An Invisible Chain of our Time

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by Iam Willgreen

Tropical Africa.

  CHEMISTRY

  Patents and Companies. The evolutive succession of patents.

  Pesticides Database (EU) / Pesticide Action Network & Pan Pesticide Database.

  Reactome: Open-source peer-reviewed pathway database.

  FORESTS

  Agroforestry Database / Species. (World Agroforestry Centre).

  Global Forest Watch. A free site for look over the forest situation.

  FUNDS

  Funding Universe. Companies that offer funds for…

  Global Mechanism (GM) - UN Convention to Combat Desertification

  Foundation Center. Bigger funds, bigger funders and main goals.

  Multi-Partner Trust Fund Office (MPTF Office - UNDP).

  GLOBAL

  Biodiversity Heritage Library.

  π Bloobook (13,000 species, by Paul Imboden).

  Environmental Treaties and Resources Indicators (ENTRI). (by countries)

  FAO Topics.

  GeoLand 2.

  GeoNetwork: a global database with maps and data, gathers many fields of study.

  Integrated Taxonomic Information System.

  International Court of Justice

  International Energy Agency.

  Maps.

  Online Biological Resources (USGS).

  Ozone Hole watch : About the famous Ozone Hole.

  UNCTAD Statistics.

  HEALTH

  Agency for Toxic Substances and Diseases Registry. Toxics Portal.

  Doctor Fungus.

  Ecotox (EPA).

  Engormix.

  Promed Map of Alerts.

  Risctox. & Busca-tox.

  Scorecard (pollutants & toxics).

  ORGANIZATIONS - CASES - PROJECTS

  (A close sight over many organization shows all sort of aims, sometimes at all opposites)

  Forest Landscape Restoration.

  Grain.

  Great Apes Survival Partnership.

  Intermon Oxfam. Behind trademarks. The new exchange of image among companies.

  M S Swaminathan Research Foundation - SEAS. India.

  PROFOR - Program on Forests.

  Union of Concerned Scientists.

  Waters, global overview: International Groundwater Resources Assessment Centre (IGRAC).

  Wentworth Group of Concerned Scientists.

  Women changing the World (only in spanish).

  RESOURCES

  Glaciers (GlacierWorks).

  Infomine (Mine sites).

  International Energy Agency (Stats).

  Mineral Resources On-Line Spatial Data (USGS).

  Nuclear energy (by the Nuclear Association).

  Waters (EPA): An initial overview on the state of waters.

  SEAS

  Census of Marine life.

  One Stop Data Shop (OSDS): the coastal states submission for delineation of outer limits for the continental shelf.

  SOILS

  AfSIS Africa Soil Information Service

  European Sate of Soils. European Soil Data Center /Joint Research Centre.

  ISRIC - World Soil Information: an organization that collects mainly information about the soils globally. Anyway, is a key point controlled by the interest, but has useful information.

  LADA - Land Degradation Assessment in Drylands: an old work of assessment over the main areas affected by drought and desertification.

  World Reference Base - Soils.

  TRADE

  Companies: the map of the market (online tool courtesy of The Street Wall Journal).

  Food Price Data Analysis Tool (GIEWS - FAO)

  SIPRI Arms Transfers Database (Stockholm International Peace Reasearch Institute.

  The Global 2000.

  USDA - Foreign Agricultural Service. International Agricultural Trade Reports.

 


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