The World Wide Web Virtual Library: Environment

This web site is an award-winning, searchable index of over 1,000 environmental resources arranged alphabetically and by category.

The United Nations Environmental Programme (UNEP)

The United Nations Environmental Program was established as the environmental conscience of the United Nations system, and has been creating a basis for comprehensive consideration and coordinated action within the UN on the problems of the human environment.

World Wide Web Virtual Library: Sustainable Development

This site offers thousands of links to information about sustainable development. Visit links to organisations, projects and activities, electronic journals, libraries, references and documents, databases, and directories.

International Institute for Sustainable Development

The International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD), is a clearinghouse for information and resources related to sustainable development issues worldwide. The IISD web site serves a gateway for online information about sustainable development.

This site, hosted by International Directorate of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, features information about the AAAS program on Population and Sustainable Development (PSD) aims to address this problem by providing policy-oriented and field-oriented scientific evidence on the relationship between human population and the environment.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

The mission of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is to protect human health and to safeguard the natural environment--air, water, and land--upon which life depends. The EPA web site features an excellent section for teachers and students.

U.S. Energy Information Administration-Country Briefs

This site allows you to search the US Energy Administration's database by country or region in order to learn more about energy consumption and policies worldwide.

World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF)

This site is loaded with information about a variety of environmental issues related to development including climate change, pollution, and human consumption.

The Environment Internet Guide

This is a very detailed site on environmental issues worldwide. It features a weekly article on an environmental topic with associated Internet links.

World Resources Institute

The World Resources Institute web site features information about WRI programs and initiatives, as well as an extensive collection of links to information and resources concerning environmental issues.

Recognized as the leading producer of environmental news and information on the Internet, the ENN.com web site is an online destination where users are able to access daily content on environmental issues and interact with others having similar interests.

EnviroLink is dedicated to providing you with the most comprehensive, up-to-date environmental resources available. This site features a great collection of resources for environmental education.

This site provides background information concerning sustainable development. It also features a great collection of links to sustainable development resources.

EE-Link develops and organizes Internet resources to support, enhance, and extend effective environmental education in grades K-12. This site is a great resource for online information.

GreenCOM

GreenCOM is the Environmental Education and Communication Project of the U.S. Agency for International Development. In 1993, the Agency launched GreenCOM to work in tandem with other projects in its portfolio, across sectors and across regions of the world, to help achieve a range of environmental and education strategic objectives.

Worldwatch Institute

Worldwatch is a nonprofit public policy research organization dedicated to informing policymakers and the public about emerging global problems and trends and the complex links between the world economy and its environmental support systems.

Rainforest Action Network

The Rainforest Action Network, or RAN, focuses on the preservation of rainforests worldwide. The RAN web site features general information about rainforests, as well as teaching resources for middle and elementary school grade levels.

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