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Accounting:
· Accounting (en, jp),selected. Excellent selection of
sites with relevant information on green accounting. Lists sites in english and japaneese languages.
Africa :
· Africa data Dissemination Service (USGS/EROS) provides access to African data,
searchable by date or country (mainly satellite imagery or related) and with
previews.
·
Central Africa, Central African Republic, Cameroon, Gabon, Congo, Congo
Kinshasa, Equatorial Guinea, Angola, Burundi, Rwanda,metadatabase. Selection of the biggest databases and collections on Central Africa
from the last century, made available by Belgium.
Agriculture:
· Organic farming, encyclopedia. Reports, statistics and links
for all european countries.
· Agriculture industry (North America), all. Comprehensive listing of
agriculture in the North America and worldwide, from companies to farms and
feed suppliers to training and transportation.
Agricultural pests:
Agricultural pests (fr, en),multimedia encyclopedia of pests of cultures
and fruit trees of
Air quality:
Air quality (Europe), a database with real hourly data from selected measurement stations in
Air quality today, Europe,
countries, data,
selected websites with actual air quality information.
Air quality, Europe, selected official air quality
sites in European countries.
Air pollution:
· Air pollution (USA), site of EPA, with only EPA programs and publications (if you find a
better directory, let me know!).
· Transboundary air emissions, EMEP, Europe, countries,
dispersion. All
country reports, data, maps, projections and model depositions.
· Emission factors, air, Europe, encyclopedia.
Methodology for air emission calulation by the
European Environment Agency.
Alternatives:
· Alternatives, biodiversity, biotechnologies, ethics, discovery,
conscience, traditions, primary peoples (fr), selected links for protecting the
Earth.
Amazonia :
Amazonia (en, pt), encyclopedia
Amphibian:
· Amphibian conservation, threats, encyclopedia.
Species profiles, threats, distribution maps, biology, links.
Animal diseases:
Animal diseases,
epizooties (en, fr, es), encyclopedia. Files for each important animal
diseases.
Antarctica:
Antarctica, all good links.
Arctic:
· GRID-Arendal provides access to geographic
environmental datasets and maps (in ARC/INFO, GIF or TIFF formats). Its International
Arctic Environment Data Directory is cooperative directory pointing to most of the important data and
information sources of the surrounding countries and international bodies.
Artisanal fisheries:
· Artisanal fisheries, small-scale fishworkers, sustainable fisheries, sustainable livelihood
(en, fr, es), selected
Atlantic ocean, North See:
· Atlantic ocean, North See, encyclopedia.
All more important and recent information on environment in Atlantic and
coastal areas.
Atmospheric Systems:
· Atmospheric Systems (USA), a list of official starting points from US Global change Program.
· Atmospheric environment (en, fr) encyclopedia.
A real encyclopedia adressed
to schools and olders.
Australia:
· Australia, one of the best governmental site.
Provides various pages of general interest.
· Fire, Australia, selected. Mailing lists and other informations.
· Natural ressources,
jobs, Australia,all. Its job section links hundreds of Australian
and overseas environment/natural resource management jobs, all regularly
updated...plus many more useful links related to environmental management.
Austria:
Austria, the official Catalogue of Data Sources for
the country, with powerful search tools and German thesaurus; mainly in German.
Austria, governmental, the official site of the Federal Ministry of Environment, Youth and
Family, with all official information, including telephone numbers and various
interesting links (in German).
Auxilliary
lists:
· Auxilliary lists, lists not directly related to environment,
but that can be useful for environmentalists (geography, standards, general
search engines, ...).
Aviation:
· Aviation, airports, encyclopedia. Links, statistics. Reduce
noise at airports, especially at nights; and reduce the industry's growing
contribution to global climate change.
Baltic sea region:
BALLERINA,encyclopedia on everything concerning
environment in and arround the
Baltic sea:
· GRID-Arendal offers various environmental maps.
· Baltic sea, eutrophication (en,
de, dk, st, fi, la, li, po, ru, se), encyclopedia. Encyclopedia and links in many languages.
Bathing water quality:
· Europe, atlas, metadatabase.
Searchable atlas.
· Bathing water quality, Europe, atlas, metadatabase.
Searchable atlas.
Belgium:
· Belgium (federal, nl, fr,
en), site of the
federal State.
government, environment, air
pollution, climate change, global warming, greenhouse effect, UN FCCC, Kyoto
Protocol (nl, fr, en), encyclopedia.
Official climate change web pages of the Belgian federal environment
administration: publications, links, addresses, national and international
official documents, legislation , data.
· Belgium, general environment (nl), encyclopedia. A central point which gives in
an harmonized structure up to date information picked up from various internet
sources.
· Brussels, products, services, technology, (fr,
nl, en). A searchable guide to business services and products in
Brussels-capital region (Belgium).
· Flanders, all official environmental information and
databases freely available on-line for Flanders.
· Flanders, policy, directives, private, contacts, institutions, public(nl). Links and information sources.
· Nature (nl), all. A starting link for nature on all
geographic levels in Belgium.
· Energy (Flanders) (nl), encyclopedia.
· Wallonia (Belgium, fr), the official site of the wallonian ministry of environment, natural resources and
agriculture.
· Belgium (air pollution data, air
quality, SO2, dust, suspension particules, CO, NO2,
NO, O3, atmospheric ozone, CnHm, CxHy,
measurement network)(en, nl, fr,
de), measurement
stations and the latest " top ten " data (1/2 hour, hour, day). Particularilly comprehensive for ozone air concentrations.
· Wallonia (Belgium, organisations)(fr) , metadatabank of all organisations (NGOs,
private, press, administrations) in the region.
· Stratospheric ozone layer depth
data, O3 (Belgium) (en, fr), evolution over the latests weeks.
· Contacts, EIONET, data contact points (Belgium).
· Wallonia (Belgium), data,metadatabase on air emissions (CO2, NOx, SO2), criminality, bathing water, metal ressources
· Convention on biological diversity. First National Report of Belgium
to the Convention on Biological Diversity.
· Biodiversity (Belgium), Convention on biological diversity, database and
experts. This
inventory is not limited to the biodiversity of the Belgian territory. It
concerns specialists (both professional and private), research programmes at
universities, research institutes and elsewhere, collections, botanical
gardens, zoos, museums, existing databases and their contents, associations and
administrations involved in the study and conservation of the diversity of
living organisms in all its aspects, from the genome to the biome level, on a
planetary scale.
· Convention on biological diversity, database
and experts.
Bibliography:
· Current contents of environmental journals database,metadatabase of most scientific journals current (last
weeks) contents. For some journals, there is a link to the papers themselve. A very valuable resource for researchers.
· Bibliography, documents (nl), metadatabase
Bicycle:
· Bicycle, activism, selected Critical Mass bicycle activist movement worldwide
Biocatalysis,
Biodegradation:
· Biocatalysis, Biodegradation,metadatabase. It is a database of microbial biocatalytic reactions and biodegradation pathways
primarily for xenobiotic, chemical compounds. Lists of 98 pathways; 674
reactions; 602 compounds; 424 enzymes; 266 microorganism entries; 73 reactions
of naphthalene 1,2-dioxygenase; 108 reactions of toluene dioxygenase;
Graphical UM-BBD Overview; and Other Graphics (Metapathway
and Pathway Maps and Reaction Mechanisms).
Biodiversity:
· · Biodiversity, convention, Europe, encyclopedia.
· ECNC, with most important European organisations,
by country and by subjects, and full conventions.
· Belgium, encyclopedia in French, covering mainly Wallonian
Region and Belgium, but also Europe (CORINE), with dynamic maps and access to
data (species distributions, sites, protection status and legislation).
· Biodiversity (Belgium), encyclopedia.
Reports and links to regional sites
Biodiversity and biological collections:
Collections (biological), collections and other biological
and biodiversity resources or databases (including images, museums, etc.).
Biofuels:
· Renewable fuels and chemicals, about 70 links to newsgroups,
organisations and other sources (with search tool).
· Biofuels publications, searchable metadatabase.
· Biogas, bioenergy, biomass (de, en, fr),selected list of links and other
information to improve the use of biogaz.
· Bioenergy, selected. Biotechnoenergy
Biogeochemical dynamics:
datasets, a metadatabase with
possibility to download the datasets found.
Biological engineering employment:
Biological engineering employment, searchable metadatabase.
Biotechnology:
Biotechnology,WWW-Virtual Library.
Biosafety:
Belgian Biosafety Server,encyclopedia.
This server is focusing on
all scientific and regulatory aspects of biological safety regarding human
activities using pathogenic and genetically modified organisms. A chapter is
dedicated to biosafety aspects of biodiversity, focusing mainly on the UNEP
International Technical Guidelines for Safety in Biotechnology (full text
available on-line) and on the current negotiation process aiming at developing
a protocol on biosafety, specifically focusing on the transboundary
movement of Living Modified Organisms.
Biosafety (Belgium)(en, fr,
nl)
Biosafety european
legislation
Birds names, translation index, status:
latin, en,
de, fr, it, es, se, ru, fr, nl, Europe, database. Latin
(the scientific name of the species), Dutch, English, French, German, Italian,
Spanish, Swedish and Russian. The database currently holds 804 records (species
and sub-species). It also gives the status of the species as defined by the
79/409/CEE and 91/244/CEE directives of the European Union.
Britain:
Britain. independent charity dedicated to enhancing
and protecting Britain's environment through building awareness, dialogue and
effective solutions.
Brazil:
Rights, fauna, flora, biodiversity, birds, ,
nature conservation, children, women, indian, Human
Rights, culture, philosophy, speleology (pt, en), encyclopedia.
Numerous links and legal arguments for many subjects linked to nature
conservation.
Building:
· Building Design, Green Construction. About 1000 links classified by categories:
Alternative Design, Books and Magazines, Case Studies, Companies and
Professionals, Education - Jobs and Careers, Famous People, Government, Green
Office, Indoor Enviro Quality, online Resources,
Organizations, Products, Water, Web Directories.
Business:
· Sustainable business network,encyclopedia.
Calculators:
Calculators, an estonnish
site with links to tools to calculate various thinks including environmental
subjects.
Canada:
· Ecoroute,encyclopedia mostly in French but with substancial parts in English or Spanish.
· New Brunswick (Canada), news, action
(en, fr),encyclopedia. A site for citizens, full of informations, news and vulgarisation of main environmental
concerns.
Cancer:
Cancer,all.
Cars:
· Environmental performances of new car (DE, FR,
NL), all. List of
modern cars and their environmental performance in term of CO2 emissions and
category labels.
Case-law:
Case-law of The Court of Justice of the
European Communities (en, fr, nl,
de, pt, es, it, gk, dk, fi, se). Full text of the case-law of The
Court of Justice of the European Communities. Searchable in full text, by
dates, names of parties, themes (including environment) etc.
Central Europe:
Governmental organisations , a searchable metadatabase
on official organisations dealing with monitoring, dissemination of
information, enforcement and control of environmental regulations and
environmental protection. Searchable by country, subject area, monitoring
sector and others.
Chemical safety, risk, hazards:
Chemical safety, risk, hazards, encyclopedia.
Provides a means of rapid access to information on chemicals commonly used
throughout the world, which may also occur as contaminants in the environment
and food.
Chemicals:
· Chemicals , metadatabase of
about 100 directories and databases on environmental chemicals. Possible to
search by name or by subject. This last option is an advanced form where you
can select your themes by type of database (metadatabase,
full text etc.), subject coverage, use of chemical, type of information,
descriptors (including CAS or 'ECDIN registery
number', EEC, EPA, 'address of transporters' etc.).
· Chemicals (de, en),metadatabase.
· Chemicals, encyclopedia.
The site of UNEP, with
all activities, catalogues and sources of information on chemical and safety
related matters.
UNEP International Register of Potentially Toxic Chemicals,encyclopedia.
Chlorine and PVC:
Arguments for, a subjective encyclopedia
defending the use of chlorine and PVC. Very well done and rich in information
to animate the debate on this subject.
Civil protection, disasters:
· Europe, selection
Cities:
Cities, urbanisation, population, countries, encyclopedia.
Comprehensive data on cities worldwide and their development, the degree of urbaniation, the countries and links to other statistical
sources for each country.
Clean production:
· Pollution prevention (en, po), definitions and links to
references and institutions.
· Cleaner production, ecotechnology, selected. Portal.
Clearinghouse (internet resources):
Clearinghouse, selects the best guides to
internet resources, following strict criteria (this page is registered there!).
Climate :
· the National Climatic Data Centre (USA) with on-line data access and interactive
visualisation of climate data.
· Climate, regions, NGOs, international talks, News, Kyoto. The site to follow the negociations and news, from the point of view of NGOs.
Clipart, photos:
Clipart, nature photos, animated
GIFs, GIFs, backgrounds, borders, dingbats, fonts, icons, lines (free,
shareware),all.
Direct access to graphical objects for documents.
Coastal Systems:
· Terrestrial, Inland Aquatic, and Near Coastal Systems (USA), selected US starting points for
global change research.
Collections (biological):
Collections (biological), collections and other biological
and biodiversity resources or databases (including images, museums, etc.).
Companies:
Companies (Portugual), Metadatabase.
Directory of Portuguese companies that work in several different environment
fields. It has more than 100 entries.
Companies,
technologies (Brussels), encyclopedia, Directory
of companies (
Firms, metadatabase,
products and services including tourism, trade, food, media and sources
Compost (de):
Organic segundary rawmaterial (de), a searchable metadatabase
on all subjects related to biotechnology and biological waste management. In
German.
Conservation:
Conservation, sustainable use of living
resource (reports, maps, data and bibliography),encyclopedia
Databases, Species, protected areas, marine and
coastal ressources, forests ressources,
world, countries,encyclopedia
Consumption :
Sustainable consumption, Belgium (fr, nl), selected.
350 links related to sustainable consumption and products in Belgium: waste,
labels, ecofiscality, ecobuilding
etc.
Contaminated land:
· Contaminated Land Resource, United
Kingdom, all.
Bibliography, electronic journals, forums, news, chemicals, toxicology, risk,
remediation.
Conventions:
International conventions (fr, nl, en),selected. Link to official sites of
international conventions.
Convention on biological diversity:
· National reports, selected. Full text reports (html or pdf formats) of more than 50 countries.
· Data. All data and information.
Conventions on nature and landscape conservation
(Europe):
Conventions on nature (Europe), all texts available on-line.
Corporate Environment, Safety and Health Information:
Corporate Environment, Safety and Health
Information, a link
to the environmental section of many private companies and industries.
Courses:
Directory of environmental courses
(UK), searchable metadatabase if you want to follow courses on any matter of
your choice.
Current contents of environmental journals:
Current contents of environmental
journals database,metadatabase of most scientific journals current
(last weeks) contents. For some journals, there is a link to the papers themselve. A very valuable resource for researchers.
Cyprus :
· Cyprus (gk, en), selected
Data:
GRID-Arendal, a directory of all available data
from UNEP and partners.
Data, databases (Europe):
Data, databases (Europe), list of freely available databases
of European level: Land cover, Biotopes, nationnally
designated areas, biogeographic regions, European rivers and catchments, soil
erosion risk, land quality.
Definitions:
· Terms, definitions (Europe, 23 languages), 500 English terms, definitions and
translation in 23 languages.
· Definitions, translations (FR-EN), data. Definitions in French. Dictionnary EN-FR.
Desertification:
Desertification, selected The main international
sites.
Design:
Ecodesign,, selected 20 sites.
Development:
· Developing countries, comprehensive metadatabase
with a selection of good links related to development in a sustainable
perspective ('developing countries').
· Development (fr), encyclopedia.
Starting point for debates in French over environment and development. Developing
countries (news and essays, NGOs), very popular multimedia encyclopedia with a
lot of essays and news on various subjects covering the South.
Dioxin:
· Dioxins, Europe, encyclopedia.
Reports, data and links.
Disasters:
Disasters. About 300 links on disasters:
Airplane Accidents, Avalanches, Blizzards, Documentary Films, Drought in the
Midwest, Earthquakes, Emergency Management, Events, Fires, Floods, Hurricanes,
Typhoons, Tropical Cyclones, Landslides, Nuclear Disasters, Oil Spills,
Tornadoes, Tsunamis, Volcanoes.
Earth:
· Earth, A virtual encyclopedia.
Whritten by academic researchers and professors in
diverse earth science disciplines.
Earth Island (activist):
Earth Island (activist),site of the Earth Island Institute.
The activist's activist-site. Info about many thinks including endengered animals campaings and
projects.
Earth observation:
Earth observation, tropospheric air
emissions, maps, SO2, NO2, ozone, aerosol, UV, Bromine monoxide (BrO), ozone column, Near-real time data, satellite images, data. Diverse earth observation
data and products based on satellite imagery, e.g. maps of anthropogenic and
natural air emissions, in near real time, detailed in time and space.
Earthsummit:
· Earthsummit, selected. Information about the eart Summit 2002.
Eco Friendly Living:
Eco Friendly Living, selected. More than 1000 environmental sites,
with a focus on individual eco-friendly behaviour.
Ecological footprint:
· Ecological footprint, encyclopedia.
The master site for ecological footprint.
Ecological networks:
Ecological networks, encyclopedia.
It is a Special Interest Network on ecological networks (network of habitats
for species conservation for example), with various information providers and
communication tools.
Ecology (discussion lists):
· Ecology (discussion lists), is a metadatabase
on discussion lists, with basic information needed before to subscribe to them.
· Ecology, all. Beautifull
list of links classified by thems of ecological
science.
· ecology, environment, sustainability, tools, all. Classified by subjects:
Architecture, Planning, Eco Design, Art, Clip Art, Images, Books, Music, Video,
Astrophysics, Climate, Global Change, Building, Materials, Housing, Model
Projects, Business, Ethical Finance, Enviro
Accounting, Careers, Employment, Volunteer Opportunities, Databases,
Directories, Resources, Eco-Tourism, Ecovillages, Eco
Real Estate, Education, Research, Energy, Solar, Alternative Technology,
Friends and Colleagues, Indigenous, Aboriginal, Native, Justice, Environmental
Law, Links to other Links, Living Models, Life Style, Vision, Utopia, National
Parks, Forests, Waters, Wildlife, Networks, Consortiums, News, Reports,
Magazines, Media, Information, Organizations, Foundations, Institutions,
Societies, Products, Services, Recycling, Waste, Toxic Materials, Pollution,
Sustainable Agriculture, Permaculture, Unusual, Games, Cyber, Sacred Geometry.
· Deep ecology, ecosophy", selected. Litterature
and links
Ecological and Biological Systems:
Ecological and Biological Systems (USA) of the US Global Change Research
Programme: starting point for official sources.
Ecological realisations:
Ecological realisations (Belgium), encyclopedia
with Belgian good exemples of ecological
realisations, including addresses for further information.
Economy:
· Economy, organisations, research (fr). An impressive list of research institutes in the world.
· Economics, all. Links sorted by different ecological
economics subjects: taxes, climate change, political, business, energy,
legislative, incentive, ...
· Economics, ecological economics, environmental
economics,
selected. Links, societies, scientific papers.
· Ecological economics, all. About 30 links.
· Steady State Economics, selected. Links and papers over the steady state revolution, or the
link between economy and environment.
Ecosystems:
Ecosystems,all. Also a lot of other themes with
thousands of links.
Ecotourism:
Ecotourism. Several discussion papers are
linked from there to present the subject in different situations and countries
(America).
Tourism, ecotourism,selected.
Electronic Development and Environment Information
System:
ELDIS, metadatabase with
some 5200 high quality items related to environment and sustainable
development.
Emergencies, civil protection:
Emergencies, civil protection, Europe, encyclopedia.
Everything from chemicals to marine pollution.
Endangered species (most endangered):
Endangered species (most endangered),selected species information and
needed actions.
Endangered species (global), encyclopedia with all needed information.
Energy:
Finding Energy Information Resources. Provides access to EE/RE
informational resources via broad subject divisions, type of resource, type of
organisation, by an alphabetical listing of sites, and by a keyword search
system.
Energy, all links (Virtual Library), mainly on
renewable energy.
Energy efficiency:
Canada (energy efficiency programs),metadatabase
available as separate software to download (pc-Windows or Macintosh). Covers
about 189 programs covering federal, provincial and territorial governments,
and electric and gas utilities. Updated every year.
Energy efficiency in small and
medium sized enterprises, measures, success. Interdisciplinary research report. Case
studies identifying factors thatsupport the
successful implementation of energy measures in small andmedium
sized enterprises (from different european countries)
Estrogens:
Estrogens,encyclopedia and list of links for environmental
estrogens and hormones.
Estrogens (bibliography),metadatabase
of more than 1000 scientific citations.
Ethics:
· Ethics and development, America (en, es, pt). Site selection from Interamerican Development Bank.
Europe:
· Central and Eastern Europe, searchable metadatabase
of environmental sources.
· National Focal Points EIONET, countries , all.
· EIONET Europe, countries, contact points, Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany,Ireland
, Italy, United Kingdom, etc., all. The members of the network for providing information to the European Environment Agency. Experts for data sources in european countries.· Public opinion, Europe (en, fr), selected. Eurobarometer,
at European level, covering various subjects, and regularly environment. European Commission, DGXI,the official site of DGXI environment
...
European data:
Products of European Environment Agency : CORINE air emissions (summary by
country) and several report summaries. The contact points to receive complete
CORINE databases (Biotopes, Land Cover, Soil & vegetation maps, CORINAIR,
or other free reports are also available from there. Several directories exist
there (CORINE data dictionary, inventory of Main Component Elements of EIONET)
but are not yet accessible on-line... hopefully soon!
European Environment Agency:
European Environment Agency The site is growing every day and
will become one of the best valuable source in the future concering
environmental information on
European policy:
· Europe (policy),encyclopedia.
Legislation, policy instruments, subsidies, publications.
· European legislation,encyclopedia. Full textes
of current and foreseen legislation
· European Union law (full texts), legislation in force, case laws,
preparatory acts, Official Journal (es, da, de, el,
en, fr, it, nl, pt, fi, sv),encyclopedia.
Full text of european legislation.
· European Commission proposals (EU),all. Full text of european legislation proposals.
Facts:
· News, polemic, summaries, key scientific reports (EN, DE, FR, ES, NL), encyclopedia.
Summaries of assessments reports on key debates: aspartame, GMOs, fisheries,
arsenic, climate change etc.
Flood
http://floodlist.com/. Various info on floods,
per continent.
Florida:
South Florida ecological region, encyclopedia.
Directory of info and resources.
Food safety:
Food safety, encyclopedia
Footprint:
Ecological footprint, encyclopedia.
Ecological footprint indicator worldwide
Forest:
Forest health, air pollution effects, encyclopedia.
Site of the International Co-operative Programme on Assessment and Monitoring
of Air Pollution Effects on Forests operating under UNECE - Detailed anual report on forests surveys. Links to reports and
related institutions.
Forestry:
Forestry, virtual library, comprehensive list with
various useful headers.
Sustainable forestry. A lot of diverse information is there.
France :
· Water, France (fr,
en, es, pt),encyclopedia
Sites, bibliography, news, events, education, data, maps, mainly France (fr, en, es, pt)
Fuels and chemicals (renewable):
Fuels and chemicals, about 70 links to newsgroups,
organisations and other sources (with search tool).
Fundings:
Resources, fundings. How to find ressources
for social work
Gas:
Greenhouse, technology, searchable structured metadatabase of about 7000 organisations and services.
General (environment):
· General (environment) (en) , searchable metadatabase
with over 500 environmental sites descriptions.
· General (environment),metadatabase
Over 3,000 indexed links.
· General (environment) (de) , the environmental part of a German
speaking Virtual Library.
· General (environment) (en) , all possible links, by type, mainly for non profit
users and activists.
· General (environment) (en) , all possible links, by type
· General (environment), commented (en) , selected quality resources, by
type (sites, directories, mailing lists, events, ...) with comments in English.
· General environmental sources (USA governments), official sources related on Global
Change
· General (environment) (fr)
, in French,
selects very good site with links sorted by various subjects: list of www
sites, list of mail lists, best addresses, education (France, Canada, USA),
international organisations, associations, thematic sites,
· General (environment), Netherlands (nl), selected A selection of Dutch
sites.
· General (environment)( de,en, fr, it, nl,
cz, pt, se, po, tu). A
selection of international companies and jobs from
· General (environment) (nl) , selected, in Dutch.
· General (environmental science)(en) .A selection of directories and scientific
papers.
· General
(environment)(fi, en), all. Cartoons, humor and
environment.
Geothermal energy:
Geothermal energy, about 40 links.
Germany:
·
Germany (2 landers), metadatabase
on Landes Niedersaschen and Baden-Wurttenberg.
Thousands of records.
· Germany (de), encyclopedia.
All kinds of links for German users.
Global Change:
Global change Master directory is one of the most complete
searchable metadatabase on linked subjects.
The NOAA Data Set Catalog is a forms-based tool that allows
users to search for publicly available environmental data held by public and
private sources throughout the world, focusing on climatology, meteorology,
ecology, pollution, geology, oceanography, and remote sensing satellites.
Global Change (USA, official), selected list of US governmental starting
points.
Kyoto convention, climate change, encyclopedia, all
basic information and data.
Anthropogenic emissions of greenhouse gases (CO2, CH4, N2O, ...), data for most countries and world.
Country reports (global change, Kyoto), country reports with detailled data and policy information.
· Global cycles, environmental problems, encyclopedia. The
site of SCOPE, with all downloadable reference publications on the global
environmental cycles.
Global warming:
Global warming, encyclopedia:
summary of latest knowledge (from
Governmental organisations:
Central Europe , a searchable metadatabase
on official organisations dealing with monitoring, dissemination of
information, enforcement and control of environmental regulations and
environmental protection. Searchable by country, subject area, monitoring
sector and others.
Green engineering, green design:
Green engineering, about 50 links.
Greenhouse gas:
· Technology, searchable structured metadatabase of about 8,500 international suppliers of
technologies, services, research, data, and literature, pertinent to greenhouse
gas mitigation
· Greenhouse gas emissions, countries,
socio-economic data and tools, selected
· Greenhouse gas emissions, countries,
socio-economic data and tools, selected
Greenpeace:
Greenpeace,encyclopedia. All kind of information and links,
from an activist's point of view.
Guides (internet):
Clearinghouse, selects the best guides to
internet resources, following strict criteria.
Sélection des meilleurs
sites environnement (fr) , in French, selects very good site
with links sorted by various subjects: list of www sites, list of mail lists,
best addresses, education (
Hazardous waste:
Hazardous waste, Basel convention, import,
export, transit, encyclopedia. The site of the
Hazardous waste transboundary
movements, countries,
encyclopedia. Site of the
Hazardous
waste ,transboundary movements, disposal, official data.
Health:
· Toxic substances , is in fact a relational database with US contaminated sites,
substances, toxicology profiles and health effects. Health effects of hazardous
substances
· Health,all. Events, fragrance, pregnancy,
ozone, pesticide. A lot of links. Classified by themes.
· Fragranced products,encyclopedia. 1,560 chemicals of over 5,000 used
by the fragrance industry. An deffects on health.
· Health, Europe (en, fr, de, ru), encyclopedia. Recommendations from WHO for
Europa. Also impacs of environment on children etc.
Heavy metals:
· Lead (fr),selected. A short list of expert's selected
links, all in French.
· Mercury, cadmium (fr),selected. A short list of expert's selected links, all in French.
· Lead, industry, France (fr),encyclopedia. Inventory of industries
concerned with lead in
History:
History, historical maps, world, land cover
(1700-1990), population, emissions , selected. Maps and data.
Hormones:
Estrogens,encyclopedia and list of links and scientific
resources for environmental hormones and estrogens.
Hotel:
· Hotel , Alternative Design, Case Studies, Companies
and Professionals, Education - Jobs and Careers, Green Office, Indoor Enviro Quality, Web Directories.
Human development:
· Human development indicators. A portal to all available data per
country. A very efficient tool for indicator building.
Hunger
Hunger Web, selected list of many links related to hunger
and sustainable development.
Hydrology:
Hydrology, all sites classified in various source
types: lists, data resources, computer modelling and software, publications,
bibliography, projects and specific topics, discussion groups, societies,
conferences and courses, universities, other organisations, companies and
others. The site titles are also searchable.
Hydropower:
Hydropower, about 40 links to organisations
and newsgroups.
Ice and Snow:
Snow and Ice (USA), selected US official sources (linked to
Global Change research Program).
India:
· India, metadatabase. The official site for environmental data in
India. Forest Area & Protected Areas. Demography & Socio Economic.
Watershed. Land Use/Land Cover.Disaster Prone Areas.
Infrastructure. Topography. Archaeology. Ecology. Geology. Soils. Water. Air.
Models. Metrology. Time Series Monitoring. Access to data is subject to
conditions or payment of costs.
Indicators:
· Indicators (sustainable development), searchable metadatabase
on indicators for sustainable communities development.
· Indices, indicators, sustainability, selected. Links to the global indices main
initiative.
· Agri-environmental indicators, OECD (en, fr), encyclopedia. Links, data, concepts and
bibliography.
· Indicators, sustainable development, United Nations, encyclopedia.
All what is needed to understand the sustainable development indicators developped by the UN.
· Composite indicators, encyclopedia. Link to documents, projects
and theorical backgrounds on composite indicators.
Industry:
Industry (Canada), resources by region, in English and French.
Information:
Alternative information, opinions (fr), selected
Inland Aquatic Systems:
Terrestrial, Inland Aquatic, and Near Coastal
Systems (USA),
selected US starting points for global change research.
Innovations:
· Latest technological advances, news, selected. Latest technological advances in
alternative energy, green building and sustainable development, transportation
and fuel source technology, and environmental protection and preservation.
Institutes:
Institutes, more than 100 links.
International agreements full texts:
Policy Instruments Database: Searchable full texts of more than
120 international agreements. (English version).
International agreements full texts ,encyclopedia,
sorted by subject, and with explanations and country profiles.
International Co-operation on Environment and
Development:
International Co-operation on Environment and
Development, encyclopedia with all the best sources, data and
international agreements.
International
relations:
International relations (fr). A
french website dedicated to international relations
Internet starting points:
Internet starting points, selected (also with Dutch language
information's).
Islands:
Small islands, encyclopedia on
everything linked to small islands environment and sustainable development,
including directories of organisations and sources, full reports and
information. Exactly the kind of site we like.
ISO-14000:
ISO-14000, selected. Environmental
management. Preview in plain English.
Italy:
· Italy, selected list of worldwide and italian environmental sites. A lot of images and Java
applets.
· Legislation (Italy), news,
companies, ISO14000, EMAS (it), encyclopedia.
Jobs, consultants:
Jobs, consultants, news (United Kingdom), all. News, jobs, offers and links (also
commercial) for professionnals.
Journalism:
Environmental Journalism. A rewarding springboard for
environmental resources
Journals and newsletters
Journals and newsletters, the index WWW pages of many
scientific journals. Useful to find references.
Justice
Justice, encyclopedia
describing and linking to all kinds of resources on environmental justice.
Kyoto conference on global change
Kyoto conference (NGO opinion, WWF), encyclopedia
with all information from the point of view of international NGO.
Landmines:
· Landmines (en),
encyclopedia. Country reports, definitions, points of
contact, internet ressources, treaties, conference
calendar, statistical estimations.
· Landmines (fr), selected. Starting point for sites
about antipersonel mines.
Landscapes (Europe ):
ECNC, with most important organisations, by country
and by subjects, and full conventions.
Law:
· Environmental law sources, comprehensive list of the WWW
Virtual Library.
· Law, the Virtual Library, with a description of
many sites
· Law, legislation (treaties,
national, court, litterature)(en, es,
fr). Searchable tool with link to texts.
· Legislation,
LCA:
LCA, life cycle assessment, all. Huge list of links and
references.
List of lists:
List of lists, Virtual library, comprehensive
list of lists.
General (environment) (en) , searchable metadatabase
with over 500 environmental sites descriptions.
Listservs (nl):
Listservs (nl), selected, with comments in Dutch.
Listservs (en), a searchable metadatabase.
Local development:
Active citizenship, international solidarity,
sustainable development, associations (France) (fr), encyclopedia
for local development in
Maps:
· Maps, indicators, data, environment,
world, countries, biodiversity, water, air, climate, threatened animals,
protected areas, encyclopedia. Network portal and customable maps with
comparable data.
Marine sciences:
· Marine science information database: it is a searchable metadatabase of more than 350 sites. Points also to very
valuable related sites (oceanography, datasets, catalogues of species, etc.).
Media recycling:
Media recycling, selected very short list. But this
organisation recycle (for free) huge amount of magnetic and other media.
Meteorology:
World Meteorological Organization, a starting point to various climate
and weather related issues and databases.
Models:
About 100 models well described.
Ecological Models, metadatabase, by
subject or name.
Monitoring organizations:
UNEP-HEMdisk (Harmonization of Environmental
Monitoring): Selected main international organisations.
Monitoring programs:
UNEP-HEMdisk (Harmonization of Environmental
Monitoring): Selected international programs.
Mortality:
Mortality, data. World mortality statistics.
Mountain:
· Mountain,
searchable archives, calendar of events, WWW-links and reports.
· Pyrenees, Alps, mountains, France, ecotourism (fr), encyclopedia.
Many informations and practical links.
National parks:
UN 1993 level, more than 1000 ha, all national parks eligible at
United Nations level in 1993 classified by country, with their type,
geographical coordinates and other information.
National parks (list of lists), all lists of lists of national
parks, with links to interesting lists and databases by county or at
international level.
National parks (USA), metadatabase
of 766 State Parks, 171 National Parks, 590 National Wildlife Refuges, 156
National Forests and 99 Bureau of Land Management Lands; searchable by name,
activity or State. The information given is from a touristic point of view.
Nature:
· Conservation, More than 100 links (not
certified).
· Policy (en, nl), all. A list of 1000 links
classified by theme and geography (Netherlands, Europe, world).
Natural resources:
· Natural resources research information page, all information you need is there.
This list is very well presented, with various types of information and a tree
presentation for the classifications (e.g. by country): databases,
organisations, newsgroups, references, bibliographies etc.
· Natural resources, coastal and marine ecosystems; forests and
grasslands; water resources and freshwater systems; agriculture and food;
climate and atmosphere; population, health, and human well-being; economics and
business; energy; biodiversity and protected areas; and environmental
governance, countries,
encyclopedia, data. A very performant
tool for access to all information on all countries.
Nature (Europe):
ECNC, with most important organisations, by country
and by subjects, and full conventions.
The Netherlands:
· Cleaner production, subsidies (Netherlands, nl), metadatabase
500 opties for cleaner production. Lot of practical
cases and ideas, classified by economic sectors. Most of the cases presented
are economically more rentable than the classical option... répondre
label.
· Asbest removal, Netherland (nl), selected Asbest removal industry in The
Netherlands.
· Waste, news, Netherlands, (nl),encyclopedia.
· Cleaner production, subsidies (Netherlands, nl), selected Subsidies and links for
companies in the Netherlands.
· Demolition, Netherland (nl), selected Demolition industry in The Netherlands.
· Utrecht (Netherlands)(nl), selected. Advises to companies and
citizens for energy and environment.
News:
· France, Europa (FR, EN, DE, ES, IT), data. News, daily data and maps about
environment in Europe and France.
Newsgroups:
Newsgroups, to link directly to the news
posted on a lot of newsgroup related to environment.
Non-Profit:
Resources concentrates on NGOs, education,
E-Mail lists, activism, green market products, etc.
Organisations,
short selection.
Non-Profit Organisations for sustainable
development in the South (based in Belgium), metadatabase of
about 300 (all) NGOs extracted from the 3000 european
NGOs of the original OECD database.
Nordic data:
GRID-Arendal provides On-Line access to
geographic environmental datasets and maps.
North Sea, Belgium (en, nl, fr):
· North Sea, Belgium (en, nl, fr),encyclopedia.
Marine environmental protection and ressources
assessment. Data, modelling, forecasts. Modelling potential impact of
hypothetical spils.
· Emissions to sea (air, water, Belgium), bibliography, every kind of pollutant, data and
bibliography.
Norway data:
GRID-Arendal provides On-Line access to
geographic environmental datasets and maps.
Nuclear:
· Nuclear safety, nuclear plants. Database with localisation and caracteristics of all nuclear powerplants
in the world.
· Nuclear energy reports (OECD), selected.
· Atomic energy,
encyclopedia. Site of the International Atomic Energy
Agency, with latest news, downloadable international and national reports end
data.
Occupational safety and health:
Occupational safety and health, describes databases, institutions
etc. It is the International Labour Organisation Information System. Also in Spanish and French
Oceans:
The National Oceanographic Data Centre
Ocean Systems (USA) selected for official US sources, related to global change.
· Ocean, marine data (Europe), selected. Link to marine data in Europe.
Organic gardening:
· Organic farming, selected. The site of the international umbrella organisation IFOAM.
Organic segundary rawmaterial (de):
Organic segundary rawmaterial (de), a searchable metadatabase
on all subjects related to biotechnology and biological waste management. In
German.
Organisations:
· Organisations (non-profit), all, without description, but a lot of links.
· Environmental,
360,000 words, international, country, and subject sections
Ozon maps:
· Ozone maps (Europe), data. Up to date maps for ozone situation in
Europe.
Pests:
Agricultural pests (fr, en),multimedia encyclopedia of pests of cultures
and fruit trees of
Photovoltaic suppliers and services:
Photovoltaic suppliers and services, metadatabase
with a lot of links around the world.
Photo:
· Pictures, nature, Alsace (France). Tens of artistic photos.
· Electronic microscope images, biology (en, fr), data. More than 1000 pictures.
People of the rainforest:
People of the rainforest , environmental protection as seen
by indigenous people and tribes: various links and reports.
Persistent Organic Pollutants (POP):
· POP, Persistent Organic Pollutants, Structured list of selected sites.
Pesticides:
Pesticides , encyclopedia on the
toxicity of many pesticides, with search engine and browser.
· Pesticides (against)(fr), selected. Arguments against
pesticides in agriculture.
Philosophy:
· Philosophy,all
· Know then Share. Environmental directory related to "know
then share" phylosophy.
Pollution:
Pollution on line (news),encyclopedia
including news of the day, topical information and directories on the market
place. Search engine included.
Transboundary pollution, conventions, long range,
air, water, industrial accidents, acces to
information, transport, health, LRTAP, emissions, impacts, European countries
(UN-ECE region).
Many information, full textes and official or modelised data.
Pollution prevention:
Pollution prevention (en, po), definitions and links to references and institutions.
Population issues:
Population issues, links with description.
Portugal:
Portugal (pt), a list of environmental sites in
Predator defense, animal
damage control:
Predator defense,
predator control,
links to general sites, and to sites specialised e.g. in badgers, bears,
bobcats, cougars, coyotes, forest carnivores, foxes, lynxes, hound hunting,
raccoons, trapping, urban wildlife. Specialised in Oregon.
Primary people:
· Primary people, traditions (fr), selected
Products:
· Suppliers, services, products,
event, companies, technology, metadatabase.
Professional diseases:
Professional diseases (fr), encyclopedia.
All info related to the work protection
Programs, projects:
Success (USA), metadatabase.
Chronicles more than 1,600 effective environmental programs nationwide that
measurably protect, restore or enhance the environment.
Publications:
Publications, list of best lists of publications
with access to originals.
PVC (chlorine):
Arguments for, a subjective encyclopedia
defending the use of chlorine and PVC. Very well done and rich in information
to animate the debate on this subject.
Québec, Canada, encyclopedia.:
Ecoroute is mainly in French but contains substancial parts in English and Spanish. It is THE
starting point for any information on environment, nature and sustainability in
Quebec, including general information, touristical
information, weather, WWW links and databases.
Radioactive waste:
· WasteLink. Very informative and comprehensive
indexed list of radioactive waste related sites, with flags indicating the
status of the information providers.
· Radioactive
waste management (Europe)(en, fr,
de, sv, ru), encyclopedia.
Explanations and links.
Radioprotection documents on-line (it, en):
Radioprotection documents on-line
(it, en), Selected collection
of documents links about radioprotection (ionizing radiation).
Rainforest:
People of the rainforest , environmental protection as seen
by indigenous people and tribes: various links and reports.
Recycling:
Recycling,
all types of links
Recycling, encyclopedia (a
well done reference guide to the public).
References (current contents of environmental
journals):
Current contents of environmental
journals database,metadatabase of most scientific journals current
(last weeks) contents. For some journals, there is a link to the papers themselve. A very valuable resource for researchers.
Remediation:
· Remediation, news, all. New documents on environmental
remediation.
· Restoration, remediation (bibliography), metadatabase.
All documents on environmental restauration.
Renewable energy:
· Renewable energy, metadatabase with organisations, newsgroups
etc.
· Renewable energy, Europe, encyclopedia.
A wonderfull site with searchable links, directories,
events, news, funding oportunities, programmes,
projects, etc.
Renewable energy international organisations:
Renewable energy international organisations, metadatabase
with about 50 addresses.
Renewable energy suppliers and services:
Renewable energy suppliers and services, metadatabase
with mainly solar and wind energy suppliers and services from around the world
(the link is slow).
Renewable fuels and chemicals:
Fuels and chemicals, about 70 links to newsgroups,
organisations and other sources (with search tool).
Reporting, reports:
· Reporting, reports, selected list and information with links to the world.
· Corporate reporting, business, accounting. Extensive list of environmental reporting
resources and a list 140 corporate environmental reports/information on the
Internet which is updated every month (available alphabeticaly
and by sector).
· Country reports, sustainable development,
Agenda 21, information, indicators, encyclopedia. The country reports on an easy
to navigate presentation.
· Reports, Europe, selected. Technical and general reports of the European Environment
Agency.
· State of the environment reports, countries,
Europe, metadatabase. Official environmental reports in Europe.
Risk management:
Risk management, general list on risk management,
good starting point for this point of view.
Risk, selected list
Rivers and riverine communities:
Riverine communities, selected list, part of a network
with many information on the subject.
Russia:
Business, companies (ru,
en). Addresses and
links to russian companies
Safety:
Safety, selected sites for safety, risk management
etc.
Santa Cruz Toxic Release Inventory:
Santa Cruz Toxic Release Inventory in a beautiful exemple
of encyclopedia on-line.You
can browse the complete database by various means including a clikable map of your region of interest. You get the
results in various display formats and can click more to view the details or to
access the data. User guide for satellite imagery
(Belgium). A
complete metadatabase including satellites, sensors,
images etc., plus a list of images, distributors and users for Belgium.
Scientific journals:
Scientific journals (en, de).
This is a directory of links
to hundreds of scientific journals, with individual collections for environment
& ecology, agriculture, soilscience, hydrology and
other subjects of environmental interest
Scientific information:
Scientific
information, metadatabase. Search engine for scientific references (not
only environment), including links and several full text papers.
Scotland:
Scotland, statistics, encyclopedia.
Downloadable data with complete description and link to sources
Sea ice:
Sea ice, several links and information pages on sea
ice related subjects: weather history, sea ice modelling, icebergs, interaction
sea-ice-atmosphere-ocean etc.
Security :
Security and professional risks (fr), encyclopedia. All info related to the work
protection
Servers:
Servers,selected list of servers providing
information, by country and subject.
Shopping:
· Products and companies (USA), all.
· Online Shopping and Resources, second hand, USA, Canada, all. A directory of green
products, producers including second hand, houses etc.
· Shopping, organic products,
alternative techniques, France, Belgium (fr).encyclopedia
Small islands:
· Small islands,
encyclopedia on everything linked to small islands
environment and sustainable development, including directories of organisations
and sources, full reports and information. Exactly the kind of site we like.
· Small island developing states Info and databases on experts,
institutions and topics such as sustainable human development, SIDS, Barbados
Program of Action, coastal and marine resources, sustainabletourism,
biodiversity, energy, South Pacific, Indian Ocean, Caribbean, training,
resources, databases, waste management, freshwater, resources, climate change,
land resources, connectivity.
Snow and Ice:
Snow and Ice (USA), selected US official sources (linked to
Global Change research Program).
Social:
Social change,encyclopedia.
Solar energy:
Solar energy, about 100 links of different types
(discussion lists, news, organisations etc.).
Solar influences:
Solar Influences (global change), selected
Solid Earth Systems:
Solid Earth Systems, selected US official sources.
Solid waste:
Solid waste (USA),encyclopedia
including market place, commercial products, search engine, news, articles.
South Africa:
South Africa web sites, list and description of
organisations.
Space pollution:
Satellites (space pollution), metadatabase
and reports on the position of all satellites of more than 10 cm (more than
20000): most of them are waste and pieces of old destroyed satellites.
Species databases:
European species, metadatabase
of the existing national or multinational databases on European species. Gives
contact points, availability and covering periods of the databases. The most
important ones are there for various European (West and Centre) countries.
Statistics:
· Statistical ressources,
statistics (international, USA), or Statistical Resources on the Web connection to statistics on
agriculture; business and industry; cost of living; demographics; economics;
education; energy; finance and currency; foreign economics; foreign
governments; foreign trade; government finances; government resources; health (natality, morbidity, mortality); housing; labor; military; politics; science (computers, environment,
personnel, R&D); sociology (children, crime, elderly, immigration);
transportation; weather.
· FAOstat. Agriculture, nutrition, fisheries,
forestry, food quality control, land use, pesticides
· fr)metadatabase on environmental statistical
publications at Eurostat
· Statistics (Netherlands)(nl), encyclopedia.
· Statistics, countries, indicators. A portal to all available indicator per country,
with the ranking.
· Statistics, data, indicators, Belgium (fr, nl). A portal to available statistics
and data at Belgian, EU or world level.
Sustainable building
· Sustainable design, construction, built
environment, architecture, fire, indoor, Ireland, policy, label, selected. Selected links within a phylosophical concept of sustainable building.
Sustainable development:
· Best sustainable development
starting points,
selection. The IISD directory is a full meta-database with everything you
need, up to date.
· Sustainable development (USA), metadatabase of
about 800 sources.
· listservs, majordomo,
forums, all, with
description.
· Sustainable development (Belgium)(nl, fr, en), selected sites in Belgium and in
the rest of the world.
· Targets (Europe),metadatabase. A comprehensive searchable metadatabase with targets by theme, medium, country and
legal text reference.
· Sustainable grounds for companies, subsidies,
Netherlands (nl), encyclopedie. A
concept of sustainable industrial places.
· Sustainable development, natural ressources
management, all.
Capacity building, learning and change, collaborative planning and management, participatory
monitoring and evaluation, general resources on participation, knowledge and
information management, integrated models, conflict management, action
research, individual growth and change, on-site papers.
· Sustainable development (most quoted sites). Result of an automatic selection
of 50 most quoted sites.
· Sustainable development, United Nations, selected. A long strucutred list of selected focal points for sustainable
development.
· Measuring sustainable development indicators, metadatabase.
List and description of projects of sustainable development indicators.
· Sustainable development indicators, selected. The must on sustainable
development indicators.
· Sustainable development (en, fr) encyclopedia.
A real encyclopedia adressed
to schools and olders.
· Sustainability, news, information,
opinion, news,
information, opinion, searchable directory of links.
· Sustainable development reports. A portal to all available
sustainable development reports by companies. Environmental reports are also
recorded.
· Sustainable development indicators, selected. The must on sustainable
development indicators.
Switzerland:
Eco-label, business (fr), useful selection of sites.
Switzerland (fr, de), indexed list of sites, by subject
and type.
Oekomedia (de), an abstract metadatabase
containing more than 50 000 entries since 1987 and covering 150 journals, a
calendar with events on ecological topics (Switzerland only) and a calendar with
forthcoming TV-shows. In German.
Taxes:
· Taxes,
selection of sites on environmental taxes.
· Taxes, OECD, Europe, metadatabase. Data
and information on environmental taxes and other economic instruments.
· Taxes, OECD, Europe, metadatabase. Data
and information on environmental taxes and other economic instruments.
· Eco-efficiency, eco taxes, selected. Arguments, selected litterature and catalogue of links related to
eco-efficiency, green taxes, and world development modelling.
Technology:
GNET, an impressive hypermedia encyclopedia
with description of all technologies, with hyperlinks to related technologies
or sites.
Technology, directory of products &
services, featuring more than 2,500 leading suppliers from 37 countries.
Information about organisations, conferences and publications is complemented
by editorial contributions from distinguished experts in their respective
fields.
Greenhouse gas technology, searchable structured metadatabase of about
7000 organisations and services.
Terrestrial, Inland Aquatic, and Near Coastal Systems:
Terrestrial, Inland Aquatic, and Near Coastal
Systems (USA),
selected US starting points for global change research.
Terminology, thesaurus, glossaries:
· Multilingual thesaurus, definitions,
translations. GEMET
(General Multilingual Environmental Thesaurus) : 15 languages [ dk - fi - de - nl - no - se - fr - gk - it - pt - es - hg - sl - enUK and enUS
]- 5.298 descriptors, 109 basic sections and 1.264 synonyms.
· Gl ossaries, all. Glossary Agent(tm) -
Environment is a growing collection of links to online monolingual, bilingual,
and multilingual glossaries related to the environment and environmental
protection.
Tobacco:
· Tobacco (fr), encyclopedia. Info
and links to all types of information (for and against tobacco).
· Tobacco, encyclopedia. Info and links to all types of information
including "secret" documents by industry.
Toll free telephone listing:
Toll free telephone listing (USA), 4500 toll free telephones of US
environmental industries, searchable by a comprehensive index.
Tourism:
Ecotourism. Several discussion papers are
linked from there to present the subject in different situations and countries
(America).
Toxic substances:
· Toxic substances , is in fact a relational database with US contaminated sites,
substances, toxicology profiles and health effects.
· Toxics, hazards, wastes, Databases, MSDS, organizations, links
Contaminants, toxicity, exposure, health,
hazardous waste sites.
Alphabetical list and FAQs on contaminants found in hazardous waste sites.
Toxicity and health.
· Toxicology (fr), encyclopedia.
Toxicological sheets and background information on all chemical products.
Trade:
· Trade cases arround
consumption products,metadatabase. Hundreds of case studies, with
full text reports and internet references.
· Trade impact, case studies", selected. Case studies of impacts of trade on
non-economic spheres.
· Trade of endangered species, CITES, data. Database on international legal trade
of endangered species (CITES).
Transportation, transport, mobility:
SMIS, metadatabase over
sustainable mobility and transport. Internet or other sources and contact
points for Belgium.
Tropospheric air emissions:
Tropospheric air emissions, maps, SO2, NO2,
ozone, aerosol, UV, Bromine monoxide (BrO), ozone
column, Near-real time data, satellite images, data. Maps of anthropogenic and natural air
emissions, in near real time, detailed in time and space.
Tsunamis:
· Tsunamis, about 20 links.
· Indian Ocean Earthquake and Tsunami
- December 26, 2004, countries, links per country, international relief effort and general
information.
United Kingdom:
Environment-agency,encyclopedia. All information, clickable up to
the data.
Sustainable development reports, indicators,selected. Official reports on sustainable development
in the UK. A lot of well documented indicators.
United Kingdom:
· United Kingdom,
all links classifies by region, type (organisations, careers, newsgroups), or
theme (laws, National parks, ...).
· Durham's coastline (UK), encyclopedia. Regenerating Durham's
coastline in the UK
United Nations:
UNEP-Geneva, with the searchable full texts of the UN
environmental conventions with all details, and of course links to other UN
bodies.
Urban environment:
Urban ecotechnology
(it), selected list
of few links (under construction), in Italian.
Urban mobility:
Urban mobility, car-sharing, Europe, encyclopedia.
Valuation, costs, externalities, internalisation:
Valuation, costs, externalities,
internalisation, encyclopedia. A userguide to
ecosystem valuation methods
Videos:
Videos, a list of about 250 videos for all ages.
Wallonia:
see Belgium
Waste:
· Belgium, encyclopedia (richer part is in Dutch), with searchable
databases etc. THE starting point for Flanders, Belgium. Also comprehensive
lists of links to environmental or wastal sites.
· Waste, companies, services,
products, France (fr), encyclopedia. Site
for the professionnals of the sector. News, professionnal directory.
· Material exchanges, logistical service providers, waste, selected. Directory of "Hot
Links" and other value added resources helps buyers and sellers quickly
identify the best excess materials auction sites and exchanges on the Internet.
Waste water :
Waste water engineering,WWW-Virtual Library.
Water:
· Water metadatabase, mainly focused on waste water treatment coimpanies, products, services and information.
· Water, encyclopedia. Links, information and data from the water
portal, by UNESCO, World Water Assessment Programme.
Water quality, water resources (and agriculture):
The water quality information centre an impressive metadatabase
and encyclopedia on various references, discussion lists, descriptions of other bibliographic databases, and other resources on water
(related to agriculture).
Events, conferences, call for papers is updated monthly and typically
contains 80 to 100 entries. Encyclopedia, a decision support system, very
well done, for people dealing with a problem of pollution of water elsewhere.
Watersheds, communities (USA):
Watersheds, communities (USA). a service to help you locate, use,
and share environmental information on your watershed or community. It is a catalog of information about watersheds; visitors may enter
information about their site, meeting/event, organization.
Wetlands:
Wetlands, encyclopedia.
Wind energy:
Wind energy, links to organisations, newsgroups
etc.
Wind energy suppliers and services:
Wind energy suppliers and services , a metadatabase
with numerous entries from all over the world.
Wildlife, animals, plants:
Wildlife, animals, plants,all. Also a lot of other themes with thousands of
links.
World, data, selected.
World, data, maps 400 data sets, maps on the fly, the background
statistics for the GEO reports from UNEP.
World resources:
· World resources, encyclopedia
and on-line periodic reports on the state of the natural resources in the
world.
WWF (World Wildlife Fund),selected.:
WWF (World Wildlife Fund) , the site of this major
international NGO gives a lot of information on endangered species and actions
to protect them.
WWF (World Wildlife Fund), encyclopedia on the same subjects.
Youth, education:
· Youth, education (Canada, Quebec)(fr), a network of youths and schools.
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