     Aquatic life

          Freshwater life

          Diadromous life

          Marine life

               Coral & coral reefs

               Sharks

               Marine mammals

                    Whales

     Arthropoda (invertebrates)

          Monarch Butterfly

     Birds

     Mammals

          Bison

          Bears

          Bats

          Primates

          Elephants

          Short-spined Peruvian mongoose


Earth, Wind & Fire

Sitemap

In addition to the Climate change pages (listed to left),

more climate change resources are available

on the following pages:

· Periodicals*

  · Documentary films*

    · NGOs*

      · Journalism, media & press*

        · International, environmental & climate security

          · Refugees, migrants & IDPs

            · Climate change @ Global public health            

              · Env'l and climate indicators & risk assessment

                · Env'l psychology, climate anxiety & nature therapy

                  · Environment, religion & spirituality*

                    · Environmental & climate history

                      · Oceans & climate change

                        · Sea level rise & coastal change

                          · Forests & climate change

                            · Agriculture & climate change

                              · Urban climate change

                                · Ecosystem approach (inc. NbS, NCS & EbA)

                                  · Climate change & biodiversity

                                    · Corals & coral reefs

For place-based climate change information, start at:

          · Continental geography & transboundary regions

            · Countries A>Z

             · USA page on climate change

*climate change resources

  on these pages are highlighted