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| AGORA -- Access to Global Online Research in Agriculture
The AGORA site provides access to over 500 journals from major scientific publishers in the fields of food, agriculture, environmental science and related social sciences. AGORA is available to students and researchers in qualifying not-for-profit institutions in eligible developing countries.
Who can participate?
Potential users will be required to register with FAO, and access to AGORA will be password controlled. The AGORA Publisher Partners are opening access free to relevant institutions in the following countries. Individual publishers reserve the right to add to or delete from this list. The countries, generally with an annual GNI per capita per annum of US$1000 or less at 31 December 2000, have been selected by the Publisher Partners and will be amended by them from time to time.
Eligible countries in the Americas:
- Guyana
- Haiti
- Honduras
- Nicaragua
- Sao Tome and Principe
FAO (Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations)
AgriFor
AgriFor is a gateway to evaluated, quality Internet resources in agriculture, food and forestry, aimed at students, researchers, academics and practitioners in agriculture, food or forestry. AgriFor is created by a core team of information specialists and subject experts based at the University of Nottingham Greenfield Medical Library, in partnership with key organisations throughout the UK and further afield.
AgriFor is one of the gateways within the BIOME service. BIOME is part of the Resource Discovery Network (RDN) and is funded by the Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC).
Please review at:
http://agrifor.ac.uk/
BIOME
Street address: University of Nottingham, Greenfield Medical Library, Queens Medical Centre
City: Nottingham
Postal code/ZIP: NG7 2UH
Country: United Kingdom
Phone: +44 (0)115 849 3251
Fax: +44 (0)115 849 3265
CATEF - California Air Toxics Emission Factor Database
The California Air Toxics Emission Factor (CATEF) database contains approximately 2000 air toxics emission factors calculated from source test data collected for the Air Toxics Hot Spots Program. CATEF is the product of a research project completed by General Electric Energy and Environmental Research for the Air Resources Board (ARB). We believe that the CATEF database will be of great assistance in estimating air toxics emissions, especially to those individuals and facilities operators required to report air toxics emissions for the Air Toxics Hot Spots Program.
The California Air Resources Board
Country: USA
E-mail: eibweb@arb.ca.gov
Database of State Incentives for Renewable Energy (DSIRE)
The Database of State Incentives for Renewable Energy (DSIRE) is a comprehensive source of information on state, local, utility, and selected federal incentives that promote renewable energy.
Interstate Renewable Energy Council (IREC),
Country: USA
Effluent Guidelines: Pulp and Paper Rulemaking Actions
28
April
2003
EPA's Final Pulp, Paper, and Paperboard "Cluster Rule"
USA Environmental Protection Agency
Country: USA
Environmental History of Latin America
Thanks to contributions from several colleagues, the Online Bibliography on Environmental History of Latin America has now well over 400 references, among articles, books, videos and WebPages in English, Spanish and Portuguese.
Most references have been double-checked with at least two sources to make sure they were accurate and pertinent, though we have adopted a rather broad definition for environmental history. We have included some (not many!) classic works by Crosby, Sauer, Buarque de Holanda, Ciro Cardoso. However we have focused rather on recent works (last 15 years), that would not be easily found in traditional bibliographies.
Contact Person: Lise Sedrez
Editor
Latin American Environmental History
Country: USA
E-mail: lsedrez@stanford.edu
EPA's Global Warming
Resources on climate change, emissions, impacts
USA Environmental Protection
Country: USA
Global Environmental Monitoring System (GEMS) Water Programme
The United Nations GEMS/Water Programme provides scientifically sound data and information on the state and trends of global inland water quality required as a basis for the sustainable management of the world's freshwater to support global environmental assessments and decision-making processes.
United Nations GEMS/Water Programme
Country: Other
Global Water Quality Data and Statistics
The United Nations Global Environment Monitoring System (GEMS) Water Programme is dedicated to providing environmental water quality data and information of the highest integrity, accessibility and interoperability. These data are used in water assessments and capacity building initiatives around the world.
GEMStat is designed to share quality surface and ground water data sets collected from the GEMS/Water Global Network, including over 1,400 stations, two million records, and over 100 parameters.
United Nations Global Environment Monitoring System (GEMS) Water Programme
Country: Other
MEA Database: Matrix on Trade Measures Pursuant to Selected Multilateral Environmental Agreements (MEAs)
To provide background information on MEAs, the WTO Secretariat has prepared a note containing a matrix on trade-related measures pursuant to selected MEAs. The note prepared initially in 2000 was updated in 2001 and 2003. The present update of the Matrix provides information on the 14 MEAs that were covered in the two previous versions (WT/CTE/W/160/Rev.1 of 14 June 2001 and Rev.2 of 25 April 2003). The Secretariat has prepared this Matrix in consultation with the Secretariats of the relevant MEAs.
Review in:
Country: Estonia
National System of Environmental Information (SINIA)
04
March
2003
A National Commission for the Environment site containing environmental indicators, maps and graphics.
Contact Person: Mauricio Lorca
National Commission for the Environment
Street address: Obispo Donoso 6 Providencia
City: Santiago
Country: Chile
Phone: 02-2405600
E-mail: informaciones@conama.cl
Network of Latin American and Caribbean Institutions and Experts in Social and Environmental Statistics (in Spanish)
REDESA es una Red de Instituciones y Expertos en Estadísticas Sociales y de Medio Ambiente.
REDESA nace como un proyecto de la División de Estadística y Proyecciones Económicas de la Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe - CEPAL, ante la urgente necesidad de fortalecer la capacidad de los países de América Latina y el Caribe para producir estadísticas sociales y ambientales oportunas y confiables, que permitan una mejor formulación y monitoreo de las políticas de desarrollo y, al mismo tiempo, mejorar el nivel de coordinación en la producción de dichas estadísticas entre los países de la región.
REDESA cuenta con la cooperación del Departamento de Asuntos Económicos y Sociales de Naciones Unidas (DESA).
ECLAC - CEPAL
E-mail: redesa@eclac.cl
Rainforest Alliance / Eco-Index
19
August
2003
A searchable database of current and past conservation projects in the Neotropics, with project descriptions, goals, achievements, lessons learned, and more.
Contact Person: Melissa Krenke
Neotropics Communications Associate
Rainforest Alliance
Street address: 665 Broadway Suite 500
City: New York
Postal code/ZIP: 10012
Country: USA
Phone: 212-677-1900
Fax: 212-677-2187
E-mail: mkrenke@ra.org
The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species provides taxonomic, conservation status and distribution information on taxa that have been globally evaluated using the IUCN Red List Categories and Criteria. This system is designed to determine the relative risk of extinction, and the main purpose of the IUCN Red List is to catalogue and highlight those taxa that are facing a higher risk of global extinction (i.e. those listed as Critically Endangered, Endangered and Vulnerable). The IUCN Red List also includes information on taxa that are categorized as Extinct or Extinct in the Wild; on taxa that cannot be evaluated because of insufficient information (i.e. are Data Deficient); and on taxa that are either close to meeting the threatened thresholds or that would be threatened were it not for an ongoing taxon-specific conservation programme (i.e. Near Threatened).
IUCN - The World Conservation Union
US Geological Survey (USGS National Water-Quality Assessment Program (NAWQA)
Since 1991, USGS scientists with the NAWQA programme have been collecting and analyzing data and information from more than 50 major river basins and aquifers across the country. The goal is to develop long-term consistent and comparable information on streams, groundwater, and aquatic ecosystems to support sound management and policy decisions. The NAWQA programme is designed to answer these questions:
What is the condition of the country’s streams and ground water?
How are these conditions changing over time?
How do natural features and human activities affect these conditions?
Contact Person: James Ulrich
United States Geological Survey
City: Washington
Country: USA
E-mail: julrich@usgs.gov
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