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IUCN Red Listed Species<br />

Descripti<strong>on</strong>: The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species provides tax<strong>on</strong>omic, c<strong>on</strong>servati<strong>on</strong> status<br />

and distributi<strong>on</strong> informati<strong>on</strong> <strong>on</strong> taxa that have been globally identified as being in risk of extincti<strong>on</strong>.<br />

For more informati<strong>on</strong>: http://www.redlist.org/<br />

IUCN African Elephant Database<br />

Descripti<strong>on</strong>: The African Elephant Database (AED) aims to m<strong>on</strong>itor and report <strong>the</strong> c<strong>on</strong>tinentwide<br />

status of elephant populati<strong>on</strong>s. It is a collaborative effort between c<strong>on</strong>servati<strong>on</strong> agencies<br />

and researchers in <strong>the</strong> 37 states that make up <strong>the</strong> present range of <strong>the</strong> African elephant. For more<br />

informati<strong>on</strong>: http://www.iucn.org/afesg/aed/<br />

African Mammals Databank<br />

Descripti<strong>on</strong>: The African Mammals Databank is a GIS-based databank <strong>on</strong> <strong>the</strong> distributi<strong>on</strong> and<br />

c<strong>on</strong>servati<strong>on</strong> of all <strong>the</strong> big and medium-sized mammals over <strong>the</strong> whole African c<strong>on</strong>tinent. It<br />

was designed to collect, store, organize and pre-analyze data for distributi<strong>on</strong> to instituti<strong>on</strong>s and<br />

individuals worldwide. Its scope is to provide nati<strong>on</strong>al and internati<strong>on</strong>al authorities, organizati<strong>on</strong>s,<br />

and projects with a set of baseline data to be used in <strong>the</strong> analysis and implementati<strong>on</strong> of c<strong>on</strong>servati<strong>on</strong><br />

and management acti<strong>on</strong>s in Africa. For more informati<strong>on</strong>: http://www.gisbau.uniroma1.it/amd.php<br />

World Bird Database (BirdLife Internati<strong>on</strong>al)<br />

Descripti<strong>on</strong>: This is a fully relati<strong>on</strong>al database that covers sites, species and Endemic Bird Areas<br />

around <strong>the</strong> world. The database architecture provides some 120 tables covering in excess of 1,400<br />

data fields. Data are being added c<strong>on</strong>tinually, and certain tables already hold in excess of 250,000<br />

records. It is designed to provide informati<strong>on</strong> and management tools for analyses and reports <strong>on</strong> <strong>the</strong><br />

breadth of its scientific knowledge. For more informati<strong>on</strong>: http://www.birdlife.org/dataz<strong>on</strong>e/<br />

CyberTracker<br />

Descripti<strong>on</strong>: CyberTracker software enables field workers to create <strong>the</strong>ir own data entry template,<br />

or screen sequence, and use it <strong>on</strong> a Windows Mobile PocketPC or PalmOS handheld computer<br />

c<strong>on</strong>nected with a GPS to ga<strong>the</strong>r and map an unlimited amount of data. It is ic<strong>on</strong> driven, which means<br />

field data can be collected by n<strong>on</strong>-literate users. For more informati<strong>on</strong>: http://www.cybertracker.<br />

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Tanzania Bird Atlas<br />

Descripti<strong>on</strong>: A database designed to house informati<strong>on</strong> <strong>on</strong> distributi<strong>on</strong>s, breeding status and<br />

populati<strong>on</strong>s trends of all birds in Tanzania. The database relies <strong>on</strong> volunteers sending in <strong>the</strong>ir<br />

observati<strong>on</strong>s to a central locati<strong>on</strong>. For more informati<strong>on</strong>: http://tanzaniabirdatlas.com<br />

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