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Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations
A user-friendly, informative and well organized website with minimal
graphics. The homepage contains both links to different FAO programmes
(conveniently broken down by issue, such as agriculture, economics,
forestry, fisheries, nutrition etc.) as well as a regularly updated
section covering current FAO focal topics which are presented
as news highlights, an in-depth focus and global watch. The site
also contains a photo archive. English, French, Spanish and Arabic.
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United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
(UNESCO)
A very user-friendly and informative website providing information
on UNESCO programmes, legal instruments, publications, information
services, products, partners as well as general information. English
and French.
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International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD)
A massive, highly informative site on sustainable development.
Includes a broad range of in-depth information covering: specific
‘substantive’ issues such as forests, climate change,
food, trade etc. and other issues such as green economics, ethics,
peace and global governance; ‘major groups’ in sustainable
development such as indigenous groups, business, local communities,
civil society, youth, women etc.; specific events such as the
Red River Flood of 1997; ideas banks and information facilitation;
the monitoring of international conferences (see below); and much
more. Can be quite slow in some sections where use of graphics
is high. English and French.
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"Earth Negotiations Bulletin" & "Sustainable
Developments" Publications
IISD’s two key monitoring publications which provide information
on both past (since the Earth Summit in 1992) and upcoming international
meetings which relate to environment and/or development. The information
is of high quality, reliable, independent, and technical. Considered
invaluable by policy makers who require up-to-date, detailed information
on international meetings (UN-related and other). English and
French.
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Consortium for International Earth Science Information Network
(CIESEN)
CIESEN focuses on providing "information for a changing world".
Designed for scientists, decision-makers and the public, this
text-oriented site includes background articles and journals,
collections of scientific data with both global and regional foci,
the final official texts for over 160 international treaties on
sustainable development (emphasis more on environmental treaties),
and interactive applications. Topics of focus include population,
health, development, land-use, agriculture, climate change and
ozone depletion. English only.
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United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
Using frames but few graphics, this is a well organized website
providing information on UNEP programmes, products, services,
events and partnerships. Includes regular press releases on UN
environmental events and is building up a new section on environmental
and cross-sectoral issues. For those interested in recent UN conventions
on environmental issues (hazardous wastes, biodiversity, climate
change, desertification etc.), UNEP’s Info Unit for Conventions
at http://www.unep.ch/iuc
contains background information and, where appropriate, links
to respective treaty secretariats. Also contains the official
website for the UN’s World Environment Day (June 5) at www.unep.org/per/ipa/wed
English, French and Spanish.
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Environment Canada
Environment Canada’s award-winning site is massive, and yet
still extremely well organized and user-friendly. It contains
information on Canadian policies, statistics and programmes, ministerial
speeches and media releases as well as useful background information
on many environmental issues. Much of the information is in a
public relations-oriented format which is comprehensive and readily
understood. Other sections include more detailed statistical and
technical information and data. English and French.
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The "Amazing Environmental Organization Web Directory"
Organized by environmental issue, this search engine identifies
hundreds of environmental organizations on the world-wide web
and provides a brief description of each of the sites. English
only.
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Envirolink
Self-proclaimed as the "largest online environmental information
resource on the planet", this site contains a huge library
of website resources on environmental issues, each with a brief
description of the work of the organization. As well, it contains
a discussion forum and hundreds of ideas for environmental activities.
English only.
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