“biodiversity” vols. I and II (1988,1997) edited by e.o.wilson and others (see: Consilience). available online

• biodiversity I > http://www.nap.edu/books/0309037395/html/
• biodiversity II > http://www.nap.edu/books/0309052270/html/

biodiversity hotspots » http://www.biodiversityhotspots.org/

projects

• http://www.mycodiversity.org/
• wikiseedia seedbank
  • http://www.wikiseedia.com/
  • http://www.worldchanging.com/archives/006588.html

• 6th mass extinction: http://www.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=dn4797

see also; Ecologic