Best Practices
Database
This searchable database contains over 1600 proven solutions from
more than 140 countries to the common social, economic and environmental
problems of an urbanizing world. It demonstrates the practical
ways in which public, private and civil society sectors are working
together to improve governance, eradicate poverty, provide access
to shelter, land and basic services, protect the environment and
support economic development.
Centre
for Environmental Informatics
The Centre for Environmental
Informatics (CEI) in the School of Health, Natural and Social
Sciences at the University of Sunderland is a research team which
conducts innovative applied research into private and public social,
ethical and environmental accountability.
Researchers
at the CEI have developed an number of free on-line clearinghouses
which focus on the disclosure of public and private sector environmental
information.
Earth
Council
The Earth Council is an international non-governmental organization
(NGO) that was created in September 1992 to promote and advance
the implementation of the Earth Summit agreements. It is led by
a body of 18 Members, drawn from the world's political, business,
scientific and non-governmental communities. Sixteen eminent world
leaders serve as Honorary Members, and an 18 member Earth Council
Institute functions as an advisory board. Three fundamental objectives
have guided the work of the Earth Council since its inception:
- to promote
awareness for the needed transition to more sustainable and
equitable patterns of development
- to encourage
public participation in decision-making processes at all levels
of government
- to build bridges
of understanding and cooperation between important actors of
civil society and governments worldwide
Eco
web
The Global Directory
for Environmental Technology
Your
comprehensive guide to the full spectrum of environmental products
& services, featuring 6'666 leading suppliers from 136 countries.
Information about organisations, conferences and publications
is complemented by editorial contributions from distinguished
experts in their respective fields.
A practical reference source for government departments, utility
companies, engineering consultants, development agencies, importers
and traders, educational institutes, non-governmental organisations
and individuals engaged in environmental activities.
European Regional Portal
The goal of the European Regional Portal is to make available
the best existing sources of information on the European environment
at regional, sub-regional and national levels, and means of integrating,
analysing and adding value to the same, for improved environmental
management and related decision-making. This Portal has particularly
been developed to support UNEP's integrated environment assessment
process.
Global
System for Sustainable Development (GSSD)
Welcome to the Global System for Sustainable Development (GSSD),
a project of the Global Accords Consortium for Sustainable Development
housed at MIT. GSSD consists of an evolving quality controlled
and highly cross-referenced index to some of the best resources
and materials on sustainability to be found on the Internet organized
in an intuitive conceptual framework.
International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD)
IISD's Research Library and database contain information on sustainable
development and related topics that are of interest to researchers,
policy analysts and business strategists worldwide. Both the library's
extensive print collection and its links to hundreds of Web sites
can be sourced through SD-Cite, the library database. IISD's Library
sources and collects information on the following:
- Sustainable
development theory and practice
- International
sustainable development negotiations and regimes
- General
works on the relationship between environment and development
- International
development
- Climate
change policy and implementation
Energy policy
- Economic
instruments
- Trade
- Foreign
direct investment
- Natural
resources management policy
- Community
participation
- Integrated
assessment
- Measurement
and indicators of sustainable development
- Biodiversity
Pesticides
and the Environment
The Database on Pesticides and the Environment is the result of
information compiled from 1992 to 1996. Although, it may be out
of date in some areas, e.g. Maximum Residue Limits (MRLs) and
Acceptable Daily Intake (ADIs) and may contains other inaccuracies,
it constitutes a unique source of information on pesticides used
in Asia. For the first time, to our knowledge, pesticides widely
used in Asia were put in a direct relationship with their environmental
and health effects. An attempt was also made attracting the attention
of the users of the database to environmentally friendlier alternatives
of crop protection, e.g. through Integrated Pest Management (IPM)
methods.
Sustainable
Development
Leading European institutions, associations, societies and experts
working on sustainability
UNEP/
GRID Arendal
GRID-Arendal
provides environmental information, communications, and capacity
building services for information management and assessment. Established
to strengthen the United Nations through its Environment Programme
(UNEP), our focus is to make credible, science-based knowledge understandable
to the public and to decision-making for sustainable development.
United
Nations Division for Sustainable Development
National reports and follow-up of the implementation of Agenda 21
as well as the Plan of Implementation (POI) of the World Summit
on Sustainable Development. |
