Environmental Links

General Links

Pew Center on Global Climate Change Non-partisan organization addressing climate change by providing information and proposing solutions.
State PIRGs Network of environmental and consumer watchdog groups dedicated to preserving the environment and responsible consumption.
Natural Resources Defense Council
Greenpeace International Home Page
World Resources Institute Variety of international environmental resources including biodiversity and sustainable development.
Center for a New American Dream Help individuals and institutions consume responsibly for the benefit of their families and the environment
Interactive Weather Information Service Click on your state for current and short-term forecasts. From the National Weather Service.
Global Change Data Center (from the NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center's Earth Sciences Directorate)
"Global 2000 Revisited: Our Numbers and Basic Needs"
Environmental Indicators (from the US EPA)
Case Reports on Trade and the Environment (geographic index)
Multilateral Environmental Treaties (from Greenpeace)
Global land environments during the last 130,000 years
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World Wildlife Fund Living Planet
Discovery Online, Earth Alert
Earthwatch home page (from the UNEP)
THE GLOBAL CHANGE MASTER DIRECTORY
Environmental Links for Teachers (from the University of Texas)
Environmental Links for Students (from the University of Texas)
UNEP's Global Environment Outlook-1 - 1997
International Futures Simulation (from Barry Hughes)
International Futures Simulation (from the University of Arizona)
Infomanage Environmental Resources
List of WWW Sites of Interest to Ecologists
Environmental Research Resources
Environmental Resources on the Internet
Science and the Environment
Environmental Organization WebDirectory
Environmental Resources
Council for a Livable World Online
Environmental Sites (from Sweden)
EnviroLink
Communications for a Sustainable Future (CSF)
Communication for a Sustainable Future's Environmental Page
Internet Resources for the Environmental Scientist
Environmental Links (IALC)
Environmental Law WebSite (Ross & Hardies law firm)
The Earth Times
Millennium Institute Home Page
UN Environment Links (from Yale)
Earth Island
FAO Economic and Social Department - SOFA
Enviro-Economics Gateway (environmental resources organized around James R. Kahn's book The Economic Approach to Environmental and Natural Resources)
Congressional Research Service Reports (from the Committee for the National Institute for the Environment)
Global Resource Information Database (GRID) (from UNEP; includes maps and graphics, GIS data sets, and State of the Environment reports)
Ecosystem Management Analysis Center
GeoIndex : A search Engine for Geo-environmental professionals
Which World: Scenarios for the 21st Century, by Allen Hammond
Environment: Issues and Resources - United States Information Agency

Environment and Conflict

ENCOP - Environment and Conflict Project
ENCOP - Occasional Paper No. 11
Environmental Security Library and Database (from the University of Toronto)

Oil and Other Energy Sources

World Oil "Areas of Special Interest"
BP Statistical Review of World Energy
Energy Special Feature (from OneWorld Online)

Resources

Resources for the Future
Resource Renewal Institute (note that this site's URLs did not appear to be functioning when I last checked)

Environmental Atlas

On-Line Environmental Resources

Resources/Energy (from Geography World)
GDN Resource Database
World Resources 1996-97 Home Page
Natural Resources: Databases and Literature
IDRC Resource Clock

Climate and Global Warming

The Climate Crisis (from Greenpeace)
TRENDS: ATMOSPHERIC CARBON DIOXIDE
EcoNet Climate Resources Directory
EPA & Ozone Depletion
FAS Climate Change Report (1996)
EPA Global Warming Web Site
Climate Change Graphics (for the UNFCCC conference in Buenos Aires
Weather/Climate (from Geography World)
Stratospheric Ozone Information
Climate Change - Methane and Other Greenhouse Gases
Global Warming (The Warming of the Earth) - The Woods Hole Research Center
Climate Guide (from OneWorld Online)

Species and Biological Diversity

WCMC Conservation Databases

Integrated Species Information (from the WCMC)

Threatened Species (from the WCMC)

Threatened Plants of the World (from the WCMC)

Biodiversity and Conservation

Pollution

Vegetation and Rain Forests

NASA's Tropical Rainforest Monitoring Site
Tropical Rain Forests (State Dept)
State of the World's Forests (from the UN's FAO)
VEGETATION MAP CHECKLIST

Agriculture

WASDE - World Agricultural Outlook Board
Foodcrops and Shortages (from the UN's FAO)
Commodity Market Review (from the UN's FAO)