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UNEP-WCMC: Threatened Plants Database (Popularity:  )
(Score: 9.49)
http://www.unep-wcmc.org/species/dbases/flora/
Contains information on over 136,000 plant taxa of conservation importance based on 19,000 data sources.
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Main\Science\Environment\Biodiversity\Informatics
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EarthWire (Popularity: )
(Score: 9.49)
http://www.earthwire.org
Daily service managed by UNEP/GRID-Arendal, with headlines compiled from local news sources around the world.
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Main\Science\Environment\News and Media
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United Nations Environment Programme Book Shop (Popularity: )
(Score: 9.22)
http://www.earthprint.com
Distribution point for UNEP publications. Most reports and magazines are only available for purchase, but are few items can be read online.
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Main\Science\Environment\Publications
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Biodiversity Series (Popularity: )
(Score: 9.18)
http://www.unep-wcmc.org/resources/publications/biodiv_series.htm
Full text online of UNEP-WCMC series of project results.
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Main\Science\Environment\Biodiversity
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UNEP Balkans (Popularity: )
(Score: 8.83)
http://www.grid.unep.ch/btf/
United Nations Environment Programme is conducting environmental assessments and clean-up in Albania, in the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia and in the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.
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Main\Society\Issues\Warfare and Conflict\Environmental
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GEO Data Portal (Popularity: )
(Score: 8.83)
http://geodata.grid.unep.ch
Access to UNEP on-line database holding more than 300 different variables, as national, subregional, regional and global statistics or as geospatial data sets (maps).
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Main\Science\Environment\Directories
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Global Environment Facility - UNDP (Popularity: )
(Score: 8.77)
http://www.undp.org/gef
United Nations Development Program component of a UNDP-UNEP -World Bank initiative with a project portfolio operating in 112 countries.
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Main\Science\Environment\Organizations\Governmental
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Cities Environment Reports on the Internet (Popularity: )
(Score: 8.64)
http://www.grida.no/city/
An UN inititative, and part of UNEP. A program to facilitate easy access to environmental information for sound decision-making and general awareness-raising in cities.
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Main\Science\Environment\Sustainability\Community Sustainability
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World Atlas of Biodiversity (Popularity: )
(Score: 8.60)
http://stort.unep-wcmc.org/imaps/gb2002/book/viewer.htm
Interactive maps of biodiversity and human impacts from the UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre.
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Main\Science\Environment\Biodiversity
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United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) (Popularity: )
(Score: 8.60)
http://www.unep.org/
State of the global environment, international partnerships, global sustainability.
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Main\Science\Environment\Organizations\Governmental
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UNEP.Net Environment Network (Popularity: )
(Score: 8.55)
http://www.unep.net/
Authoritative environmental information from a broad range of information and data providers, compiled by the United Nations Environment Programme.
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Main\Science\Environment\News and Media
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Minerals Resources Forum (Popularity: )
(Score: 8.55)
http://www.natural-resources.org/minerals/
An information resource and forum for international co-ordination on the theme of minerals, metals and sustainable development. Site maintained by UNEP.
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Main\Business\Mining and Drilling
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UNEP Balkans (Popularity: )
(Score: 8.51)
http://www.grid.unep.ch/btf/
United Nations Environment Programme is conducting environmental assessments and clean-up in Albania, in the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia and in the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. Survey of depleted uranium sites in Kosovo.
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Main\Society\Issues\Warfare and Conflict\Weapons
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Environmental Effects of Ozone Depletion: 1998 UNEP Assessment (Popularity: )
(Score: 8.44)
http://www.gcrio.org/ozone/toc.html
Special issue of Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology B: Biology (pdf format) presents the seven technical papers comprising the United Nations Environment Programme assessment.
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Main\Science\Environment\Global Change\Ozone Layer
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Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) (Popularity: )
(Score: 8.35)
http://www.chem.unep.ch/pops/
These chemical substances persist in the environment, bioaccumulate through the food web, and pose a risk of causing adverse effects to human health and the environment. From the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP).
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Main\Science\Environment\Environmental Health\Endocrine Disruptors
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UNEP/DEWA/GRID-Geneva: Global Wildfires (Popularity: )
(Score: 8.25)
http://www.grid.unep.ch/activities/earlywarning/fires/
Offers real-time information on current fires and early warning predictions. Features background information, news and data available for download. Offered by the United Nations Environment Programme.
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Main\Science\Earth Sciences\Natural Disasters and Hazards\Wildfires
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Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) (Popularity: )
(Score: 8.25)
http://www.ipcc.ch/
Established by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) and United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) to assess available scientific, technical, and socio-economic information in the field of climate change.
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Main\Science\Environment\Global Change
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UNEP Post-Conflict Assessment Unit (Popularity: )
(Score: 8.18)
http://postconflict.unep.ch/
United Nations body with specialized environmental expertise work in areas of the world where the natural and human environment has been damaged as a consequence of conflict. Information on current activities, maps, publications, press and photos.
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Main\Society\Issues\Warfare and Conflict\Environmental
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UNEP Chemicals (Popularity: )
(Score: 8.14)
http://www.chem.unep.ch/
Center for all chemicals-related activities of the United Nations Environment Programme, aimed at helping governments take needed actions for the sound management of chemicals. Information about global monitoring and other activities and concerns.
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Main\Science\Environment\Environmental Health\Organizations
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UNEP GRID-Arendal (Popularity: )
(Score: 8.06)
http://www.grida.no/
Internationally recognised information centre providing decision-makers and the public with improved access to high quality environmental information. GIS resources, and state of the environment reports. Global scope, but with particular emphasis on northern ...
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Main\Science\Environment\Organizations\Governmental
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Global Resource Information Database (GRID) (Popularity: )
(Score: 7.83)
http://www.grid.unep.ch/
United Nation Environment Programme (UNEP) center for environmental information, assessment and early warning activities. Major responsibilities in geo-spatial data and information management, environmental assessment and reporting.
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Main\Science\Environment\Organizations\Governmental
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Sustainable Production and Conservation of Agricultural Biodiversity in Traditional Systems (Popularity: )
(Score: 7.67)
http://www.mtnforum.org/resources/library/villt02a.htm
Paper by Villarroel (2002), for the UNEP Mountain Forum, analyses high mountain ecological productive rationality. Includes case study on "Mountain Tourism, and the Conservation of Biological and Cultural Diversity".
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Main\Science\Environment\Biodiversity\Agricultural
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GIWA - Global International Waters Assessment (Popularity: )
(Score: 7.52)
http://www.giwa.net/
Led by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), the aim of GIWA is to produce a comprehensive and integrated global assessment of international waters. Information is available in English, Arabic, Chinese, French, German, Russian, Spanish, and ...
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Main\Science\Environment\Water Resources
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UNEP Climate Change (GRID-Arendal) (Popularity: )
(Score: 7.37)
http://www.grida.no/climate/
Climate change information from GRID-Arendal, the United Nations Environment Programme information office.
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Main\Science\Environment\Global Change
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UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre (Popularity: )
(Score: 7.21)
http://www.unep-wcmc.org/
Provides information for policy and action to conserve the living world. Activities include assessment and early warning studies in forest, dryland, freshwater and marine ecosystems, plus research on endangered species and biodiversity indicators. Uses ...
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Main\Science\Environment\Biodiversity\Organizations
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