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International Environmental Information


Basel Convention
  • Mission: devoted to enforcing a framework for controlling transboundary movements of hazardous wastes

Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC)
  • Source: (CEC)
  • Mission: develops partnerships between Canada, Mexico, and the U.S. to assist with environmental issues such as biodiversity, pollution reduction, and conservation
  • Contents: links to grants from North American Fund for Environmental Cooperation (NAFEC), annual reports, CEC publications available full-text, and Law Infobase (Summary of Environmental Law in North America)

Commodity Index
  • Source: U.S. Geological Survey
  • Contents: commodity summaries, industry surveys, minerals yearbooks, special publications, and mineral commodities searchable by country

Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species
  • Source: (CITES)
  • Mission: to ban commercial international trade in an agreed list of endangered species and to regulate and monitor trade in other countries that might become endangered.

Country Analysis Briefs
  • Source: Energy Information Administration of the U.S. Department of Energy
  • Contents: statistics and publications on energy topics

Earthwatch
  • Source: United Nations
  • Mission: monitor the environment and make the information available to the public, address environmental problems with international action, and use environmental assessment to develop long-term development

United Nations Environment Program
  • Source: United Nations
  • Mission: develop cooperation between nations to protect the environment
  • Contents: links to environmental organizations, calendar of international environmental meetings, environmental conventions, regional program information, publications database (full-text available), and INFOTERRA environmental listserv

The World Conservation Union (IUCN)
  • Source: (IUCN)
  • Mission: advises governments and other organizations on conservation projects such as endangered species protection, sustaining ecosystems, and creating protected areas

World Resources Institute (WRI)
  • Source: WRI
  • Mission: fostering cooperation between governments and independent agencies to promote development along with environmental protection
  • Contents: full-text publications, links to environmental agencies, environmental profiles of countries, and environmental topics with related links