AgriWeb Canada
Biotrade Initiative United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)
has launched the BIOTRADE Initiative, which has been designed to stimulate public and private investment in biodiversity based products.
Commission for Environmental CooperationNorth American Commission that shares information to promote environmental cooperation. Includes searchable databases.
Comparative International LawTerrific start for looking at environmental law from around the worldConservational International
Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Flora and Fauna
Directory of Country Environmental Studies
EcoSites Across the World
Environment Canada
Environmental Agencies of the World World Bank complied list of the environmental agencies of every country.
Environment and Natural Resource Information Network in Central and Eastern Europe and the Newly Independent States
Baltic Sea Region Online Environmental Resources
Earth Council
The Earth Council is a non-governmental organization founded in September 1992 as a
direct result of the Earth Summit held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in June 1992. It consists of
twenty-one members broadly representative of the principal regions of the world and the
various sectors of the civil society, each appointed in his/her personal capacity.
Environmental Treaties and Resource IndicatorsGlobal Futures Foundation (GFF)
describes itself as "an innovative environmental non-profit foundation. GFF focuses on systematically
integrating programs which lead to source reduction, pollution prevention, low-cost market development,
and incentive market driven regulatory structures which tend to reduce both economic and environmental costs."
Contains information on their orgainzation, articles on economics/environment, etc.
Global Learning and Observations to Benefit the Environment
(GLOBE) describes itself as "a worldwide network of students, teachers, and scientists working together to
study and understand the global environment". Contains information on their organization.
Global Rivers Environmental Education Network
(GREEN) describes itself as a non-profit organization of "global citizens sharing their concerns for water quality".
Contains a catalog of water-related environmental information on the Internet.
Green Globe Yearbook Overview of key international issues, plus lots of tables and charts of environmental data.Index of Selected International Environmental Policy Internet Resources
Why re-invent the wheel, Tom Parris-Environmental Studies Librarian at Harvard has created a terrific
index to material of relevance.
International Academy of the Environment
International Institute of Sustainable DevelopmentInternational Joint CommissionLake Superior AllianceMegadiversity CountriesConservation
International has released a report detailing seventeen countries (of more
than 200 on the planet) that are home to between 60-70 percent of the
earth's species. Mexican Environmental Secretariat In Spanish, of courseMultilateral Environmental TreatiesRamsar Convention on Wetlands The
Convention on Wetlands of International Importance, signed in Ramsar, Iran, in 1971, is an
intergovernmental treaty which provides the framework for international cooperation for
the conservation and wise use of wetlands and their resources. There are presently 106
Contracting Parties to the Convention, with 904 wetland sites, totalling 68 million
hectares, designated for inclusion in the Ramsar List of Wetlands of International
Importance.Regional Environmental Center for Central and Eastern EuropeA great starting point for any environmental information regarding the 10 Central and Eastern European countries in this region. Includes numerous databases of experts, organizations, reports, etc.United Nations Environment Program
World Conservation Monitoring Centre
contains published data and texts and retrievable data including threatened species and protected area lists.
World Resources Institute
World Wildlife Fund
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