Biodiversity Management

The Biodiversity Heritage Library improves research methodology by collaboratively making biodiversity literature openly available to the world as part of a global biodiversity community.

Online copy of the Encyclopedia of Biodiversirty

Search for up to date information about NZ plants. Produced jointly bu Landcare Research, Te Papa and NIWA

An extensive database of identification tools for algae, fungi, plants, ecosystems, invertebrates & other animals

Portal for investigating Land Cover information in Aotearoa New Zealand from Landcare Research/Manaaki Whenua)

Online Life Sciences Encyclopedia

A searchable encyclopaedia of New Zealand birds. Contains detailed information on all 457 species.

A list of New Zealand legislation relevant to Biodiversity, Biosecurity, Land Protection, Conservation etc.

The New Zealand Native Orchid Group is made up of enthusiasts from around New Zealand. This website includes a species identification tool and access to the "New Zealand Native Orchid Journal"

The New Zealand Threat Classification (NZTCS) is a national system used to assess the conservation status of species found in the wild in Aotearoa New Zealand

The 2022 manual provides guidelines on how to use the New Zealand Threat Classification System, and outlines the processes by which candidate taxa and informal entities are listed.

Find links to identification guides, classification systems, databases, regulations, and other resources to help your research on biodiversity in New Zealand.

A database of common New Zealand weeds.

The WFO Plant List is a working list of all known plant species, but differs in that it is curated by the international taxonomic community

Details of six biodiversity-related strategies that Auckland Council is abiding by.

Information from Auckland Council's environment teams, including biodiversity and biosecurity.

Geospatial maps for the Auckland region. Add map layers to access different property data.

Australian and New Zealand herbaria house over eight million plant, algae and fungi specimens. Herbarium specimens are an important resource for research on the Australasian flora and provide a permanent record of the occurrence of a species at a particular place and time. The AVH provides access to the collecting data associated with these specimens.

Information about the Department of Conservation's work in biological diversity.

Information about Biosecurity legislation in New Zealand

Information about the protection of New Zealand's natural and historic heritage, how and where you can enjoy public conservation places and how to get involved in conservation.

Guidance on how the Department of Conservation does Inventory and Monitoring work that can be used by others.

Earth Sciences New Zealand website (a merger of GNS Science & Niwa from July 2025). Includes information about their research projects and links to a range of databases.

The Environmental Protection Authority (EPA) was established on 1 October 2009 through the Resource Management (Simplifying and Streamlining) Amendment Bill 2009. It is a statutory office that is housed within the Ministry for the Environment, under the Secretary for the Environment.

The official website of Forest and Bird New Zealand.

Guidelines, consultation documents, information papers, reports, pamphlets and information sheets.

The home page of the publishers of the New Zealand Journal of Ecology plus other useful links.

This website provides information about native plants and their conservation in New Zealand. The Network's main focus is the nationally threatened plants and plant communities that require conservation management for their continued survival.

Includes identification guides and factsheets

Reports available online.

Aotearoa New Zealand Biodiversity Strategy

The official website of this society that seeks to protect and conserve the natural environment in the Waitakere Ranges as a remarkable place of high value, for its ecosystems, for the beauty of its rugged landscape, its ocean and harbour shores and for its native plant and animal life, for its own sake, for its value to people and for the generations to come

This site contains every Darwin publication as well as many of his handwritten manuscripts. All told there are more than 50,000 searchable text pages and 40,000 images.

GBIF—the Global Biodiversity Information Facility—is an international network and data infrastructure funded by the world's governments and aimed at providing anyone, anywhere, open access to data about all types of life on Earth.

Managed by the Invasive Species Specialist Group, this database aims to increase awareness about invasive alien species and to facilitate effective prevention and management activities.

A place where you can share what you see in nature, set up citizen science and community-based monitoring projects and meet other nature watchers.

North American site but very useful for looking at the characteristics of invasive plants and animals.

The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species™ is widely recognized as the most comprehensive, objective global approach for evaluating the conservation status of plant and animal species.
To access the publications and species statistics use the drop-down box under About.

State-of-the-art scientific appraisal of the condition and trends in the world’s ecosystems and the services they provide, as well as the scientific basis for action to conserve and use them sustainably.

Australian site that offers high-quality colour diagnostic images and information on pests and diseases along with a number of comparative native species.