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Though not an exhaustive list, the links
on this page may lead you to resources illustrating integral pieces
of an eco-economy.
For additional resources, please see the
links and references cited to the right
of each of our Eco-Economy
Updates.
EPI does not maintain these websites, and
cannot endorse or guarantee the accuracy of any materials posted
on them.
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Agriculture and Soils
Consultative Group on International
Agricultural Research
http:/www.cgiar.org
Food and Agricultural
Association of the United Nations
http:/www.fao.org
International Food Policy Research Institute
http:/www.ifpri.org
On-line database of international statistics,
including agricultural production, trade, food balance,
fertilizer and pesticides, land use and irrigation, population,
forest and fishery products.
http:/apps.fao.org
U.S. Department of Agriculture
home page
http:/www.usda.gov
National Agricultural Library
http:/www.nalusda.gov
United Nations Secretariat of the Convention
to Combat Desertification
http:/www.unccd.int/main.php
Biodiversity
Convention on International Trade
in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora
http:/www.cites.org
IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
http:/www.iucnredlist.org
National Invasive Species Council
http:/www.invasivespecies.gov/council/main.shtml
Climate
Climate change news and information
http:/www.climateark.org/
http:/enso.unl.edu/monitor/links.html
Hadley Centre for Climate Prediction
and Research
http:/www.met-office.gov.uk/research/
hadleycentre/index.html
Trends Online: A Compendium of Data on Global
Change
http:/cdiac.esd.ornl.gov/trends/trends.htm
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
http:/www.noaa.gov
US Global Change Research Information Office
http:/gcrio.org
Climate change and global warming portal and search engine
http:/www.climateark.org/
Economics and Institutions
The World Economic Outlook Database
http:/www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/weo
World Bank data and maps
http:/www.worldbank.org/data
Energy
Department of Energy, Energy Information
Administration
http:/www.eia.doe.gov
Daily and weekly news service
with environmental and renewable energy-related news.
http:/www.renewableenergyaccess.com/rea/home
American Wind Energy Association website.
Contains Global Wind Energy report, as well as detailed state-by-state
analysis of wind energy programs, projects, and incentives.
http:/www.awea.org
Fish
The Aquaculture Network Information
Center
http:/aquanic.org
The Audubon Living Oceans Guide to Seafood
http:/seafood.audubon.org
FishBase
http:/www.fishbase.org
Marine Stewardship Council
http:/www.msc.org
OneFish Fisheries Research Portal
http:/www.onefish.org
Sea Web Oceans Information
http:/www.seaweb.org
Forests
UN Environment Programme
World Conservation Monitoring Centre Forests page
http:/www.unep-wcmc.org/forest/homepage.htm
FAO Forestry page
http:/www.fao.org/forestry
General
Ecological Footprint Quiz, Earth
Day
http:/www.earthday.net/footprint/index.asp
Ethical Markets, the first TV financial lifestyle magazine series reporting on new definitions of success. The series covers topics such as green building, renewable energy, community investing, global citizenship, fair trade, socially responsible investing.
http:/www.ethicalmarkets.com/
SciDev.Net: news, views and information
on science, technology and development
http:/www.scidev.net
SustainableBusiness.com
http:/www.sustainablebusiness.com
UN Wire: An independent news briefing about
the United Nations
http:/www.unwire.org
Worldwatch Institute
http:/www.worldwatch.org
Health
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
http:/www.cdc.gov
Regularly updated HIV/AIDS news and information
http:/www.aegis.com
World Health Organization
http:/www.who.int
Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS
http:/www.unaids.org
Population
Population 2005
http:/www.population2005.org
Population Action International
http:/www.populationaction.org
Population Media Center
http:/ www.populationmedia.org
Population Reference Bureau
http:/www.prb.org
U.S. Census Bureau International Data Base
http:/www.census.gov/ipc/www/idbacc.html
U.N. Population Information Network
http:/www.un.org/popin
U.N. Population Fund
http:/www.unfpa.org
34 Million Friends
http:/www.34millionfriends.org
Transportation
Institute for Transportation & Development
Policy
http:/www.itdp.org
New Urbanism
http:/www.newurbanism.org
U.S. Department of Transportation National
Data Archive
http:/www.transtats.bts.gov
Victoria Transport Policy Institute
http:/www.vtpi.org
Water
International Water Management Institute
http:/www.cgiar.org/iwmi
The World Commission on Dams
http:/www.dams.org
Information on the world’s freshwater
resources
http:/www.worldwater.org
The Ramsar Convention on Wetlands
http:/www.ramsar.org
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