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Deforestation, Sustainability, Poverty and Policy
Climate Change
Biodiversity
Amazon / Latin America
Congo Basin
Southeast Asia

Deforestation, Sustainability, Poverty and Policy:

Center for the Study of Institutions, Population, and Environmental Change (CIPEC): www.cipec.org

Center for Sustainability and the Global Environment (SAGE), University of Wisconsin, 'Atlas of the Biosphere' Project: atlas.sage.wisc.edu/main.php?bandwidth=1

Collaborative Partnership on Forests (CPF): www.fao.org/forestry/foris/webview/cpf/index.jsp?siteId=1220&langId=1

Conservation International (CI): www.conservation.org

Degree Confluence Project: www.confluence.org

Drylands Research: www.drylandsresearch.org.uk

Eco-Portal: http://www.EnvironmentalSustainability.Info/

Environment Resources http://www.the-science-lab.com/Environment

European Tropical Forest Research Network: www.etfrn.org/etfrn

Forest Conservation Portal: http://forests.org/

Forest Restoration Information Service (FRIS), UNEP-WCMC: www.unep-wcmc.org/forest/restoration/

Forest Trends: www.foresttrends.org

Future Harvest: www.futureharvest.org

Global Change and Terrestrial Ecosystems (GCTE): www.gcte.org

Global Environment Facility (GEF): www.gefweb.org

Global Forest Watch: www.globalforestwatch.org/english/index.htm

Global Observation of Forest Cover (GOFC) project , Basic Science and Remote Sensing Initiative, Dept. of Geography, Michigan State University: www.gofc.org/gofc/index.html

Grupo Empresarial Amazónico del Perú S.A. ( GEA ): www.madeweb.net/gea

Integrated Natural Resource Management (INRM), Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR): www.inrm.cgiar.org

International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme (IGBP) Data and Information Systems (DIS): www.ngdc.noaa.gov/paleo/igbp-dis

International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme, Global Palaeovegetation Mapping (BIOME 6000) Project: www.ngdc.noaa.gov/paleo/biome6000.html

International Centre for Research in Agroforestry (ICRAF): www.icraf.cgiar.org

International Human Dimensions Programme (IHDP): www.ihdp.org

International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED): www.iied.org

Livelihoods Connect: www.livelihoods.org

LUCC, Land Use and Land Cover Change, a programme element of IGBP and IHDP: www.geo.ucl.ac.be/LUCC

Population Environment Research Network: www.populationenvironmentresearch.org

Rio + 10 Summit: www.johannesburgsummit.org

Social Accountability in Sustainable Agriculture (SASA): www.isealalliance.org/sasa

NEW!!! Tropical Forest Group: www.tropicalforestgroup.org

Tropical Rain Forest Information Center (TRFIC): www.bsrsi.msu.edu/trfic/

University of Maryland, Global Land Cover Facility, Worldwide Tree Cover Database: esip.umiacs.umd.edu/documents/treecover.html

WaterConserve - Water Conservation Portal: http://www.WaterConserve.info/

World Bank, B-SPAN archives: www.worldbank.org/wbi/B-SPAN

World Bank Environmental Economics and Indicators: www-esd.worldbank.org/eei

World Bank, Mapping the Global Environment: www.worldbank.org/nipr/Atrium/index.html

World Conservation Monitoring Centre (WCMC), Forest Programme:
www.unep-wcmc.org/forest/homepage.htm

World Conservation Union, The (IUCN): www.iucn.org

World Resources Institute (WRI): www.wri.org

World Resources Institute (WRI), Environmental Information Portal: earthtrends.wri.org

World Wildlife Fund (WWF), Global 200: Critical Regions for Conservation: www.nationalgeographic.com/wildworld/global.html?detail=undefined&size=undefined&id=0&cMinx=-180&cMaxx=180&cMiny=-90&cMaxy=90

World Wildlife Fund (WWF), Terrestrial Ecosystems of the World: www.nationalgeographic.com/wildworld/terrestrial.html

 

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Climate Change:

Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN), Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC), "Potential Impacts of Climate Change on World Food Supply: Data Sets from a Major Crop Modeling Study": sedac.ciesin.columbia.edu/giss_crop_study

Climate Ark - Climate Change Portal: http://www.climateark.org

Global Environmental Change and Food Systems (GECaFS): www.gecafs.org

Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Special Report on Land-Use, Land-Use Change and Forestry (LULUCF): www.grida.no/climate/ipcc/land_use/index.htm

Tropical Soil Biology and Fertility Programme (TSBF): members.tripod.co.uk/TSBF/tsbf.htm

United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) Climate Change Portal: climatechange.unep.net

United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC): www.unfccc.org

World Agroforestry Centre, ICRAF Climate Change page www.worldagroforestrycentre.org/climatechange/index.asp

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Biodiversity:

Centre for Biodiversity Management (CBM): www.cbmglobe.com

Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD): www.biodiv.org

Millennium Ecosystem Assessment (MA): www.ma-secretariat.org

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Amazon / Latin America:

Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisa Agropecuária (Embrapa), Brazil: www.embrapa.br

Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical (CIAT): www.ciat.cgiar.org

Consejo Nacional del Ambiente (CONAM), Perú: www.conam.gob.pe

Consorcio para el Desarrollo Sostenible de Ucayali (CODESU), Perú: www.codesu.org.pe

Grupo Empresarial Amazónico del Perú S.A. ( GEA ): www.madeweb.net/gea

InfoAndina, information arm of the Consorcio para el Desarrollo Sostenible de la Ecoregion Andina (CONDESAN): www.condesan.org/infoandina/INFOANDINA2-en.htm

Instituto de Investigacion de la Amazonia Perúana (IIAP), Perú: www.iiap.org.pe

Instituto Nacional de Investigación Agraria (INIA), Perú: www.inia.gob.pe

Instituto Nacional de Recursos Naturales (INRENA), Perú: www.minag.gob.pe/MINAG/inrena/indice.htm

Ministry of Agriculture, Perú: www.minag.gob.pe

Pro-Natura, Brazil: www.pronatura.org/home

Universidad Nacional de Ucayali (UNU), Perú: www.mef.gob.pe/dnpp/normas/gobcent/pptoeva/2-534.htm

Universidad de la Amazonia Perúana (UNAP), Perú: www.uniamazonia.edu.pe

Universidad Nacional Agraria de la Molina (UNALM), Perú: www.lamolina.edu.pe

Universidade de Brasilia, Brazil: www.unb.br

Universidade Federal de Lavras, Brazil: www.ufla.br

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Congo Basin:

Characterization of Ecoregions in Africa (CERA): www.geology.yale.edu/~smith/africa_project.html

FRAME, a strategic analysis of environmental issues in Africa, including the environmental investments of USAID and others: www.frameweb.org

International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA): www.iita.org

Programme Regional de l'Afrique Centrale pour l'Environnement (CARPE), Cameroon: carpe.umd.edu

 

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Southeast Asia:

Bogor Agricultural University (IPB), Indonesia: www.ipb.ac.id

CARE-Thailand: www.carethai.org/main.html

Centre de Cooperation Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement (CIRAD), France: www.cirad.fr

Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR): www.cifor.cgiar.org

Chiang Mai University (CMU), Thailand: www.chiangmai.ac.th

Gaja Mada University, Indonesia: www.ugm.ac.id

Global Change Impacts Centre for Southeast Asia: www.icsea.or.id

ICRAF SE Asia website: www.cgiar.org/ICRAF/sea

Indonesian Tropical Institute (LATIN): www.latin.or.id/index.cfm

Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD), France: www.ird.fr

Lampung University, Indonesia: www.unila.ac.id

Lantapan and Claveria Landcare Associations, Philippines: www.icraf.cgiar.org/sea/Landcare/landcare.htm

MekongInfo: www.mekonginfo.org

Philippine Council for Agriculture, Forestry and Natural Resources Research and
Development (PCARRD), Philippines: www.pcarrd.dost.gov.ph

Replanting and Land Rehabilitation Division, Department of Forestry, Indonesia: www.dephut.go.id

Resource Policy Support Initiative, World Resources Institute (WRI): www.wri.org/repsi

Royal Forest Department (RFD), Thailand: www.forest.go.th/default_e.asp

RUPES - Rewarding the Upland Poor in Asia for Environmental Services They Provide:
www.worldagroforestrycentre.org/sea/Networks/RUPES. See RUPES working papers at: www.worldagroforestrycentre.org/sea/Networks/RUPES/paper.htm

Southeast Asian Regional Centre for Tropical Biology (SEAMEO-BIOTROP), Indonesia: www.biotrop.org

STORMA - Stability of Rainforests Margins in Indonesia: www.storma.de/en/index.html. See Discussion papers at: www.storma.de/DPS/index.htm

Sustainable Agriculture & Natural Resource Management Collaborative Research Support Program (SANREM CRSP), Southeast Asia: www.aae.wisc.edu/sanrem-sea/

University of Brawijaya, Indonesia: www.brawijaya.ac.id

University of the Philippines, Los Banos, Philippines: www.uplb.edu.ph

Winrock International: www.winrock.org

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