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- AAEA
Links for Agricultural and Natural Resources Economists
- Acercar-Industry
- Acercar-Transport
- Agriculture on line
Web browser oriented to Agricultural matters.
- AgroInfo Americas
- AmazonGIS
Using the tools of GIS and the internet, Amazon GIS aims to influence conservation decision-making and promote effective strategies towards sustainable development.
- Amazonian Center for Sustainable Forest Enterprise (CADEFOR)
The Center was incorporated to provide business management support, technical assistance and marketing communications support to the certified forest sector of the Amazonian Basin, whilst initiating activities in Bolivia.
- Ambientebrasil
- Bancos Públicos y Finanzas Rurales
- Caribbean Disaster Emergency Response Agency (CDERA)
- Caribbean Planning for Adaptation to Global Climate Change Project (CPACC)
- CATIE
Tropical Agricultural Research and Higher Education Center
- Center for International Environmental Law
- Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR)
CIFOR is a global knowledge organisation committed to enhancing the benefits of forests for people in the tropics.
- Centro Regional de Información sobre Desastres América Latina y el Caribe (CRID)
- CEPNET/IDB Programme
- Certified Forests Products Council
The mission of the council is to conserve, protect and restore the world's forests by promoting responsibles forest products buying practices throughout North America
- CGIAR
Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research
- CIP
International Potato Center
- CIRAD (in French)
French Scientific Organization specialized in Tropical Agriculture.
- Cities for a More Sustainable Future Library
- Clean Air Initiative
- Coordination Center for Natural Disaster Prevention in Central America (CEPREDENAC)
- Coordination Center for Natural Disaster Prevention in Central America (CEPREDENAC)
- Disaster Management Facility (World Bank Group)
- Disaster Management Facility (World Bank Group)
- ECLAC
Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean
- Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (CEPAL)
- Economic Research Service - USDA
- Ecopuerto
- Environmental Economics and Indicators - World Bank
- Environmental Law Institute
- EPA Economy and Environment
- European Environment Agency
- Evaluation of Preparedness and Response to Hurricanes Georges and Mitch
- FAO
Food and Agriculture Organization
- FAO - Regional Office for Latin America and the Caribbean
- Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
- Financing Biodiversity Conservation in Latin America
Publication discussing the role of public policies and financing in promoting sustainable development in Latin America.
- FONTAGRO
Regional Fund for Agricultural Technology
- FORAGRO
Investigation and Technological Agricultural Development Forum for the Americas.
- Future Harvest
- GeoHazards International (GHI)
- German Technical Cooperation Agency (GTZ)
- GFAR
Global Forum on Agricultural Research
- Global Development Research Center
- Global Environmental Fund
International fund management partnership that seeks superior financial returns through private equity investments in companies that have a positive impact on environmental quality, human health and the sustainable management of natural resources.
- Grupo Ceo
Economy and Organization Consultants - Argentina
- GTZ
Government-owned corporation for international cooperation with worldwide operations.
- Harvard Institute for International Development
- IATRC
International Agricultural Trade Research Consortium
- IDRC
The International Development Research Centre is a public corporation created by the Canadian government to help communities in the developing world find solutions to social, economic, and environmental problems through research.
- IFAD
International Fund for Agricultural Development
- IFPRI
International Food Policy Research Institute. Mission: to identify and analyze policies for sustainably meeting the food needs of the developing world.
- IICA
Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture
- IICA-Canada
Connecting agriculture, rural development and agribusiness in the Americas
- III Latin American Conference on Watershed Management (June 2003) (this web site is in Spanish)
The conference was an opportunity to analize, evaluate and exchange information regarding the issues connected to integrated watershed management in Latin America. The page contains information and documents discussed during the event.
- ILO - Forestry; wood; pulp and paper
International Labour Organization
- Independent Evaluation Group - IEG (The World Bank Group)
Evaluation of World Bank Assistance for Natural Disasters
- Institute for Appropriate Technology Transfer for Marginal Sectors (Convenio Andres Bello)
- Institute for Transportation and Development Policy (ITDP)
- Inter-American Association on Sanitary and Environmental Engineering - AIDIS
- International Association of Hydrological Sciences - IAHS
- International Council for Local Environmental Initiatives (ICLEI)
- International Development Network (IDN)
- International Development Research Centre (Canada)
- International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA)
- International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) - Linkages
- International Source Book on Environmentally Sound Technologies for Municipal Solid Waste Management (UNEP)
- International Strategy for Disaster Reduction: Latin America and the Caribbean
- La Red de Estudios Sociales en Prevención de Desastres (LA RED)
- Latin American Center for Social Ecology
CLAES is an independent non-government organization dedicated to the research, pursuit and promotion of social ecology.
- Lincoln Institute for Land Policy
- Links for Agricultural and Natural Resources Economists - AAEA
- Multilateral Investment Fund
- National Agricultural Library
The National Agricultural Library (NAL), part of the Agricultural Research Service of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, is one of four National Libraries in USA. NAL is a major international source for agriculture and related information.
- Natural Disasters - Press Releases (Featured in IDBAmérica Magazine)
- Natural Hazards Mitigation Group at University of Geneva
- Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)
- Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) - Environmental Issues
- Organization of American States (OAS)
- Pan American Center for Sanitary Engineering and Environmental Sciences
- Pan American Health Organization (PAHO)
- Pan American Health Organization (PAHO/WHO)
- Programa de Manejo de Recursos Costeros (PMRC)
- PROTAMAR
- Regional Disaster Information Center - Latin America and the Caribbean
- Resources for the Future
- RIMISP
- SAGARPA - Mexico
Secretariat of Agriculture, Livestock, Rural Development, Food and Fisheries.
- Salvador Institute for Municipal Development (ISDEM)
- Sistema de la Integración Centroamericana (SG-SICA)
- Sistema de la Integración Centroamericana (SG-SICA)
- SRDIS
Sustainable Rural Development Information System: a specialized, on-line library of Internet-based resources. The objective is to identify and organize those information resources most useful to resolving rural issues of global, national, and local impor
- The European Commission
- The Global Network for Environmental Economists (GNEE)
- The Sustainable Development Reference Link
This site contains useful links in different sectors.
- The Transboundary Freshwater Dispute Database
A project of Oregon State University, this database contains international and national water-related treaties.
- The Water Meeting
This page contains information and the documents presented at the I Encontro de Aguas in Fortaleza, Brazil in November 1997.
- The World Bank
- The World Bank Group/Agriculture
- Transantiago
- UK Department for International Development (DFID)
- UNDP Programme on Forests
PROFOR aims at providing concrete capacity building measures to assist the development of national strategies for improved forest management, and the development of the conceptual basis and instruments for achieving sustainable forest management.
- UNDP Programme on Forests
PROFOR aims at providing concrete capacity building measures to assist the development of national strategies for improved forest management, and the development of the conceptual basis and instruments for achieving sustainable forest management.
- UN-Habitat Best Practices Database
- United Nations
- United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat)
- United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (ISDR)
- United States Agency for International Development
- United States Agency for International Development (USAID) - Making Cities Work
- United States Department of Energy
- United States Environmental Protection Agency
- Urban Environmental Strategies (MIT)
- Urban Help (Ayuda Urbana)
- USAID
The United States Agency for International Development
- USDA
United States Department of Agriculture
- USDA Forest Service
- USDA Forest Service - International Program News
- USDA Rural Development
- WaterWeb
The Water Web consortium was built to improve communications and information access on water and the earth's environment.
- World Bank - Urban Environment
- World Bank's Forest Policy Implementation Review and Strategy
This site provides relevant documents and updates on the World Bank's Forest Policy Implementation Review and Strategy
- World Business Council for Sustainable Development
- WWW Environmental Virtual Library
- Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies
Last updated: 01/16/07
