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Internet Resources
To
assist those interested in working on environmental issues in the E&E
region, we have compiled a list of useful web sites. These web sites
have been organized into the seven categories found below for ease of
searching. The links associated with the descriptions lead to external
web sites. This resource will be updated as useful web sites are
identified.
If you have additions
and/or corrections please contact: Webmaster
USAID AND OTHER
GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS
- USAID
Regions and Country Site
- USAID
Environment Site
- Development
Experience Clearinghouse (DEC) - A collection of USAID publications
available for the international development community
- USAID
Results homepage - USAID/PPC's (Policy and Program Coordination)
pilot website for promoting dialogue among USAID staff, implementing
partners, and practitioners about USAID programs and policies. On
this website, you can ask ADS (Automated Directives System) 200-specific
questions or discuss USAID programs and policies, and share relevant
examples.
- Fiscal
Year 2001 USAID Budget Justification - USAID works with developing
nations and countries in transition to foster economic growth and
provide humanitarian assistance. The Fiscal Year 2001 Budget
Justification
provides a detailed description and justification for the President's
funding request for USAID's foreign assistance programs.
- User's
guide to USAID/Washington Global Environment Center programs -
This document is available in PDF format from USAID. Institutional
Author: USAID. Bur. for Global Programs, Field Support and Research.
Center for Environment.
- US
Global Change Research Information Office (GCRIO) - GCRIO provides
access to data and information on global environmental change research,
adaptation/mitigation strategies and technologies, and global change
related educational resources.
- U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency Global Warming Site - This site
contains basic scientific information on atmospheric change, emissions,
impacts and actions. It also contains useful links to a wide variety
of publications and organizations, such as greenhouse gas
inventories.
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RESOURCES ON
TECHNICAL ISSUES
- The
Arid Lands Newsletters - While not exclusively focused on Europe
and Euasia, a number of these newsletters from the University of Arizona
are rich sources of information on Europe and Eurasia related issues.
Examples include desertification, the Convention on Desertification,
and ecotourism in dryland areas.
- The
Biodiversity Education Network (BEN) enhances biodiversity awareness
and education through collaboration, networking, communication, and
capacity building. By bringing talented partners together, BEN serves
as a clearinghouse for information and expertise and provides a forum
for discussion and action. The Network is also designed to increase
funding, provide synergy among the partners, and prevent duplication
-- all leading to more effective biodiversity education intitiaves.
- Biodiversity
Bibliography: Ecology, Economics and Policy - This bibliography
contains approximately 4000 references on various aspects of
biodiversity
and conservation.
- The
Center for Biodiversity and Conservation (CBC) - established at
the American Museum of Natural History in 1993, is a facility dedicated
to the study and conservation of biological diversity, defined as
the variety of life in all its forms and the interactions among these
living forms and their environment.
- Center
for Conservation Biology Network - Its mission is to help develop
the technical means for the protection, maintenance, and restoration
of life on this planet - its species, its ecological and evolutionary
processes, and its particular and total environment; to help raise
awareness, educate, and encourage personal involvement of the public
and academics alike.
- EarthPrint
- was launched in 1999 as the official online bookshop of the United
Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). Since then, other prominent
international organizations have joined this initiative to provide
a central location where authoritative environmental publications
are available. EarthPrint currently offers publications from: The
World Health Organization, United Nations University, Organisation
for Economic Co-operation and Development, Tata Energy Research
Institute,
and International Commission on Non-Ionizing Radiation Protection.
- The
Ecological Society of America (ESA) - a non-partisan, nonprofit
organization of scientists founded in 1915 to: promote ecological
science by improving communication among ecologists; raise the public's
level of awareness of the importance of ecological science; increase
the resources available for the conduct of ecological science; and
ensure the appropriate use of ecological science in environmental
decision making by enhancing communication between the ecological
community and policy-makers.
- The
Global Biodiversity Forum (GBF) is an independent and open mechanism
to analyze and discuss priority ecological, economic, institutional
and social issues related to the options for action to conserve
biodiversity,
and use biological resources sustainably and equitably. It is designed
to provide a multi-stakeholder forum to support and enhance the
objectives
of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) and other
biodiversity-related
instruments at the national and international levels.
- "Co-Management
of Natural Resources: Organizing, Negotiating and
Learning-by-Doing"
- This book which is now available to purchase at
http://nrm.massey.ac.nz/changelinks/cmnr.html
is designed to assist conservation and development professionals
involved
in multistakeholder management of natural resources. It provides
guidelines
for a co-management process and describes in detail relevant concepts,
methods, tools and ideas.
- Environmental
Treaties and Resource Indicators Forest World - A
"must-visit"
for anyone wanting information on forestry. Use it as a jumping off
point for (1) searchable database of 4,000 web sites; (2) database
on wood species and forest resources; and (3) a source for information
on buying and selling sustainable wood products, including the most
complete Internet directory of certified forest products companies.
- Global
Change Data and Information System (GCDIS) - GCDIS is the set
of individual agency data and information systems that support global
change research. Through the GCDIS, users are able to learn about
the existence and location of relevant data and information resources
from a wide variety of US Government agencies.
- The
International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED)
- OneWorld
International maintains a comprehensive site encompassing global
issues.
- Intergovernmental
Panel on Climate Change - Established in 1988 by the World
Meteorological
Organization (WMO) and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP),
the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change assesses scientific,
technical and socio-economic information relevant for the understanding
of the risk of human-induced climate change. It does not carry out
new research nor does it monitor climate related data. Rather, it
bases its assessment mainly on published and peer reviewed scientific
technical literature.
- IUCN
on the Economics of Biodiversity - IUCN has put up this site as
a clearinghouse of information on this rapidly developing technical
area.
- NRM
Changelinks - This is an on-line resource guide for those seeking
to develop sustainable change in the way we manage our natural
resources.
Some of the topics included are: sustainable development & the
environment; capacity building; learning and change; collaborative
planning & management; monitoring & evaluation; general
resources
on participation; knowledge and information management; integrated
models/DSSs; the growing role of the Internet; conflict management;
ecological economics.
- New
Ideas in Pollution Regulation - A World Bank site for researchers,
government officials, and citizens interested in understanding and
improving control of industrial pollution, especially in developing
countries.
- US
Forest Service Activities in Europe and Eurasia - Details on the
programmatic activities of the Forest Service in each of the countries
in which they have been active.
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TECHNICAL JOURNAL
LINKS
- Ambio
- The journal is a nonprofit publication of the Royal Swedish Academy
of Sciences. AMBIO addresses the scientific, social, economic, and
cultural factors that influence the condition of the human environment.
It is widely recognized as an important international forum for debate
on these issues.
- Conservation
Ecology - This is an electronic, peer-reviewed, scientific journal
devoted to the rapid dissemination of current research. Topics covered
include the ecological bases for: the conservation of ecosystems,
landscapes, species, populations, and genetic diversity; the restoration
of ecosystems and habitats; and the management of resources. The journal
seeks papers that are novel, integrative and written in a way that
is accessible to a wide audience that includes an array of disciplines
(biology, ecology, economics, and the social sciences) concerned with
an array of issues (conservation, sustainability, development, and
ecological policy).
- The
Ecologist - This magazine explores a broad range of subject areas.
It covers issues both topical and general, and in doing so, open new
areas of debate on everything from science and technology to the impacts
of the globalization of economic development on jobs, health and the
environment.
- Technical
Environment and Wildlife Journals - Contains links to a
comprehensive
set of technical journals on environment and wildlife. These include
journals on general zoology, behavioral ecology, ornithology,
entomology,
fisheries, mammals, and ecology. While some links contain the full
journal articles, others contain the full journal article for
subscribers
only. In these cases, the links may include tables of contents, one
free sample journal, abstracts or links to subscription services.
- Technical
journals related to climate change - Contains links to selected
environmental and global change-related.
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MAPS & REFERENCE
INFORMATION
- Admi-Net
- AdmiNet aims to become a Cyber-Documentation Center delivering general
information about governmental authorities and public services.
Virtually
all countries have an entry on Admi-Net, and most of them include
a list of websites with additional information.
- FAO
Statistical Databases - Rapid access to summary statistics on
most European and Eurasian countries.
- WRI's
Earth Trends - Includes country-level data about sustainable
development
and the environment. Information is organized into the following ten
categories: coastal and marine ecosystems; water resources and
freshwater
ecosystems; climate and atmosphere; population, health and human
well-being;
economics, business and the environment; energy and resources;
biodiversity
and protected areas; agriculture and food; forests and grasslands;
and environmental governance and institutions.
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ENVIRONMENTAL
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