Biomedical, Forestry, and Module Info

Biomedical Beat
From the National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIH), this site says it’s “a monthly digest of research news from NIGMS.” A site with articles, news and images about biomedical research. Another handy site for keeping up with developments in the field.

Forest Encyclopedia Network
Information about Southern forests in the United States. Easy to use, with multiple hyperlinks to definitions of terms which makes it useful for scientists and non-scientists.

Science @ a Distance: e-Learning Modules
Some good information on basic science concepts; however, these are not modules in the Web 2.0 sense of the world. Instead, they are lessons presented in multiple pages of text with links to lessons and other keypoints.

Report of Global Forest Partnership

From The Scout Report, Copyright Internet Scout Project 1994-2008. http://scout.wisc.edu/

“The World Bank asked the International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED) to convene a group of key stakeholders in order to consider this question. Over 600 forest experts responded to IIED’s survey or participated in focus groups in Brazil, China, Ghana, and Russia. “

This report is now available in summary and full report form on the Global Forest Partnership website. An interesting look at trying to create a truly global partnership for protecting the world’s forests. It will be interesting to keep an eye on what transpires.

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