Environmentally Related Web Links
General
- Multilateral Treaties organized by subject,
http://fletcher.tufts.edu/multilaterals.html
- International law news, books, journals,
http://jurist.law.pitt.edu/sg_il.htm
- International Law Help,
http://www.internationallawhelp.com/links_page.htm
- ECOLEX Gateway to Environmental Law,
http://www.ecolex.org/
- Environmental Conventions, Agreements, Treaties and Protocols,
http://sedac.ciesin.columbia.edu/entri/index.jsp and
http://www.unep.org/DPDL/Law/Law_instruments/law_instruments_global.asp
- Marine Environmental Agreements,
http://www.unep.ch/seas/main/hlegal.html
- Wildlife treaties,
http://eelink.net/~asilwildlife/treaties.shtml
- International Fisheries Law,
www.oceanlaw.net/guide.htm
- UN Atlas of the Oceans,
http://www.oceansatlas.org/index.jsp
- Yearbook on International Cooperation on Environment and Development,
http://www.greenyearbook.org/
Environmental Blogs, News and Webpages
Specific
Climate Change
- Center for International Climate and Environmental Research - CICERO -
multi-disciplinary approach to the climate change issue:
http://www.cicero.uio.no/eindex.html
Center for the Study of Carbon Dioxide and Global Change -
non-profit organization interprets and disseminates current peer-reviewed
science dealing with the effects of increasing atmospheric CO2 levels on the
biosphere: http://www.co2science.org/
Climate Action Network:
http://www.climatenetwork.org/
Climage Change - an Environmental News Network global warming
special report:
http://www.enn.com/specialreports/climate/
Climate Change Secretariat:
http://www.unfccc.de/
Climate Protection Initiative Home -
a partnership between World
Resources Institute and private firms to identify acceptable policies and
business strategies for achieving strong climate protection goals:
http://www.wri.org/wri/cpi/
EnviroLink:
http://www.envirolink.org/ -
Comprehensive list of links on various environmental issues
Global Change -
a review of climate change and ozone depletion:
http://www.globalchange.org/
Global Climate Change -
educational site on global climate change
issues with sections on GCC science, definitions, acronyms, chronology,
links, newsletters, advanced technology, country-studies, and more:
http://www.puc.ohio.gov/consumer/gcc/index.html
GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE DIGEST:
http://www.globalchange.org/digest.htm
Global Warming -
EPA site. Information and resources on what is
known, potential impacts and what can be done:
http://www.epa.gov/oppeoee1/
Global Warming Information Page - source for info on global climate
change:
http://www.globalwarming.org/
Global Warming International Center -
disseminates information on
global warming science and policy, serving governmental and non-governmental
organizations, and industries in more than 120 countries:
http://www.globalwarming.net/
Global Warming Skeptic's Page - essays and links to information
critical of global warming claims:
http://www.skepticism.net/global_warming/index.html
Reporting on Climate Change -
information from the National Safety
Council:
http://www.nsc.org/ehc/guidebks/climtoc.htm
UNEP: http://www.unep.org
UNDP: http://www.undp.org
Global Regions
Environment and Development Agenda
- Stockholm Declaration of the United Nations Conference on the Human
Environment,
http://www.unep.org/Documents/Default.asp?DocumentID=97&ArticleID=1503
- 1972 Stockholm Conference Action Plan For The Human Environment,
http://fletcher.tufts.edu/multi/texts/STOCKHOLM-PLAN.txt
- UN General Assembly Resolution 27/2997, Institutional and Financial
Arrangements for International Environmental Cooperation (establishment of
UNEP),
http://www.unep.org/PDF/UN_GA_2997.pdf (1972)
- World Charter for Nature (1982),
http://www.un.org/documents/ga/res/37/a37r007.htm
- Nairobi Declaration (1982),
http://www.unep.org/Documents/Default.asp?DocumentID=70&ArticleID=737
- WCED Experts Group on Environmental Law, Legal Principles (1987),
http://www.iisd.org/sd/principle.asp?pid=59&display=1
- Agenda 21 (Chapter 17),
http://www.unep.org/Documents/Default.asp?DocumentID=52 (1992)
- Rio Declaration,
http://habitat.igc.org/agenda21/rio-dec.html (1992)
- UNGA Resolution 47/191(1993), CSD Constituent Instrument,
http://www.un.org/documents/ga/res/47/ares47-191.htm
- Report of the Global Conference on the Sustainable Development of Small
Island Developing States,
http://www.un.org/esa/sustdev/sids/sidstbc.htm (October 1994)
- Principles of International Law for Sustainable Development (Draft
1996),
http://www.un.org/gopher-data/esc/cn17/1996/backgrnd/law.txt
- Jakarta Ministerial Statement on Implementation of the CBD (1995),
http://www.oceanlaw.net/texts/jakarta.htm
- Nairobi Declaration (1997),
http://www.unep.org/Documents/Default.asp?DocumentID=287&ArticleID=1728
- United Nations Millennium Declaration,
http://www.un.org/millennium/declaration/ares552e.pdf (2000)
- Malmö Ministerial Declaration,
http://www.unep.org/malmo/malmo_ministerial.htm (2000)
- Montreal Declaration on the Protection of the Marine Environment from
Land-Based Activities,
http://www.gpa.unep.org/igr/Montreal-Declaration.pdf (2001)
- Johannesburg Principles on the Role of Law and Sustainable Development,
http://www.unep.org/dpdl/symposium/Principles.htm (2000)
- The Johannesburg Declaration on Sustainable Development
http://www.udel.edu/CMS/csmp/globaloceans/pdf/PoliticalDeclaration.pdf
- WSSD Plan of Implementation (in particular ¶¶
29-34 52-55)
http://www.johannesburgsummit.org/html/documents/summit_docs/2309_planfinal.htm
- IUCN Draft International Covenant on Environment and Sustainable
Development (3d Edition 2004),
http://www.i-c-e-l.org/indexen.html
Human Rights, Culture and Indigenous Peoples
- Universal Declaration on Human Rights,
http://www.hri.ca/uninfo/treaties/1.shtml
- International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (1966),
http://www.hri.ca/uninfo/treaties/2.shtml
- International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights,
http://www.hri.ca/uninfo/treaties/3.shtml
- ILO Convention 169, Convention concerning Indigenous and Tribal Peoples
in Independent Countries,
http://www.ilo.org/ilolex/cgi-lex/convde.pl?C169
- Kimberly Declaration (2002),
http://www.iwgia.org/sw217.asp
- Proposed American Declaration On The Rights Of Indigenous Peoples,
http://www.dialoguebetweennations.com/OASdeclaration/english/comparative.htm
- Ramsar Resolution VII.8 on local communities and indigenous people,
http://www.ramsar.org/key_res_vii.08e.htm
- Draft UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples,
http://www.unhchr.ch/huridocda/huridoca.nsf/2848af408d01ec0ac1256609004e770b/e4fc6deeafb3b06c802566cf003bea67?OpenDocument#res45
- World Bank and Indigenous Peoples,
http://lnweb18.worldbank.org/ESSD/sdvext.nsf/63ByDocName/PoliciesBackground
- Convention on the Protection of the Underwater Cultural Heritage (2001),
http://www.unesco.org/culture/laws/underwater/html_eng/convention.shtml
Law of the Sea
Marine Pollution
Biodiversity and Species
Compliance and Enforcement
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