Knowledge Centre : Environment
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- ...Anyone Can: A guide to starting an environmental group and running an environmental campaign
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By Robin K.VilIiers Brown. This book is designed to help all those people who care for their environment. Those who want to save something (e.g. a piece of bushland, endangered animals or their habitats, trees, or an historic building) or stop something (e.g. destruction of an area or pollution) - People who want to become involved in decisions that affect their live. In a world with increasing environmental problems, pollution, destruction of habit and species loss, it is good to see someone take an interest in stopping environmental problems. But there are shortcuts that can help you with your group and any campaign. This guide has shortcuts and ideas to help you avoid and overcome problems, so you can work more effectively and efficiently with less problems - and more easily achieve your goals.
http://www.rag.org.au/anyonecan/anyonecan.htm
(Added: Thu Feb 03 2005 Modified: Tue Jun 20 2006 Hits: 534)
- A Guide to World Resources 2002-2004 (PDF)
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From the United Nations Development Programme, United Nations Environment Programme, World Bank, World Resources Institute (2003). Summarizes the preliminary findings and key messages of the report and was distributed at the World Summit on Sustainable Development meeting in Johannesburg, South Africa, August 26-September 4, 2002.
http://pubs.wri.org/pubs_pdf.cfm?PubID=3764
(Added: Mon Mar 31 2003 Modified: Mon Jun 13 2005 Hits: 608)
- Access to Environmental Information: How can better practice be achieved in the Latin American Context
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Traditionally, in Latin American countries, environmental management policy has been drawn up and implemented in a highly centralised manner, without the involvement of civil society. However, over the last decade, awareness of the importance of including the general public in environmental management has increased. This has generated significant reforms fostering a different relationship between civil society and State bodies. In spite of this, several obstacles continue to conspire against citizen participation in environmental management.
http://www.iied.org/pubs/display.php?o=11029IIED&n=67&l=319&c=natres
(Added: Fri Jun 28 2002 Modified: Tue Oct 03 2006 Hits: 354)
- Adaptive Management: A tool for conservation practitioners (PDF 1.7M)
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This report by Nick Salafsky, Richard Margoluis and Kent Redford provides a comprehensive summary of the adaptive management. It discusses conditions that warrant the use of adaptive management and the process and principles of it, as well as providing a solid reading list. It was produced by the Biodiversity Support Programme. (PDF Format - 1.7MB)
http://effectivempa.noaa.gov/docs/adaptive.pdf
(Added: Wed Aug 13 2003 Modified: Mon Jun 13 2005 Hits: 481)
- Agricultural Biotechnology Factsheet
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This Fact Sheet highlights the importance of agricultural biotechnology for gender equality and development. Focusing on genetic modification (GM), it illustrates some of its existing and potential uses in agriculture, explores some of the risks associated with GM, and identifies issues relevant to women's human rights (AWID, September 2004).
http://www.awid.org/publications/primers/agr_bio_en.pdf
(Added: Thu Mar 20 2008 Hits: 59)
- Business & Biodiversity: The Handbook for Corporate Action
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by Earthwatch Institute (Europe), IUCN and WBCSD. IUCN and WBCSD have joined forces with Earthwatch Institute (Europe) to develop a new Handbook for Corporate Action. The Handbook provides information on the business case for biodiversity, an overview of hot issues, and guidance on biodiversity management strategies. Throughout this electronic version, links to extended case studies are provided. This website is the online companion to the Handbook. In addition to the Handbook itself, it hosts extended case studies, biodiversity resources and a training presentation.
http://www.wbcsd.org/DocRoot/ob3ZstqTvcmXQVtEtMxh/20020819_biodiversity.pdf
(Added: Mon Sep 02 2002 Modified: Fri Jun 02 2006 Hits: 406)
- Case study on the Environmental Information Network of Ghana
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The Environmental Information Network (EIN) Project of Ghana uses ICT to link the databases of two national environmental agencies. The database is publicly available for free use. Local and international researchers, government agencies and other environmental organisations can use its information to support decision-making, intervention strategies, and awareness campaigns about environmental protection, and they can also contribute to this knowledge pool.
http://www.bridges.org/iicd_casestudies/ein/index.html
(Added: Sat Mar 15 2003 Modified: Tue Sep 11 2007 Hits: 556)
- Centre for Indigenous Environmental Resources
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CIER is a national NGO established by a group of First Nation Chiefs from across Canada. CIER's programmes take action on climate change, build sustainable communities, protect lands and waters, and conserve biodiversity.
http://www.cier.ca/taking-action-on-climate-change/Default.aspx?id=56&linkidentifier=id&itemid=56
(Added: Thu Oct 18 2007 Hits: 96)
- Co-management of Natural Resources: Organizing, Negotiating and Learning-by-Doing
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Borrini-Feyerabend, G., Farvar, M. T., Nguinguiri, J. C. & Ndangang, V. A. GTZ and IUCN, Kasparek Verlag, Heidelberg (Germany), 2000. This volume is designed to assist facilitators and partners of co-management processes. It provides guidelines for multi-stakeholder management of natural resources and describes in detail relevant concepts, methods and tools. The emphasis is on practical approaches and advice, in line with the experience gained in field initiatives promoted by GTZ and IUCN. The text is accompanied by definition boxes, example boxes, checklists, annexes illustrating participatory methods and tools of particular relevance for co-management processes, lessons learned, tips for action and a list of references and suggested readings.
http://nrm.massey.ac.nz/changelinks/cmnr.html
(Added: Thu Oct 10 2002 Modified: Mon Jun 13 2005 Hits: 543)
- Collaborative Learning for Environmental Management
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The Landcare Research Collaborative learning for environmental management (CL-research) website resources relate to themes of stakeholder participation and partnerships. The website provides information, frameworks, tools and processes which can be used by those wishing to more effectively engage different groups of stakeholders in research and development initiatives. A number of on-line papers and reports are available. Topics covered include participation, organisational learning, group processes, and working with local and indigenous knowledge and values.
http://www.landcareresearch.co.nz/research/social/
(Added: Wed Mar 05 2003 Modified: Tue Jun 07 2005 Hits: 496)
- Columbia Earthscape [Highly Recommended]
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Columbia Earthscape is an integrated, interdisciplinary resource that connects the Earth and environmental sciences with their social, political, and economic dimensions. Although it primarily serves undergraduates, it also functions as an online reference for graduate students, investigators, and professionals, as well as a core text and enrichment for high schools and continuing education.
(Added: Wed Mar 02 2005 Modified: Wed Jun 07 2006 Hits: 453)
- Conservation and Society
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'Conservation and Society' is a peer-reviewed interdisciplinary journal that aims to promote work on the theory and practice of conservation. The journal is dedicated to publishing work from both natural and social sciences and covers basic and applied research. The journal is committed to disseminating information in the developing world. Free online access is available for all articles and hard copy subscriptions are highly subsidised for Asia, Africa and latin America. Please visit the website or contact editor@conservationandsociety.org for information
http://www.conservationandsociety.org
(Added: Sun Jan 16 2005 Modified: Mon Jun 13 2005 Hits: 479)
- Conservation Expands in Latin America
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Article about the expansion of conservation areas in Latin America. It gives an overview of the report, Diagnosis of the Current Situation of Protected Areas in Latin America and the Caribbean 2007 (Marcela Valente,IPS News, 2 October 2007).
http://www.dev-zone.org/downloads/ENVIRONMENT.doc
(Added: Wed Oct 10 2007 Hits: 106)
- Doomsday seed vault for food security
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A doomsday seed vault deep in the Arctic ice will ensure that survivors never go hungry. The Svalbard Global Seed Vault, built by the Norwegian government for the benefit of mankind, is named after the archipelago where it is located.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report.aspx?ReportId=76507
(Added: Mon Feb 04 2008 Hits: 59)
- Down to Earth: International Campaign for Ecological Justice in Indonesia
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Down to Earth monitors and campaigns on the social and human implications of environmental issues in Indonesia. We aim to support civil society groups and provide an international voice at the levels of national governments, foreign companies, aid agencies and international funding institutions. Our main focus is the right of the rural poor and indigenous peoples of the 'outer islands' to determine their own futures. DTE is a project based in the UK.
(Added: Wed May 21 2003 Modified: Mon Jun 13 2005 Hits: 493)
- Earth Island Institute
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Earth Island Institute (EII), founded in 1982 by veteran environmentalist David Brower, fosters the efforts of creative individuals by providing organizational support in developing projects for the conservation, preservation, and restoration of the global environment. EII provides activists the freedom to develop program ideas, supported by services to help them pursue those ideas, with a minimum of bureaucracy. Earth Island's Project Network consists of more than 30 projects worldwide. Through innovative education and activist campaigns, we are addressing many of the most pressing social and environmental issues.
(Added: Fri Sep 20 2002 Modified: Mon Jun 13 2005 Hits: 531)
- Earthjustice
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Earthjustice is a non-profit public interest law firm dedicated to protecting the magnificent places, natural resources, and wildlife of this earth and to defending the right of all people to a healthy environment. We bring about far-reaching change by enforcing and strengthening environmental laws on behalf of hundreds of organizations and communities.
(Added: Thu Apr 08 2004 Modified: Tue Dec 06 2005 Hits: 516)
- EarthRights International (ERI)
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ERI is a nonprofit group of activists, organizers, and lawyers with expertise in human rights, the environment, and corporate and government accountability. ERI has offices in the U.S. and Southeast Asia.
(Added: Tue Jul 22 2003 Modified: Fri Jan 19 2007 Hits: 537)
- EarthTrends: The Environmental Information Portal
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EarthTrends is an environmental information portal, offering searchable databases, data tables, country profiles, maps, and feature articles in ten topical sections. These include Coastal and Marine Ecosystems, Climate and Atmosphere, Agriculture and Food, and Forests and Grasslands, among others. The databases may be searched by country, region, variable, and year. Data tables and country profiles are provided in .pdf format.
(Added: Mon Jun 25 2001 Modified: Mon Jun 13 2005 Hits: 530)
- Eco-Index
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A searchable almanac of current and past conservation projects in Mesoamerica, with project descriptions, goals, achievements, lessons learned, and more.
(Added: Mon May 05 2003 Modified: Mon Jun 13 2005 Hits: 498)
- Ecology and Community
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In our attempts to build and nurture sustainable communities we can learn valuable lessons from ecosystems, which are sustainable communities of plants, animals, and microorganisms. In over four billion years of evolution, ecosystems have developed the most intricate and subtle ways of organizing themselves so as to maximize sustainability (Ecoliteracy, Fritjof Capra).
http://www.ecoliteracy.org/publications/pdf/community.pdf
(Added: Tue Mar 04 2008 Hits: 67)
- Education for Sustainable Development Toolkit
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The Education for Sustainable Development Toolkit will help schools and communities develop a process for creating locally relevant and culturally appropriate education. This Toolkit is based on the idea that communities and educational systems need to dovetail their sustainability efforts. Ideally, local educational systems can reorient existing curriculums to reinforce local sustainability goals. The ESD Toolkit is an easy-to-use manual for beginning the process of combining education and sustainability.
(Added: Mon Mar 01 2004 Modified: Wed Dec 07 2005 Hits: 456)
- Environment & Urbanization
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This twice-yearly journal provides researchers, NGO staff and professionals in Africa, Asia and Latin America with the chance to write about their work, present their ideas and debate on issues. It promotes the work of French, Spanish and Portuguese-speaking authors by arranging for the translation of their work into English. It is one of the few journals on Africa, Asia and Latin America where a majority of the authors come from these regions. Now in its 13th year of publication, it is one of the most widely read and distributed journals in its field. Each issue has a special theme.
http://www.iied.org/human/eandu/eandu_submit.html
(Added: Thu Jun 21 2001 Modified: Tue Jun 06 2006 Hits: 591)
- Environment and Planning
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The Environment and Planning series cover issues ranging from spatial organisation and restructuring of cities and regions, to problems in built environments and policy questions, including those related to non-state agents, private-public collaboration, and NGOs.
http://www.envplan.com/ephome.html
(Added: Mon May 29 2006 Modified: Tue Jun 06 2006 Hits: 321)
- Environment News Service
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The Environment News Service is the original daily international wire service of the environment. ENS exists to present late-breaking environmental news in a fair and balanced manner. ENS contributors around the world cover issues and events that affect the environment such as: legislation, politics, conferences, lawsuits, international agreements, demonstrations, science and technology, public health, air quality, drinking water, oceans and marine life, land use, wildlife, forests, natural disasters, the indoor environment, hazardous materials, toxics, nuclear issues, renewable energy, recycling, transportation, and environmental economics.
(Added: Fri Jun 28 2002 Modified: Mon Jun 13 2005 Hits: 394)
