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• Policy Issues (152)
• Rural development (194)
• Trade and Sustainable Development (221)
• Urban Issues (172)

Resources:

• 12 Features of Sustainable Community Development: Social, Economic and Environmental Benefits and Two Case Studies
• 1980 Protocol Amending the Interim Convention on Conservation of North Pacific Fur Seals
• 1994 Oslo Protocol on Further Reduction of Sulphur Emissions
• 1998 Aarhus Protocol on Heavy Metals
• 1998 Aarhus Protocol on Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs)
• 1999 Gothenburg Protocol to Abate Acidification, Eutrophication and Ground-level Ozone
• A Planet Unfree: What Do Human Rights Have To Do With Environmental Protection? Everything.
• ABN - AMRO - Environmental Report
• Academy for Educational Development and the Environment
• ACC Network on Rural Development and Food Security
• Action for Agricultural Renewal in Maharashtra (AFARM)
• African Centre for Technology Studies (ACTS)
• African Convention on the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources
• African Environmental Law and Policy
• African Human Rights Resources Center: University of Minnesota
• Agreed Measures for the Conservation of Antarctic Fauna and Flora
• Agreement Concerning Cooperation in Marine Fishing
• Agreement Concerning Cooperation in the Quarantine of Plants and Their Protection Against Pests and Diseases
• Agreement Concerning Interim Arrangements Relating to Polymetallic Nodules of the Deep Sea Bed
• Agreement Concerning the Protection of the Waters of the Mediterranean Shores
• Agreement Establishing The Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research
• Agreement Establishing the South Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP)
• Agreement for Cooperation in Dealing with Pollution of the North Sea by Oil and other Harmful Substances (1983 Bonn Agreement)
• Agreement for the Establishment of a Centre on Integrated Rural Development for Africa
• Agreement for the Establishment of a Centre on Integrated Rural Development for Asia and the Pacific
• Agreement for the Establishment of a Commission for Controlling the Desert Locust in Northwest Africa
• Agreement for the Establishment of a Commission for Controlling the Desert Locust in the Near East
• Agreement for the Establishment of a General Fisheries Council for the Mediterranean
• Agreement for the Establishment of a Regional Animal Production and Health Commission for Asia and the Pacific
• Agreement for the Establishment of a Regional Centre on Agrarian Reform and Rural Development of Latin America and the Caribbean (1981) and Protocol to Amend
• Agreement on Conservation of Polar Bears
• Agreement on Cooperation in Research, Conservation and Management of Marine Mammals in the North Atlantic
• Agreement on Regional Cooperation in Combating Pollution of the South-East Pacific by Hydrocarbons or Other Harmful Substances in Cases of Emergency
• Agreement on the Network of Aquaculture Centres in Asia and the Pacific
• Agreement on the Organization for Indian Ocean Marine Affairs Cooperation
• Agreement to Promote Compliance with International Conservation and Management Measures by Fishing Vessels on the High Seas
• Agricultural Research Council (ARC)
• Agriculture and Environment Biotechnology Commission (AEBC)
• Air Quality - Adverse Health Effects (Chapter 7)
• Alliance to End Childhood Lead Poisoning
• Ambio, A Journal of the Human Environment
• American Academy of Pediatrics ( AAP)
• American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy (ACEEE)
• American Public Health Association (APHA): Environment Section
• Antarctic Treaty
• Arab Office for Youth and Environment (AOYE)
• Are There Public Benefits to Private Use of Fertilizer in Africa?
• ASEAN Agreement on the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources
• Asian Development Bank (ADB) - Environment
• Baltistan Health and Education Foundation (BHEF) - Pakistan
• Bangladesh Forest Research Institute (BFRI)
• Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies (BIDS)
• Basic Support for Institutionalizing Child Survival (BASIC II)
• Benelux Convention Concerning Hunting and the Protection of Birds
• Biosafety Information Network and Advisory Service (BINAS)
• Biotechnology in Africa: Why the Controversy
• Boston University School of Public Health: Environmental Health
• BRAC: Poverty Alleviation
• Business for Social Responsibility (BSR)
• Canada's Action Plan for Food Security - A Response to the World Food Summit
• Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA)
• Capacity 21 in Review
• Care4nature - India
• Carter Center
• Center for Ecological Research: University of California, Davies
• Center for Environmental Health
• CENTER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS AND ENVIRONMENT
• Center for International Development (CID): Harvard University
• Center for International Environmental Law
• Center for Sustainable Development Actions (CSDA) - Pakistan
• Center on Hunger and Poverty
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
• Centre for Application of Science and Technology in Rural Areas (ASTRA) - India
• Centre for Ecological Sciences (CES) - India
• Centre for Economic and Social Studies on the Environment (CESSE)
• Centre for Health and Population Research (ICDDR,B)
• Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) - India
• Child and Adolescent Health and Development (CAH) - World Health Organisation (WHO)
• Children in South Asia: Securing Their Rights
• Children's Environmental Health and Safety Inventory of Research (CHEHSIR)
• Children's Environmental Health Network (CEHN)
• Children's Environmental Trust (CET)
• Childwatch International Research Network (CWI)
• Climate Protection Initiative: World Resources Institute (WRI)
• Coalition of Environmentally Responsible Economies (CERES)
• Code of Conduct for Responsible Fisheries
• Community-Based Environmental Protection (CBEP) - U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
• Compendium of Sustainable Development Indicator Initiatives
• Conservation and Research Center
• Conservation of Anadromous Stocks in the North Pacific Ocean
• Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR)
• Convention Concerning Fishing in the Black Sea
• Convention Concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage
• Convention for a North Pacific Marine Science Organisation (PICES)
• Convention for Cooperation in the Protection and Development of the Marine and Coastal Environment of the West and Central African Region
• Convention for the Conservation and Management of the Vicuna
• Convention for the Establishment of an Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission
• Convention for the Establishment of the European and Mediterranean Plant Protection Organization
• Convention for the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea
• Convention for the Protection and Development of the Marine Environment of the Wider Caribbean Region
• Convention for the Protection of the Marine Environment and Coastal Area of the South-East Pacific
• Convention for the Protection of the Marine Environment of the North East Atlantic
• Convention for the Protection of the Natural Resources and Environment of the South Pacific Region
• Convention for the Protection, Management and Development of the Marine and Coastal Environment of the Eastern African Region
• Convention of the African Migratory Locust Organization
• Convention on Biological Diversity
• Convention on Conservation of Nature in the South Pacific
• Convention on Conservation of North Pacific Fur Seals
• Convention on Environmental Impact Assessment in a Transboundary Context
• Convention on Fishing and Conservation of the Living Resources of the High Seas
• Convention on Future Multilateral Co-operation in the North East Atlantic Fisheries
• Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES)
• Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution
• Convention on Nature Protection and Wild Life Preservation in the Western Hemisphere
• Convention on the Conservation and Management of Highly Migratory Fish Stocks in the Western and Central Pacific Ocean
• Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals
• Convention on the Continental Shelf
• Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women
• Convention on the High Seas
• Convention on the Rights of the Child
• Convention on Wetlands of International Importance Especially as Waterfowl Habitat (Ramsar Convention)
• Cooperative for Assistance and Relief Everywhere (CARE) USA
• Council Directive 79/409/EEC on the Conservation of Wild Birds
• CSD Women's Caucus
• Declaration of the Rights of the Child
• Declaration Of The United Nations Conference On The Human Environment , Stockholm 1972
• Declaration on Social and Legal Principles relating to the Protection and Welfare of Children, with special reference to Foster Placement and Adoption Nationally and Internationally
• Department of Irrigation - Nepal
• Development - Save the Children
• Development Assistance Committee (DAC)
• Early Child Development (ECD) - World Bank
• Earth Charter Initiative
• Earth Times
• EarthRights International (ERI)
• EarthWatch
• Eco-Justice: Linking Human Rights and The Environment - Worldwatch Paper 127
• EcoNews Africa
• Elaboration of an International Convention to Combat Desertification in Countries Experiencing Serious Drought and/or Desertification, Particularly in Africa
• Electronic Development and Environment Information System (ELDIS)
• Emaus Forum
• Energy and Environment - United Nations Development Programme
• Enron Corporation: Corporate Complicity in Human Rights Violations
• Environment and Sustainable Development, An International Journal
• Environment and the World Bank
• Environment and Development Action in the Third World (ENDA-TM)
• Environment and Natural Resources - Inter-American Development Bank (IADB)
• Environment and Sustainable Development (UNESCO)
• Environment and Sustainable Development Programme - United Nations University
• Environment and the World Health Organisation (WHO)
• Environment at the OECD
• Environment Australia
• ENVIRONMENT LIAISON CENTER INTERNATIONAL (ELCI)
• Environment Network - UNEP.Net
• Environmental Accounting Project - U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
• Environmental Consortium - Pennsylvania State University
• Environmental Constitutional Protection, Human Rights and the Eighth Draft of the Temporary Constitution for the Palestinian National Authority in the Transitional Period
• Environmental Degradation and Social Integration Briefing Paper No. 3, World Summit For Social Development, November 1994
• Environmental Health Information Service (EHIS)
• Environmental Health Newsletter (WHO)
• Environmental Information Resources (EIR)
• Environmental Law Alliance Worldwide (E-LAW)
• Environmental Research and Education - National Science Foundation (NSF)
• Environmental Research Foundation (ERF)
• Environmentally and Socially Sustainable Development (ESSD)
• EU and Human Rights
• EU, Trade and Food Security
• European Environmental Agency
• European Science Foundation
• Extension Toxicology Network (EXTOXNET)
• Famine Early Warning System Network (FEWS NET)
• Finding a Formula to Ensure the Safety of the Environment While Benefiting from Biotechnology
• Fisheries Convention - 1964
• Flood Forecasting and Warning Centre (FFWC) - Bangladesh
• Food First - Institute for Food and Development Policy
• Food or Cash Crops: Which Is the Key to Food Security?
• Food Security Bureau
• Food Security for a Growing World Population: 200 Years After Malthus, Still an Unsolved Problem
• Food Security Unit - Save the Children
• Forging New Links: Promoting and Protecting Human Rights and the Environment
• Forum: Habitat in Developing Countries
• Foundation Of Occupational Development (FOOD India)
• François-Xavier Bagnoud Center for Health and Human Rights
• Friends of the Earth
• Friends of the Earth Middle East (FoEME)
• From Environmental to Ecological Human Rights: A New Dynamic in International Law?
• Gender and Food Security - Food and Agriculture Organisation
• Genetic Engineering and Food, Ecological and Livelihood Security in Predominantly Agricultural Developing Countries
• Genetically Modified Crops and Other Organisms: Implications for Agricultural Sustainability and Biodiversity
• GeoSpatial Data and Climate Services (GDCS)
• Global Childnet
• Global Climate Observing System (GCOS)
• Global Compact
• Global Development And Environment Institute (G-DAE) - Tufts University
• Global Environment Facility (GEF)
• Global Reporting Initiative (GRI)
• Global Terrestrial Observing System (GTOS)
• Green Belt Movement (GBM) - Kenya
• Green Cross International (GCI)
• Green Lanka Nature Conservation Association (GLANCA)
• Green Press - Pakistan
• Group for Environmental Monitoring (GEM)
• HazDat Database
• Human Rights and the Environment: Redefining Fundamental Principles?
• Human Rights Approaches to Environmental Protection
• Human Rights Issues - UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR)
• Human Rights, Environment, and Economic Development: Existing and Emerging Standards in International Law and Global Society
• Human Rights, Environmental Rights, and the Right to Environment
• Improving the Health of the Peoples of the Americas: Pan American Health Organization (PAHO)
• India: Population, Environment and Human Development
• Indian Academy of Pediatrics (IAP)
• Indian Academy of Sciences (IAS)
• Indian Environmental Society (IES)
• Indian Institute of Forest Management (IIFM)
• Indian Pediatrics (IP)
• Industrial Toxicology Research Centre - India
• INFORM: Strategies For A Better Environment
• INFORSE
• Institute for a Sustainable Environment (ISE) - University of Oregon
• Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy
• Institute for Environmental Studies - University of Pennsylvania
• Institute for Global Communications (IGC)
• Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES)
• Integrating Human Rights with Sustainable Human Development
• Intellectual Property and Genetic Resources, Traditional Knowledge, and Folklore (WIPO)
• Intergovernmental Panel On Climate Change (IPCC)
• International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
• International Bureau for Children’s Rights
• International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development
• International Centre for Research in Agroforestry (ICRAF)
• International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development (ICTSD)
• International Convention for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas
• International Convention for the Protection of Birds
• International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families
• International Council for Local Environmental Initiatives (ICLEI)
• International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
• International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
• International Development Research Centre (IDRC)
• International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
• International Foundation for Science - Sweden
• International Human Dimensions Programme on Global Environmental Change (IHDP)
• International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED)
• International Institute for Natural, Environmental, and Cultural Resources Management (IIRM)
• International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS)
• International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD)
• International Life Sciences Institute (ILSI)
• International Plant Protection Convention
• International POPs (Persistent Organic Pollutants) Elimination Network (IPEN)
• International Project on the Right to Food in Development (IPRFD)
• International Right to Know Coalition
• International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (ISDR)
• International Tropical Timber Agreement, 1983
• International Tropical Timber Agreement, 1994
• International Union of Forest Research Organizations (IUFRO)
• International Water and Sanitation Centre - Netherlands
• International Water Management Institute (IWMI)
• Johns Hopkins Family Health and Child Survival (JHU-FHACS)
• Journals of the American Medical Association (JAMA)
• Kuwait Regional Convention for Cooperation on the Protection of the Marine Environment from Pollution
• Kyoto Protocol
• Leadership for Environment and Development (LEAD) International
• Leadpoison.net
• Link-Net Research and Academy (LNRA) - Bangladesh
• MedLine Plus Health Information
• Memorandum of Understanding Concerning the Establishment of the Inter-Organization Programme for the Sound Management of Chemicals
• Middle East Desalination Research Center (MEDRC)
• Millenium Ecosystem Assessment- Concept Paper
• Ministry of Environment and Forests - India
• Ministry of Environment, Local Government and Rural Development - Pakistan
• Ministry of Population and Environment - Nepal
• Ministry of Population Welfare - Pakistan
• Monitoring Children's Rights: Indicators for Children's Rights Project
• Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer (with current text amendments and adjustments)
• Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMR)
• Mount Sinai School of Medicine (MSSM)
• National Center for Children in Poverty (NCCP)
• National Council for Science and the Environment (NCSE)
• National Institute of Ecology (NIE) - India
• National Institute of Science, Technology and Development Studies, New Delhi (Nistads)
• National Library for the Environment (NLE)
• National Science Foundation - Sri Lanka
• Native Web
• Natural Disaster Management - India
• Natural Heritage Institute (NHI)
• Nautilus Institute for Security and Sustainable Development
• Nehru Yuva Kendra Sangathan (NYKS) - India
• NepalNet
• Niue Treaty on Cooperation in Fisheries Surveillance and Law Enforcement in the South Pacific Region
• Non-Governmental Position Paper on Critical Needs to Address Children's Environmental Health
• North American Agreement on Environmental Cooperation Between the Government of Canada, the Government of the United Mexican States and the Government of the United States of America
• Northern Alliance for Sustainability (ANPED)
• Office of Children Health Protection (OCHP) - U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
• Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the Involvement of Children in Armed Conflicts
• Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the Sale of Children, Child Prostitution and Child Pornography
• Pacific Institute for Studies in Development, Environment, and Security
• Pakistan Agricultural Research Council (PARC)
• Palestine Wildlife Society (PWLS)
• Permanent Sovereignty Over Natural Resources, General Assembly Resolution 1803 (XVII) of 14 Dec 1962
• Pew Center on Global Climate Change
• Pew Initiative on Food and Biotechnology
• Physicians for Human Rights: Promoting Health by Protecting Human Rights (PHR)
• Plant Protection Agreement for the South-East Asia and Pacific Region
• PopPlanet
• Population & Environment Linkages Service
• Population Association of Pakistan (PAP)
• Population Research Bureau and the Environment
• ProClim - Forum for Climate and Global Change, Swiss Academy of Sciences
• Project Concern International
• PROSHIKA - Centre for Human Development: Bangladesh
• Protocol Amending the 1978 Agreement Between the United States of America and Canada on Great Lakes Water Quality, as Amended on 16. 10. 1983
• Protocol Amending the Interim Convention on Conservation of North Pacific Fur Seals
• Protocol Concerning Cooperation in Combating Pollution of the Mediterranean Sea by Oil and Other Harmful Substances in Cases of Emergency
• Protocol Concerning Marine Pollution Resulting from Exploration and Exploitation of the Continental Shelf
• Protocol Concerning Mediterranean Specially Protected Areas
• Protocol Concerning Protected Areas and Wild Fauna and Flora in the Eastern African Region
• Protocol for the Protection of the Mediterranean Sea Against Pollution from Land-Based Sources
• Protocol on Protection of The Black Sea Marine Environment Against Pollution from Land Based Sources
• Protocol to the 1979 Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution concerning the Control of Emissions of Nitrogen Oxides or their Transboundary Fluxes
• Protocol to the 1979 Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution Concerning The Control of Emissions of Volatile Organic Compounds or their Transboundary Fluxes
• Protocol to the 1979 Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution on the Reduction of Sulphur Emissions or their Transboundary Fluxes by at Least 30 Per Cent (1985)
• Protocol to the Antarctic Treaty on Environmental Protection
• Public Services International Research Unit
• Regional Convention for the Conservation of the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden Environment (Jeddah Convention)
• Resource Renewal Institute (RRI)
• Resources for the Future (RFF)
• Rio Declaration on the Environment and Development
• Royal Scientific Society (RSS) - Jordan
• Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Fund Development Board - Nepal
• SafeWork - InFocus Programme on Safety, Health at Work and the Environment
• Save the Children
• Scientific Committee on Problems of the Environment (SCOPE)
• Smithsonian Environmental Research Center (SERC)
• Society for Health, Environment and Women's Development (SHEWD) - Nepal
• Society for Participatory Research in Asia (PRIA)
• Society for Social Development (SSD) - Pakistan
• South African Health Knowledge Network
• South Pacific Forum Fisheries Agency Convention
• South Pacific Nuclear Free Zone Treaty
• Southern African Development Community (SADC) - Food Security Programme
• State of the World's Children 2001
• Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants, Final Act
• Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI)
• SUNGI Development Foundation - Pakistan
• Sustainability Science Forum
• Sustainable Communities Network
• Sustainable Development Dimensions - Food and Agriculture Organisation
• Sustainable Development International
• Sustainable Development Networking Programme (SDNP) - Bangladesh
• Sustainable Development Networking Programme (SDNP) - Pakistan
• Sustainable Measures
• Television Trust for the Environment (TVE)
• The Children Trust - Bangladesh
• The Earth Charter
• The George Foundation
• The Kiosk
• The Potential Health Risks of Genetically Modified Organisms: How can Allergens be Assessed and Minimized?
• The Price of Oil: Corporate Responsibility and Human Rights Violations in Nigeria's Oil Producing Communities
• Thimmakka - Pakistan
• Third World Network (TWN)
• Toda Institute for Global Peace and Policy Research
• Toxic Justice: Human Rights, Justice and Toxic Waste In Cambodia
• Trade, Environment, and Development
• Treaty Banning Nuclear Weapon Tests in the Atmosphere, in Outer Space and Under Water
• Treaty for Amazonian Cooperation
• Tufts Institute of the Environment (TIE)
• U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Water Resources of California
• UGANDA HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION
• UK Agricultural Biodiversity Coalition (UKabc)
• UNAIDS - Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS
• UNEP - Division of Technology, Industry and Economics (DTIE)
• UNEP.Net - Environment Network
• United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF)
• United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea and the Agreement Relating to the Implementation of Part XI of the Convention
• United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification
• United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
• United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
• United Nations Foundation (UNF) Programs
• United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
• United Nations Sustainable Development
• United Nations Treaty Collection
• Universal Declaration of Human Rights
• USAID and the Environment
• Vienna Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer (1985)
• VISIONS
• Water Page
• Water Technology Centre for Eastern Region (WTCER)
• Water, Environment, and Sanitation (WES)
• Wetlands International - Africa, Europe, Middle East (AEME)
• Wildlife and Environment Society of South Africa (WESSA)
• Women's Rehabilitation Center (WOREC)
• World Bank - Topics and Sectors
• World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD)
• World Charter for Nature
• World Environment Center (WEC)
• World Health Report
• World Hunger Education Service
• World Job and Food Bank
• World Population Prospects: World Population Prospects: Analyzing the 1996 UN Population Projections
• World Resources Institute (WRI)
• World Wide Fund for Nature-India (WWF-India)
• Worldwatch Institute