Links to boards and materials
related to sustainable use of soil and water
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European Commission Joint Research Centre - The Joint Research Centre is the European Union’s scientific and technical research laboratory and an integral part of the European Commission. It's a Directorate General, providing the scientific advice and technical know-how to support EU policies. It carries out extensive research of direct concern to European citizens and industry. Over the years, the JRC has developed special skills and unique tools to provide autonomous and Europe-wide expertise to improve understanding of the links between technology, the economy and society.
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RTD Cooperation with third countries and international organizations (INCO) - INCO (1994-1998) Homepage on documents, policies, activities, participation possibilities, INCO projects and key events.
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- EUR-Lex: European Union law
- Links to Official Journals, Treaties, Legislation in Force, Preparatory Acts.
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- EUR 18098: Freshwaters: Challenge for Research and Innovation
- This introduction sets out the activities undertaken over the last two years by the European Commission (EC) in defining priority orientations for European Union (EU) collaborative initiatives with respect to research and innovation in the area of freshwater management and use.
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ECDPM - European Centre for Development Policy Management - IIED - International Institute for Environment and Development
- IIED is an independent, non-profit organisation which promotes sustainable patterns of world development through collaborative research, policy studies, consensus building and public information. IIED's principal aim is to improve the management of natural resources so that communities and countries of the South can improve living standards without jeopardising their resource base. Its work is undertaken with, or on behalf of governments and international agencies, the academic community, foundations and non-governmental organisations, community groups and the people they represent.
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- IISD - International Institute for Sustainable Development
- The International Institute for Sustainable Development meets the challenge of sustainable development by advancing policy recommendations on international trade and investment, economic instruments, climate change, measurement and indicators, and natural resource management to make development sustainable. By using Internet communications, it covers and reports on international negotiations and brokers knowledge gained through collaborative projects with global partners, resulting in more rigorous research, capacity building in developing countries and a better dialogue between North and South. Since its incorporation in 1990, IISD has worked to help decision-makers understand the principles of sustainable development and how to put them into practice. IISD has also sought to assist special populations to formulate and to act upon their own understandings of sustainable development. Women, youth and indigenous peoples all have significant perspectives and specialized knowledge to contribute to sustainable development.
- SEI - Stockholm Environment Institute
- SEI is an independent, international policy research institute specializing in sustainable development and environmental issues. SEI conducts a comprehensive research, consulting and training program that focuses on the links between ecological, social and economic systems at global, regional, national and local levels. The mission of the SEI is to strive for excellence in the formulation and communication of scientific knowledge that promotes effective decision-making supportive of sustainable development at all levels in our global society.
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WRI - World Resources Institute - The World Resources Institute provides information, ideas, and solutions to global environmental problems. Its mission is to move human society to live in ways that protect Earth’s environment for current and future generations. Its program meets global challenges by using knowledge to catalyze public and private action.
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- National Council for Science and Environment (NCSE)
- The National Council for Science and the Environment (NCSE) works to improve the scientific basis for environmental decisionmaking. Guided by the needs of stakeholders, NCSE educates society about the importance of comprehensive scientific programs that integrate cross-cutting research with knowledge assessments, education, information dissemination, and training.
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SSRC - Social Science research Council - Centre for Environment and Development for Arab Region & Europe
- CEDARE's main mission is: 1) Capacity building of its member countries, promoting skills in environmental management, transfer of technologies, environmental education, and development of environmental policies. 2) Assist member countries to achieve some of their important national and regional priority goals of sustainable development, particularly in the management of freshwater resources; land resources development and urbanization and human settlements. Facilitate inter-country cooperation and exchange of information and experience.
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nrm-changelinks.net - The African Water Page
- This is a page dedicated to the water sector in Africa. Issues addressed include water policy, water resource management, water supply and environmental sanitation, water conservation and demand management, and a variety of other issues.
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E-waternews - E-waternews is a unique web site that is aimed specifically at the international water sector. Our content, which includes international water project reports and the latest industry news, is sought after by key decision makers.
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- Water World: A Gateway to Water Resources on the Internet
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European Science Foundation (ESF) -
GARNET - Global Applied Research Network - GARNET is a mechanism for information exchange in the water supply and sanitation sector using low-cost, informal networks of researchers, practitioners and funders of research.
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- SCDN - The Sustainable Development Communications Network
- The Association of American Geographers
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- Nations of the World
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FAO: Land and Water Development Division - UNFPA - United Nations Population Fund
- UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, helps developing countries find solutions to their population problems. UNFPA began operations in 1969. It is the largest international source of population assistance. About a quarter of all population assistance from donor nations to developing countries is channelled through UNFPA. The Fund has three main programme areas: Reproductive Health including Family Planning and Sexual Health, Population and Development Strategies and Advocacy.
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- UN Population Division
- UN Population Division, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, with support from the UN Population Fund (UNFPA)
- UNCHS - United Nations Centre for Human Settlements (Habitat)
- The Urban Indicators Programme and the Best Practice and Local Leadership Programme (BLP), together, make up the Global Urban Observatory, a UNCHS (Habitat)'s facility for monitoring and evaluating the implementation of the Habitat Agenda and Agenda 21. The Global Urban Observatory is an international capacity-building network, established by the United Nations Centre for Human Settlements (Habitat), to assist in meeting the aims of the Habitat Agenda and Agenda 21, which call for the active participation of all major groups of society to improve our living environment. Its mission is to help build a global base of knowledge for sustainable urban development.
- UN/ECA- UN Economic Commission for Africa - Food Security and Sustainable Development Division
- ECA is the regional arm of the United Nations, mandated to support the economic and social development of its 53 member States, foster regional integration, and promote international cooperation for Africa’s development. The mission of FSSDD is to plan and implement a critical programme to raise policy-makers' awareness of the urgency of food, population and environmental concerns (the nexus issues) in development planning and offer member States feasible solutions drawn from best practices within Africa and around the world.
- NA/SRDC- North Africa Subregional Development Centre
- The primary function of the NA-SRDC is to promote regional co-operation and integration by providing effective technical support to collective approaches in tackling common development problems at the sub-regional level, in collaboration with intergovernmental organisations and regional communities established to spearhead economic integration. It will also facilitate networking and information exchange among development actors in North Africa sub-region as well as provide a link between these actors and ECA, thereby helping disseminate ECA’s policy recommendations and technical publications.
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- UN/ECE - UN Economic Commission for Europe
- The Economic Commission for Europe (UN/ECE) is the forum at which the countries of North America, western, central and eastern Europe and central Asia come together to forge the tools of their economic cooperation.
- UNESCO - Liste du patrimoine mondial
- World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Office for Africa
- NGOs in official relations with WHO
- The objectives of WHO's collaboration with NGOs are to promote the policies, strategies and programmes derived from the decisions of the Organization's governing bodies; to collaborate with regard to various WHO programmes in jointly agreed activities to implement these strategies; and to play an appropriate role in ensuring the harmonizing of intersectoral interests among the various sectoral bodies concerned in a country, regional or global setting.
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- NGOs accredited by the United Nations Secretariat of the Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD)
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Spanish NGOs - Italian NGOs
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- Le réseau Biotechnologie: Amélioration des Plantes et Sécurité Alimentaire est coordonné par le Professeur Georges DUCREUX de l'Université de Paris Sud XI (FRANCE) et a pour objectifs de: répondre à l'attente des pays du Sud en matière de développement; assurer la solidarité entre chercheurs du monde francophone; aider au désenclavement des chercheurs, des laboratoires et des équipes de recherche des pays du Sud; favoriser la collaboration entre les laboratoire nationaux et les grands centres de recherche qu'ils soient nationaux, internationaux, publics ou privés; permettre aux chercheurs s'exprimant en français mais n'appartenant pas à des pays francophones de collaborer avec leurs homologues francophones; renforcer la coopération entre tous les chercheurs utilisant le français comme langue de travail quelque soit leur zone géographique (coopération Nord-Nord, Sud-Sud, Nord-Sud, Est-Ouest).
EU Web sites related to Concerted Actions
Welcome to Europa, the European Union's server. Here you can find access to press releases from the EU institutions, the calendar of upcoming events, the official euro rates, the latest statistics and other news services; general presentation and direct access to the home pages of the institutions: Parliament, Council, Commission, Court of Justice, Court of Auditors, Economic and Social Committee, Committee of the Regions, European Investment Bank, European Investment Fund, European Central Bank, agencies and other bodies; basic information on the European Union, citizens rights; access to Europe Direct, official documents, legal texts, publications and databases, and sources of information; access by subject to legal instruments in force, legislative activity in progress, implementation of common policies, EU grants and loans, statistics and publications.
As an integral part of the European Commission's INNOVATION Programme, CORDIS provides information on a vast range of research, development and innovation activities undertaken on a European level.
CORDIS is designed to assist enterprises and, in particular, SMEs through the critical stages of technology transfer and innovation. It offers a wide range of services that keep you current on R&D and innovation activities that are occurring within the EU.
Wide-ranging consultations and background analyses have been carried out in the context of the Task Force "Environment-Water" set up in 1996 - see point 1. The most significant outcome of this work has been the drafting of an Action Plan which is summarised in the next, core part of this document.
The Task Force activity, and in particular its Action Plan, contributed substantially to the identification of priority RTD and demonstration subjects for the Key Action on Sustainable Management and Quality of Water in the forthcoming (1998-2002) 5th Framework Programme for Community research, technological development and demonstration activities (FP5) - see point 2.
ECDPM aims to improve international cooperation between Europe and countries in Africa, the Caribbean, and the Pacific (ACP). It does this through capacity building for policy management, the promotion of policy dialogue between ACP countries and Europe, and the provision of information and facilities for knowledge exchange.
The Centre's activities are grouped in three programmes: 1.Capacity Building; 2.Policy Dialogue and International Cooperation; 3.Information Management.
IDRC - The International Development Research Centre
The International Development Research Centre was created by the Canadian Government to sponsor, collect, and share research and knowledge to help communities in the developing world find solutions to social, economic, and environmental problems. Its well-organized resources include numerous publications, a digital library, databases, and an online magazine. Information is available in English, Spanish, and French.
Founded in 1923, the Social Science Research Council (SSRC) is an independent, nongovernmental, not-for-profit, international association devoted to the advancement of interdisciplinary research in the social sciences. It does this through a wide variety of interdisciplinary workshops and conferences, fellowships and grants, summer training institutes, scholarly exchanges, and publications.
Center of Excellence for Sustainable Development (U.S. Department of Energy)
It includes a database of resources of over a thousand sustainable community resources, including local, national and international organizations and government agencies as well as direct links to other sustainability web sites; manuals, case studies and model codes and ordinances (Included is access to PLACE3S - PLAnning for Community Energy, Environmental and Economic Sustainability, a data-intensive community planning tool that takes into account energy usage to measure the sustainability of urban design and growth management plans);
FICUS - Florida Internet Center for Understanding Sustainability
A joint effort of the Florida Center for Community Design and the University of South Florida's School of Architecture and Community Design. It offerts detailed, graphically illustrated information on transportation and sustainability, the physical design of sustainable communities, population and resource use, environmental education; a literature bibliography, organization directory and links to on-line publications related to sustainability and the environment.
International Council for Local Environmental Initiatives
The International Council for Local Environmental Initiatives (ICLEI) is an association of local governments dedicated to the prevention and solution of local, regional, and global environmental problems through local action. Over 300 cities, towns, counties, and their associations from around the world are Members of the Council. ICLEI was launched in 1990 as the international environmental agency for local governments under the sponsorship of the United Nations Environment Programme, the International Union of Local Authorities (IULA), and the Center for Innovative Diplomacy. ICLEI maintains a formal association with IULA and has official consultative status with the United Nations through which it advocates the interests of local government before international bodies.
Global Water Partnership
The mission of the Global Water Partnership is to "support countries in the sustainable management of their water resources" GWP objectives are to: Clearly establish the principles of sustainable water resources management, Identify gaps and stimulate its partners to meet critical needs within their available human and financial resources, Support action at local, national, regional or river-basin level that follow principles of sustainable water resources management, Help match needs to available resources.
Water Academy
L'Académie de l'Eau a été créée en 1993 à l'initiative du Ministère de l'Environnement et des six Comités de bassin français. Elle a pour mission d'organiser une réflexion prospective et interdisciplinaire dont doit bénéficier la gestion des ressources en eau.
L'Académie de l'Eau a pour objet : de valoriser le patrimoine que constitue l'eau en favorisant les échanges d'informations (techniques, juridiques, scientifiques, culturelles...) et les réflexions thématiques; de contribuer à la prise de décision en matière d'eau, notamment par l'organisation de colloques, par l'initiative et l'encadrement d'études, par des recommandations générales... ceci dans le but de contribuer à un développement durable; de développer les relations nationales et internationales entre tous acteurs concernés par l'eau; d'améliorer la sensibilisation de l'opinion publique aux problèmes de l'eau.
Global Environmental Options (GEO)
The website of this nonprofit consulting organization which focuses on creating sustainable buildings, communities and national parks includes access to hundreds of other websites related to sustainability. GEO identifies interdisciplinary connections which frequently reveal multiple solutions to systemic problems for issues including indoor air quality/building ecology, materials, energy efficiency, waste management, water management, recycling, pollution prevention, economic and community development, resource preservation, land use, and transportation. GEO promotes practices that preserve natural habitat, reduce energy and resource consumption, minimize greenhouse and consumption, minimize greenhouse and other gases that contribute to climate change, and reduce additional impacts such as land and water pollution associated with traditional building and planning practices.
GEF - Global Environmental Facility
The Global Environment Facility was established to forge international cooperation and finance actions to address four critical threats to the global environment: biodiversity loss, climate change, degradation of international waters, and ozone depletion. Related work to stem the pervasive problem of land degradation is also eligible for GEF funding. Launched in 1991 as an experimental facility, GEF was restructured after the Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro to serve the environmental interests of people in all parts of the world.
Euforic - Europe's Forum on International Cooperation
As an information resource on Europe's international cooperation, Euforic offers you access to: thousands of full-text web-resources, indexed by theme and by place; recent database entries listed in what's new; in-depth information in topical dossiers; thinktanks on European cooperation and related issues; an overview of interesting events on its agenda; news and views
Eldis - Electronic Development and Environment Information System
The Eldis Gateway is a one-stop tool for easy access to information on development or the environment. The information sources listed are chosen for their quality by a staff at the Institute of Development Studies (University of Sussex, UK), and priority is given to full-text documents. Eldis also offers a choice of either search pages or structured guides to find information and overviews of online resources.
EcoIQ Link Center
It is a guide to online resources. It serves the information and communication needs of individuals and organizations working to protect our environment and create a sustainable future. It contains links to more than 5,000 web sites and pages.
Links for developing change in Natural Resource Management, an on-line resource guide for those seeking to improve the use of collaborative and learning-based approaches.
The structure of this site has developed through the course of work on the development of collaborative learning approaches that help communities to identify and adopt more sustainable natural resource management practices. This site provides an annotated guide to a range of on-line resources providing papers, handbooks, tips, theory and techniques in a number of related, skill fields. It also shows how the application of these different skills are interlinked in practice. Although the emphasis of this site is on improving community participation within natural resource management (biodiversity enhancement, conservation, riparian management, agriculture, etc), the approaches outlined here are also useful for those working in a diverse range of development areas such as rural development, health, housing, etc. A number of on-line papers related to collaborative learning, sustainability and change management are already available on this site, and links are provided to these from the relevant sections.
The following addresses provide quick and easy access to technical, legal, and economic information relating to water. This gateway is designed to provide water professionals with information regarding all facets of the water research and regulatory community. This gateway is provided to encourage the future enhancement of material on water issues.
The European Science Foundation (ESF) is an association of 67 Member Organisations devoted to scientific research in 23 European countries (benefits, membership criteria and application procedure). ESF's core purpose is to promote high quality science at a European level. The ESF is committed to facilitating cooperation and collaboration in European science on behalf of its principal stakeholders (Member Organisations and Europe's scientific community). This cross-border activity combines both 'top-down' and 'bottom-up' approaches in the long-term development of science. The Foundation is committed to providing scientific leadership through its networking expertise and by ensuring that there is a European added value to all of its initiatives and projects.
Indev - India Development Information Network
Indev, an electronic gateway to development information, is a website; a web-hosting service; a training centre; a meeting room; a newsmagazine; a mailing office and a discussion forum. It is a 'one-stop-shop' for development information on India, useful for development managers, policy makers and the think-tank, researchers, academics and students.
World Conservation Monitoring Centre
The World Conservation Monitoring Centre provides information services on conservation and sustainable use of the world's living resources, and helps others to develop information systems of their own. Our programmes concentrate on species, forests, protected areas, marine and freshwaters; plus habitats affected by climate change such as polar regions. We also address the relationship between trade and the environment and the wider aspects of biodiversity assessment.
Worldwatch Institute
The Worldwatch Institute is dedicated to fostering the evolution of an environmentally sustainable society--one in which human needs are met in ways that do not threaten the health of the natural environment or the prospects of future generations. The Institute seeks to achieve this goal through the conduct of inter-disciplinary non-partisan research on emerging global environmental issues, the results of which are widely disseminated throughout the world.
ICLEI - The International Council for Local Environmental Initiatives
ICLEI is an association of local governments dedicated to the prevention and solution of local, regional, and global environmental problems through local action. Over 300 cities, towns, counties, and their associations from around the world are Members of the Council.
Sustainable Communities Network (SCN)
Developed by the Sustainable Communities Network Partnership, this site encourages the exchange of information to help make communities more livable and increases the visibility of successful community projects. A wide range of issues related to community sustainability are addressed, including: creating communities, smart growth, growing a sustainable economy, protecting natural resources, living sustainable, and governing community. Within these topics, you can locate case studies, resources, related Web sites, links to databases, events calendars, and suggested reading lists for specific subtopics.
It is a group of leading non-governmental organizations working together to find ways of using the Internet to meet the goals of sustainable development.
Organizations
Governmental
An index of governments sites on which the content is controlled by their respective authorities. Some sites have content is presented in a local language.
Governments on the WWW
A comprehensive database of governments on the web, including parliaments, ministries, offices, law courts, embassies, city councils, public broadcasting corporations, central banks, multi-governmental institutions, and political parties.
FAO is active in land and water development, plant and animal production, forestry, fisheries, economic and social policy, investment, nutrition, food standards and commodities and trade. It also plays a major role in dealing with food and agri cultural emergencies. A specific priority of the Organization is encouraging sustainable agriculture and rural development, a long-term strategy for the conservation and management of natural resources. It aims to meet the needs of both present and future generations through programmes that do not degrade the environment and are technically appropriate, economically viable and socially acceptable.
OECD: Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development
The OECD groups 29 member countries in an organisation that, most importantly, provides governments a setting in which to discuss, develop and perfect economic and social policy. They compare experiences, seek answers to common problems and work to co-ordinate domestic and international policies that increasingly in today's globalised world must form a web of even practice across nations. Their exchanges may lead to agreements to act in a formal way - for example, by establishing legally-binding codes for free flow of capital and services, agreements to crack down on bribery or to end subsidies for shipbuilding. But more often, their
discussion makes for better informed work within their own governments on the spectrum of public policy and clarifies the impact of national policies on the international community. And it offers a chance to reflect and exchange perspectives with other countries similar to their own.
IMF - International Monetary Fund
The IMF is an international organization of 182 member countries, established to promote international monetary cooperation, exchange stability, and orderly exchange arrangements; to foster economic growth and high levels of employment; and to provide temporary financial assistance to countries under adequate safeguards to help ease balance of payments adjustment.
World Bank
Founded in 1944, the World Bank Group consists of five closely associated institutions: the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD); International Development Association (IDA), International Finance Corporation (IFC); Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA); and the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID).
United Nations Organizations
- UN Commission on Sustainable
Development
In 1992, more than 100 heads of state met in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil for the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED). The Earth Summit was convened to address urgent problems of environmental protection and socio-economic development. The assembled leaders signed the Framework Convention on Climate Change and the Convention on Biological Diversity; endorsed the Rio Declaration and the Forest Principles; and adopted Agenda 21, a 300-page plan for achieving sustainable development in the 21st century. The Commission on Sustainable Development (CSD) was created in December 1992 to ensure effective follow-up of UNCED; to monitor and report on implementation of the Earth Summit agreements at the local, national, regional and international levels. The CSD is a functional commission of the UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), with 53 members.
UNDP - United Nations Development Programme
UNDP's mission is to help countries in their efforts to achieve sustainable human development by assisting them to build their capacity to design and carry out development programmes in poverty eradication, employment creation and sustainable livelihoods, the empowerment of women and the protection and regeneration of the environment, giving first priority to poverty eradication.
- UNDP/SEED - Sustainable Energy
and Environmantal Division
UNDP/UNSO - UN Development Programme, Office to Combat Desertification and Drought - New York, USA
UNEP (United Nations Environment Programme)
UNRISD - The United Nations Research Institute for Social Development
UNRISD is an autonomous UN agency engaging in multidisciplinary resarch on the social dimensions of contemorary problems affecting development.
UN/DESA - United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs
- The Department of Economic and Social Affairs was created
as the result of the consolidation of the Department for Policy Coordination
and Sustainable Development, the Department for Economic and Social Information
and Policy Analysis and the Department for Development Support and Management
Services.
The main objective of the Department's programme is to promote broad-based and sustainable development through a multidimensional and integrated approach to economic, social, environmental, population and gender related aspects of development. The overall policy framework for the programme is based primarily on the programmes and platforms of action adopted by the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development and the Earth Summit + 5, the Global Conference on Small Island Developing Countries, the International Conference on Population and Development, the World Summit for Social Development and the Fourth World Conference on Women.
IFAD, a specialized agency of the United Nations, was established in 1977 as an international financial institution as one of the major outcomes of the 1974 World Food Conference. Unlike other international financial institutions, which have a broad range of objectives, the Fund has a very specific mandate: to combat rural hunger and poverty in developing countries. In fulfilling its mandate, IFAD’s main objective is to provide direct funding and mobilize additional resources for programmes specifically designed to promote the economic advancement of the rural poor, mainly by improving the productivity of on and off-farm activities.
UNITAR - United Nations Institute for Training and Research - Geneva, Switzerland
UNITAR is an autonomous body within the United Nations with a mandate to enhance the effectiveness of the UN through training and research. To meet this aim, UNITAR provides training to assist countries in meeting the challenges of the 21st century; conducts research to explore innovative training and capacity building approaches; and forms partnerships with other UN agencies, governments and non-governmental organizations for the development and implementation of training and capacity building programmes that meet countries’ needs.
UNESCO (United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization)
The main objective of UNESCO is to contribute to peace and security in the world by promoting collaboration among nations through education, science, culture and communication in order to further universal respect for justice, for the rule of law and for the human rights and fundamental freedoms which are affirmed for the peoples of the world, without distinction of race, sex, language or religion, by the Charter of the United Nations.
WHO (World Health Organization)
The objective of WHO is the attainment by all peoples of the highest possible level of health. Health, as defined in the WHO Constitution, is a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity.
These pages are aimed to organize and disseminate health information generated by AFRO so as to trigger more effective action to improve health and decrease inequalities in health outcomes.
Non-governmental
- Oneworld.net
One World Online is a worldwide Internet partnership of 350 NGOs and media organisations, whose mission is to promote sustainable development and human rights by harnessing the democratic potential of the Internet.
NGOs selected by UN
The Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) Section of the Department of Public Information (DPI) at United Nations Headquarters serves as the liaison between the Department and NGO associated with DPI. These organizations disseminate information about the UN to their constituency, thereby building knowledge of and support for the Organization at the grassroots level. Currently, close to 1,600 NGOs from all regions of the world are associated with DPI.
Research
- Ongoing negotiation processes: IISD linkages
Commission on Sustainable Development (CSD), Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD), Chemical Management (IFCS, PIC, and POPs), Fourth World Conference on Women (Beijing +5), Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), Montreal Protocol, Global Forest Policy (IFF and IPF), Convention on Wetlands (Ramsar), Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture, UNEP Governing Council, Basel Convention, Convention on Int'l Trade in Endangered Species, Convention on Migratory Species, World Summit for Social Development.
Managing Water for African Cities
A UNF/UNFIP funded programme jointly by UNCHS and UNEP
Répertoire des institutions du Réseau: Biotechnologies
Communication for a Sustainable Future
CSF was founded on the idea that computer networking could be used to enhance communications with the objective of working through disparate views and ideologies to secure a more promising future. The contents of the archives and the quality of communications on CSF are intended to reflect this purpose.
Hart Environmental Data Indicators
Hart Environmental Data develops indicators that measure progress toward a sustainable economy, society and environment. HED works with communities, companies, regional organizations and government agencies at all levels.
This web site, by the author of Guide to Sustainable Community Indicators, explains what indicators are, their use and how to collect data.
A brief introduction to the convention to combat desertification (CCD)
Introduction by the IISD - International Institute for Sustainable Development
Ramsar Convention on Wetlands - Gland, Switzerland
The Convention on Wetlands, signed in Ramsar, Iran, in 1971, is an intergovernmental treaty which provides the framework for national action and international cooperation for the conservation and wise use of wetlands and their resources. There are presently 123 Contracting Parties to the Convention, with 1038 wetland sites, totalling 78.2 million hectares, designated for inclusion in the Ramsar List of Wetlands of International Importance.
UNEP/IUC - UN Environment Programme/Information Unit for Convention - Geneva, Switzerland
This page provide links to all of the UNEP programmes and secretariats that are located in Geneva
- The European Environment Agency
- Page maintained by the European Environment Agency and EIONET partners with information related to environmental issues, to air, nature, soil and water, to the environment in different regions and specific areas, to actions for improving the environment. It's the Europe's gateway to environmental information.
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- European Environment Information and Observation Network (EIONET)
- Networking improving Europe's environment
- EURESCO Conferences
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- The Information Society in the Euro-Mediterranien context: Research and Information Technologies
- ERCIM - the European Research Consortium for Informatics and Mathematics - aims to foster collaborative work within the European research community and to increase co-operation with European industry. Leading research institutes from fifteen European countries are members of ERCIM. http://www.ercim.org/
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UNFCCC - UN Framework Convention on Climate Change - The site provides Parties, representatives of observer organisations and others interested in the UNFCCC process, with a one-stop source of news, data, information and documents. Information is organised under seven main headings: What's New, The Secretariat, Programmes, Resources, Sessions, Media Room and Site Information.
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United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification -
- Publications & News of the US Environmental Planning Association (EPA)
- Library Servers via www
- British Library for Political and Economic Science
- EASI: Electronic Access to Subject Information
- EASI: Development Studies
- British Library for Development Studies at IDS: Development Studies
- EASI: Economics
- EASI: Geography
- EASI: International Relations
- EASI: Mathematics, Operational Research and Statistics
- EASI: Social Policy
- EASI: Statistical Data
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- The www virtual library
- National Library for the Environment
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- ENVIRONMENTAL ETHICS Related Publications
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- EPA Publications
- EPA Water pollution prevention publications
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- ESF - Publications on-line
- FAO Document Repository
- FAO Documanetation Catalogue
- FAODOC - Current Issue
- FAO Agricultural Library Networks (AGLINET)
- FAO Virtual Library
- FAO Branch Libraries
- FAO Documents Databases
- FAO On-line documents on Land
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- IFAD (International Fund for Agricultural Development) Publications
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IMF Publications -
- Library Web-Based OPACS
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MCB University Press - A-Z IndexUN Publications
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- UNCHS Publications
- UNDP Publications
- UNEP On-line Bookshop
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- WB Publications
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WHO Bookshop -
WRI - Online Bookstore -
- Publications on cognitive and brain science
- Journals and Newspapers
- Environmental Journals on the Internet selected by theNational Council for Science and the Environment
- WHO Selected Iournals
- FAO selected electronic journals
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- Africa in Transition
- African Journals and News
- African Magazines and Publications
- Archives des actualités marocaines
- Canadian Journal of Behavioural Science
- Conservation Ecology
- E, The Environmental Magazine
- Environmental Law & Policy Forum Journal
- Environmental News Network
- Environmental Impact Assessment Review
- FT - Financial Times
- Le Monde
- L'economiste
- Middle East and North Africa Links
- Moroccan's daily news
- Natural Resources Journals and Newsletters
- News (UNDP)
- News & Media - Newspapers and Magazines
- News on Morocco
- Radio Casablanca - Maroc
- Reports (IDRC)
- Society of American Foresters - Current Issue Journal of Forestry Highlights
- The Amicus Journal
- The Earth Times
- The New York Times on the Web
- The Tech
- Vie économique
- Sustainable Developments
- IFAD (International Fund for Agricultural Development) Update
- UN Periodicals
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- FAO Databases
- FAO-AGL Databases
- FAO/WAICENT - The World Agricultural Information Centre
- FAO: LAND AND WATER DEVELOPMENT DIVISION
- Aquastat by FAO
- The Agris database at FAO
- The Caris database at FAO
- United Nations - Indicators of Sustainable Development
- United Nations System-Wide Earthwatch
- WHO selected databases
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Environmental Organization Web Directories -
EIARD InfoSys - The Information System of the European Initiative for Agricultural Research for Development -
ENDS - Environmental Data Services -
Information Services at IDS (Institute of Development Studies, Sussex) -
The Eldis search engine on development & environment -
The ESWIN Home Page - A definition of DRASTIC technique
- BC Environment Issues Searchable Reference Guide: Pollution Prevention & Remediation
- Environment: Risk Management Internet Services Resource Library (rmis.com)
- EPA: search on standardized systems
- ESRI Geographical Information System Software
- F-PROT Anti-Virus Home Page
- Internet Search: DRASTIC technique
- Internet search: Software, pollution
- Risk Management Software
- Software tools for intelligent data analysis
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Texas
Natural Resource Conservation Commission
- Action research resources for environment and development
- Analyse des Pratiques Sociales et Projet Urbain (ASPU): Page d'accueil
- Canadian Journal of Behavioural Science: Multiculturality
- Conferenza sostenibilita' IRIS 1999
- Eco-Industrial Case Studies Introduction
- Ecological Footprints of Nations
- Environmental and Societal Impacts Group
- Environmental Evaluation: Perception and Public Policy
- Global Climate Web Sites
- Human Dimensions of Global Change
- International Institute for Sustainable Development
- Laboratoire C3ED - Université de Versailles
- Linkages - A Multimedia Resource for Environment & Development Policy Makers
- Links for developing change in Natural Resource Management
- Managing Sustainability - The European Perspective and Experiences
- Participatory planning & management for environment and development
- Photographic Information Exchange Visual Search Page
- Spatial development principles for the European continent
- Selected links from the Swedish Royal Institute of Technology
- Sustainable Development Journal
- Centre for Research on European Urban Environments
- The Greening of the Web: Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, Research, React...and Buy
- The World Wide Web Virtual Library: Sustainable Development
- University of Cambridge Committee for Interdisciplinary Environmental Studies (CIES)
- Welcome to the Sustainable Communities Network Home Page
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- About the WFSF
- Approximate Reasoning in the Modeling of Consensus in Group Decisions
- Building Consensus: How and Why
- Collaborative learning and change
- ERUDIT - European site of Fuzzy Logic
- Futures Research Quarterly Home Page
- Futures Studies
- Futures Web Sites
- Group Decision and Negotiation Website
- IAIR International Journal of Futures Studies: Introduction
- Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences
- Knowledge Management & Organizational Learning: @BRINT (tm)
- Links for developing change in Natural Resource Management
- MA Foresight and Futures Studies - Index
- Publications on cognitive and brain science
- St. Gall Center for Futures Research
- The Swedish Institute for Future Studies
- The World Futures Studies Federation
- Virtual Decision-Making in Spatial Planning
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- CBD - Convention on
Biological Diversity - Montreal, Canada
The Convention is thus the first global, comprehensive agreement to address all aspects of biological diversity: genetic resources, species, and ecosystems. It recognizes - for the first time - that the conservation of biological diversity is "a common concern of humankind" and an integral part of the development process. To achieve its objectives, the Convention - in accordance with the spirit of the Rio Declaration on Environment and Development - promotes a renewed partnership among countries. Its provisions on scientific and technical cooperation, access to genetic resources, and the transfer of environmentally sound technologies form the foundations of this partnership.
Capacity.org
A web-site dedicated to advancing the policy and practice of capacity building in international development cooperation. "Capacity.org" is an initiative of the European Centre for Development Policy Management with the aim to look at policy and practice of capacity building within international development cooperation.
Designed with development researchers, practitioners and decision-makers in primarily Africa and donor countries in mind, and drawing on publications, reports, viewpoints and experiences of individuals and organizations involved in capacity building work, Capacity.org offers a range of services to users: A quarterly "magazine" comprising an editorial, annotated bibliography, abstracts of current information and a Discussion Forum; A virtual library providing access to full text publications, stored in a database and supported by a search facility; iper-links to related web sites, including a list of organisations active in the field of capacity building, and a regular update of relevant programmes and events.
Materials from Conferences, Seminars and Meetings
EURESCO Conferences (European Research Conferences) are a programme of the European Science Foundation, with funding from the High Level Scientific Conferences Activity of the European Commission, (except for those conferences marked**). Each conference consists of a series of meetings, held typically every other year. There are neither written contributions nor proceedings. Unconventional ideas and new approaches, not yet fully explored, are encouraged. The conferences are open to all scientists, whether from academia or industry.
Agenda 21 & Other UNCED Agreements
Global Environment Outlook
Publications & Libraries
ECDPM Publications
Euforic Library
Isnar Publications
WHO Reference Desk: Online Books
