Urban biodiversity, urban ecology and
urban sustainable environment

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Belgium Databases Inventory of research projects on urban biodiversity and ecology in Belgium (Belnet - Biodiv catalogue) MAMMIBRU - Information system on mammals of the Brussels Region Cities Antwerp - Botanical research in urban biotopes (in Dutch) Brussels - Information from Belgium's First National Report Brussels - IBGE-BIM Environment Agency Espaces verts (in French) or Groene ruimten (in Dutch) State of the Environment  (in French) Brussels - Biodiversité en Région de Bruxelles-Capitale - Article (in French) Brussels - Opération Refuges Naturels des RNOB (in French) Brussels - Atlas des oiseaux nicheurs de Bruxelles (in French) Brussels - Trees of the Brussels Capital Region (in French or Dutch) Brussels - The Sonian Forest (in French or Dutch, short intro in English) Genk - Leefmilieu (in Dutch) Gent - Milieubeleidsplan (in Dutch) Tournai - Environmental service (in French) Visé - Biodiversity network (in French) Education and public-awareness Haute Ecole Ilya Prigogine - Graduat en écologie sociale et urbaine (a 3-year course centered on social and urban ecology) Opération Jeunes Chercheurs (a public-awareness programme for high school students on urban environment issues, from the Free University of Brussels, in French) Prix Paul Duvigneaud de l'éducation permanente à l'éducation à la Nature (annual prizes for nature education. In 2001-2002, the main theme was "nature in cities") Végétalisons un mur de l'école - CRIE de la Vellerie (Mouscron) (a project on the greening of school walls, by the Regional Centre for Environmental Education of Mouscron, in French) Wild Neighbours, animals in the city (an exhibit for children at kindergarten or early primary school, from the Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences) Europe General / regional programmes Aalborg Charter - Charter of European Cities and Towns Towards Sustainability CEROI - Cities Environment Reports on the Internet EuroBionet - European Network for the Assessment of Air Quality by the Use of Bioindicator Plants European Academy of the Urban Environment European Commission - DG Environment's page on urban issues European Environment Agency - Europe's Environment: The Dobris Assessment: 37. Urban stress European Environment Agency - Urban areas - Environment in EU at the turn of the century (Chapter 12) European Sustainable Cities Network ICLEI (International Council for Local Environment Initiatives - European programme) Monitoring biodiversity in urban environments - a Bioplatform e-forum contribution Regional Environmental Centre for Central and Eastern Europe - Sustainable Cities SURBAN - Database on sustainable urban development in Europe UNEP/European Regional Portal - Urban areas Urban forests and trees - EU COST Action E12 Urban Density and Green Structure - EU COST Action C11 URGE - Development of Urban Green Spaces to Improve the Quality of Life in Cities and Urban Regions - Homepage URGE - Development and Management of Green Spaces in European Cities: A comparative analysis WHO/Regional Office for Europe - Healthy cities and urban governance Croatia Ecotourism in the Bilje Municipality Denmark Green Denmark: Green Denmark: Managing for biodiversity - A conference presentation Finland ECOPLAN - Ecology and Urban Planning Urban biodiversity model for urban planning. Abstract from the FIBRE seminar Estrategia de biodiversidad urbana para la naturaleza en Helsinki (Finlandia) - Spanish translation of a paper in English ! Urban Biodiversity Strategy for Nature in Helsinki (English summary of above-mentioned paper) France Espaces - Association pour l'insertion par l'écologie urbaine (in French) La nature en ville. Article by Ph. Clergeau (in French) La Seine-Saint-Denis - Ecologie urbaine (in French) Lille - Maison de la Nature et de l'Environnement (in French) Lille - Nature en ville (France, in French) Lille - Villes et développement durable - Fiche 10 : Lille (in French) Fondation Nicolas Hulot pour la nature et l'homme - Ma ville, ça me regarde (in French) Metz - Cradle of urban ecology  Montreuil - A better way to live with nature in a city (in French) Urban biodiversity - Is there such a thing? Article by Ph. Clergeau Germany Grüne Invasoren - Europäer weltweit am erfolgreichsten in Großstädten (in German) Mauervegetation im Stadtgebiet erhöht die Biodiversität (in German) Stadt Aschaffenburg - Naturschutz: Stadt-Biotopkartierung (in German) Stadt Nürnberg - Umweltamt, Natur- und Baumschutz (in German) Stadtökologische Perspektiven einer europäischen Metropole - das Beispiel Berlin (in German) Wildnis in Berlin (in German) Ireland Natura 2000 and biodiversity in the city (2002 workshop) The Dublin Urban Forum for Sustainable Development Italy UNESCO - The ecosystem approach to urban settlements: 20 years of the "MAB-Rome Project" Poland Give a Hand to Nature - Urban biodiversity in Poland Russia State of the environment in Moscow - vegetation and wildlife Spain Biodiversidad Urbana (in Spanish) Ciudades para un futuro más sostenible (in Spanish) Sweden Integrating biodiversity in urban planning - Article from the 1999 conference "Communication in Urban Planning" in Göteborg Switzerland BUWAL/OFEFP - La nature en ville (in French) - Siedlungsnatur (in German) Genève - La nature en ville (in French) Genève - Gestion des arbres en ville de Genève - Conference abstract (in French) Neuchâtel - Coup d'œil sur la nature en ville de Neuchâtel (in French) Neuchâtel - Nature en Ville (in French) Rehabilitation and use of Botanical Gardens in the South as supports for the knowledge, use and conservation of biodiversity The Netherlands Duurzame Stad (in Dutch) Groene Metropolen / Green Metropolises Research Programme (in English) - (or in Dutch) Groen Wonen Research Project (Alterra, in Dutch) Habiforum - Expertisenetwerk Meervoudig Ruimtegebruik (in Dutch) Natuur en de stad (in Dutch) / Nature and the city (in English) UK BUGS - Biodiversity in Urban Gardens in Sheffield CURE - Centre for Urban and Regional Ecology Devon Biodiversity Action Plan - Cities, towns and villages ECOREGEN - reconnecting people with the land around them Glasgow's wildlife London - London Biodiversity Partnership London - London Wildlife Trust Nottinghamshire Biodiversity Action Group Nottinghamshire Biodiversity Action Plan - Urban Habitat Biodiversity and Brownfields: Building with Wildlife? (2001 workshop) Scottish Wildlife Trust Clyde area branch Scottish Wildlife Trust - Urban greenspace / Nature in the city Southampton City Web - Biodiversity Suffolk Biodiversity Action Plan - Urban habitats Sustainable Cities Research Institute URGENT - Urban Regeneration and the Environment: Biodiversity UK Man and Biosphere Urban Forum Wildlife Trust for Birmingham & Black Country Worcestershire Biodiversity Action Plan - Urban Action Plan International General Best Practices Database in Improving the Living Environment - summaries available free of charge  CEI School Projects - 1) urban biodiversity - 2) urban wildlife Cities for Climate Protection (ICLEI campaign) FAO - Urban and peri-urban agriculture on the policy agenda - virtual conference (2000) FAO - Urban and peri-urban forestry - 11th World Forestry Congress (1997) FAO - Unasylva N°185: Forest influences - Managing forest influences in urban and peri-urban areas FAO - Unasylva N°200: Trees outside forests ICSC - International Centre for Sustainable Cities ICLEI - International Council for Local Environment Initiatives La Ciudad Necesita Espacios Verdes con Mayor Biodiversidad Autóctona - Multimedios Ambiente Ecológico RUAF - Resource centre on Urban Agriculture and Forestry The Urban Climate Network The International Institute for the Urban Environment Trees for the urban millennium - Article from the journal Unasylva (FAO) UFEI - Urban Forest Ecosystems Institute (USA) UNCHS - Urban Environmental Forum (United Nations) UNCHS - The Global Urban Observatory (United Nations) UNEP - Biodiversity Programme (United Nations) UNEP / DTIE - Urban Issues Programme (United Nations) UNEP / UNCHS - Sustainable Cities Programme (United Nations) UNESCO - Man and the Biosphere forum on the Biosphere Reserve Concept & Urban Issues (United Nations) Urban Environmental Management (by the Global Environmental Research Centre) Africa Madagascar Biodiversity and Conservation - Urban areas (MADAGASCAR) Attracting Urban Wildlife - Indigenous plants for Durban (SOUTH AFRICA) Durban Metropolitan Council - Environment issues (SOUTH AFRICA) South Africa's Department of Water Affairs and Forestry - Urban greening (SOUTH AFRICA) The Urban Greening Fund (SOUTH AFRICA) The Swaziland Environment Action Plan - Open spaces in urban environment (SWAZILAND) Asia UN/ECOSOC - Issue paper on urban environment management in Asia and the Pacific Urban greening in Shangai (CHINA) RANWA - Research and Action in Natural Wealth Administration, city of Pune (INDIA) Urban havens: Nero's fiddle? - Article on urban biodiversity in India (INDIA) Megacities Project: Urban greening in Bidara Cina, Jakarta (INDONESIA) Threatened Urban Wildlife (JAPAN, in Japanese) Bangkok - Working Towards a Sustainable City: Urban Greening (THAILAND) Latin America, Caribbean, South America Biodiversity, Poverty and Ecological Urban Agriculture in Latin America Biodiversidad: Herpetofauna de Santa Cruz de la Sierra (BOLIVIA, in Spanish) The Common Vampire Bat in Urban Environments from Southeastern Brazil (BRAZIL) The Last Noah’s Ark  programme on nature conservation - Urban biodiversity (BRAZIL) La transformación en los ecosistemas urbanos (COLOMBIA, in Spanish) El valor de la biodiversidad en la ciudad (COLOMBIA, in Spanish) Sustainable Urban Development in Cuba - Revitalization of el Parque Metropolitano de La Habana (CUBA) Revista Agricultura Urbana (ECUADOR, in Spanish) Medio Ambiente Natural en la Zona Metropolitana (MEXICO, in Spanish)) Biodiversidad, Pobreza y Agricultura Urbana Ecológica (URUGUAY, in Spanish) North America Canada Approches biogéographiques de la nature en ville - Article abstract (in French) Chaire d'étude sur les écosystèmes urbains - UQUAM (in French) Cities feeding people - International Development Research Centre Effects of urbanization on biodiversity in Canada Evergreen Canada Initiative - Bringing nature to our cities Greater Toronto Area Land Use Planning Coalition Institute of Urban Ecology at Douglas College Institute of Urban Ecology - Green Links Project Living with urban wildlife - factsheets of the Canadian Federation of Humane Societies Sustainable Forest Management Research Group - urban ecology research in Vancouver USA Audubon Society of Portland Center for Urban Ecology, Washington DC Center for Urban and Regional Ecology at Georgia Tech (CURE) Citybugs - Entomological diversity in the San Francisco Bay Area Ecological Cities Project Effects on Boston’s Urban Biodiversity (BS Thesis) Environmental Literacy Council - Urban wildlife Insect Conservation in an Urban Biodiversity Hot Spot Metropolitan D.C. Urban Biodiversity Information Node Natural history: Urban Atlanta New Jersey Urban Ecology Program Openlands Project - Urban greening: Supporting Community and School-based Greening Peregrine Watch - Urban nesting peregrines in Ohio Texas Wildscapes - Gardening for wildlife in backyards, schoolyards and corporate parks University of Washington, IGERT Urban Ecology Urban Ecology Institute at Boston College Urban Ecology Research Laboratory at the University of Washington Urban wildlife in Atlanta, Georgia Urban wildlife in Broward County, Florida Urban Wildlife Working Group of The Wildlife Society When Cities Grow Wild - Natural Landscaping from an Urban Planning Perspective Why urban wildlife is important? Undergraduate paper Wild City - Animals in Anchorage (from Anchorage Daily News) Oceania / South Pacific Salisbury Urban Forest Biodiversity Program (AUSTRALIA) South Australia Urban Forest Biodiversity Programme (AUSTRALIA) South Australia Urban Forest Biodiversity Program - Adelaide (AUSTRALIA) Urban bushland in New South Wales (AUSTRALIA) Landcare research - Social aspects of ecosystem restoration (NEW ZEALAND) New Zealand Ecological Restoration Network (NEW ZEALAND) Waitakere Eco-city Strategy (NEW ZEALAND)

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