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Web site help Click here to display or download the users handbook for this website (Adobe Acrobat format - PDF). WCMC's Emergency Biodiversity Information Service With support and partnership from IPIECA we have developed this unique resource to make biodiversity data accessible to the oil industry 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. The map server provides an interactive medium for accessing vast biodiversity datasets over the Internet, and creating user defined maps at the desktop wherever that may be: helping you to prioritise areas for action. Staff located at WCMC provide valuable back-up to this service in the form of our regular information service. Information on the training course A two-day training course in using the Internet Map Server and in gaining access to the wider-knowledge base at WCMC is available. All persons wishing to partake in this course should contact Kent Cassels, Training Coordinator, WCMC (Email: kent.cassels@wcmc.org.uk) Tel: +44 1223 277314, Fax: +44 1223 277136 Contacting WCMC: In UK office hours please Call: +44 1223 277314 Fax: +44 1223 277136 Email: info@wcmc.org.uk Postal address: 219 Huntingdon Road, Cambridge CB3 0DL, UK Who are WCMC The World Conservation Monitoring Centre provides information services on the conservation and sustainable use of species and ecosystems, and supports others in the development of their own information systems. The Centre was founded in 1988 by IUCN - The World Conservation Union, UNEP - United Nations Environment Programme, and WWF - World Wide Fund for Nature. Our strategy is to build data reliability through knowledge networks worldwide. Further detail on the work of WCMC can be found at: http://www.wcmc.org.uk This site was made possible through support from IPIECA and software support from the ESRI Conservation Program and ESRI UK. This site makes uses of UNISYS LZW compression technology. Licensed under U.S. Patent No 4,558,302 and foreign counterparts.
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