Issue 23, April 2003

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forests.org

Forests.org consists of three environmental websites: the "Forest Conservation Portal," the ClimateArk - Climate Change Portal, and the Eco-Portal - Environmental Sustainability Portal. The forest and climate search engines each tap into half a million URLs, while the Eco-Portal approaches two million URLs.

www.waterportal-americas.org

The Water Portal of the Americas is an information service that aims to enhance the availability of quality water information. The purpose of the Portal will be to improve access to information and thus facilitate decision-making processes.

sd-online.ewindows.eu.org

Sustainable Development Online (SDO) seeks to map the continually changing and vital area of sustainable development and to provide access to significant websites built by organizations supporting the move towards sustainable development.

indianenvironmentonline.net

Indian Environment Online is a new website launched by the Society for Environmental Information and Sustainable Development (SEISD), New Delhi. It contains links to news, articles, press releases and resources related to the environment in India.

tv.oneworld.net

OneWorld TV is a video platform for human rights and social justice issues. To coincide with the 3rd World Water Forum in Kyoto, Japan, OneWorld TV is featuring films that look at some of the issues being debated: "Boiling Points" looks at three flashpoints on three continents where the supply of water is hotly disputed between countries and communities

www.bom.gov.au/iwk

The project recognizes the knowledge of weather and climate developed over countless generations by Australia's Indigenous communities and its ability to complement science and statistically based approaches. It provides an opportunity for communities to showcase their knowledge and for others to learn more about Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander life and culture.

www.un.org/esa/sustdev

The Division for Sustainable Development is pleased to announce the launch of its redesigned website. The Johannesburg Summit website will continue to exist as an archive from this site as well. The Division for Sustainable Development serves as the substantive secretariat responsible for servicing the Commission on Sustainable Development; for follow-up of the implementation of Agenda 21 as well as the Plan of Implementation (POI) of the World Summit on Sustainable Development.

www.ngdc.noaa.gov/paleo/ctl/

This Climate TimeLine website captures the history of climate exploration and its impact on human development. The site also examines meteorological and climatic processes and specific climate events of the past at other time scales.

www.AirImpacts.org

The AirImpacts website aimed to increase the global awareness of the environmental, health, and economic impacts of air pollution, including climate change.



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