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SeaWorld/Busch Gardens is an animal information database and can be used only for educational purposes. http://www.seaworld.org |
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The Mediterranean Information Office for Environment, Culture and Sustainable Development, is a Federation of Mediterranean Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) for Environment and Development. MIO-ECSDE acts as a technical and political platform for the intervention of NGOs in the Mediterranean scene. In co-operation with Governments, International Organisations and other socio-economic partners, MIO-ECSDE plays an active role for the protection of the environment and the promotion of the sustainable development of the Mediterranean Region and its countries. http://www.mio-ecsde.org/ |
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THE TECHNICAL Consultation on Decentralization (TCD) was sponsored by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the United Nations Capital Development Fund (UNCDF), the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), the German Agency for Technical Cooperation (GTZ), the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) and the World Bank (WB). The TCD brought together policy-makers, practitioners and academics from the developed and developing world to review and discuss the contribution of decentralized and participatory strategies to rural development. To achieve this goal the TCD was structured into working groups organized around selected themes. The TCD also included four presentations by key speakers and a poster session. http://www.fao.org/sd/rodirect/rofo0000.htm |
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UNCHS (Habitat) was established in October 1978 as the lead agency within the United Nations system for coordinating activities in the field of human settlements. The mission of UNCHS (Habitat) is to promote socially and environmentally sustainable human settlements development and the achievement of adequate shelter for all. http://www.unchs.org/ |
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The Asia-Pacific Centre for Environmental Law was established on 15 February 1996 by the Faculty of Law, National University of Singapore on the initiative of the Faculty of Law and the Commission on Environmental Law (CEL) of the World Conservation Union (IUCN), in collaboration with the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP).
APCEL is situated in the Faculty of Law and supported by the National University of Singapore.
APCEL was established in response to the need for capacity-building in environmental legal education and the need for promotion of awareness in environmental issues. It is currently working closely with IUCN's Commission on Environmental Law, UNEP, the Asian Development Bank, the World Bank Institute, the Singapore Ministry of the Environment, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and other institutions in several projects and programmes. http://sunsite.nus.edu.sg/apcel/index.html |
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Welcome to the Environmental Defender's Office (WA) internet site. The EDO (WA) was opened in March 1996 and is part of a national network of non-profit public interest legal centres specialising in environmental law. http://www.edo.org.au/edowa/ |
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The Dutch Waste Processing Association (VVAV) represents the interests of composting firms, operators of incineration and landfill facilities and processors of waste in the developing European waste market. The association endeavours to optimalise the conditions under which these companies work to process waste in an environmentally sound and cost-effective manner. http://www.vvav.nl/e_vvav.html |
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INTERNATIONAL MOUNTAIN CLIMBING SCHOOL offers the most comprehensive climbing programs in the Eastern United States dedicated exclusively to technical mountaineering, rock and ice climbing, international treks and expeditions. http://www.ime-usa.com/ |
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Our Mission... The Center leads awareness of and access to information about Great Lakes environmental subjects by promoting learning links for teachers, students and other stakeholders in the international Great Lakes-St. Lawrence basin ecosystem. http://www.greatlakesed.org/Welcome.html |
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BIR is an international trade federation representing the world’s recycling industry, covering in particular ferrous and non-ferrous metals, paper and textiles. Plastics, rubber, tyres and glass are also studied and traded by some BIR members.About 600 companies and national federations from over 50 countries are affiliated to BIR and create a forum for industrial exchange and business contacts as well as strong political groups. http://www.bir.org/ |
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Since 1989 the European Community has established and funded a number of international programmes of research to address the issues of desertification, or land degradation, and the increasing demand on water resources across southern Europe. MEDALUS has been one of the projects in this programme, (DGXII, Environment Programme) and has sought to improve understanding of a wide range of physical, environmental problems, and to suggest and develop options for their amelioration. Since its start in 1991, there have been three phases to the project the third of which ended in June 1999. The emphasis of the research has changed in each phase and the partners also changed to reflect this. http://www.medalus.demon.co.uk/ |
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The Nuclear Energy Institute is the policy organization of the nuclear energy and technologies industry and participates in both the national and global policy-making process. NEI’s objective is to ensure the formation of policies that promote the beneficial uses of nuclear energy and technologies in the United States and around the world. http://www.nei.org/ |
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Landcare Research is an independent Crown Research Institute that focuses on management of land resources for conservation and for primary production http://www.landcare.cri.nz/ |
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A broad interdisciplinary co-operation is required to develop improved technical, organizational and political concepts and solutions for sustainable future primary production. These principles are pursued within the scope of the Polyproject 'PRIMALP — Sustainable Primary Production in the Alpine Region'. http://www.primalp.ethz.ch/ |
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This site tries to spread the bioclimatic building concept because we think it is an appropriate ecological alternative to face some global problems. We have got signs enough to realize of a complicated situation: exponential growth of population, quick forests recession, pollution increase with all its consequences (atomic energy radiation, CO2 and planet heating up, CFC's striking the ozone layer, etc.), environment degradation, species disappearance, etc. http://www.geocities.com/ResearchTriangle/Facility/8776/indiceI.htm |
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Mountain Association for Community Economic Development (MACED) provides opportunities and resources to help citizens build healthy, sustainable, equitable, democratic and prosperous communities in Kentucky and Central Appalachia. http://www.maced.org/ |
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ESHG is an international professional society founded in 1967 which
- promotes research in basic and applied human and medical genetics
- facilitates contact between all persons who share these aims http://www.eshg.org/ |
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Talk.origins ("t.o.") is a newsgroup devoted to the discussion of issues related to biological and physical origins. Topics discussed include, but are not limited to, evolution, creation, abiogenesis, catastrophism, cosmology, and theology. Be assured that you will find lively, often heated, exchanges between people of all persuasions. http://www.talkorigins.org/ |
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The Department of Horticulture serves professionals, students and citizens of New York State, the nation, and the world, by generating and extending knowledge about fruits, vegetables and landscape plants, for the purpose of sustaining the environment, enhancing economic vitality, and improving the quality of life of individuals and their communities. http://www.hort.cornell.edu/ |
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The NRP interlinks research into the climate system, the consequences of climate change, and research into societal causes and solutions. The programme is a strategic one; it is investigating the likelihood of anthropogenic climate change, the consequences this can have for natural and societal systems, and feasible options for medium and long term climate policy. http://www.nop.nl/ |
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The Association for Environmental Health and Sciences (AEHS) was created to facilitate communication and foster cooperation among professionals concerned with the challenge of soil protection and cleanup. http://www.aehs.com/ |
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Scientific and technological work carried out at NCSR "Demokritos" covers the full spectrum from basic to goal-oriented research as well as development and application of processes and products. The balance between the two extremes of this spectrum varies between Institutes.The following Institutes and Laboratories of Demokritos NCSR are operating: The Institute of Biology with the Hydrobiology laboratory, the Institute of Nuclear Technology-Radiation protection with the laboratories of Solar and other Energy Systems, Environmental Researches and Environment Radioactivity. http://www.demokritos.gr/welcome.html |
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