Environmental Studies Links - Directory of Online Resources


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Many Environmental Studies organizations list specific online resources.

Start with:
United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)

  • UNEP.Net - The U.N. Environment Network
    "For authoritative environmental information from a broad range of information and data providers, committed to making their information freely available to the whole spectrum of users of environmental information."

World Resources Institute (WRI)

  • EarthTrends : The Environmental Portal
    Sections of this major resource include: Coastal and Marine Ecosystems ; Water Resources and Freshwater Ecosystems ; Climate and Atmosphere ; Population, Health and Human Well-being ; Economics, Business and the Environment ; Energy and Resources ; Biodiversity and Protected Areas ; Agriculture and Food ; Forests and Grasslands ; Environmental Governance and Institutions. Each section includes searchable databases, data tables, country profiles, maps, and features.
    - World Resources Institute

GEsource - Geography and Environment Gateway
"GEsource is an information resource for Geography and the Environment, and forms part of the Resource Discovery Network (RDN). The database currently contains 2739 resources."
Main Subject Areas include: Environment ; Physical Geography ; General Geography and Environmental Science ; Techniques and Approaches ; Human Geography.

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Advanced Building Technologies
"A building professional's guide to more than 90 environmentally-appropriate technologies and practices. Architects, engineers and buildings managers can improve the energy and resource efficiency of commercial, industrial and multi-unit residential buildings through the use of the technologies and practices described in this web site."

American Rivers

Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
Includes both wildlife and oil development information. Sections include: Refuge Information ; Wildlife ; Habitat ; People.
Official U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service page

Asian Environmental Trading
"...a by-country and regional introduction to the real issues and latest developments. We also act as a networking centre by offering contact details of relevant organisations (e.g. Environment Ministries around Asia) and links to related WWW sites."

BBC News In-Depth - Disposable Planet (2002)
A Special Six-Part Series on Sustainable Development
"As world leaders prepare to debate the future of the planet at the world summit in Johannesburg, BBC News Online hears from Mozambican fishermen, Indian mothers and Chinese recyclers in a six-part special on sustainable development."
Sections include: Population ; Food ; Cities ; Waste ; Tourism ; Energy ; Overview ; Slideshow ; Quiz ; Have Your Say.

BBC News In Depth - Earth Summit (2002)
Sections include: Key Stories ; Background ; Case Studies.

Best Environmental Resources Directories
A listing of over 500 'best' resources by subject
No flash here just a lot of useful links

Birds: Bellwethers of Watershed Health
"This module will introduce how birds respond to changes in watersheds, and how landscape conditions can be managed to help birds and improve overall watershed health."
By Lynne Trulio, PhD., San Jose State University

BlackRhinoceros - (dead link)
"We produce a directory for environmental activists wishing to campaign on these ecological issues: biodiversity, conservation, energy, environmental justice, habitat and pollution."

Canada - environment Canada

  • EnviroZine
    This week in Canada's Environment
  • Migratory Birds
     Sections include: CWS Bird Conservation Program ; Bird Trends ; Maritime Breeding Bird Survey ; Hunting ; Landbird Conservation ; Geese.
  • The UV Index, Weather and You - (dead link) Includes a stunning NASA picture of the Ozone Hole
  • Canadian Wildlife Service
    • Hinterland Who's Who
      "...wildlife vignettes have been part of Canadian television and popular culture for nearly 40years...Now you can enjoy the complete series of these educational vignettes on our website."
    • Species At Risk in Canada
      "You can search for information either a map search, or by a species search (by risk category, range, latin name and common name)."
  • CEPA Environmental Registry
    "...is a comprehensive source of public information relating to activities under the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999. In addition to providing up-to-date copies of current CEPA instruments, the primary objective of the Environmental Registry is to encourage and support public participation in environmental decision-making, by facilitating access to documents arising from the administration of the Act."
  • Ecosystem Information - Environmental Indicators
    Pacific and Yukon Region Environmental Indicators
    "The following is a dynamic set of environmental indicators on priority issues for which Environment Canada maintains monitoring programs. The indicators describe the state of the environment for particular issues in a scientifically concise and easily understood manner."
    Includes: Marine Ecosystems ; Toxic Contaminants ; Stratospheric Ozone Depletion ; Urban Water Use & Wastewater Treatment ; Biodiversity ; Climate Change ; Urban Air Quality ; Freshwater Quality.
  • Meteorological Service of Canada
  • National Water Research Institute

Canada Iraq Marshlands Initiative
"...is a cooperative venture supported by Canadian and Iraqi university, government and non-government partners."
Sections include: Project Activities ; Project Library ; Links ; News ; About Mesopotamian Marshes ; Gallery.

Central American Water Resource Management Network (CARA) (English or Spanish)
"CARA is a water resource training network focusing on building local capacity to improve the management and protection of Central American water resources.

China's Environment
Contains resources concerning China's environment.

CNN.com In-Depth Special - Global Balance
Sections include: Stories ; Resources ; Newsbank

Critical Ecoregions Program
"The Critical Ecoregions Program offers a practical, long-term strategy to buttress the "web of life" on Earth. Region by region, we're developing multifaceted plans for every major land and water system in the United States and Canada."
- A Sierra Club Initiative

Destination: Earth
The Official Website for NASA's Earth Science Enterprise
"...dedicated to understanding the total Earth system and the effects of humans on the global environment."

Earth Day Network
"...is an alliance of 5,000 groups in 184 countries working to promote a healthy environment and a peaceful, just, sustainable world.

EarthDay.gov
Portal for U.S. Government Events & Information

EarthPulse
National Geographic's Home for Conservation
"...monthly reports on Earth's 'vital signs,' from the oceans to the ozone, showing readers how the issues affect each one of us, why we should care, and how we can become involved in making things better..."

EarthTrends: The Environmental Information Portal
Sections include: Coastal and Marine Ecosystems ; Water Resources and Freshwater Ecosystems ; Climate and Atmosphere ; Population ; Economics ; Energy and Resources ; Biodiversity ; Agriculture and Food ; Forests and Grasslands ; Environmental Governance and Institutions.
--World Resources Institute

EcologicalInformation Network (EIN)
 "...is a database of ecological experts who have volunteered to answer questions or provide input on various scientific issues. The EIN is an on-line, publicly available electronic directory of biographical and professional information regarding ecological experts."
National Biological Information Infrastructure and Ecology Society of America

Ecological Society of America - Education Section, ESA-EdWeb
An extensive collection of online resources for K-16 Ecology education.
Maintained by Bruce W. Grant, Department of Biology, Widener University

Ecoregions
"Descriptions for all ecoregions of the world are available online as either brief profiles or full reports. Photographs of the landscape and of select species are available from either. Full reports which provide detailed scientific information about each ecoregion and summarizes specific information on the location, climate, geography, common vegetation, distinctive biodiversity features (including endemic species), status, threats, and justifications for the delineation of each ecoregion. Ecoregion profiles, on the other hand, are primarily targeted towards people who want to get a snapshot of the biological importance of the region and lack the scientific information of the full reports."
World Wildlife Fund

Ecotourism Research and Other Adventures
"This site is devoted to research and education about ecotourism, ethnic tourism, nature tourism, and heritage tourism."

EcoWorld
"EcoWorld is anewly-formedenvironmental media company.Weare building an online resource for information on the status of the earthís species and ecosystems as well as efforts underway planet-wide to preserve and restore these species and ecosystems. Information is offered inseven differentearth categories: air, water, earth, plants, animals, treesand people covering key global environmental issues, species/ecosystem profiles and projects pertaining to each earth category. EcoWorld is quickly becoming a global town square wherethese topics can presented,discussed and debated objectively."

EnviroInfo
"A compilation of useful Internet resources to Environmental Science and Technology. This site maintains information on organizations, business, publications, online databases and software, research and education."

Environment - WWW Virtual Library
Maintained by Shay Mitchell

Environment & Society: An Environmental Resource Guide
Topics include Subjects, Organizations, Regions, Disciplines, and Local Interest. Also includes journals, Treaties, discussion groups, general resources and more.
Maintained by Kairy Walker for the Rensselaer Environmental Studies Program

Environment Canada - See Canada - Environment Canada

Environmental Australia On-Line
Topics include Priorities, Heritage, Natural Heritage, Biodiversity, Marine, State of the Environment, and Library & Education
Official Government site

Environmental Connections Canada
A Canadian Directory of the Environment
"Specializing in Canadian Environmental sites, a secondary focus on North America with over 2500 listings in total. Includes Canadian and Provincial Government Resources, Activists, wildlife, lands and forests, domestic animals, oceans and waterways, whales and the Canadian and American Arctic."

Environment Education on the Internet
Sections include: Professional Resources ; Class Resources ; Organizations & Projects ; Environment Info ; Grants & Jobs ; Net Services ; Calendar.
A project of the North American Association for Environmental Education

Environmental Impact of the Offshore Oil and Gas Industry
"This site provides information on the impact of the offshore oil and gas industry on the ocean environment and living resources."

Environmental Information Sources on the Internet
Australia Department of the Environment

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) - see Environmental Studies - EPA

Environmental Professional's Homepage
"The links are primarily directed to original source documents, or agencies. We avoid secondhand information, interpretative documents, and anything that might have a spin to it. The links are currently focused more on Regulators, Legislators, and Health and Safety, with few links to Research or Academic sources."

Environmental Resources on the Internet
A very well organized and easy to use collection of links
Southampton College Library

Environmental Resources on the Web
This well annotated selection of resources includes: International Web Sites ; Web Sites from Educational Institutions ; U.S. Government Sponsored Web Sites ; Corporate, Professional Society Web Sites ; Conferences ; Publications ; Listservs.
By Flora Shrode, University of Tennessee
From Electronic Green Journal, Issue 13, December 2000.

Environmental Values Project:
A Comparative Study of Values in Environmental Policy Making in China, Japan, India, and the United States
"This multisite, multiyear collaborative research project is designed to help explain and compare values held by diverse constitutencies in each of the four countries and their role in environmental policy making...At the site, you will find: 1) Brief descriptions of the project's specific case studies, collaborating researchers and institutes. 2) Interviews with the project researchers. 3) Notifications and reports of environmental values seminars and events hosted by the Carnegie Council. 4) Links to related web sites. 5) A detailed description of the project methodology. 6) Project papers available to download in PDF format."
Description by Rachel Locke, Project Coordinator
The Carnegie Council on Ethics and International Affairs (New York)

EnviroWindows
Environmental Information for Business and Local Authorities

European Environment Agency
Sections include: Press Room ; Theses (reports, indicators, links and datasets) ; Search ; Services ; EEA ; Country Information and EIONET

Exploring the Environment (ETE)(K12)
"The ETE online series, which features an integrated approach to environmental earth science through modules and activities, is developed at the NASA Classroom of the Futureô; at Wheeling Jesuit University."
Resources for both students and teachers

GEIN - German Environmental Information Network - (dead link) (English or German)
The Portal to German Environmental Information
"...brings together a wide range of information currently distributed across many different web sites run by public organisations in Germany, such as environmental authorities, agencies and ministries at the federal and Land (state) levels. It acts as an information broker for environmental information in Germany..."

Global Development Research Center
"Spheres" include: Environment ; Urban ; Community ; Economy ; Information.

Global Resource Bank
Internet Banking for Sustainable Development

Green Belt Movement (GBM)
"...is a grassroots non-governmental organization (NGO) based in Kenya that focuses on environmental conservation, community development and capacity building. Prof. Wangari Maathai [winner of the 2004 Nobel Peace Prize] established GBM in 1977, under the auspices of the National Council of Women of Kenya."

GreenBiz.com
"The Resource Center on Business, the Environment, and the Bottom Line"
Includes: News Center ; Business Toolbox ; JobLink ; Reference Desk

Great Lakes Information Network (GLIN)
 "...is a partnership that provides one place online for people to find information relating to the binational Great Lakes region of North America. Thanks to its strong network of state, provincial, federal and regional partner agencies and organizations, GLIN has become a necessary component of informed decisionmaking, and a trusted and reliable source of information for those who live, work or have an interest in the Great Lakes region."

The Green Lane Home Page
Environment Canada

HELCOM - Helsinki Commission
Baltic Marine Environment Commission
Sections include: The Helsinki Commission ; Recommendations ; Publications ; Meeting Documents ; Press Room ; HELCOM Atlas ; HELCOM News ; Baltic News ; Topics: Environment, Pollution, Man and the Baltic.

How Gas Prices Work
Sections include: Introduction ; Guzzling Gas in America ; Where Your Money Goes ; Control of the Oil Market ; Domestic Supplies ; Lots More Information.
- Howstuffworks.com

The Human Footprint
Overview of the more detailed Atlas of the Human Footprint.
- Wildlife Conservation Society

International Human Dimensions Programme on Global Environmental Change (IHDP)
Sections include: Calendar ; News ; National Committees ; Projects ; Publications ; Secretariat Contacts ; Links.

Invasive Species
The Nation's [U.S.] Invasive Species Information System
"...a comprehensive, online information system that facilitates access to and exchange of invasive species data and resources by researchers, scientists, land and resource managers, public and private sector agencies, and concerned citizens. Developed in accordance with Executive Order 13112 on Invasive Species, the site is guided by the Invasive Species Council."

Journey to Planet Earth (Spring 2003) (K12)
Web companion to the TV broadcast
"Embark on a Journey that explores the delicate relationship between people and the natural world they inhabit."
Episodes include: Rivers of Destiny ; The Urban Explosion ; Land of Plenty, Land of Want ; On the Brink ; Seas of Grass ; Hot Zones ; Future Conditional.
Sections include: The Programs ; Stories of Hope ; Ecosystems ; Country Profiles ; Educational Resources.

Know Your Environment
A publication of the Environmental Associates
An informative and well designed resource for a general audience.
Academy of Natural Sciences

Lower Rio Grande Ecosystem Initiative - (dead link)
"...The primary emphasis of this homepage is biological resources. Flora and fauna are ultimately dependent on many nonbiological aspects of the environment. Thus, many tangential issues (e.g., water conservation, demographics) are included."
Columbia Environmental Research Center, USGS

Manatawny Creek: Ecological Studies of Dam Removal
"This project represents one of the first comprehensive studies attempting to document the large-scale physical, chemical, and biological changes in a river system following dam removal."

Mojave Desert Ecosystem Program (MDEP)
"...represents the Department of Defense's (DOD) first attempt to meld together a shared scientific database that can be used to affect dynamic sustainable land management decisions...will support the continued capability of mission critical Department of Defense installations within the Mojave Desert Ecosystem to maintain military preparedness and readiness while protecting the environment."
- U.S. Department of Defense (DOD)
Includes: Geospatial Data ; Metadata ; Geomorphic Landforms ; Spatial Bibliography ; Data Links.

Native Americans and the Environment
Major sections include: Introduction to the Issues ; Bibliography ; Internet Resources ; Cases Studies. [legal subjects include: Land and Treaty Rights ; Legal Resources ; Fishing ; Forestry ; Water Rights and Dams]

Natural Resources Research Information Pages (NRRIPS)
"...intended to be an Internet resource guide for natural resources students, researchers and practitioners."

Nature - Physics Portal
"The nature physics portal is a one-stop resource for physicists, providing highlights of the latest research in Nature and elsewhere."

NOAA Coastal Shoreline Website
 "This website was designed to inform people about the development of the Shoreline Data Content Standard and provide other shoreline information pertaining to the shoreline including: a shoreline bibliography, a glossary of terms, data and maps, and helpful links to other shoreline websites."

[Northern Spotted Owl] USGS - Forest and Rangeland Ecosystem Science Center (FRESC) - (dead link)
Sections include: Research ; Current News ; Product Library ; Field Stations ; Fact Sheets.

  • Olympic Field Station - (dead link)
    • LTEM: Monitoring Northern Spotted Owl Populations in Olympic National Park - (dead link)
    • Northern Spotted Owl Inventories in National Parks Publications - (dead link)

NPR: Oil and Dependence: A Special Report
Sections include: The Global Oil Market ; The Domestic Supply ; Can We Conserve? ; Energy in the Future ; Back to Oil and Dependence.
National Public Radio

Paradise at Risk - (dead link)
Florida's Costly Battle with Beach Erosion
A Special Report by Gannett's Florida News Agency
"The project brought together 67 journalists at three Florida newspapers, three TV stations and two news bureaus...They produced an in-depth report about erosion and its impact on Florida lifestyles, politics, economics and environment."

PBS American Field Guide - Teacher Resources
"American Field Guide is a tremendous resource for you and your students. Embedded within this site you will find lesson plans that weave segments of video together into units of inquiry around specific topics. The lessons in the units of inquiry were all written by high school teachers and draw upon national and state standards for science learning."

PBS - Extreme Oil
Companion website to the September, 2004 TV broadcast.
"Fifteen years after the end of the Cold War and in the wake of two wars in the Gulf and Iraq, all the world's easy oil has been found. Today, the oil industry has to go to extremes to find new sources of the asset that drives the world's economy and fuels so many aspects of modern life. EXTREME OIL crisscrosses the globe like the transcontinental pipelines themselves, exposing a wide range of issues -- and meeting people who wrestle with the dilemmas of how to ensure the supply we need, at a price we will tolerate."
Sections include: The Journey ; The History ; The Science ; For Teachers ; Resources.

PBS - NOVA - Fire Wars
"...the companion Web site to 'Fire Wars,' scheduled for broadcast on May 7, 2002. In the program, NOVA accompanies the men and women of a wildland firefighting crew known as the Arrowhead Hotshots as they battle one of the most destructive wildfire seasons ever, the summer of 2000."
Sections include: The Producer's Story ; The World on Fire ; How Plants Use Fire ; Outfitting Wildland Firefighters ; Wildfire Simulator ; On Fire ; Glossary ; Resources ; Teacher's Guide ; Fire Survey ; Resources ; Transcript.

PBS - NOVA - World in the Balance (April 2004)
"NOVA investigates the impact of forces that are radically changing populations in both rich and poor nations."
Sections include: Inquiry, Interviews & More ; Human Numbers Through Time ; Voices of Concern ; Material World ; Population Campaigns ; Links & Books ; Teacher's Guide ; Educator Role Plays ; Earth in Peril.

PopEnvironment
Population & Environment Linkages Service
"Abstracts and links to 14,199 books, reports, journal articles, newspaper articles, news analysis, maps, conference papers, datasets, slide shows, organizations, regional overviews, laws, bills, and court decisions, and much more from around the world...brings comprehensive and reliable information to researchers, students, policymakers, government officials and others around the world who are working on, or concerned about, the linkage between population growth on the environment -- a service called for in the International Conference on Population and Development (Cairo Conference) Programme of Action."

Population-Environment Research Network (PERN)
"...seeks to advance academic research on population and the environment by promoting on-line scientific exchange among researchers from social and natural science disciplines worldwide."

[Prestige Oil Tanker Disaster] CNN.com In-Depth Special - Sinking of the Prestige
Sections include: Stories ; Resources ; Latest News



Quantitative Environmental Learning Project (QELP)
"The central goal of QELP is to promote curricular revision by linking mathematics and environmental science. For the last 3 years, Greg and Joe have taught a course that integrates college level mathematics (algebra, difference equations and statistics) with environmental issues and problems (environmental science)...We have written a series of exercises (i.e. labs) which investigate topics from environmental and earth science using introductory college-level mathematics...we will compile real data on a dozen earth and environmental science topics that can be used in conjunction with each of a dozen college level algebra topics - about 100-150 data sets altogether."
By Greg Langkamp and Joe Hull, Seattle Central Community College

[Rainforests] Brazilmax.com
Sections include: Places ; Travel Tips ; Features.
Includes a number of articles on local history.

[Rainforests] Rainforestweb.org
World Rainforest Information Portal
"...was created as a tool for concerned citizens, companies and institutions to conveniently access the most complete and current information about rainforests, through one umbrella site...The strength of Rainforestweb.org as an information and campaign tool is its participatory design that encourages users to quickly add new resources, alerts and other postings to the site."

Resources for the Future (RFF)
Research Areas include: Environment ; Natural Resources ; Intersections ; Methods, Tools and Techniques.

San Francisco Estuary Invasive Spartina Project
"...is a coordinated regional effort among local, state and federal organizations dedicated to preserving California's extraordinary coastal biological resources through the elimination of introduced species of Spartina (cordgrass)."

SD Gateway (Sustainable Development Gateway)
"...integrates the on-line information developed by members of the Sustainable Development Communications Network. In addition to over 1,200 documents available in SD Topics, we provide services such as a calendar of events, a job bank, the Sustainability Web Ring, a roster of mailing lists (listservs) and news sites dealing with sustainable development."

Seattle PI Special Report - Our Troubled Sound (2002)
"Read all about it in this five-part special report from the Seattle Post-Intelligencer...Originally published over five days in November 2002, each part addresses a different aspect of the problem, from the marked decline of local marine life to current efforts to restore the Sound to health."
Parts include: Polluted Waters ; Extinction or Bust ; Ruinous Runoff ; Maritime Mess ; Turning Things Around ; Further Developments.
Also includes a database to find out who's violating federal water pollution laws.

Software for Environmental Awareness (EPA)
"This site offers over 40 interactive software programs on environmental topics for free downloading."

Texas Tech University Chornobyl Page (English, Russian or Ukrainian)
Includes bibliography, publications, and conclusions from Chernobyl Research Project.
By A. Pocheptsova

TIME.com: The Green Century
Sections include: Cover Story ; Photo Essays ; Quick Vote ; Graphics: State of the Planet, Trouble Spots ; Life Magazine ; More Information: Green Century Web Guide, Newsfile: Environment.

United Nations Commission on Sustainable Development

UNEP.Net - The U.N. Environment Network
"For authoritative environmental information from a broad range of information and data providers, committed to making their information freely available to the whole spectrum of users of environmental information."

  • Europe
    "The goal of the European Regional Portal is to make available the best existing sources of information on the European environment, and to provide means for integrating, analysing and adding value to such information - for improved environmental management and related decision-making."

Urhobo Waado
Web site of Urhobo Historical Society (Nigeria) - Serving Urhobo History and Culture

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) - see Environmental Studies - EPA

U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) see Geology Resources - USGS

Virtual Courseware for Earth and Environmental Sciences
Sections include: Earthquake ; Global Warming ; Virtual Earthquake ; Virtual Dating ; Virtual River ; Biology Labs On-Line (FlyLab).
- Natural Science Faculty, California State University, Los Angeles

[Water] World Water Forum - Mexico 2006 - (dead link)
4th World Water Forum, March 2006
Sections include: The 4th Forum ; Main Results ; Newsletter ; Documents ; Tools.

  • Final Report - (dead link)



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