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International Information on the Environment
Environmental Policy
Harvard
University Environmental Policy Guide ¿ An excellent resource
containing links to treaties and other policy instruments and electronic
resources.
European
Environment Agency, Policy - Instruments and policy measures of
the EU are reported on this site.
Environmental law
International
Environmental Law Alliance, E-Law
¿ A network of public interest lawyers and environmental activists in
over 50 countries who work together for legal preservation of the environment.
Globelaw ¿ This
Greenpeace site assists practitioners in public and private international
law, and includes material helpful to international litigators as well
as academics, lawyers in public service, the NGO community and students
interested in public and private international law and environmental law.
It provides information, documents, links, support and acts as an exchange
center for both international lawyers and environmental lawyers.
Government on the
Web ¿ Links to national governmental agencies that deal with the
environment, agriculture or natural resources. Includes countries in Africa,
the Americas, Central and Pacific Asia, and Eastern and Western Europe.
International
Nature Conservation Policy and Legislation - Global and European
conventions, directives, cases, etc. by the European Council for Nature
Conservation (ECNC).
SeaWeb ¿ an ocean law and
policy network with a Hawaii and Pacific flavor. Includes laws, ocean
policy issues and an extensive list of links to ocean policy, law, science
and education sites.
World Environmental Law,
Hieros Gamos - Contains international agreements, country
level information and links NGOs.
Treaties and conventions
Council
of Europe, Environment ¿ Describes COE conventions, strategy for
biodiversity, protected areas, regional planning and the Naturopa awareness
raising organization.
Environmental
Treaties and Resource Indicators - "The ENTRI system is organized
around a set of nine specific 'issue
areas' that are widely recognized by scholars and policymakers as
being critical to understanding the human dimensions of global change."
North American Commission for Environmental
Cooperation ¿ is an international organization created
by Canada, Mexico and the United States under the North
American Agreement on Environmental Cooperation (NAAEC). The CEC was
established to address regional environmental concerns, help prevent potential
trade and environmental conflicts, and to promote the effective enforcement
of environmental law. The Agreement complements the environmental provisions
of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). Text is in English,
French and Spanish.
UN Treaties ¿ a database
of the text of all UN treaties including those on the endangered species,
marine resources and pollution.
Americas
Environmental Defense - Environmental
Defense is dedicated to protecting the environmental rights of all people,
including future generations. Among these rights are clean air, clean
water, healthy, nourishing food, and a flourishing ecosystem.
Environmental Law Institute,
USA - Environmental Law Institute has played a pivotal role in shaping
the fields of environmental law, policy, and management, domestically
and abroad. It is an internationally recognized, independent research
and education center
Inter-American
Forum on Environmental Law (FIDA) (OAS)- FIDA was established
at the 1996 Summit of the Americas for Sustainable Development in Santa
Cruz, Bolivia, as a hemispheric network of officials and experts in environmental
law, enforcement, and compliance, working in coordination with the OAS
to exchange knowledge and experiences in environmental law.
Parlamento AmazÑnico
¿ Members are states with territory in the Amazon basin. Areas of concern
are preserving biodiversity, ecology and rights of indigenous peoples
of the Amazon.
Europe
European Environmental
Law - full text cases, legislation, treaties, in-depth articles
on specific issues and links to international and European country government
Web sites
Ecolex,
a Gateway to Environmental Law ¿ the World Conservation Union
and UN Environmental Programme's database law, policy, court decisions
and reports in full text.
European Union
Law, Environment ¿ Legislation, case law, and implementation of
environmental policies.
Penelope, Pan European
Network of Environmental Legislation Observatories for Planning, Education
and Research ¿ a multilingual information resource for environmental laws
and cases of member nations of the European Community.
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June 23, 2005
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