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the Index to Organism Names
The Index to Organism Names project uses name
data from the resources of BIOSIS and other collaborating
organizations.
Conferences
Meetings & workshops for today's global biologist.
GEOnet Names Server (GNS) GNS provides access to the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency's (NGA) and the US Board on Geographic Names' (US BGN) database of foreign geographic feature names. The database is the official repository of foreign place-name decisions approved by the US BGN
GVM Global 2000 Landcover plant and vegetation distribution maps - available for download after registering
Global 2000 Landcover Global vegetation Monitoring Unit carries out several activities related to Land Cover mapping and monitoring - website includes distribution maps