ENVIRONMENTAL INFORMATION

• Palaeo-Ecosystem Atlas and literature review
  
  
• Rio Earth Summit
  
  
• Environmental Resources for Teachers includes information for Air quality, birds, GIS, Chernobyl consequences, deforestation, earth science and more ......
  
  
• Industrial Ecology and Design for Environment, MIT
  
  
• Commission on Resources and Environment
  
  
• Center for Subsurface Modeling Support "The Center for Subsurface Modeling Support, or CSMoS, provides a source for publicly available ground-water and vadose zone modeling software and services."
  
  
• Cryptosporidium resources The Water Quality Information Center at the National Library of Agriculture (NALUSDA) has recently added several new resources to their Web site including this page devoted to Cryptosporidium. The site offers a bibliography from the AGRICOLA database as well as current literature and news. Links to various government agencies' current data on Cryptosporidium are also included. A contact for the page is listed.
  
  
• Envirolink - Sustainable Earth Electronic Library - EnviroLink is a non-profit organization, a grassroots online community that unites hundreds of organizations and volunteers around the world with millions of people in over 130 countries. Under their Library Subject Areas, they provide links to sources on Air and Atmospheric Environments, Hazardous Waste, Plants and Sustainable Agriculture, and Water and the Aquatic Environment.
  
  
• Society for Ecological Restoration
  
  
• IPCC Synthesis report
  
  
• Environment Canada's Atlantic Region contains information about environment, weather and climate. And also environmental publications, databases and links to other environmental Internet sites.
  
  
• USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) Environmental Manual offers information on the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA), "40 Questions about NEPA" from the Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), and NEPA implementing regulations and procedures from the USDA, APHIS, and the CEQ.
  
  
• Desert Research Institute Web site for Atmospheric Sciences, Biological Sciences, Energy and Environmental Engineering, Quaternary Sciences, and Water Resources.
  
  
• Water publicationsThe fact sheets and an index of the Federal Register notice are available on the Office of Water homepage
  
  
• NASA's Global Change Master Directory(GCMD)can help you locate ecologic, hydrologic,meteorologic, oceanographic, geologic and global change data.
  
  
• Baltic Region wide Environmental Map Database
  
  
• Environmental Agenda
  
  
• National Environmental Policy Plan
  
  
• EarthAware
  
  Graphical Environmental Awareness Software
  
  
• Tennessee Environmental Council (TEC) TEC is a statewide environmental advocacy group, working to improve environmental policy on the state level. Their traditional focus has been on protecting the air and water
  
  
• National Archives and Records Administration : Center for Electronic Records - The Center for Electronic Records appraises, accessions, preserves, and provides access to U.S. Federal Government electronic records of continuing value. The Center maintains all types of historically valuable Federal electronic records.
  
  
• National Pesticide Telecommunications Network (NPTN) - The NPTN is a cooperative effort between the US Environmental Protection Agency and Oregon State University. This site provides links to the EPA to facilitate registering pesticides, and retrieving pesticide information
  
  
• Environmental Services and Training Division at West Virginia University (ESTD) - The ESTD houses three national programs. The National Small Flows Clearinghouse offers free and low-cost technical assistance, products, and information services regarding small community wastewater treatment and pollution prevention issues.
  
  
• CCAR - GreenLink (Coordinating Committee For Automotive Repair) - CCAR is an association committed to increasing the professionalism of the automotive technician.
  
  
• Israel Ministry of the Environment
  
  
• Directory of UK Systematic Biology Expertise - This directory contains contact details for UK experts, information on their taxonomic, geographic and stratigraphic areas of expertise and their current research interests. An on-line questionnaire is available for other UK systematists wishing to register.
  
  
• National Small Flows Clearinghouse
  
  
• American Public Works Association
  
  
• U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
  
  
• Water and Geology Links
  
  
• Environmental Protection Magazine Online
  
  
• Mississippi State University 's Cooperative Extension Office
  
  
• Water On-Line
  
  
• UCLW Center for Clean Technology Water and Wastewater Treatment
  
  
• Rio Grande Coastal Impact Monitoring Program
  
  
• EPA INFORMATION
  
  
  • Coral Reef Protection - EPA Headquarters and Regional Offices, NOAA, and State Governments have formed a partnership to disseminate information about Coral Reef Protection. The site focuses on Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ), domestic and international programs, and general public knowledge access.
    
    
  • EPA's Green Light Program
    
    
  • EPA'S Robert S.Kerr Environmental Research Lab - Ada, Oklahoma homepage currently provides access to several resources, among them the Subsurface Remediation Information Center's (SRIC) Publication lists, which offer bibliographic information on the reports, articles, and models generated by research conducted at the lab.
    
    
  • EPA Region III GIS home page A new offering from the Mid Atlantic Coast region, this site contains links to data and information about Geographic Information Systems (GIS), a GIS Help Desk and a selection of other Internet Resources relating to GIS. Related links include other EPA Regions with GIS information as well as non-EPA sites about GIS.
    
    
  • Access to GIS Spatial Data Sites Maintained by EPA's Office of Policy, Planning and Evaluation, this site provides a connection to spatial data on the Web. More or less a directory of GIS information, links include government agencies, specific projects, state agencies, local groups, and various current resources. Beyond linking to specific sources, the site includes articles, software links and other tools for understanding GIS and spatial data relevant to EPA.
    
    
  • Joint USGS-EPA Hydro-Climatic Research (Hydro-Climatologic Modeling Group) This joint project focuses on the development of simulation models that illustrate the effects of climate changes on hydrographics, soil moisture, and vegetation patterns. Their research is a fundamental part of the EPA's Global Change Research Program.
    
    
  • National Environmental Information Service (NEIS) This corporate site offers a variety of services to the environmental professional from chemists and engineers to managers. They advertise as a national clearinghouse of EPA and OSHA documents in addition to offering a comprehensive list of online information and print materials. There is both free and fee-based information available from this site.
    
    
  • EPA Environmental Appeals Board - The Environmental Appeals Board (EAB) of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is the final Agency decisionmaker on administrative appeals under all major environmental statutes that EPA administers.
  • Nonpoint Education for Municipal Officials (NEMO) - Nonpoint Education for Municipal Officials or NEMO is a University of Connecticut Cooperative Extension System project using innovative techniques to teach local officials about the
    
    
  • Electro-Optics, Environment, and Materials Laboratory (EOEML) - The Electro-Optics, Environment, and Materials Laboratory (EOEML) is one of eight research and development units at the Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI).
    
    
  • Ecosystem Approach to Fish and Wildlife Conservation - The Ecosystem Approach is a more effective way to address the Fish and Wildlife Service's mission and its extensive array of statutory responsibilities.
    
    
  • National Research Council of Canada (NRC) Research Press - The National Research Council of Canada promotes Canada's international presence in science and technology through the NRC Research Press Journals and Monographs programs.
    
    
  • Recycling Insights - Recycling Insights*, is a joint venture of CPM, Inc. in Shakopee, Minnesota and the TechniSoft Corporation in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The project combines solid waste management planning and software development expertise to provide useful solid waste management/ recycling software to the industry.
    
    
  
  
  
• Intl. Arid Lands Consortium home page contents include IALC Online Newsletter(monthly), with announcements of jobs, conferences, workshops, RFPs, publications, links to arid lands Web sites and newseof interest to arid lands researchers, natural resources managers and policy makers.
  
  
• Friends of the Earth,U.K.
  
  
• Environmental Health Project(EHP) conducts environmental health activities in Africa, Asia, Latin America, and Eastern Europe. This includes the areas of water supply, sanitation, solid wastes, air pollution, and tropical diseases such as malaraia.
  
  
• Austrian Federal Act Concerning Access to Information on the Environment - Environmental Information Act
  
  
• Sustainable Community Indicators : Guideposts for Local Planning - CEC Publication
  
  
• UNEP's Magazine for Sustainable Development
  
  
• Information about Many Dams in the World
  
  
• Draft Declaration of Principles on Human Rights and the Environment
  
  
• Green Cross International (GCI) is a global, non-aligned networking organization working in the area of environment and sustainable development. It create partnerships to promote global value change. Multi-sectoral dialogue is the basic GCI principle for implementing sustainable projects....
  
  
• Spreadsheets developed by the Washington State Department of Ecology's Environmental Investigations and Laboratory Services Program to aid NPDES permit writers
  
  
• EcoLogic - A Student Pugwash Project This comprehensive site is a good "open door" to environmental information on the web with links to both commercial and education sites for information.
  
  
• Ecological Risk Analysis Tools and Application The Oak Ridge National Laboratories recently introduced a new site of information and tools for Ecological Risk Analysis. The site also includes Ecotoxicological benchmarks and will soon have completed risk assessments as examples of the available applications.
  
  
• Pesticide limits The FAO/WHO Foods Standards Programme (Codex Alimentarius has developed this data system which provides information on pesticides, commodities and pesticide/commodity combinations.
  
  
• G7 Environment and Natural Resources Prototype - The G7 Information Society Pilot Project on Environment and Natural Resources Management (ENRM) has as its main objective to create a global Virtual Library of ENRM data held at globally distributed sites. The project will attempt to make data accessible by electronic network links and by integrating distributed ENRM data through the creation of global information locator services.
• Fish and Wildlife Service Southwest Region This site offers new access to the Region 2 Fisheries Program for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Information includes the program mission statement of the service's fisheries program, a description of the fisheries program activities in the Southwest Region, and information about fisheries field stations, fish species, and fishing areas.
  
  
• UNEP International Environment Technology Centre The Japanese based United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) International Environmental Technology Centre's (IETC) web site deals with Environmentally Sound Technologies (ESTs), and promoting the transfer of EST's for Sustainable Development of Large Cities and Freshwater Lakes and Reservoirs..
  
  
• The Internet Sleuth by Internet Business Connection The Internet Sleuth is a bit different from the other search engines you might have used on the Internet. The Sleuth maintains a "database of databases." Most of these can be searched directly from The Sleuth allowing you to perform your search without leaving the site.
  
  
• Netherlands Ministry of Housing - This week the Netherlands ministry of housing, physical planning and environment has published the first two of six INFOPLAN reports on indicator development for natural resources (fresh water and fish).
  
  
• POLLUTION:-
  
  
• htmlOzone FAQ
  
  
• National Pollutant Inventory - Public Discussion Paper (193k)
  
  
• Federal Register - Toxic Release Inventory (TRI)
  
  
• Toxic Release Inventory (TRI)
  
  
• National Atmospheric Deposition Program/National Trends Network Includes data on the concentration and deposition of chemical constituents of precipitation for over 200 sites nation-wide - Cathy Copeland (cathyc@nrel.colostate.edu).
  
  
• OTS HOMEPAGE - This page will be in construction 365 days a year!!. Your suggestions, comments or additions are welcome. If you are interested in adding a document, information about your project, news of interest to the OTS community, upcoming events or any other relevant information please send the document in electronic format to jjimenez@ns.ots.ac.cr.
  
  
• Link to Megallan sites of Environment
  
  
• Link to Megallan sites of Ecology