Clicking on a link opens in new window.
WorldWatch Institute - URL provided by Fellow Hans Groot '63. "Worldwatch analyzes interdisciplinary environmental data from around the world, providing information on how to build a sustainable society."

North American Association for Environmental Education

CFC #2311NAAEE is a member of the Independent Charities of America (ICA) and can receive donations to help support services and programs through United Way and Conservation and Preservation Charities


ERIC Clearinghouse for Science, Mathematics, and Environmental Education
National Library of Education The Clearinghouse is a component of the Educational Resources Information Center, sponsored by the U.S. Department of Education.

Environmental Education Network
The Environmental Education Network (EEN) is a collaborative effort among educators, the EnviroLink Network and the environmental community to bring environmental education on-line and into a multimedia format. The EEN will act as the clearinghouse for all environmental education information, materials and ideas on the Internet.

New Zealand Association for Environmental Education
Purpose is to provide a network and framework to promote environmental education initiatives in New Zealand; and to encourage and promote environmental education training for formal and informal sectors.

NEETF - The National Environmental Education and Training Foundation

Addressing Issues of Critical National Concern through Environmental Education

 

Directory of Environmental Programs

 

Center for Health and the Global Environment, Harvard Medical School
Center's mission is to understand the human health consequences of global environmental change, and to promote a wider understanding of these consequences among physicians, scientists, policy-makers, the media, and the general public.

 

Environmental Atlas - Map-based point-and-click interface for researching environmental policy world-wide. Choice of text and graphic interface.

 

Visible Earth - URL contributed by Fellow Hans Groot. NASA's searchable directory of images, visualization and animations of the Earth (Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, South America, Australia). "Take a look -- there are all sorts of views related to the environment and its degradation."

 

 
Mega Directories on Environment:


Other non-government related links



 

United Nations Environment Programme
Information and documents from secretariats in Geneva, and access to the Global Resource Information Database.

 

Environment and the World Bank
The World Bank is pursuing new initiatives to ensure that the benefits of incorporating sustainability into all its activities are felt on a global scale and for the long-term. By linking poverty alleviation and sustainable development, the Bank is focused on finding ways to ensure that economic growth does not come at the expense of the world's physical and ecological systems.

Water Environment Federation
WEF is an international not-for-profit educational and technical organization of 40, 000+ water quality experts. Its mission: preserve and enhance the global water environment.

Environment - Home Page
Learn about important environmental issues and how to make a difference. Access interest groups, magazines, news and policy.

Welcome to the Environment Agency of England and Wales
Learn about the issues and news affecting England's environment from its governing agency. Describes services and research data, and adds links.

EnviroLink Home Page
The EnviroLink Network, non-profit organization, provides the latest environmental news, information, products and resources for the environmental community. EnviroLink also

The European Environment Agency
The European Environment Agency and its partners in EIONET provide access to information through environmental themes and various services to quickly locate relevant reports, data and links.

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Energy and the Environment: Resources for a Networked World
The world is finally becoming globally aware that exponential resource usage in combination with finite reserves is a recipe that ensures our great grandchildren won't be born.

Environmental Organization WebDirectory
Bulletin board and an extensive annotated directory.

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Homepage
US Government agency provides extensive resources in environment-related news, legislation, regulations, test methods and scientific data.

Environmental News Network - Your leading news source on the environment
Environmental News Network, award winning news source on the environment. ENN offers a variety of online services including daily feature stories, a free press release service,

WaterWiser
Water Efficiency Clearinghouse is a cooperative project of the American Water Works Association, the US Environmental Protection Agency and the US Bureau of Reclamation.

State of the Environment Home Page
National State of the Environment Reports, Newsletters of National State of the Environment Reporting

Link to The World-Wide Web Virtual Library: Environment
WWW Virtual Library - Environment Link to the WWW Virtual Library - Environment We welcome links to the WWW Virtual Library - Environment, however, please read this page carefully before doing so.

NCPA: Environment Policy
National Center for Policy Analysis papers, backgrounders and briefs discussing environment policy issues.

Government Guide: Environmental/Conservation Sites for Kids
Links to some 50 websites that are devoted to environment and conservation subjects and designed for children; includes Department of the Interior, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Geological Survey and more.

Best Environmental Resources Directories
Selection of best internet environmental directories (list of lists), for about 500 environmental subjects

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GoVote.com - Environment
Comprehensive information resource and the tools you need to SpeakOut to your elected officials on the issue of the environment and environmental legislation.

Envirospace
An environmental portal for academics and professionals in the environmental field to meet and interact. Covers waste management, pollution and climate issues. Includes resources and links to environmental sites and discussion forum.

Space Environment Center
http://www.sec.noaa.gov/

Environment Funds
Index of sources of US Federal funds for development of conservation programs.

The Center for Environmental Citizenship
The CEC trains college students to become citizen activists for better environmental policies. Details on the group and its training programs are listed in this site.


SciSeek.com
SciSeek is a great guide to the best the Internet has to offer in the fields of science and nature.


GeoEarth: Environmental Resource
The best resource for environmental information, professional societies, journals and magazines.


Other Government Department & Programs



 


Africa and the Environment
Information about issue specific topics related to Africa and the environment.

Africa and the Middle East
A series of briefs dealing with how a host of African states have responded to sustainable development initiatives introduced during the Rio conference from the National Councils for Sustainable Development.

Climate Network Africa
CNA is a Non-Governmental Organization registered in Kenya to lobby and advocate for relevant policy changes on climate change related issues in Africa.

Forests-Africa
News about African forests and deforestation.

African Forestry Policy Forum
The following web pages contain the proceedings of the African Forestry Policy Forum which took place in Nairobi, Kenya, on the 29th and 30th of August, 1996. The summaries and full text of the case studies presented at the Forum are published here.

Redesigning for Risk
A paper about the tracking and buffering environmental variability in Africa's rangelands, from the Overseas Development Institute.

Woodland Management Research in Southern Africa
A detailed report.

CARPE
Central African Regional Program on the Environment (CARPE) is a new initiative by USAID to address the issue of deforestation in the Congo Basin forest zone, in the middle of the African continent.

EarthLife Africa
A broad based environmental interest group based in South Africa but addressing issues across the continent.

N . E . S . D . A
The Network for Environment and Sustainable Development in Africa (NESDA) is a resource and forum of African experts in the management of environment and natural resources.

Global Warming and Climate Impacts in Southern Africa
An article by Joseph H. Kinuthia, Kenya Meteorological Department Nairobi, Kenya.

The African Water Page
This is a page dedicated to the water sector in Africa. Issues addressed include water policy, water resource management, water supply and environmental sanitation, water conservation and demand management, and a variety of other issues.

Emerging Water Management Issues
The Symposium on Science in Africa: Emerging Water Management Issues, held February 17, 1998, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, was organized by the Sub-Saharan Africa Project of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) as part of its ongoing SCIENCE IN AFRICA series. the entire book is on line.

Information about environmental issues and policies in specific African states.

Solar Energy: Kenya
A nice brief article about the introduction of solar cooking devices in Kenya.

Madagascar Environment On Line
Information from the National environment Office.

Namibian Ministry of Environment and Tourism
Homepage for this government agency.

Department of Environmental Affairs & Tourism
Homepage for this South African Government agency.

Southern Africa Environment Page
The Southern Africa Environment Project ("SAEP") is a non-profit corporation organized in the District of Columbia in 1994. It has offices in Cape Town and Port Elizabeth. This site is a wonderful source of information for a host of environmental issues. A MUST see.

Wildlife and Environment Society of Southern Africa
Founded in 1926, the Wildlife and Environment Society is South Africa's oldest and largest non-government membership-based environment organization.

Wildlife Society of Zimbabwe
The Wildlife Society of Zimbabwe with its 2500 members in 11 branches was founded in 1927 to encourage all Zimbabweans to take an active interest in their wildlife heritage through conservation-oriented educational and research projects.

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Asia and the Environment 

Information on environmental groups and government agencies dealing with regional environmental problems in Asia.

Asia and the Pacific
A 1996 World Bank report on Bank activities that relate to environmental problems in the area.

ECANET
Environmental Communication Asia Network is a web site designed to facilitate communication among journalists writing about the environment in Asia.

Industry and Environment
Case studies examining the factors driving environmental, industrial, urban management in ten Asian nations.

Environmental Resources for Central Asia - Sponsored by the Sacred Earth Network, this site offers some unique features, including a heavily annotated list of email users/addresses for environmental programs/activists in Central Asia.

Asian States and the Environment - Environmental groups and government agencies working on environmental issues in Asian states.

Babilonia Wilner Foundation
The Babilonia Wilner Foundation works for environmental education and awareness.

Haribon Foundation for the Conservation of Natural Resources
Haribon's vision is sustainable development for the Philippines.

Korea Ministry of Environment
Home page for the ministry.

Korean Federation for Environmental Movement
KFEM is a leading grassroot organization for civic environmental issues consisting of 25 local branches and more than 25,000 sustaining members.

Korea Sustainable Development Network
Part of the United Nations Development Network system.

Malaysia - Department of Environment
Information of the environment in Malaysia and pointers to other resources relating to the environment within the region and the world.

Philippines - Department of Environment and Natural Resource
Home page for this government agency.

Singapore
Home page for the Ministry of the Environment.

Taiwan Environmental Protection Union
Promotes the environmental protection and ecological preservation in Taiwan.

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China and the Environment
Environmental problems confronting China, including air pollution, acid rain, sustainable development and more.

China Environment Working Group
The Environmental Change and Security Project's Working Group on Environment in U.S. Chinese Relations.

China Partner Briefing
Reports, statistics, videos, and more from the World Bank.

China: State of the Environment
This project is funded by Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (NORAD).

Deforestation and Desiccation in China
A very nice report with statistics from Wang Hongchang, a Fellow at the Center for Environment and Development at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Beijing.

Desertification
A technical report about economic losses resulting from desertification, by Ning Datong.

Earth Care
EarthCare is an independent, non-profit, Non-Government Organization founded in Hong Kong in February 1993 by a group of local Chinese enthusiasts.

Environment Information
Updated information from the Institute of Environment and Development.

Environmental Protection in China
A report from the Information Office of the State Council of the People's Republic of China.

Environmental Situation
A wide range of articles on the environmental situation in Tibet from the Government of Tibet in Exile.

Human Rights in China: Environment
Articles published in Human Rights in China's magazine China Rights Forum on Environmental Issues.

International Fund for China's Environment
The mission of the IFCE is to help ensure the protection of the world's environment and its biological diversity by providing assistance to aid China in resolving its environmental problems.

Sustainable Development
A series of articles about specific sustainable development issues from a January 1998 conference at Texas A&M University.

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India and the Environment
Government and environmental organizations working on environmental issues in India.

Biodiversity Conservation Limited
We work on an undulating stretch of greenscape to the southwest of Bangalore.

Biodiversity Profile of India
Detailed report from the World Conservation Monitoring Center.

Centre for Environment Education
A National Institute supported by the Ministry of Environment and Forests, Government of India as a Centre of Excellence in Environmental Education.

Centre for Science and Environment
The Centre for Science and Environment is one of India’s leading environmental NGOs with a deep interest in sustainable natural resource management.

Environmental Information Centre
The Environmental Information Centre has been set up as a project under the Trade in Environmental Services and Technologies program of the United States Agency for International Development.

India - Sustainable Urban Development
A case study from the GAIA project.

India's Environmental Background
An agency of the Central Government, for the planning, promotion and co-ordination of environmental and forestry programmes.

Ministry of Non-conventional Energy Sources
Deals primarily with renewable energy development.

Tata Energy Research Institute
TERI is an autonomous, non-profit research institute established in 1974.

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Indonesia and the Environment
Government sites and environmental organizations dealing with the environment in Indonesia.

Indonesia: Environment and Development
A summary of activities by the World Bank.

Indonesia and Malaysia Rainforest Conservation
All types of information from the Gaia archives.

Indonesian State Ministry of Environment
Looks like the Ministry is creating a trial page. There is some information.

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Japan and the Environment
Government sites and environmental organizations dealing with conservation and environmental issues in Japan.

Corporate Environmental Strategies
This page documents some of the Japanese strategies, policies and actions.

Energy Profile - Japan
A comprehensive report from the U.S. Department of Energy.

Environment Agency - Japan
Official government agency for planning, coordinating and promoting national environmental policies and programs.

Foods and Environment
Information with maps provided by the National Institute for Environmental Studies.

Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute
Information from the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries.

Japan: Climate Change and NGOs
This paper examines the role of environmental NGOs; local government organizations; and corporations in climate change policy.

Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, and Fisheries
The Ministry comprehensively undertakes administration related to agricultural, forestry and fisheries products.

National Institute for Environmental Studies
NIES is a government funded agency that studies global environmental problems and the conservation of biodiversity in addition to domestic, local pollution problems.

New Sunshine Program
The Agency of Industrial Science and Technology in Ministry of International Trade and Industry (Japan) started the Sunshine Project in 1974 to develop new energy technology.

NIRE
The National Institute for Resources and Environment is concerned with a wide range of research fields which are critical areas for our highly-industrialized society.

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Canada and the Environment
Government sites and environmental organizations dealing with conservation and environmental issues across Canada.

Green Lane - The Green Lane, Environment Canada's Web ssite, is a gateway to environmental issues such as sustainable development, climate change, clean air, water, weather and nature. From fact sheets and databases to policy and regulations, the Green Lane is a comprehensive Internet resource for information on science, technology, policy, environmental action, tips, news and more

Acid Rain & Agricultural biotechnology
Information about past and present acid rain problems in Canada and between Canada and the United States.

Acid Rain: United States and Canada
Information about acid rain problems and solutions.

Acid Rain-Canada
Home page for The Green Lane's guide to acid rain in Canada.

Acid Rain Legislation
A bit dated (1994) report from the Congressional Research Service. Still, much of the information is useful.

Acid Rain in PA
The Pennsylvania DEP under cooperative agreement with Penn State University, has maintained an Atmospheric Deposition Monitoring Program since 1981. The purpose of this program is to determine how much acid rain is falling in Pennsylvania for environmental assessment purposes. The DEP supports eight acid rain monitoring sites located throughout Pennsylvania.

Acid Rain in Wisconsin
Information from theWisconsin Department of Natural Resources.

Canadian Coalition on Acid Rain
The records of the Canadian Coalition on Acid Rain document all aspects of its activities and operations during its 10-year existence from 1981-1991.

Canada - Acid Rain
A very user friendly map that depicts the vulnerability of soils and bedrock to acid precipitation using low, moderate and high sensitivity classes.

Canada-Wide Acid Rain Strategy
From the Federal/Provincial/Territorial Ministers of Energy and Environment.

Chesapeake Bay Acid Rain Foundation
The primary goal of Chesapeake Bay Acid Rain Foundation, Inc. is to educate the public and work with various State and Federal Agencies to provide current data on any relevant matters involving the quality of water and the living resources within and surrounding the Chesapeake Bay.

 


Saving the Great Lakes (Canada) - Final Report
A report on the most recent plan of the International Joint Commission.

Canada - Clean Air
A fact sheet from Environment Canada.

Canada: Smog /Air Quality
A whole host of articles covering a variety of air quality topics from Environment Canada.

Pollution Probe
As a leading Canadian environmental organization, Pollution Probe is committed to positive environmental change. They focus much of their attention on air quality.

Canadian Biodiversity Network
The purpose of this new site is to provide efficient access to all types of information and data related to global efforts to conserve, protect, and sustainably use the living world around us. From our friends to the north, Environment Canada.

Canadian Endangered Species Coalition
Four major Canadian conservation organizations are working together as the Canadian Endangered Species Coalition (CESC) in an effort to secure comprehensive national, provincial and territorial legislation to protect species-at-risk.

Alberta's Endangered Species
The Alberta Special Places Page tells you about Alberta's six distinct types of habitat on which species depend. It is our belief that an important way to protect species is to provide long term protection for at least a portion of their habitat.

Knowledge Integration Branch - Project Links Environment Canada
Some sites may require authentication.

East Europe: Environmental Issues
Information on general and issue specific environmental problems facing the populations of Eastern European states.

East Europe Environment: Issues
General and issue specific environmental problems.

Baltic Environmental Forum
The main goal of the BEF is to support Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania in the process of accession to the European Union.

Central Asia: Environmental Assessment
A June 1998 report on the state of the environment in five former Soviet Republics. Presented at the Aarhus Conference. You can read the document on line or download it.

Earth Summit+5 -Eastern Europe
A series of reports from various states on how they are implementing the goals of the Rio Conference.

EBRD Fossil Fuel Report
A collaborative study authored by the Sustainable Energy and Economy Network (Institute for Policy Studies, U.S.) and the International Trade Information Service, (U.S.) Version 1, November 27, 1997. IPS.

Environmental Issues
This is a site filled with information on the activity of The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) in association with the states in Central Europe and the former Soviet Union.

Nuclear Safety in CEC & NIS
A report by a group of independent high level experts has been constituted at the beginning of this year and entrusted with the task to give advise on the nuclear safety policies to be applied through the Phare and Tacis programmes.

Regional Environmental Center
The Regional Environmental Center for Central and Eastern Europe (REC) is an independent, non-profit, international organization. The REC was established in 1990 by the United States, the European Commission, and Hungary.

Trade and Environment
About 30 case studies of various issue specific problems in Eastern Europe and Russia from the Trade and Environment (TED) database.

East Europe Environment: States
Links to sites and information dealing with the environmental problems in states across Eastern Europe.

East Europe Environment: States
Environmental problems in Eastern European states.

Albania
Basic environment statistics:

Natural resources: petroleum, natural gas, coal, chromium, copper, timber, nickel

Land use: arable land: 21% permanent crops: 5% permanent pastures: 15% forests and woodland: 38% other: 21% (1993 est.)

Irrigated land: 3,410 sq km (1993 est.)

Natural hazards: destructive earthquakes; tsunamis occur along southwestern coast

Environment—current issues: deforestation; soil erosion; water pollution from industrial and domestic effluents

Environment—international agreements: party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Wetlands signed, but not ratified: none of the selected agreements

Bulgarian Environmental Protection Act
Full text of the document.

Czech Republic
Basic environment statistics:

Total Energy Consumption (1998E): 1.8 quadrillion Btu* (0.5% of world total energy consumption)
Energy-Related Carbon Emissions (1998E): 33.6 million metric tons (0.5% of world carbon emissions)
Per Capita Energy Consumption (1998E): 170.2 million Btu (vs U.S. value of 350.7 million Btu)
Per Capita Carbon Emissions (1998E): 3.3 metric tons (vs U.S. value of 5.5 metric tons)
Energy Intensity (1998E): 56,200 Btu/ $1990 (vs U.S. value of 13,400 Btu/ $1990)**
Carbon Intensity (1998E): 1.07 metric tons/thousand $1990 (vs U.S. value of 0.21 metric tons/thousand $1990)**
Sectoral Share of Energy Consumption (1997E): Industrial (58.2%), Residential (19.1%), Transportation (12.9%), Commercial (9.8%)
Sectoral Share of Carbon Emissions (1997E): Industrial (58.1%), Residential (19.4%), Transportation (13.2%), Commercial (9.3%)
Fuel Share of Energy Consumption (1998E): Coal (53.1%), Oil (20.3%), Natural Gas (17.9%)
Fuel Share of Carbon Emissions (1998E): Coal (68.4%), Oil (18.1%), Natural Gas (13.4%)
Renewable Energy Consumption (1997E): 47.2 trillion Btu* (18% increase from 1996)
Number of People per Motor Vehicle (1997): 2.7 (vs U.S. value of 1.3)

Source: Country Analysis Briefs: Energy Information Agency (EIA)

Estonia
A very nice site filled with information.

Estonia: Ministry of Environment
Home page of the official government agency.

Estonia: NEAP
In March 1997, the Estonian Parliament adopted the National Environmental Strategy for Estonia, which specifies 10 principal environmental policy goals and targets to be met for the years 2000, 2005 and 2010.

Georgia
Basic environment statistics:

Total Energy Consumption (1998E): 0.16 quadrillion Btu (0.04% of world total energy consumption)
Energy-Related Carbon Emissions (1998E): 1.7 million metric tons of carbon (0.03% of world carbon emissions)
Per Capita Energy Consumption (1998E): 29.3 million Btu (vs U.S. value of 350.7 million Btu)
Per Capita Carbon Emissions (1998E): 0.3 metric tons of carbon (vs U.S. value of 5.5 metric tons of carbon)
Energy Intensity (1998E): 34,700 Btu/ $1990 (vs U.S. value of 13,400 Btu/ $1990)**
Carbon Intensity (1998E): 0.36 metric tons of carbon/thousand $1990 (vs U.S. value of 0.21 metric tons/thousand $1990)**
Sectoral Share of Energy Consumption (1997E): Residential (29.2%), Industrial (26.0%), Commercial (25.1%), Transportation (19.8%),
Sectoral Share of Carbon Emissions (1997E): Transportation (36.4%), Industrial (35.3%), Residential (17.1%), Commercial (11.4%)
Fuel Share of Energy Consumption (1998E): Natural Gas (35.9%), Oil (26.3%), Coal (1.3%)
Fuel Share of Carbon Emissions (1998E): Natural Gas (49.2%), Oil (47.6%), Coal (3.2%)
Renewable Energy Consumption (1997E): 64 trillion Btu* (7% increase from 1996)
Number of People per Motor Vehicle (1997): 11.6 (vs U.S. value of 1.3)

Source: Country Analysis Briefs: Energy Information Agency (EIA), March 2000.

Hungary
Basic environment statistics and Nature:

Natural resources: bauxite, coal, natural gas, fertile soils

Land use: arable land: 51% permanent crops: 2% permanent pastures: 13% forests and woodland: 19% other: 15% (1993 est.)

Irrigated land: 2,060 sq km (1993 est.)

Environment—current issues: the approximation of Hungary's standards in waste management, energy efficiency, and air, soil, and water pollution with environmental requirements for EU accession will require large investments, estimated by the Government of Hungary at $4 billion over six years; the 1997 budget allocated $9.7 million for this purpose; the 1998 budget allocated $11.3 million; the Central Environmental Fund, which collects monies from product charges, environmental fines, and mining taxes, provided approximately $76.2 million in 1997 and is expected to provide $109.5 million in 1998

Environment—international agreements: party to: Air Pollution, Air Pollution-Nitrogen Oxides, Air Pollution-Sulphur 85, Air Pollution-Volatile Organic Compounds, Antarctic Treaty, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Endangered Species, Environmental Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Marine Dumping, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Wetlands signed, but not ratified: Air Pollution-Persistent Organic Pollutants, Air Pollution-Sulphur 94, Antarctic-Environmental Protocol, Law of the Sea.

Source: CIA World Fact Book, 1999.

Lithuania
Basic environment statistics:

Total Energy Consumption (1998E): 0.3 quadrillion Btu* (0.1% of world total energy consumption)
Energy-Related Carbon Emissions (1998E): 4.5 million metric tons of carbon (0.07% of world carbon emissions)
Per Capita Energy Consumption (1998E): 90.6 million Btu (vs U.S. value of 350.7 million Btu)
Per Capita Carbon Emissions (1998E): 1.2 metric tons of carbon (vs U.S. value of 5.5 metric tons of carbon)
Energy Intensity (1998E): 54,900 Btu/ $1990 (vs U.S. value of 13,400 Btu/ $1990)**
Carbon Intensity (1998E): 0.74 metric tons of carbon/thousand $1990 (vs U.S. value of 0.21 metric tons/thousand $1990)**
Sectoral Share of Energy Consumption (1997E): Industrial (58.9%), Residential (16.0%), Transportation (15.2%), Commercial (9.9%)
Sectoral Share of Carbon Emissions (1997E): Industrial (59.3%), Transportation (26.4%), Residential (8.2%), Commercial (6.0%)
Fuel Share of Energy Consumption (1998E): Oil (41.6%), Natural Gas (34.1%), Coal (1.4%)
Fuel Share of Carbon Emissions (1998E): Oil (60.8%), Natural Gas (36.6%), Coal (2.7%)
Renewable Energy Consumption (1997E): 26.2 trillion Btu* (61% increase from 1996)
Number of People per Motor Vehicle (1997): 3.8 (vs U.S. value of 1.3) Status

Source: Country Analysis Briefs: Energy Information Agency (EIA), January, 2000.

Macedonia
Home page for the Republic of Macedonia Ministry of Urban Planning, Construction and Environment.

Poland
Basic environment statistics:


Romania
Basic environment statistics:

Total Energy Consumption (1998E): 1.8 quadrillion Btu* (0.5% of world total energy consumption)
Energy-Related Carbon Emissions (1998E): 27.5 million metric tons of carbon (0.4% of world carbon emissions)
Per Capita Energy Consumption (1998E): 78.1 million Btu (vs. U.S. value of 350.7 million Btu)
Per Capita Carbon Emissions (1998E): 1.2 metric tons of carbon (vs. U.S. value of 5.5 metric tons of carbon)
Energy Intensity (1998E): 58,400 Btu/ $1990 (vs U.S. value of 13,400 Btu/ $1990)**
Carbon Intensity (1998E): 0.9 metric tons of carbon/thousand $1990 (vs U.S. value of 0.21 metric tons/thousand $1990)**
Sectoral Share of Energy Consumption (1997E): Industrial (69.5%), Residential (17.8%), Transportation (12.7%)
Sectoral Share of Carbon Emissions (1997E): Industrial (73.4%), Transportation (15.2%), Residential (11.5%)
Fuel Share of Energy Consumption (1998E): Natural Gas (37.0%), Oil (33.5%), Coal (16.0%)
Fuel Share of Carbon Emissions (1998E): Coal (25.9%), Oil (40.1%), Natural Gas (34.0%)
Renewable Energy Consumption (1997E): 323 trillion Btu* (35% increase from 1996)
Number of People per Motor Vehicle (1997): 8 Status

Source: Country Analysis Briefs: Energy Information Agency (EIA).


Natural resources: petroleum (reserves declining), timber, natural gas, coal, iron ore, salt

Land use: arable land: 41% permanent crops: 3% permanent pastures: 21% forests and woodland: 29% other: 6% (1993 est.)

Irrigated land: 31,020 sq km (1993 est.)

Natural hazards: earthquakes most severe in south and southwest; geologic structure and climate promote landslides

Environment—current issues: soil erosion and degradation; water pollution; air pollution in south from industrial effluents; contamination of Danube delta wetlands

Environment—international agreements: party to: Air Pollution, Antarctic Treaty, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Desertification, Endangered Species, Environmental Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Wetlands signed, but not ratified: Air Pollution-Persistent Organic Pollutants, Antarctic-Environmental Protocol, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol.

 

Environment and Conservation in Russia
A guide for finding information about environmental problems in Russia.

Europe (West)
Featuring information on European Union politics as well as ecological and political information for the various states in Western Europe.

Policy Making

EU Issues

  • Aarhus Conference
  • Climate Change
  • Environmental Rights
  • GM Crops
  • Kosovo
  • Recycling/Waste
  • Renewable Energy

State Issues

Links

  • All States
  • German Greens
  • Nuclear Waste/Germany
  • Sellafield
  • Europe - East
  • Europe - West

 

Acid Rain in Europe
Information about the activity of states and the European Union's efforts to combat acid rain.

Climate Change in Europe
Research and government activity in the area of climate change.

Environmental Issues in Europe
Links to information and sites dealing with the environment in Europe.

Europe and Water Issues
Links to articles government agencies and environmental groups dealing with water issues in Europe.

European States and the Environment
Information about how specific Western European states deal with environmental issues.

Great Britain (UK) and the Environment
Government agencies and environmental groups dealing with environment and consevation issues in Great Britain (UK).

Renewable Energy in Europe
Links to articles, government agencies and interest groups dealing with renewable energy issues in Europe.

The European Union (EU) and the Environment
A guide for information about the European Union's environmental policies.

Waste Management in Europe
Waste management and recycling issues across Europe.

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT LINKS


General information on Environmental and Resource Economics, including available graduate programs.

Agriculture Network Information Center (AgNIC) 

Earthpledge Links

Inter-American Development Bank: Sustainable Development

ECONET

International Institute for Sustainable Development

New Ideas in Pollution Regulation

Sustainable Earth Exchange

United Nations Commission on Sustainable Development

United Nations Development Program 

United Nations Environment Program

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