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Web Resources - Land Use Cover Change
Human Dimensions of Global Change (HDGC)
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I. Organizations
See list on
Environment and Environmental Organizations
see also
Geoscience Sources - Modeling, and Visualisation - Cybernetics
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EELink List of Organizations
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Environmental Organization
Directory
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START
(SysTem for Analysis, Research and Training )
Links
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General ESS Links
(Earth System Science)
AAG
Association of American Geographers - home
AGCI - Aspen Global Change Institute
- home
AGCI
- Atlantic Global Change Institute
APN
- Asia-Pacific Network for Global Change Research
Audubon Society
- home
Australia - Environmental Resources
Information Network
- ERIN
BAHC - Biospheric Aspects of the Hydrological Cycle
- home
BNS - Center for the Study of Biology of
Natural Systems
BPRC
- Byrd Polar Research Center
Brooks/Cole Publishing
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Earth Science
Information Center
CARRE
- Central Asia Research and Remediation Exchange - San Diego State University
CAR/RCU
- Caribbean Environment Programme (UNEP) - Home Page
CAST - Council for Agricultural Science
and Technology -.
CDIAC - Oak Ridge National Laboratory's
Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center
CEPS - Center for Earth and Planetary Studies
- Smithsonian Air & Space Museum
CGER - Center for Global Environmental Research
- JAPAN
CGRER
- Center for Global and Regional Environmental Research - University of Iowa
CIAS
- Center for Integrated Agricultural Systems - Sustainable Agriculture - Wisconsin
CIESIN
- Consortium for International Earth Science Information Network
CINDI
: Center for Integration of Natural Disaster Information -
Disaster Atlas on Hurricane Mitch
in Central America
CIRA - Center for Integrated Regional Assessment
- Penn State University
CGIAR
- Consultative Group in International Agricultural Research
Climate Action Network
Online
DLESE
- Digital Library for Earth System Education
DESIP - Demographic, Environmental and Security
Project - University of Toronto
Destination Earth
- NASA
DIVERSITAS
- International Programme of Biodiversity Science
EartCast
- Maryland
Earth Council - Earth Network for Sustainable Development
, San Jose, Costa Rica
Earthwatch International
.- home
ECO - Environmental Careers
Organization
ENRICH
- European Network for Research on Global Change
ENTRI
- Environmental Treaties and Resource Indicators Service
EOSDIS - Earth Observing System
- home
ESIG - Environmental & Societal Impacts Group
- NCAR
ESRC -
Global Environmental Change Programme
- Economic and Social Research Council - UK
ESSE - Earth System Science Education Online
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ESSE 21 Project
- USRA Project
ESSC - Earth System Science Center
- Penn State University
ETFRN
- European Tropical Forestry Network
FAO
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Global Watch 2002
- home
FEMA: Federal Emergency Management Agency
- home
FGI - Futures Group Internationa
l - consulting firm
FocusWeb
- home
GCDIS
- data on global change access site
GCRIO
- US Global Change Research Information Office Home Page and its
Guide to Research
Institutions
GCTE - Global Change and Terrestrial Ecosystems
- home
GDN - Geography Discipline Network
- home
GECHS
- Global Environmental Change and Human Security
GEF - Global Environmental Facility
- World Bank
GEIC - Global Environment Information Centre
- UNU (Japan)
GIDEON
- Global Infectious Diseases and Epidemiology Network
GISS - Goddard Institute on Space Science - Institute on Climate and Planets
- home
GLIN - Great Lakes Information Network
- home
Global Health Network
- University of Pittsburg
GLOBE
- International Hands-on Science
GLOBEC
- Global Ocean Ecosystem Dynamics (GLOBEC) - home
GOOS
- Global Ocean Observing System - UNESCO - home
GPMI - George Perkins Marsh Institute
- Clark University
GREEN
- Global Rivers Environmental Education Network
HDGC-AAG Project - Human Dimensions of Global Change
- "Hands-On" Educational Modules - AAG
HungerWeb
- Brown University
IAI -
Interamerican Institute of Global Change Research
- home
ICE
- Information Center for the Environment - University of California, Davis
ICESS
- Institute for Computation Earth Systems Science - University of California, St. Barbara
ICSU
- International Council of Scientific Unions
IDGEC
- Institutional Dimensions of Global Environmental Change project
IIASA
- International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis
IGAC - International Global Atmospheric Chemistry Project
- home
IGBP
- International Geosphere-Biosphere Program
IGCC - Institute on Global Conflict and Cooperation
- University of California, San Diego
IGES
- Institute for Global Environmental Strateties -
EarthRise!
IHDP
- International Human Dimensions Programme on Global Environmental Change
IHDP - IT - Industrial Transformation
& Global Environmental Change Programme
IHPO
- International Health Program Office - CDC
IISD
- International Institute for Sustainable Development
INFOTERRA:
United Nations Environment Programme
IPCC
- Home
ISPE - Institute for the Study of Planet Earth
- University of Arizona
ISA
- International Studies Association
ISA/ESS
- Environmental Studies Section
ISF - Island Resources Foundation:
Environmental Planning for Island Development by Bruce Potter
ISRIC
- International Soil Reference and Information Centre
ISSC
- International Social Science Council
IUCN
- International Union for the Conservation of Nature
JGOFS - Joint Global Ocean Flux Study (JGOFS)
- home
JPL
- Jet Propulsion Lab -
Education
League of Conservation Voters
(scorecard)
LUCC - Land Use Land Cover Change
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IHDP
- home
LRC
- Limnological Research Center
MAB - Man and the Biosphere
- home
MEDIAS
- regional center for global change research in Africa and Mediterranean Basin
MRC - Mountain Research Center
- (Big Sky Institute) - Montana State University
NAS - National Academy of Sciences
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Division of Earth and Life Studies
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Coordinating Committee on Global Change
NASA - Earth Science Enterprise
- home
NASA Observatorium
- home
National Geographic Society
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Earth Pulse
journal page
Natural Hazards Center
- University of Colorado
Nature Conservancy
- home
Nature Serve
- formerly: National Heritage network - servers and resources on biodiversity
Nautilus Institute - Asia Pacific Regional Environment
Network Home
NBII - National Biological Information Infrastructure
- NBS
NCGIA
- National Center for Geographical Information Analysis
NCSE - National Council for Science and the Environment
- home
NET - National Environmental Trust
- many issues covered.
Netherlands Global Change
Research Programme -
Rijksinstitut voor Volksgezondheid en Milieuhygiene (RIVM)
NGDC
- National Geophysical Data Center - NOAA
NHMG - Natural Hazards Mitigation Group
at UniGE - Univ of Geneva
NIED - National Research Institute for Earth Science and Disaster Prevention
-- Japanese Govt
NOAA
- National Oceanic and Atmospheric Agency / Dept of Commerce
NOAA -
Office of Global Programs
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Paleoclimatology Program
- home
NRCS - Natural Resources Conservation Service
- online
NRDC - Natural Resources Defense Council
- home
NSF - Environmental and Global Change
- links and descriptions of research
NSSL - National Severe Storms Laboratory
- NOAA / University of Oklahoma
Ocean Planet
- Smithsonian Exhibit
ODI
- Overseas Development Institute
OPR - Office of Population Research
- Princeton University
ORLS - Office of Arid Lands Studies
- University of Arizona
Outdoor Action
- Princeton University
PAGES
- Past Global Environmental Changes - IGBP
Panos Institute
- home
Population Reference Bureau
- home
Potsdam Institute -
Climate Impact Research
PROCLIM
- Swiss Climate and Global Change programme
Program for the Human Environment
- Rockefeller University
Project 2061
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AAAS
PSC - Population Studies Center
- University of Michigan
RAWOO
- Advisory Council for Research on Development Problems -
Nuffic
- The Hague
REGIS
- Research Program in Environmental Planning and GIS / Berkeley
ReliefWeb
- home
REM
- Radiological Environmental Monitoring
Resources for the Future
- home
SCOR
- Scientific Committee on Oceanic Research
SEA-SPAN
- Southeast Asian Science Policy Advisory Network in Global Change
SEI
- Stockholm Environmental Institute
SEMARNAP -Secretaría de Medio Ambiente, Recursos Naturales y Pesca
- México
Sierra Club
- home
Social and Behavioral Dimensions of Global Environmental Change
- Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG)
SSRC - Social Science Research Council
- home
Solstice - Sustainable Development and Energy
Online
START
(SysTem for Analysis, Research and Training )
Links
TED
- Trade and Environment Database (case studies) project
UNCBD - Convention on Biodiversit
y - home
UNCCD - Desertification Convention
- home
UNEP CAR/RCU
- Caribbean Environment Programme - Home
UNEP's
Global Environmental Outlook
2000- home
UNEP Global Resource Information
Database
UNEP-North America
- EROS data center
UNFCCC
- United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
UNU Environment and Sustainable Development Programme
- United Nations University
USAID
- US Agency for International Development
USDA/Disaster Assistance
- home
U.S. Federal Government Agencies
- access site
USGCRP
- US Global Change Research Program - main page
U.S. - Global Ocean Observing System
- US Committee - home
USGS
- US Geological Survey - home
USGS -
Global Change Research Office
-
Assessing the Impacts of Climate Variability and Change
on the Nation's Resources -
Index of Environmental Themes
/ projects
USGS
- National Seismic Hazard Mapping Project
US State Department
- Global Affairs
VAM - Vulnerability Assessment Mapping
of the
World Food Programme
Wageningen Agricultural University
, The Netherlands
WCMD -World Conservation Monitoring Centre
- home
WCRP
- World Climate Research Programme
Woodrow Wilson Foundation
- Environmental Science Institutes
WDC -World Data Center
- NOAA home
WDC-A
- Human Interactions in the Environment
World Food Programme
- home
World Hunger Program
- Brown University
World Meteorological Organization
- The Official WMO Home Page - Geneva Switzerland
World Resources Institute
- home
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
- home
World Watch Institute
- resources
WWF
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The Living Planet Campaign
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II. Selected Research Projects
See also
Environment and Environmental Organizations
-
Geoscience Sources - Modeling, and Visualisation - Cybernetics
-
EELink List of Organizations
-
Environmental Organization
Directory
-
START
(SysTem for Analysis, Research and Training )
Links
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General ESS Links
(Earth System Science)
Alexandria Project
- digital library project
BAHC
- Biospheric Aspects of the Hydrological Cycle
CERES:
California Environmental Resources Evaluation System
CERES S'COOL Project
- home - NASA Langley Research Center
CLUE
- Conversion of Land Use and its Effects
Critical Ecoregions Program
- Sierra Club
CRYSYS - Global Change Site on the Cryosphere
- Canada
Dutch Research Project on Global Air Pollution
and Climate Change
EAPEI
- East Asian and Pacific Environmental Initiative
EOLSS - Encyclopaedia of Life Support Systems
Project (UK)
FED
- Forest Ecosystem Dynamics - US Forest Service
GAP Analysis
- home
GECHS
- Global Environmental Change and Human Security project
Global Analysis, Interpretation, & Modelling
(GAIM)
Global Change in Local Places
(NSF Project with AAG)
Global Change and Terrestrial Ecosystems
- Stanford University
GLOBEC
- Global Ocean Ecosystem Dynamics
Human Dimensions of Global Change
- "Hands-On" Educational Modules - AAG
IDGEC
- Institutional Dimensions of Global Environmental Change project
IGAC
- International Global Atmospheric Chemistry
INBIO
- Pagina Principal de INBio - biodiversity research, Costa Rica
Jason Project
- ocean studies
JERS-1 Global Rainforest Mapping
- GRFM Project - Amazon
LOICZ
- Land-Ocean Interactions in the Coastal Zone
LBA - LARGE SCALE BIOSPHERE-ATMOSPHERE
Experiment in Amazonia
LUCC - Land Use Land Cover Change
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IHDP
- home
MBARI - Biogeochemical cycles
- Monterey Bay California
NOAA Paleoclimatology Program
- home
Project on Environment, Population and Security:
Conflict, Sustainable Development - University of Toronto
Sierra Nevada Ecosystem
Project - SNEP
Tree of Life - Phylogeny and Biodiversity
Research - University of Arizona
UMESC
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Long Term Resourse Monitoring Program
- Water Elevation and Discharge Data - Mississippi River system
USCP - US Country Studies Program
(data / document support for climate change research)
U.S. JGOFS Home Page
- US Joint Global Ocean Flux Study
U. S. Long-Term Ecological
Research Network
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III. Research Aides
See also
:
Population-Demography
and
Statistics-Data
as well as
Economy-Trade-Commerce
and
Development Studies
and
Resources for Economists on the Internet
- a WONDERFUL site!
Acronyms & Abreviations in global change
- LUCC page
Acronyms
- US Climate Change Research program
Acronyms and Abreviations
in Global Change and
Documents and Publications Online
(GCRIO)
Amazing Environmental Organization
Directory
Calendar of Events -
IHDP
Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center
Glossary
Compendium of Information Sources on Global Change
- GCRIO
Degrees of Change Newsletter
(Carnegie Mellon University) - Center for Study of HDGC
Destination Earth
- NASA
Earth Explorer
- USGS/EDC
Earth Times
- magazine
Earth today
- Daily updates of major events
Earth Trends
portal to environmental information
Earthweek - Diary of the Planet
(events in the last week)
ECO - Environmental Careers
Organization
EE-Link Resources
on the Internet (Environmental Education)
EES
- Earth's Environment and Society (
Virtual Geography Department
)
ELDIS
- Electronic Development and Environment Library
Environmental Treaties and Resource Indicators Service
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SEDAC/CIESIN
Environmental Video Resources
- Video Project
EOSDIS GLOSSARY OF TERMS
- home
ESRI
- Resources for GIS/RS
ETE (Exploring the Environment)
- COTF (NASA Classroom of the Future) Earth Science Modules
Explorations
- Cornell Theory Center
FAO
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Global Watch
- State of Food and Agriculture and
other resources
Frank Potter's Science Gems
- UCI / Science Education Office (Univ of California, Irvine)
GeoData Information Sources
- Center for Global and Regional Environmental Research, University of Iowa
GCDIS
- data on global change access site
Global Change
Master Directory
Global Information Locator Service
- home
Global SchoolNet's
Internet Projects Registry
GLOBE
- International Hands-on Science
Glossary of Global Change
IHDP
- News
Mailing Lists
on the Environment and Related Topics
National Scienc
e Education Standards
- home
NGDC
- Images and Data
Our Changing Planet
(external links to the
Global Change Research Information Office
) - Fiscal Year 2003 [PDF]
POSTIX Visualizations
- University of Maryland
Register of Ecological Models (REM)
- home
Resources for Economists on the Internet
Science in the Headlines
- National Academy of Sciences
Solar System Live
- home
Terranova: Planet of the Day
- home
UNEP/GRID Sioux Falls
: Population & Environment Links
Virtual Library
- ecology, biodiversity, and environment
Why Files
- Science Behind the News
World Resources Institute
:
19
96-97 Table of Contents
and
1998-99 Edition
- World Resources Database
World Resources 2000-2001
:
People and Ecosystems: The Fraying Web of Life
(PDF)
World Resources 2002-2004:
Decisions for the Earth: Balance, Voice, and Power
(PDF)
Earth Trends
portal to environmental information
Global Forest Watch
Sustainable Development Information Service
- WRI
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IV. Data Sources
See also
:
Population-Demography
and
Statistics-Data
as well as
Economy-Trade-Commerce
and
Development Studies
and
Resources for Economists on the Internet
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GIS/RS Sources
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Geography an Mapping and GPS Sources
-
General Environmenta Studies
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Biosphere Resources
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Cybernetics
Agricultural Related Resources
- FAO
ADDS
- Africa Data Dissemination Service
Asia Population Database
Documentation
ATLAS OF
PALEO-VEGETATION
Atmospheric
CO2 Concentrations - Mona Loa Observatory
Biodiversity Resources
- WRI
Biological Information Infrastructure
- USGS
Business/Economic Information & Data
on the Internet - Stat-USA
California's Natural Resources
- home
California Rivers Assessment
(CARA) Information Center for the Environment (ICE)
Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis
Center (CDIAC)
CCP
- Population, Communications, Health - John's Hopkins University
Census Bureau
- Data Access Tools (Tiger files, gazetteer, etc.)
Country Commercial Guides
- US State Department
CEDAR
- Central European Environmental Data Request Facility
CIESIN
- Gateway
Coastal Information Directory
Information Page - NOAA
Current Marine Data and Observations
- OceanWeather.com
DLESE
- Digital Library of Earth System Education
Demographic Data Viewer
- SEDAC/CIESIN
Earth Explorer
- USGS/EDC
Economic Data on the Internet -
Penn World Tables
EE-Link Resources
on the Internet (Environmental Education)
Endangered Species
- EE-Link
Environmental and Sustainability Indicators Project
- CIAT/UNEP - Latin America/Caribbean
Environmental Information
Resources
- GEIC - Japan
EnviroLink
- home
Environmental Security
Library & Database
FAO FOCUS:
Plant Genetic Resources
FAO
Global Watch Archive site
FAOSTAT
- databases of several types
FEWS
- Famine Early Warning System
FireNet
Information Network
Flood Observatory
- Dartmouth College (FLOOD disasters, etc)
GCDIS
- data on global change access site
GEIC
: Environment resources - Global Environment Information Centre
Geoindicators
- Tools for Assessing Rapid Environmental Changes
George Perkins Marsh Institute
- Clark University
GIEWS
- FAO - Global Information and Early Warning System
Global Biogeochemical Dynamics
- Oak Ridge DAAC
Global Change Master Directory
- resources
Global Data Sets
- UNEP / GRID
Global Development Gateway
- World Bank
Global Drainage Basins Database
- USGS
Global Forest Watch
- WRI
Global Information Locator Service
- home
Global Temperature-Salinity Profile Program -
GTSPP Database
GPO Access on the Web
- Government Publications Office
Great Lakes Information
Network
GHIE
- Greater Horn of Africa Information Exchange
International Data Base (IDB)
- US Census Bureau
International Soil Maps/Biophysical Indices
- ISRIC
ISRIC
- International Soil Reference and Information Centre
Keys to the US Soil Taxonomy
- NRCS
National Resources Inventory
- NRCS
National Science Digital Library
- contact point
National Geospatial Data Clearinghouse
- USGS
Nature Serve
- formerly: National Heritage network - servers and resources on biodiversity
NESDIS
- Nat. Envir. Satellite Data and Information Service
NGDC
- National Geophysical Data Center - home
NOAAServer
: Data and Information Details
NRCS
- Natural Resources Conservation Service
NRCS Soil Survey Division
Soil Photo Gallery
NRCS -
National Soil Data
Office of Population Research
- Princeton University
PLANTS
National Database - USDA
PRAXIS
- Resources for Social and Economic Development
Policy Instruments Database
- CIESIN/SEDAC
POPLINE
- home
POPNET
- world Population data sources
Population and the environment
- Union of Concerned Scientists
Population Index
- home
PRB
World Population Data Sheet
Penn World Tables
Database
Resources for Economists on the Internet
- WONDERFUL site!
Rates of Rainforest Destruction
- Rainforest Action Network
SEDAC/CIESIN - Information Gateway -
Socioeconomic and Data Applications Center - Consortium for International Earth Science Information Network - CIESIN
Social Science Information
Gateway - SOSIG
SOFA - State of Food and Agriculture -
FAO
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Global Watch
- State of Food and Agriculture and
other resources
SRDIS
- Sustainable Rural Development Information System - CIESIN
Statistical Resources on the Web
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ICPSR
- University of Michigan
Sustainable Development Information Service
- WRI
Trends in Developing Economies
- CIESIN
UNEP
- Global Resource Information Database
UNICEF
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DATA
-
Progress of Nations 1996
: and
1998
- and
State of the World's Children
-1998 and
SOWC-2000
- home
Unidata
: Software and Weather Data for Universities - UCAR/NCAR
University of Iowa CGRER Home Page
- Center for Global Research....
USAID Famine Early Warning System
- Sahel / Africa
USCP
- US Country Studies Program (data / document support for climate change research)
USDA
-Natural Resources Conservation Service -- NRCS
USGS GEOMET
Data Extraction Form - USGS Desert Winds Project at Gold Spring, Great Basin
Desert, northeastern Arizona, 1979 - 1992
VAM - Vulnerability Assessment Mapping
of the
World Food Programme
Virtual Library on
International Development
World Bank
- home
World Bank -
countries and regions - English
World Bank Data and Statistics
- home
World Soil Resources
- NRCS
WDC -World Data Center
- NOAA home
WDC-A
- Human Interactions in the Environment
World Data Center
A, Oceanography
World Factbook 2003
- CIA
World Population
- Online clock & digital counter
World Tables
- Dataset Description Guide by CIESIN
WRI:
Global Trends in Environment and Development
World Resources Institute
:
19
96-97 Table of Contents
and
1998-99 Edition
- World Resources Database
World Resources 2000-2001
:
People and Ecosystems: The Fraying Web of Life
(PDF)
World Resources 2002-2004
:
Decisions for the Earth: Balance, Voice, and Power
(PDF)
Earth Trends
portal to environmental information
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Robert E. Ford
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