Category : Access to Environmental Information
subcategory : Free access
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251. Landscape Photography
Natural Environment - Landscape
 The photographs and images contained in Landscape Photography website are copyrighted 1998-2002 by Yasuharu Esaki. Any use of these photos will require his written consent.
http://www.internetacademy.co.jp/~yesaki/
 
 
252. Toxic Alert
Pollution - Wastes - Toxic wastes
 Toxic Alert is a public service of CQS, a consulting organization in Acton, MA. Our mission is to make complex technical information about health and toxics in our environment so that it is accessible and understandable by most people, and to provide alternatives and health information so that people can protect themselves, their families, and their communities.
http://www.cqs.com/etoxic.htm
 
 
253. HealthyEating.net
Quality of Life - Healthy diet
 HealthyEating.net – is claimed to be one of the largest collections of healthy eating, fitness and food links online. It was designed as a showcase for the great resources and tools available on the Net, and to encourage visitors to seek assistance from Dietitians, Public Health Units, Fitness Experts and other health professionals.
http://www.healthyeating.net/he_1.htm
 
 
254. EPA – Regulating Smog and Particle Air Pollution
Pollution - Wastes - Smog
 This is the Regulating Smog and Particle Air Pollution web page by EPA. In this page information is provided about the above two topics: smog and Particle Air Pollution
http://www.epa.gov/oar/oaqps/regusmog/
 
 
255. University of Minnesota / Environmental Health & Safety (Improving the quality of our work and study environment)
Pollution - Wastes - Hospital wastes
 This is the web page of the Environmental Health & Safety Department of the University of Minnesota. The “Program Areas” section provides a lot of information about biohazard wastes, hazardous wastes, radiation, indoor air quality, working environment, food and other topics.
http://www.dehs.umn.edu/
 
 
256. RISC (Risk Identification of Soil Contamination)
Pollution - Wastes - Soil pollution
 In the period 1991–1994 the RISC (= Risk Identification of Soil Contamination) project was carried out. The objective of this project was the development of a framework for a knowledge-based system for risk identification of individual contaminated sites. The created RISC-framework uses expertise on presence and behaviour of contaminants in soils in order to predict potential risks for man and environment.
http://www.risc-site.nl/
 
 
257. Clean Technologies in U.S. Industries
Technology - Clean Technologies
 These reports give a brief overview of the state of U.S. industries textiles, pulp and paper, metal fabrication, food processing with an emphasis on their efforts to incorporate pollution prevention and clean technologies into their manufacturing operations
http://www.usaep.org/reports/
 
 
258. The Center for Clean Products and Clean Technologies
Technology - Clean Technologies
 The Center for Clean Products and Clean Technologies at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, under the direction of Gary Davis, focuses on pollution prevention through design and manufacturing processes with the environment in mind.
http://eerc.ra.utk.edu/clean/
 
 
259. Green Consumer Guide.com
Technology - Domestic appliances
 The Green Consumer Guide.com, the one of the UK's premier information service hosting unbiased, educational information regarding green initiatives and environmentally sound suppliers, products and services. The site is divided into three main sections, providing domestic, business and governmental user specific information.
http://www.greenconsumerguide.com/
 
 
260. National Parks Conservation Association
Natural Environment - National parks
 Since 1919, the National Parks Conservation Association has been the sole voice of the American people in the fight to safeguard the scenic beauty, wildlife, and historical and cultural treasures of the largest and most diverse park system in the world.
http://www.npca.org/
 
 
261. REMPEC (Regional Marine Pollution Emergency Center)
Pollution - Wastes - Marine pollution
 In order to enforce Co-operation in Combating Pollution of the Mediterranean Sea by Oil and other harmful Substances in cases of Emergency, a Regional Centre, now called REMPEC(Regional Marine Pollution Emergency Center), was created in 1976 and based in Malta.
http://www.rempec.org/
 
 
262. United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)
Development - Sustainability - Trade
 Established in 1964 as a permanent intergovernmental body, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) is the principal organ of the United Nations General Assembly dealing with trade, investment and development issues.
http://www.unctad.org/
 
 
263. FAO STATISTICAL DATABASE
Development - Sustainability - Agriculture
 FAOSTAT is an on-line and multilingual databases currently containing over 1 million time-series records covering international statistics in the following areas: Production, Trade, Food Balance Sheets, fertilizer and pesticides, land use and irrigation, forest products, fishery products, population, agriculture machinery, food aid shipments
http://apps.fao.org
 
 
264. World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC)
Development - Sustainability - Tourism (Development)
 The World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) is the global business leaders' forum for Travel & Tourism. Its Members are Chief Executives from all sectors of industry, including accommodation, catering, entertainment, recreation, transportation and other travel-related services. Founded in April 1990, WTTC policies are set and implemented by a Member Executive Committee, a President and a small staff in London, with representative offices in North & South America, Asia/Pacific and Europe.
http://www.wttc.org/
 
 
265. Proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council relating to the Assessment and Management of Environmental Noise
Anthropogenic Environment - Noise
 The European Commission has presented a proposal for a Directive on the Assessment and Management of Environmental Noise with the aim of providing a basis for a coherent, integrated EU policy on environmental noise. The proposal introduces measures to classify and understand the problems caused by noise, as a necessary step to preparing future concrete meásures to reduce noise pollution. The Commission is launching the idea of making EU-wide 'noise maps' based on common methods and indicators. These maps should be made available to the public. They should form the basis for development of action plans and strategies at local, national and EU levels to combat noise pollution.
http://europa.eu.int/comm/environment/docum/00468_en.htm
 
 
266. Tax World
Development - Sustainability - Taxes
 Tax World is provided as a public service to Internet users and its primary mission is providing links to tax information from state, federal, and international taxing authorities on the Internet. In addition to the practical tax information (tax forms, regulations, IRS code, etc.) Tax World provides users information regarding tax policy, history, and links to tax databases around the world. Tax World is funded by its creator and director, thus, the content of and links provided in Tax World are at the sole discretion of its creator and director.
http://www.taxworld.org/
 
 
267. UNIFEM United Nations Development Fund for Women
Political Ecology - Movements - Women - Ecofeminism
 The United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM) promotes women's empowerment and gender equality. It works to ensure the participation of women in all levels of development planning and practice, and acts as a catalyst within the UN system, supporting efforts that link the needs and concerns of women to all critical issues on the national, regional and global agenda. UNIFEM focuses its work at the country level within the context of the United Nations Resident Coordinator System. Playing a strong advocacy role, the Fund concentrates on fostering a multilateral policy dialogue on women's empowerment.
http://www.unifem.undp.org/
 
 
268. Taxes Arround the World
Development - Sustainability - Taxes
 This site is designed specifically to provide, in one place, as many links as possible to sources of information about tax systems around the world. Many of these web sites are newly-created, and hard to find. Every conceivable search engine had to be used to gather them, since no one method of searching was found to yield more than a few. Monitoring these URL's, as well as continually searching for new, similar resources as they come on line, is an ongoing effort.
http://www.paradine.com/worldtax/
 
 
269. The World Commission on Dams
Development - Sustainability - Dams (Development)
 The World Commission on Dams, comprising an international team of experts, is a focused, independent think tank set up and financed by aid agencies, industry, governments, and NGOs to look at the good, the bad and the ugly impacts of dams around the world. Established in 1998, the Commission's mandate is to research, peer review and write the most independent, authoritative and comprehensive cross-examination of dams and water and energy resource development ever undertaken
http://www.dams.org/
 
 
270. Amazing Environmental Organization WebDirectory
Political Ecology - Movements - Ecological publications
 Amazing Environmental Organization WebDirectory is the result of a group of hard working people dedicated to helping others keep in touch and informed on the World Wide Web. With thousands of sites, it is the largest exclusively environmental organization directory on the Web and includes sites from over 100 countries. Our goal is simple - to make it easy for people from around the world to find your web page.
http://www.webdirectory.com
 
 
271. Amazing Environmental Organization WebDirectory
Political Ecology - Movements - Ecological organizations
 Amazing Environmental Organization WebDirectory is the result of a group of hard working people dedicated to helping others keep in touch and informed on the World Wide Web. With thousands of sites, it is the largest exclusively environmental organization directory on the Web and includes sites from over 100 countries. Our goal is simple - to make it easy for people from around the world to find your web page.
http://www.webdirectory.com/
 
 
272. OECD Environment Directorate
Development - Sustainability - Financial instruments/tools
 The OECD Environment Directorate provides governments with the analytical basis to develop policies that are effective and economically efficient, including through country performance reviews, data collection, policy analysis, projections and modelling, and the development of common approaches.
http://www.oecd.org/env
 
 
273. Environmental Economics
Development - Sustainability - Sustainability - Economy - Development
 One way of using economics is to ensure that the costs and the benefits of environmental measures are well balanced. Although it is difficult to estimate costs and benefits, there is an increasing demand that this is done before new environmental policy is decided on a European level. The economic unit of Environment DG supports the technical units (dealing e.g. with air pollution, water pollution, waste, climate change etc.) in finding such information.
http://europa.eu.int/comm/environment/enveco/
 
 
274. World Trade Organization (WTO)
Development - Sustainability - Trade
 The World Trade Organization (WTO) is the only global international organization dealing with the rules of trade between nations. At its heart are the WTO agreements, negotiated and signed by the bulk of the world’s trading nations and ratified in their parliaments. The goal is to help producers of goods and services, exporters, and importers conduct their business.
http://www.wto.org/
 
 
275. International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development
Development - Sustainability - Mountainous regions economy
 The International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) is a diverse, knowledge-based institution that spans the Hindu Kush-Himalayan range east to west and north to south and brings together mountain scientists and farmers in a common cause from diverse nationalities in a region that is difficult politically, physically, and economically. ICIMOD develops, tests, and shares knowledge that helps poor mountain people have better and more sustainable lives. ICIMOD works with mountain people to find solutions that they need.
http://www.icimod.org.sg/
 
 

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