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GEO Data Portal (Popularity: )
http://geodata.grid.unep.ch
Access to UNEP on-line database holding more than 300 different variables, as national, subregional, regional and global statistics or as geospatial data sets (maps).
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Science - Environment - Directories
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United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) (Popularity: )
http://www.unep.org/
State of the global environment, international partnerships, global sustainability.
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Science - Environment - Organizations - Governmental
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Global Resource Information Database (GRID) (Popularity: )
http://www.grid.unep.ch/
United Nation Environment Programme (UNEP) center for environmental information, assessment and early warning activities. Major responsibilities in geo-spatial data and information management, environmental assessment and reporting.
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Science - Environment - Organizations - Governmental
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UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre (Popularity: )
http://www.unep-wcmc.org/
Provides information for policy and action to conserve the living world. Activities include assessment and early warning studies in forest, dryland, freshwater and marine ecosystems, plus research on endangered species and biodiversity indicators. Uses ...
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Science - Environment - Biodiversity - Organizations
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United Nations Environment Programme Book Shop (Popularity: )
http://www.earthprint.com
Distribution point for UNEP publications. Most reports and magazines are only available for purchase, but are few items can be read online.
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Science - Environment - Publications
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Du Grenier, Robert (Popularity: )
http://www.dugrenier.com/
Perfume bottles, and abstract sculptural works installed in trees.
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Arts - Visual Arts - Sculpture - Sculptors
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The Metamorphoses of Walden (Popularity: )
http://www.davidspooner.org/
A discussion of Thoreau`s contradictory relationship to both Transcendentalism and to Science. In considering this, especial emphasis is put on Thoreau`s observations of insects, so that entomology becomes a crucial link.
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Arts - Literature - World Literature - American
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EE 21 Energy Efficiency (Popularity: )
http://www.ee-21.net/
Information on program assisting UN ECE to promote and implement greenhouse gas mitigation strategies and develop energy efficiency projects in demonstration zones in Belarus, Bulgaria, Kazakhstan, Ukraine and Russia.
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Science - Technology - Energy - Conservation
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IFOAM (Popularity: )
http://www.ifoam.org/
International Foundation for Organic Agriculture description and annotated links.
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Science - Agriculture - Sustainable Agriculture - Organic Farming
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GIWA - Global International Waters Assessment (Popularity: )
http://www.giwa.net/
Led by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), the aim of GIWA is to produce a comprehensive and integrated global assessment of international waters. Information is available in English, Arabic, Chinese, French, German, Russian, Spanish, and ...
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Science - Environment - Water Resources
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Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) (Popularity: )
http://www.ipcc.ch/
Established by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) and United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) to assess available scientific, technical, and socio-economic information in the field of climate change.
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Science - Environment - Global Change
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UNEP GRID-Arendal (Popularity: )
http://www.grida.no/
Internationally recognised information centre providing decision-makers and the public with improved access to high quality environmental information. GIS resources, and state of the environment reports. Global scope, but with particular emphasis on northern ...
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Science - Environment - Organizations - Governmental
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World Conservation Monitoring Centre (Popularity: )
http://www.unep-wcmc.org/
Provides information services on conservation and sustainable use of the world's living resources, and helps others to develop information systems of their own.
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Science - Environment - Biodiversity - Conservation
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GLOBIO (Popularity: )
http://www.globio.info
Global Methodology for Mapping Human Impacts on the Biosphere. Used to estimate the amount of impact humans have made, and will make, on the wilderness.
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Science - Environment - Biodiversity - Conservation
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EarthWire (Popularity: )
http://www.earthwire.org
Daily service managed by UNEP/GRID-Arendal, with headlines compiled from local news sources around the world.
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Science - Environment - News and Media
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International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements (Popularity: )
http://www.ifoam.org/
An umbrella organisation for the national organic certification bodies. Setting out minimum standards for organic production. Provides accreditation schemes for national organisations.
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Business - Food and Related Products - Associations
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