East Asia and Pacific
Environmental Initiative
USAID and State working with partners
protecting the environment and
improving livelihoods

USAID-Targeted List of Environment Web Sites
From USAID CDIE Research and References Services 6/01

Biodiversity || Global Climate Change || Urban and Industrial Pollution
Energy || Sustainable Natural Resource Management || Environmental Law
International Development Organizations || Search Tools

4.1 Biodiversity

Biodiversity at OECD http://www.oecd.org/ehs/icgb/biodiv.htm

Convention on Biodiversity International Clearinghouse http://www.biodiv.org/

IUCN - The World Conservation Union http://www.iucn.org/

International Institute for Sustainable Development - Convention on Biological Diversity Page http://www.iisd.ca/biodiv.html

National Biological Information Infrastructure - International Page http://www.nbii.gov/international/index.html

The Rutgers University Biodiversity Center Homepage http://aesop.rutgers.edu/~biodiversity/jumpy.htm

World Conservation Monitoring Centre - National Biodiversity Profiles http://www.wcmc.org.uk/nbp/

World Conservation Monitoring Centre - Protected Areas Information http://www.wcmc.org.uk/protected_areas/data/

World Conservation Monitoring Centre - Search Red List Database http://www.wcmc.org.uk:80/species/animals/animal_redlist.html

4.2 Global Climate Change

Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center http://cdiac.esd.ornl.gov

Greenhouse Gas Technology Information Exchange - Information on some 7,700 organizations involved with greenhouse gas mitigating technologies http://www.greentie.org/

World Bank - Global Climate Change http://www-esd.worldbank.org/cc/

Global Climate Change Digest - A Guide to Information on Greenhouse Gases and Ozone Depletion/Calendar of Related Events for 1999 http://www.globalchange.org/dgcalen/d99cal.htm

Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) http://www.ipcc.ch/

International Institute for Sustainable Development - UNFCCC Page http://www.iisd.ca/climate/climate.html

Global Temperature Trends: 1998 Global Surface Temperature Smashes Record http://www.giss.nasa.gov/research/observe/surftemp/

Global warming and the Third World: Tiempo Climate Cyberlibrary http://www.cru.uea.ac.uk/tiempo/

United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) http://www.unfccc.de/

Greenpeace - Policy and Politics of Climate Change http://www.greenpeace.org/~climate/politics/index.html

USGCRP Seminar Series - Current Seminars and Archives http://www.usgcrp.gov/usgcrp/2MONMAIN.html

4.3 Urban and Industrial Pollution

Center of Excellence for Sustainable Development (DOE) http://www.sustainable.doe.gov/

International City/County Management Association http://www.icma.org/

International Council for Local Environmental Initiatives http://www.iclei.org/

European Academy of the Urban Environment http://www.eaue.de/

Air & Waste Management Association's Home Page http://www.awma.org/index.html

National Small Flows Clearinghouse http://www.estd.wvu.edu/nsfc/

Public Technology, Inc. (PTI) http://pti.nw.dc.us/

Small Flows, Pipeline, and The Small Flows Journal http://www.estd.wvu.edu/nsfc/NSFC_Publications.html#journal

U.S. DOE - Clean Cities http://www.ccities.doe.gov/

Urban Environmental Management http://www.soc.titech.ac.jp/uem/

Urban Planning Links http://www.vcu.edu/hasweb/usp/LINKS.HTM

Urban Research Links http://www.chass.utoronto.ca:8080/guri/Links.html

Water Online http://www.wateronline.com/

The World Wide Web Virtual Library: Wastewater Engineering http://www.halcyon.com/cleanh2o/ww/welcome.html

4.4 Energy

Bioenergy/Biomass/BiofuelsInformationResources http://www.esd.ornl.gov/bfdp/inforesr.html

BWZ#5- "Alternative Environmental Technologies" http://www.betterworld.com/index.htm

Center for Renewable Energy Sustainability Technologies http://solstice.crest.org/index.shtml

Centre for Alternative Technology: Welcome Page http://www.cat.org.uk/

CleanEnergy: worldwide renewable energies directory http://www.cleanenergy.de/

DOEEREN - Renewable Energy http://www.eren.doe.gov/

Environmental Energies Technologies Division http://eande.lbl.gov/

Energy Information Administration http://www.eia.doe.gov/

Green Energy News - clean, efficient and renewable energy http://www.nrglink.com/

Gridwatch http://www.gridwatch.com/

Rocky Mountain Institute http://www.rmi.org/

The U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE's) Alternative Fuels Data Center http://afdc3.nrel.gov/

World Energy Efficiency Association Home Page http://www.weea.org/

4.5 Sustainable Natural Resource Management
 
General Agriculture Coastal Zones Forests Water Resources

Compendium of Sustainable Development Indicator Initiatives http://iisd1.iisd.ca/measure/compendium.htm

CSFWWW Site http://csf.colorado.edu/

Linkages- A Multimedia Resource for Environment & Development Policy Makers http://www.iisd.ca/

Natural Resources Research Information Pages http://www.vt.edu:10021/Y/yfleung/nrrips.html

Agriculture

AgNIC Home Page http://www.agnic.org/

Agricultural Export and Food Aid Programs http://www.cnie.org/nle/ag-20.html#summ

Agricultural Research Magazine Titles http://www.ars.usda.gov/is/AR/archive/key.htm

Agricultural Research Service http://www.ars.usda.gov/

Agriculture (Engineering and Technology) http://www.einet.net/galaxy/Engineering-and-Technology/Agriculture.html

AgriSurf! http://www.agrisurf.com/agrisurfscripts/agrisurf.asp?index=_25

Botanical museum, Finnish museum of natural history http://www.helsinki.fi/kmus/

CGIAR http://www.cgiar.org/

Commercial Composting http://www.composter.com/composting/commercial.html

Consortium for International Crop Protection http://ipmwww.ncsu.edu/cicp/brochure.html

Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) http://www.fao.org/

Food Aid Management Home Page http://www.foodaid.org/

Gender Studies in Agriculture - Bibliographies, Databases and Publications http://www.sls.wau.nl/crds/bdp_gs.htm

Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy http://www.igc.apc.org/iatp/agriculture.html

NewCROP Home Page http://www.hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/default.html

PANNA Home http://www.panna.org/panna/

SPAAR Information System/CGIAR Liaison http://www.bib.wau.nl/sis/

Texas Plant Disease Handbook - Contents http://cygnus.tamu.edu/Texlab/tpdh.html

The Beauty of Compost Heaps! http://www.boldweb.com/greenweb/compost.htm

The Georgia Pest Management Newsletter http://www.ces.uga.edu/Agriculture/entomology/pestnewsletter/feb96news.html

The National Agricultural Library http://www.nalusda.gov/

World Food Programme http://www.wfp.org/Wfphome.html

Coastal Zones

A Guide to Integrated Coastal Zone Management http://www.minvenw.nl/projects/netcoast/index.htm

Coastal/Marine Environment http://www.minvenw.nl/projects/netcoast/journal/marine.htm

Island Resources Foundation http://www.irf.org/

Institute for Coastal Resource Management http://www.science.uts.edu.au/icrm/links.html

NOAA Coastal Change Analysis Progarm (C-CAP) http://www.csc.noaa.gov/ccap/text/protocol.html

The National Marine and Coastal Geology Program - Fragile Environments http://marine.usgs.gov/marine-plan/html/fragile.html

USDOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NGDC Support to Coastal Programs http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/coast.html

World Conservation Monitoring Centre - Marine Information http://www.wcmc.org.uk:80/marine/data/

Forests

Agribusiness, Food Industry & Forest Industry Associations http://www.nal.usda.gov/atmic/pubs/agriassn.htm

European Forest Institute http://www.efi.fi/

FAO-Notes to Trouble-shooter's guide to forestry extension http://www.fao.org/waicent/faoinfo/forestry/free/tsguide/guidenot.htm

FAO Forestry Home Page http://www.fao.org/WAICENT/faoinfo/forestry/forestry.htm

Gaia Forest Conservation Archives http://forests.org/

International Institute for Sustainable Development - Global Forest Policy Page http://www.iisd.ca/forestry/forest.html

International Tropical Timber Organization http://www.itto.or.jp/

International Union of Forestry Research Organizations http://iufro.boku.ac.at/iufro/

Rainforest Action Network http://www.ran.org/

The World Wide Web Virtual Library: Forestry http://www.metla.fi/info/vlib/Forestry/

USDA Forest Service Home Page http://www.fs.fed.us/Homepage.html

Welcome to the International Institute of Tropical Forestry http://www.fs.fed.us/global/iitf/welcome.html

WRI: URLs for Forestry http://www.wri.org/wri/biodiv/forlinks.html

World Wildlife Fund - Forests for Life Campaign http://www.worldwildlife.org/frame_forests.htm

Water Resources

American Water Works Association http://www.awwa.org/

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences http://www.cisti.nrc.ca/cisti/journals/cjfas.html

DWR CaliforniaWater Page http://wwwdwr.water.ca.gov/

Environmental Organization Web Directory - Water Resources http://www.epa.gov/OW-OWM.html/

EPA Office of Water/Office of Wastewater Management http://www.epa.gov/OW-OWM.html/

Middle East Water http://www.soas.ac.uk/Geography/WaterIssues/Papers/9508ta1_01.html

Middle East Water Information Network http://www.ssc.upenn.edu/~mewin/

The Water Librarians' Home Page http://www.wco.com/~rteeter/waterlib.html

Welcome To Water Wiser http://www.waterwiser.org/

Environmental Law

CIEL Home Page http://www.igc.apc.org/ciel/

Environmental Law and Regulation http://www.rand.org/centers/icj/work/environ.html

Environmental Law Resources http://law.fsu.edu/lawtech/lawserch/envlaw.html

IGC:Environmental Law in Europe http://www.igc.apc.org/envlaw/europe/europelaw.html

Multilaterals Project http://www.tufts.edu/fletcher/multilaterals.html

The World Wide Web Virtual Library: Environmental Law http://www.law.indiana.edu/law/v-lib/lawindex.html

The Tulane Environmental Law Program http://www.law.tulane.edu/studorg/els/elsnew.htm

U.S.Houseof Representatives - Internet Law Library - U.S. Code (searchable) http://law.house.gov/usc.htm#search

International Development Organizations

Aid Gate http://www.oneworld.org/aidgate/gate_gb.htm

Asian Development Bank http://www.asiandevbank.org/

Eldis - Gateway to Development and Environment Information http://nt1.ids.ac.uk/eldis/eldis.htm

EP:Resources:Meetings http://www.fao.org/waicent/faoinfo/sustdev/epdirect/epre0017.htm

International Development Research Centre http://www.idrc.ca/index.html

OECD Online http://www.oecd.org/

TheWorld Bank Group http://www.worldbank.org/

U.S. Agency for International Development http://www.usaid.gov/

Search Tools

AltaVista: Main Page http://www.altavista.com/
 
Google

Liszt, the mailing list directory http://www.liszt.com/

Metacrawler http://www.go2net.com/search.html

Web Essence Book of Search Engines http://www.halcyon.com/topper/ws.htm

Welcome to INFOMINE: Scholarly Internet Resource Collections http://lib-www.ucr.edu/

Welcome to UnCover Web! http://uncweb.carl.org/

World Pages: Find the World Here! http://www.worldpages.com/