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LINKS
ACTION
- COASTAL AND OCEANS GOVERNANCE AND THE GPA - Participants from 98 countries met in
Montréal, Québec in November 2001 to review the
implementation of the Global Programme of Action for the Protection of
the Marine Environment from Land-based Activities (GPA). The meeting
put forward the GPA as a suitable means of improving international
coastal and oceans governance. The "Montréal Declaration", an
outcome of the meeting, will be a major contribution to the World
Summit on Sustainable Development in Johannesburg, South Africa in
2002. The Declaration and other GPA documents are available at http://www.gpa.unep.org/igr/default.htm
- North American Commission for Environmental
Cooperation - The Commission
for Environmental Cooperation (CEC) is an international organization
created by Canada, Mexico and the United States under the North
American Agreement on Environmental Cooperation (NAAEC). The CEC was
established to address regional environmental concerns, help prevent
potential trade and environmental conflicts, and to promote the
effective enforcement of environmental law. The Agreement complements
the environmental provisions of the North American Free Trade Agreement
(NAFTA).
AQUACULTURE
- SUSTAINABLE COASTAL AQUACULTURE DEVELOPMENT - The GESAMP document entitled "Planning and
management for sustainable coastal aquaculture development" is
available at ftp://ftp.fao.org/fi/document/gesamp/Y1818e00.pdf
in PDF format. GESAMP is an advisory body consisting of
specialized experts nominated by the sponsoring agencies (IMO, FAO,
UNESCO-IOC, WMO, WHO, IAEA, UN, UNEP). Its principal task is to provide
scientific advice concerning the prevention, reduction and control of
the
degradation of the marine environment.
BOOKS & PUBLICATIONS
CLIMATE CHANGE
- CLIMATE CHANGE AND PUBLIC POLICY IN CANADA
Isuma, the Canadian Journal of Policy Research, is dedicated to
policy-relevant research
on issues that are cross-disciplinary and multi-dimensional. The focus
of the Winter 2001
Issue is Climate Change; the articles contained present many of the
issues related to
Climate Change and identify the public policy choices and concerns.
Isuma is available
online at http://www.isuma.net/index_e.shtml
COMMUNITY
- Social
Marketing. From Doug
McKenzie-Mohr, Ph.D., Environmental Psychologist. One of the most
difficult tasks faced by those who work to better the environment is
changing public behavior. A website is now available to help with this
task. Briefly, this site includes the following features: 1) an online
guide to fostering sustainable behavior. 2) a searchable database of
nearly 1000 academic articles on fostering sustainable behavior; 3) a
discussion forum for sharing information and asking questions of
others; 4) a searchable database of graphical examples of social
marketing. 5) a case studies database which contains 60 cases. Visit ...
- Rural Community DialogueToolkit
ENVIRONMENT
FUNDING
LAND TRUSTS
NATURE PARKS & RESERVES
NEWS
ORGANIC GROWING
PLANNING
RECYCLING
SOLAR ENERGY
WETLANDS
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