 AAAS
Atlas of Population and Environment |
American Association for the Advancement
of Science's atlas "providing maps and graphics that
quantify and illustrate many of the [population & environmental]
issues, and text that lays out the broader links between
population dynamics and the environment and places them
within their historical perspective" |
| Advancing
Environmental Governance: Perspectives from Mainland
Southeast Asia |
Outcome of the first meeting of the
Regional Environmental Forum (REF) for mainland Southeast
Asia (Nov. 2002): summary; Country Perspective Papers for
Burma, Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, Vietnam, & Yunnan
Province of China |
| Agricultural
Information Management for Food Security and Sustainable
Agricultural Development in the Asia Pacific Region |
Paper by Michael Riggs, FAO Regional
Office for Asia and the Pacific (Jan. 2003) |
| Asia
Pacific Environment Outlook 2 |
United Nations Environment Programme
publication on biophysical changes & the socioeconomic
forces driving them in the Asia-Pacific region (PDF format,
2000) |
 Asia
Pacific Forest Certification /index |
"An information clearing house
on forest certification and responsible wood sourcing in
Asia Pacific" |
| Asia-Pacific
Centre for Environmental Law (APCEL) |
National University of Singapore
center: agreements, action plans, declarations, resolutions,
APCEL reports on ASEAN countries |
| Comparative
Study of Beijing, Seoul, Tokyo & Shanghai |
Hidefumi Imura's study of the air
quality, public transportation & energy consumption
of 4 mega-cities (IGES/APN Workshop, Feb. 2003) (PDF
file of presentation) |
| East
Asia Energy Futures Project's Fourth Workshop Papers |
Papers on energy futures in China,
North Korea, South Korea, Japan, Mongolia & the Russian
Far East (Nautilus Institute workshop, Nov. 2003) |
| ECOLEX
- A Gateway to Environmental Law |
"a database providing the most
comprehensive, global source of information on environmental
law ... operated jointly by FAO, IUCN & UNEP" |
| Economy & Environment
Program for South East Asia (EEPSEA) |
Network supporting "training & research
in environmental & resource economics": policy
briefs, research reports, special papers |
| Eldis
Biodiversity Resource Guide |
Compilation of news, research papers & resources
on biodiversity issues by the Eldis Gateway to Development
Information, with quick access to various subtopics |
| Eldis
Sustainable Forestry Resource Guide |
Compilation of news, research papers & resources
on sustainable forestry issues by the Eldis Gateway to
Development Information, searchable by themes |
| The
Environment in Asia |
Environmental policy & legislation;
environmental markets; newsletters: Asia Environmental
Review & China Environmental Review |
| Environment
Strategy for East Asia and Pacific |
Report documenting "key trends
that are shaping the region's environmental agenda and
the World Bank's support to countries in the EAP region
in their efforts to address environmental challenges
in recent years" (Mar. 2005) |
| Environmental
Treaties and Resource Indicators Service |
Service for finding
information about environmental treaties & national
resource indicators, organized around 9 issue areas |
| Global
Environment Outlook: 2003; 2000; 1997 |
Reports by United
Nations Environment Programme: global overview & regional
trends & policy responses (HTML & PDF
formats in multiple languages) |
| Global
Environmental Governance: Options & Opportunities |
A collection of essays generated
by the Global Environmental Governance Project (Yale
School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, 2002) |
| Global
Forest and Trade Network |
"an affiliation of of national
and regional Forest & Trade Networks (FTNs), each
consisting primarily of companies committed to practicing
or supporting responsible forestry" |
| Global
Forest Watch |
"an international data & mapping
network that combines on-the-ground knowledge with digital
technology to provide accurate information about the
world's forests" |
| The
Global System for Sustainable Development at MIT |
"an evolving quality controlled & highly
cross-referenced index to some of the best resources & materials
on sustainability" |
| Green
Cross International |
Launched by Mikhail Gorbachev as
NGO "to help ensure a just, sustainable and secure
future for all by fostering a value shift and cultivating
a new sense of global interdependence and shared responsibility
in humanity’s relationship with nature" |
| Institute
of Global Environment and Society (IGES) & Center
for Ocean-Land-Atmosphere Studies (COLA) |
From 2 climate research centers:
weather data; Grid Analysis and Display System (GrADS);
Experimental Long-Lead Forcast Bulletin |
| International Energy
Outlook 1999 |
Energy Information Administration
report on the energy markets of most major countries
through 2020 (PDF) |
| International
Geosphere-Biosphere Programme (IGBP) |
Aims "to describe and understand
the interactive physical, chemical and biological processes
that regulate the total Earth System, the unique environment
that it provides for life, the changes that are occurring
in this system, and the manner in which they are influenced
by human actions" |
| International
Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) |
"advancing policy recommendations
on international trade and investment, economic policy,
climate change, measurement and indicators, and natural
resource management to make development sustainable" |
| The
Kyoto Protocol & Climate Change |
An Asia Society special report
(August 27, 2001): news & commentary; background
publications; organizations; special reports |
| The
Little Green Data Book 2004 |
World Bank's "pocket-sized
quick reference on key environmental data ... present[ing]
47 key indicators of the environment and its relationship
to people for more than 200 countries" (May 2004;
PDF format) |
| Millennium
Ecosystem Assessment |
"an international work program
designed to meet the needs of decision makers and the
public for scientific information concerning the consequences
of ecosystem change for human well-being and options
for responding to those changes": reports; news;
resources |
| The
Nature Conservancy |
"a leading international, nonprofit
organization dedicated to preserving the diversity of
life on Earth" |
| Policy
Integration & Industrial Transformation towards
Sustainable Urban Energy Use for Cities in Asia |
Proceedings of the Institute for
Global Environmental Strategies (IGES)/Asia-Pacific Network
for Global Change Research (APN) Mega-City Project Workshop
(Jan. 2002) |
| Policy
Integration for Energy Related Issues in Asian Mega-cities |
Hidefumi Imura's presentation at
the 2002 IGES/APN workshop (PDF format) |
| Policy
Integration towards Sustainable Urban Energy Use for
Cities in Asia |
Proceedings of the International
Workshop (Feb. 2003) |
| Proceedings
of the World Heritage Marine Biodiversity Workshop
(2002) |
UNESCO workshop presenting recommendations
for establishing or extending coastal World Heritage
sites (PDF format) |
| State
of the Environment Reporting |
Country environmental reports for
the Asia-Pacific region produced by partnership of UNEP
Regional Resource Centre for Asia and Pacific, intergovernmental
organizations & national governments |
The
State of the World's Forests
2003; 2001; 1999; 1997; 1995 |
FAO's biannual reports "on
the status of forests, recent major policy and institutional
developments and key issues concerning the forest sector" |
| Sustainable
Development Dimensions |
Virtual library of FAO's Sustainable
Development Department: browseable & searchable by
keyword or by themes across the four dimensions of people,
institutions,
knowledge, & environment |
| Sustainable
Development Web Page |
Compiled by Tom Tietenberg of Colby
College: bibliography; executive summaries of case studies
involving attempts to pursue sustainable strategies;
links to relevant sites |
| Sustainable
Development Time Line |
International Institute for
Sustainable Development's timeline tracing milestones
in the "shifting relationship between the environment & development" |
| Toward
Oil and Gas Cooperation in Northeast Asia: New Opportunities
for Reducing Dependence on the Middle East |
Woodrow Wilson Center Asia Special
Report by Selig S. Harrison (Dec. 2002) |
| UNEP
World Conservation Monitoring Centre |
"provides information for policy
and action to conserve the living world ... species,
forests, protected areas, marine, mountains and freshwaters;
plus habitats affected by climate change such as polar
regions [;] ... relationship between trade and the environment
and the wider aspects of biodiversity assessment";
protected areas; international agreements; interactive
map services for conservation data |
| Water
in Asia: the Policy Impact |
Thematic issue of Asia Insights (no.
2, June 2003) (PDF format) |
| World
Bank Group: Climate Change Team |
"provides resources and expertise
for the World Bank's participation in international climate
change negotiations ... [&] technical advice to the
World Bank's Global Environment Facility Program":
key themes; programs & activities; toolkits & publications |
| World
Conservation Monitoring Centre |
Conservation databases; "information
services on conservation & sustainable use of the
world's living resources" |
| World
Environment Library |
From New Zealand Digital Library,
a collection of "400 publications (45,000 pages)
of ideas & solutions in the fields of Agriculture,
Biodiversity, Climate Change, Environmental Impact Assessment,
Energy, Health, Natural Resources, Policy, Sustainable
Development, Waste Management & Water" |
| World
Resources 2002-2004: Decisions for the Earth: Balance,
Voice, and Power |
Report by UN's World Resources Institute "explor[ing]
how citizens, government managers, and business owners
can foster better environmental decisions -- decisions
that meet the needs of both ecosystems and people with
equity and balance" |
| World
Resources Institute (WRI) |
"an environmental research
and policy organization that creates solutions to protect
the Earth and improve people's lives":
environmental news; publications; downloadble data sets
& Powerpoint presentations; EarthTrends database |
| World
Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) Living Planet Report |
"a quantitative picture of
the state of the world's natural environment & the
human pressures upon it" |
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