Ecology and agroecology

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Official sites and open databases on ecology and agroecology — primary sources, not retellings. The country is shown next to the name.

International organisations and programmes

UNEP — UN Environment ProgrammeKenya
UN Environment Programme: reports, data and conventions
FAO — Food and Agriculture Organization of the UNItaly
Farming, soils, forests and water: UN standards, reports and databases
IPCC — Intergovernmental Panel on Climate ChangeSwitzerland
Assessment reports on the state of the climate and its change
IUCN — International Union for Conservation of NatureSwitzerland
Red List of species, protected areas and conservation standards
IPBES — Intergovernmental Platform on BiodiversityGermany
Global assessments of biodiversity and ecosystem services
UN Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD)Germany
Land degradation, drought and soil restoration
European Environment Agency (EEA)Europe
The state of Europe's environment: indicators, maps and reports

Nature Ecology & EvolutionUnited Kingdom
A leading journal of ecology and evolution
Journal of EcologyUnited Kingdom
Journal of the British Ecological Society: plant ecology
Ecological Society of America (ESA)United States
The journals Ecology and Frontiers in Ecology, conferences of ecologists
Agroecology and Sustainable Food SystemsUnited States
Peer-reviewed journal on agroecology and sustainable food systems
Journal of AgroecologyIran
Peer-reviewed agroecology journal of the Ferdowsi University of Mashhad

FAO Agroecology Knowledge HubItaly
The ten elements of agroecology, practices and FAO publications
CGIARFrance
Global partnership of agricultural research centres
FiBL — Research Institute of Organic AgricultureSwitzerland
Research on organic farming: soils, livestock and climate
Agroecology EuropeBelgium
European agroecology association: forums, publications and a network of practitioners
Rodale InstituteUnited States
Institute of regenerative organic farming: long-term field trials
ISRIC — World Soil InformationNetherlands
World data centre for soils
SoilGridsNetherlands
Global maps of soil properties at 250 m resolution
WoSIS — World Soil Information ServiceNetherlands
Database of standardised soil profiles of the world
FAOSTATItaly
World statistics on agriculture, food, land and emissions
AGRISItaly
FAO search engine for agricultural science and technology

NASA EarthdataUnited States
Open satellite data on Earth: climate, vegetation and water
GBIF — Global Biodiversity Information FacilityDenmark
Species occurrence records from around the world, open access
Copernicus Land Monitoring ServiceEurope
European satellite monitoring of land cover and vegetation
Global Forest WatchUnited States
Maps of the world's forests and forest loss in near real time
UNEP World Environment Situation RoomKenya
UNEP environmental data visualised by country and topic

FAO eLearning AcademyItaly
Free FAO courses: agroecology, soils, climate and food
UN CC:e-LearnSwitzerland
Free UN courses on climate and the environment
Our World in Data — EnvironmentUnited Kingdom
Data and charts on the environmental impact of food and farming

Institute of Geography, Russian Academy of SciencesRussia
Landscape ecology, climate and cryosphere
Severtsov Institute of Ecology and EvolutionRussia
Animal ecology, biodiversity and evolution
Dokuchaev Soil Science InstituteRussia
Russia's main soil institute: soil maps and databases
Ministry of Environment of the Republic of ArmeniaArmenia
Armenia's environmental policy: reports, laws and protected areas
Center for Ecological-Noosphere Studies, NAS RAArmenia
Environmental monitoring and research in Armenia
Library of the Armenian National Agrarian UniversityArmenia
Agronomy, soils and FAOSTAT access for Armenia's farmers

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