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Contents:   BIODIVERSITY VALUE   RARITY & ENDEMISM   CONSERVATION PRIORITY & GAP ANALYSIS   BIOGEOGRAPHY   WORLDMAP SOFTWARE (new demo 24.XI.99)   KEY REFERENCES   PUBLICATIONS   RELATED SITES    Plan of site

GLOBAL BIODIVERSITY VALUE: a map showing the distribution of some of the most highly valued terrestrial biodiversity world-wide (mammals, reptiles, amphibians and seed plants), using family-level data for equal-area grid cells (ref 10), with red for high biodiversity and blue for low biodiversity.     (These pages are best viewed using an SVGA monitor set to a desktop resolution of at least 1024 x 768 pixels in 256 colours.)

The Biogeography & Conservation Lab's research programme is a specific Natural History Museum (NHM) response to the Convention on Biological Diversity and the lab is now an active partner in many national and international biodiversity initiatives. Its mission is to develop and apply appropriate, explicit and accountable methods to tackle problems in biogeography and in biodiversity assessment to meet conservation needs at any spatial scale (it does not provide data). It works in collaboration with the NHM Biodiversity Information Unit to create high quality biodiversity information products and services, tailored to meet the needs of different users, including natural resource managers, conservation planners and biodiversity specialists.

If the Biogeography & Conservation Lab can support your work by providing analytical tools or services for biodiversity conservation, please contact us at the address below to discuss your needs. We would like to enter into collaborative studies with anyone who:

• has large and representative data sets for many areas to explore
• has analytical innovations to develop
• has funds for potential development work and joint enterprises.

Paul Williams worldmap@nhm.ac.uk
Chris Humphries cjh@nhm.ac.uk
Miguel Araújo m.araujo@nhm.ac.uk
Dick Vane-Wright rivw@nhm.ac.uk
Ian Kitching ijk@nhm.ac.uk
David Lees dcl@nhm.ac.uk
Kevin Gaston (associate) k.j.gaston@sheffield.ac.uk

Biogeography & Conservation Lab
The Natural History Museum
Cromwell Road
London SW7 5BD UK