An Invisible Chain of our Time
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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.