EnvironEd

When we try to pick out anything by itself we find it hitched to everything else in the universe John Muir

Web Resources
(Data, lists, goals, documents, maps/images, reports, other info)

For acronyms see Notes below.

Data
General
 * World Conservation Monitoring Centre (WCMC)

Ecology and Biodiversity
 * IUCN - Red List of Endangered Species
 * CITES - CITES List of Endangered Species (for trade restrictions) (PDF)
 * UNESCO - World Heritage Sites
 * UNESCO - Biosphere Reserves (PDF)
 * Ramsar - Wetlands of International Importance (PDF)
 * Conservation International - Biodiversity Hotspots Map (PDF)
 * WWF - World Ecoregions: Terrestrial Marine Freshwater
 * FAO - Forest Resources

Population, food, and human development
 * UN Population Division - Population Statistics
 * Population Reference Bureau - Statistics and Reports
 * US Census Bureau International Data Base
 * US Census Bureau World Population Clock
 * UNFPA - State of World Population
 * FAO - Food and Agriculture Statistics
 * UNDP - Human Development Index Website Data Report
 * UN - Millennium Development Goals

Physical Resources and Pollution
 * UNFCCC - Greenhouse Gases Database
 * Montreal Protocol - Ozone-depleting Gases
 * WHO - Air Quality Guidelines (PDF)
 * Climate Zones map, shape files, kmz file description
 * WRI - Major Watersheds
 * WHO - Drinking Water Guidelines (PDF)
 * WHO/UNICEF - Water Supply and Sanitation
 * Stockholm Convention - Persistant Organic Pollutants list, infosheet(PDF)

Energy
 * IEA - World Energy Statistics and Balances (PDF)

Satellite Images
 * NASA - Earth Observatory
 * NOAA - Images

Information on Disasters
This includes both current and past disasters, natural and man-made.
 * United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction Past disasters and disaster reduction
 * Hyogo Framework International framework on disaster reduction
 * Severe Weather (WMO)
 * Tropical Cyclones
 * Volcanoes
 * Volcanoes
 * Earthquakes
 * Floods
 * ReliefWeb - current natural and man-made disasters and responses (website of OCHA)

Reports

 * United Nations Environment Program
 * United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction
 * Worldwatch Institute
 * Earth Policy Institute
 * World Water Week

Journals
These are all open access journals. For a complete list see the Directory of Open Access Journals.


 * PLoS ONE


 * PLoS Biology


 * BMC Ecology


 * Environmental Research Letters


 * Natural Hazards and Earth Systems Science


 * Environmental Health Perspectives

Environment in the News

 * Planet Ark - environment news from Reuters
 * Environmental News Network

Viewpoints (Blogs)

 * EcoGeek.org
 * EcoWorldly
 * Johnsearth
 * Reuters Environment Blog
 * SciDev.net
 * Triple Pundit
 * World Resources Institute
 * Worldchanging
 * Worldwatch's Eye on Earth blog
 * To save our PLANET

Environmental Pages on Wikieducator
Acid_Rain_Destruction

Biodome

Biome_in_a_Baggie

Endangered Animals

Environmental Education (this page)

Environmental Glossary

Evaporation_in_the_Water_Cycle

Global_Warming_Bibliography

Global_warming

Sustainability

Sustainability/Classroom_contracts

Water_Cycle_in_a_Bottle

Water_Pollution_and_Food_Chains

Visit this page and add to the sub-pages of Ecology & Environment Hub

User Pages on Wikieducator
User:Amanpreet_kaur

User:Anil Prasad

User:Charukgupta

User:Deepa

User:Dmccabe

User:Dr._Poonam_Sharma

User:Gita_Mathur

User:JohnWS

User:Randyfisher

User:Rtoteja27

User:Saritasanjay

User:Shalinee_Bhardwaj

User:Yamini_Panchaksharam

User:Yanubha

Actions

 * International Year of Biodiversity - 2010 UN press release
 * University of Toledo Chemistry Professor to help craft plan for teaching about climate change, Toledoblade.com, December 2009.

Notes: Acronyms

 * CITES - Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species
 * FAO - Food and Agricultural Organization
 * IEA - International Energy Agency
 * IUCN - International Union for Conservation of Nature
 * NASA - National Aeronautical and Space Administration (US)
 * NOAA - National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration (US)
 * OCHA - Office of Coordinator of Humanitarian Affairs
 * UNDP - United Nations Development Program
 * UNEP - United Nations Environment Program
 * UNESCO - United Nations Economic, Scientific, and Cultural Organization
 * UNFCCC - United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
 * UNFPA - United Nations Population Fund
 * UNICEF - United Nations Children's Fund
 * WHO - World Health Organization
 * WMO - World Meteorological Organization
 * WRI - World Resources Institute