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This is only a selection, not an exhaustive list, please feel free to send us your suggestions for new entries at the address below
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Popular science: educational TV and printed magazines
· Alternatives Journal (Faculty of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada)
· Australian Geographic
· Camas: The Nature of the West
· Canadian Geographic
· Discovery Channel
· E - The Environmental Magazine
· ECOS magazine
· Alternatives Journal (Faculty of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada)
· Australian Geographic
· Camas: The Nature of the West
· Canadian Geographic
· Discovery Channel
· E - The Environmental Magazine
· ECOS magazine
· Down to Earth - weekly show from France 24 TV channel (in English)
· Elément Terre - weekly show from France 24 TV channel (in French)
· Environment:Yale
· explorations magazine : the e-magazine of Scripps Oceanography, UC San Diego
· Geographical
· Grist
· Mother Nature Network
· National Geographic Magazine
· National Geographic Magazine - France
· National Geographic Magazine - Russia
· Our World 2.0 (United Nations University webzine and forum - in English)
· Our World 2.0 (United Nations University webzine and forum - in Japanese
· PBS - Public Broadcasting Service
· PBS - Public Broadcasting Service - Nature section
· Scientific American
· Sierra (magazine of the Sierra Club
· The Smithsonian magazine
· Terraeco (in French)
· The Ecologist
· The Environmentalist (website of the Institute of Environmental Management and Assessment - IEMA)
· Натураліст (The Naturalist; only in Ukrainian)
· Elément Terre - weekly show from France 24 TV channel (in French)
· Environment:Yale
· explorations magazine : the e-magazine of Scripps Oceanography, UC San Diego
· Geographical
· Grist
· Mother Nature Network
· National Geographic Magazine
· National Geographic Magazine - France
· National Geographic Magazine - Russia
· Our World 2.0 (United Nations University webzine and forum - in English)
· Our World 2.0 (United Nations University webzine and forum - in Japanese
· PBS - Public Broadcasting Service
· PBS - Public Broadcasting Service - Nature section
· Scientific American
· Sierra (magazine of the Sierra Club
· The Smithsonian magazine
· Terraeco (in French)
· The Ecologist
· The Environmentalist (website of the Institute of Environmental Management and Assessment - IEMA)
· Натураліст (The Naturalist; only in Ukrainian)
Our selection of travel, nature, and geography consumer magazines
· Africa Geographic
· Animan (Swiss magazine in French)
· BBC Wildlife Magazine
· Conservationist
· Discovery channel magazine
· Earthfirst! Journal (very politicized, radical)
· Geo (German magazine)
· Geo (in French)
· Geo (in Russian)
· Geo (in Spanish)
· Africa Geographic
· Animan (Swiss magazine in French)
· BBC Wildlife Magazine
· Conservationist
· Discovery channel magazine
· Earthfirst! Journal (very politicized, radical)
· Geo (German magazine)
· Geo (in French)
· Geo (in Russian)
· Geo (in Spanish)
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· New Zealand Geographic
· Orion Magazine · Outside · Sierra Club (the magazine - see below for the NGO) · Terre Sauvage (in French) · Thalassa (in French) · Trek Magazine (in French) |
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Learned societies, research institutes,
scholarly publications
· Aldo Leopold Research Institute
· All European geographic societies members of EUGEO (list)
· American Georgraphic Society
· Association of American Geographers
· Audubon Society
· Australian Geographic.Society
· Bombay Natural History Society (website currently off line - N&C will share updated link as soon as availble)
· Bombay Natural History Society : The Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society
· Canadian Association of Geographers
· Challenger Society for Marine Science
· Ecological Society of America (ESA)
· Environment Society of Oman
· EUGEO - the Association of Geographical Societies in Europe
· European Forest Institute (site also serves as a portal)
· Explorers Club
· Gamma Theta Upsilon, The International Geographical Honor Society
· Gesellschaft für Erdkunde zu Berlin (founded by Humboldt, 1828)
· Indian Environmental Society (IES)
· Institute of Environmental Management and Assessment (IEMA)
· International Geographical Union
· International Journal of River Basin Management
· International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics
· IUFRO - International Union of Forestry Research Organizations
· Japan Environment Quarterly (JEQ)
· National Geographic Society
· SAAMBR - (South African Association for Marine Biology) incorporating Oceanographic Research Institute (ORI - South Africa) and
· Sea World (see previous link)
· Royal Canadian Geographical Society
· Royal Geographical Society
· Royal Scottish Geographical Society
· Royal Society
· Scripps Institution of Oceanography
· Smithsonian Institution
· Sociedade de Geografia de Lisboa (in Portuguese; some pages in English)
· Société Royale Belge de Géographie (SRBG) (in French; link to the Flemish version)
· The Society of Woman Geographers
· The National Council for Geographic Education
· Wildlife Conservation Society
· Worldwatch Institute
· Гуманитарный экологический журнал - The Humanitarian Environmental Magazine (Ukrainian in Russian language)
· Русское географическое общество - Russian Geographical Society (in English)
· Русское географическое общество - Russian Geographical Society (in Russian)
· الجمعية الجغرافية السعودية - Saudi Geographical Society (in Arabic)
· الجمعية الجغرافية السعودية - Saudi Geographical Society (in English)
· 香港地理學會 - Hong Kong Geographical Association
Portals and e-libraries
· BHL - Biodiversity Heritage Library (one of the richest data bases on nature)
· Blue Link (Bulgarian portal in Bulgarian)
· Blue Link (Bulgarian portal in English)
· EnviroLink ("one of the largest online resources." -The New York Times)
· EcoPortal.net (one of the most important portals in Spanish)
· Euro Forest Portal (operated by The European Forest Institute)
· History of Economic Thought website (from the Department of Economics of the highly esteemed New School for Social Research - an excellent tool for students)
· National Parks Worldwide (hosted by Polish National Parks)
· The Arctic Is
· The Indigenous Portal (of the International Indigenous Task Force - IITF sponsored by the UN)
· Ontario Environment Network (OEN)
· Wilderness.net
· BHL - Biodiversity Heritage Library (one of the richest data bases on nature)
· Blue Link (Bulgarian portal in Bulgarian)
· Blue Link (Bulgarian portal in English)
· EnviroLink ("one of the largest online resources." -The New York Times)
· EcoPortal.net (one of the most important portals in Spanish)
· Euro Forest Portal (operated by The European Forest Institute)
· History of Economic Thought website (from the Department of Economics of the highly esteemed New School for Social Research - an excellent tool for students)
· National Parks Worldwide (hosted by Polish National Parks)
· The Arctic Is
· The Indigenous Portal (of the International Indigenous Task Force - IITF sponsored by the UN)
· Ontario Environment Network (OEN)
· Wilderness.net
Most useful museum websites (our selection)
· American Museum of Natural History
· California Academy of Sciences
· Centennial Museum, University of Texas at El Paso
· Denver Museum of Nature & Science (Denver, CO)
· Musée Océanographique de Monaco - Institut Océanographique de Paris
· National Earth Science Museum (Windhoek, Namibia)
· National Museums of Kenya (Nairobi, Kenya)
· Natural History Museum, London
· Natural History Museums and Collections (portal by the University of Washington Libraries, Monographic Services Division)
· Peabody Museum of Natural History at Yale University
· Virtual Museum of Canada (VMC)
· Музей антропологии и этнографии им. Петра Великого (Кунсткамера) - Peter the Great Museum of Anthropology and Ethnography (Kunstkamera) (in English)
· Музей антропологии и этнографии им. Петра Великого (Кунсткамера) - Peter the Great Museum of Anthropology and Ethnography (Kunstkamera) (in Russian)
· 国立科学博物館 - National Science Museum, Tokyo (Tokyo, Japan) (in English)
· 国立科学博物館 - National Science Museum, Tokyo (Tokyo, Japan) (in Japanese)
· American Museum of Natural History
· California Academy of Sciences
· Centennial Museum, University of Texas at El Paso
· Denver Museum of Nature & Science (Denver, CO)
· Musée Océanographique de Monaco - Institut Océanographique de Paris
· National Earth Science Museum (Windhoek, Namibia)
· National Museums of Kenya (Nairobi, Kenya)
· Natural History Museum, London
· Natural History Museums and Collections (portal by the University of Washington Libraries, Monographic Services Division)
· Peabody Museum of Natural History at Yale University
· Virtual Museum of Canada (VMC)
· Музей антропологии и этнографии им. Петра Великого (Кунсткамера) - Peter the Great Museum of Anthropology and Ethnography (Kunstkamera) (in English)
· Музей антропологии и этнографии им. Петра Великого (Кунсткамера) - Peter the Great Museum of Anthropology and Ethnography (Kunstkamera) (in Russian)
· 国立科学博物館 - National Science Museum, Tokyo (Tokyo, Japan) (in English)
· 国立科学博物館 - National Science Museum, Tokyo (Tokyo, Japan) (in Japanese)
International Governmental (Intergovernmental) Organizations - IGOs
· African Union
· Arctic Council
· Council of Europe - nature
· Council of Europe - The European Landscape Convention
· Earth System Governance Project (IHDP core project)
· EEA - European Environment Agency (European Union)
· ESA - European Space Agency
· EUROPARC Federation ("Federation of Nature and National Parks of Europe")
· ICSS - International Social Science Council (associated with UNESCO)
· IHDP - International Human Dimensions Programme on Global Environmental Change (joint UN/ ISSC/ ICSU programme)
· IPCC - Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
· Nordic Council of Ministers for the Environment (MR-M)
· Organisation of American States (in English) (also accessible in Portuguese and French)
· Organisation of American States (in Spanish) (also accessible in Portuguese and French)
· Organisation of American States - environement (in English) (also accessible in Portuguese and French)
· Organisation of American States - environement (in Spanish) (also accessible in Portuguese and French)
· Regional Environmental Center for Central and Eastern Europe (REC) (EU, Hungary, USA)
· UNDP - United Nations Development Programme
· UNEP - United Nations Environment Programme
· UNESCO (natural science portal)
· United Nations Geographic Information Working Group (UNGIWG)
· Water CoRe (EU exchange platform for water scarcity and drought issues on regional and local level for all European regions)
· World Meteorological Organization (United Nations)
· African Union
· Arctic Council
· Council of Europe - nature
· Council of Europe - The European Landscape Convention
· Earth System Governance Project (IHDP core project)
· EEA - European Environment Agency (European Union)
· ESA - European Space Agency
· EUROPARC Federation ("Federation of Nature and National Parks of Europe")
· ICSS - International Social Science Council (associated with UNESCO)
· IHDP - International Human Dimensions Programme on Global Environmental Change (joint UN/ ISSC/ ICSU programme)
· IPCC - Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
· Nordic Council of Ministers for the Environment (MR-M)
· Organisation of American States (in English) (also accessible in Portuguese and French)
· Organisation of American States (in Spanish) (also accessible in Portuguese and French)
· Organisation of American States - environement (in English) (also accessible in Portuguese and French)
· Organisation of American States - environement (in Spanish) (also accessible in Portuguese and French)
· Regional Environmental Center for Central and Eastern Europe (REC) (EU, Hungary, USA)
· UNDP - United Nations Development Programme
· UNEP - United Nations Environment Programme
· UNESCO (natural science portal)
· United Nations Geographic Information Working Group (UNGIWG)
· Water CoRe (EU exchange platform for water scarcity and drought issues on regional and local level for all European regions)
· World Meteorological Organization (United Nations)
Environmental ministries (or comparable institutions) of the nations of the world:
This list (longer than Wikipedia's) it is not exhaustive; you can contribute links by writing to us; links direct automatically to English language home page if available. URLs change very frequently following political, administrative or new IT policies. N&C attempts to keep the list as up to date as possible.
— Australia — Austria — Albania — Algeria (in Arabic and French) — Argentina — Azerbaijan — Bahamas — Bangladesh — Belgium (government portal on environmental institutions) — Bolivia — Bosnia-Herzegovina — Botswana — Brazil — Cambodia — Cameroon (forests & wildlife) — Canada — Chile — China — Colombia — Costa Rica — Croatia — Cuba — Cyprus — Czech Republic — Denmark — Dominican Republic — Ecuador — Egypt --El Salvador — Estonia — France (website of ministry of environment) — France (ministry of foreign affairs environmental news page in English) — Finland — Georgia — Germany — Ghana — Greece — Guatemala — Haiti — Hungary — Iceland — India — Indonesia — Iran — Iraq — Ireland — Ireland — Israel — Italy — Ivory Coast — Jamaica — Japan — Jordan — Kenya — Kosovo — Kuwait — Latvia — Lebanon — Liechtenstein — Lithuania — Luxembourg (government portal on environment) — Macedonia — Malaysia — Maldives — Malta — Mauritius — Mexico — Morocco — Nepal — Netherlands — New Zealand — Nicaragua — Norway — Oman — Oman (additional information) — Pakistan — Palau — Panama — Paraguay — Peru — Philippines — Poland — Portugal — Qatar — Romania — Russia — Samoa — Sénégal — Serbia — Seychelles — Singapore — Slovakia — Slovenia — Somaliland — South Africa — South Korea — Spain — Sri Lanka — Sweden — Switzerland — Taiwan — Tanzania — Thailand — Togo — Tunisia -- Turkey : Environment & Urbanisation (in English) -- Turkey: energy & natural resources (in Turkish) — Turkey: water & forestry (in Turkish) — Ukraine — United Arab Emirates — (USA): EPA - United States Environmental Protection Agency — Uganda — Uruguay — Venezuela — Zambia -- Zimbabwe
Local government environmental institutions
Argentina:
San Luis province
Germany:
Bavaria
Canada:
Alberta -- British Columbia -- Manitoba -- New Brunswick -- Nortwestern Territories — Nova Scotia -- Saskatchewan -- Ontario -- Quebec -- Yukon
UK :
-- Montserrat --
other government agencies and and programs (of interest to geographers):
· (Australia): Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs (FaHCSIA)
· (Ireland): Department of communications, energy and natural resources
· (France): GIP ECOFOR (forests - research and policy making )
· (France): Office National des Forets (in French only)
· (France): Parcs Nationaux de France (National Park service)
· (Germany): Bundesministerium für Umwelt, Naturschutz und Reaktorsicherheit
· (Germany): Bundesministerium für Umwelt, Naturschutz und Reaktorsicherheit (in English)
· (Pakistan): Enironmental Protection Agency
· (Portugal): APA - Agência Portuguesa do Ambiente - Portuguese Environment Agency
· (Russia): Russian Federal Space Agency
· (USA): Bureau of Indian Affairs
· (USA): Bureau of Land Management
· (USA): NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration
· (USA): National Park Service
· (USA): U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
· (USA): U.S. Geological Survey
· (USA): US Forest Service
This list (longer than Wikipedia's) it is not exhaustive; you can contribute links by writing to us; links direct automatically to English language home page if available. URLs change very frequently following political, administrative or new IT policies. N&C attempts to keep the list as up to date as possible.
— Australia — Austria — Albania — Algeria (in Arabic and French) — Argentina — Azerbaijan — Bahamas — Bangladesh — Belgium (government portal on environmental institutions) — Bolivia — Bosnia-Herzegovina — Botswana — Brazil — Cambodia — Cameroon (forests & wildlife) — Canada — Chile — China — Colombia — Costa Rica — Croatia — Cuba — Cyprus — Czech Republic — Denmark — Dominican Republic — Ecuador — Egypt --El Salvador — Estonia — France (website of ministry of environment) — France (ministry of foreign affairs environmental news page in English) — Finland — Georgia — Germany — Ghana — Greece — Guatemala — Haiti — Hungary — Iceland — India — Indonesia — Iran — Iraq — Ireland — Ireland — Israel — Italy — Ivory Coast — Jamaica — Japan — Jordan — Kenya — Kosovo — Kuwait — Latvia — Lebanon — Liechtenstein — Lithuania — Luxembourg (government portal on environment) — Macedonia — Malaysia — Maldives — Malta — Mauritius — Mexico — Morocco — Nepal — Netherlands — New Zealand — Nicaragua — Norway — Oman — Oman (additional information) — Pakistan — Palau — Panama — Paraguay — Peru — Philippines — Poland — Portugal — Qatar — Romania — Russia — Samoa — Sénégal — Serbia — Seychelles — Singapore — Slovakia — Slovenia — Somaliland — South Africa — South Korea — Spain — Sri Lanka — Sweden — Switzerland — Taiwan — Tanzania — Thailand — Togo — Tunisia -- Turkey : Environment & Urbanisation (in English) -- Turkey: energy & natural resources (in Turkish) — Turkey: water & forestry (in Turkish) — Ukraine — United Arab Emirates — (USA): EPA - United States Environmental Protection Agency — Uganda — Uruguay — Venezuela — Zambia -- Zimbabwe
Local government environmental institutions
Argentina:
San Luis province
Germany:
Bavaria
Canada:
Alberta -- British Columbia -- Manitoba -- New Brunswick -- Nortwestern Territories — Nova Scotia -- Saskatchewan -- Ontario -- Quebec -- Yukon
UK :
-- Montserrat --
other government agencies and and programs (of interest to geographers):
· (Australia): Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs (FaHCSIA)
· (Ireland): Department of communications, energy and natural resources
· (France): GIP ECOFOR (forests - research and policy making )
· (France): Office National des Forets (in French only)
· (France): Parcs Nationaux de France (National Park service)
· (Germany): Bundesministerium für Umwelt, Naturschutz und Reaktorsicherheit
· (Germany): Bundesministerium für Umwelt, Naturschutz und Reaktorsicherheit (in English)
· (Pakistan): Enironmental Protection Agency
· (Portugal): APA - Agência Portuguesa do Ambiente - Portuguese Environment Agency
· (Russia): Russian Federal Space Agency
· (USA): Bureau of Indian Affairs
· (USA): Bureau of Land Management
· (USA): NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration
· (USA): National Park Service
· (USA): U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
· (USA): U.S. Geological Survey
· (USA): US Forest Service
Important NGOs
· A Rocha
· ACT Alliance
· Adam Teva V'DIn – Israel Union for Environmental Defense (in English)
· Adam Teva V'DIn – Israel Union for Environmental Defense (in Hebrew)
· AIDA (Interamerican Association for Environmental Defense)
· African Conservation Foundation
· African Wildlife Foundation
· Aga Khan Trust for Culture
· Antinea Foundation
· Australian Conservation Foundation
· Bellona
· Biosphere Expeditions
· Bird Life
· BirdLife International
· Born Free Foundation
· CIEL - Center for International Environmental Law
· Coalition for Space Exploration
· Conservation Foundation
· Conservation Law Foundation
· Cousteau Society
· CSDM - Trung tâm Vì sự phát triển bền vững miền núi (Centre for Sustainable Development in Mountainous Areas, in Vietnamese language only)
· Earthfirst! (very radical)
· Earthshare
· Gibraltar Ornithological & Natural History Society (GONHS)
· Global Association For People And The Environment
· ICCO - Interchurch Organisation for Development Cooperation
· ISEC - International Society for Ecology and Culture
· Jane Goodall Institute
· National Wildlife Foundation
· Native Forest Council
· Nature Seychelles
· Naturskyddsföreningen - Swedish Society for Nature Conservation (SSNC - in English)
· Naturskyddsföreningen - Swedish Society for Nature Conservation (SSNC - in Swedish)
· Norad - Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (in English)
· Norad - Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (in Norwegian)
· Oceana
· Palestinian Environmental NGOs Network (PENGON)
· Persatuan Pencinta Alam Malaysia (Malaysian Nature Society)
· Riverkeeper
· Roots&Shoots (A program of the Jane Goodall Institute)
· Royal Forest and Bird Protection Society of New Zealand
· Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB)
· Sierra Club
· The Ontario Trillium Foundation (bilingual: English and French)
· The Wilderness Society
· Waterkeeper Alliance
· WWF – World Wildlife Foundation
· A Rocha
· ACT Alliance
· Adam Teva V'DIn – Israel Union for Environmental Defense (in English)
· Adam Teva V'DIn – Israel Union for Environmental Defense (in Hebrew)
· AIDA (Interamerican Association for Environmental Defense)
· African Conservation Foundation
· African Wildlife Foundation
· Aga Khan Trust for Culture
· Antinea Foundation
· Australian Conservation Foundation
· Bellona
· Biosphere Expeditions
· Bird Life
· BirdLife International
· Born Free Foundation
· CIEL - Center for International Environmental Law
· Coalition for Space Exploration
· Conservation Foundation
· Conservation Law Foundation
· Cousteau Society
· CSDM - Trung tâm Vì sự phát triển bền vững miền núi (Centre for Sustainable Development in Mountainous Areas, in Vietnamese language only)
· Earthfirst! (very radical)
· Earthshare
· Gibraltar Ornithological & Natural History Society (GONHS)
· Global Association For People And The Environment
· ICCO - Interchurch Organisation for Development Cooperation
· ISEC - International Society for Ecology and Culture
· Jane Goodall Institute
· National Wildlife Foundation
· Native Forest Council
· Nature Seychelles
· Naturskyddsföreningen - Swedish Society for Nature Conservation (SSNC - in English)
· Naturskyddsföreningen - Swedish Society for Nature Conservation (SSNC - in Swedish)
· Norad - Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (in English)
· Norad - Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (in Norwegian)
· Oceana
· Palestinian Environmental NGOs Network (PENGON)
· Persatuan Pencinta Alam Malaysia (Malaysian Nature Society)
· Riverkeeper
· Roots&Shoots (A program of the Jane Goodall Institute)
· Royal Forest and Bird Protection Society of New Zealand
· Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB)
· Sierra Club
· The Ontario Trillium Foundation (bilingual: English and French)
· The Wilderness Society
· Waterkeeper Alliance
· WWF – World Wildlife Foundation
Indigenous Peoples' affairs: government or tribal organizations and publications
(photo: U.S. National Park Service)
· Aliansi Masyarakat Adat Nusantara (AMAN - Indigenous Peoples' Alliance of the Archipelago, Indonesia - multilingual)
(photo: U.S. National Park Service)
· Aliansi Masyarakat Adat Nusantara (AMAN - Indigenous Peoples' Alliance of the Archipelago, Indonesia - multilingual)
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· Arctic Peoples
· Asia Indigenous Peoples Pact · Indian and Northern Affairs Canada/Affaires indiennes et du Nord Canada · Climate Change Monitoring and Information Network · Indigenous Peoples Issues & Resources · IWGIA - International Work Group For Indigenous Affairs · Native Peoples Magazine (focused on Native Americans in USA) · Nepal Federation of Indigenous Nationalities · The Indigenous Portal of the International Indigenous Task Force - IITF sponsored by the UN (pages load very slowly slow to access - be patient or try again and again!) |
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Outdoor leisure and sports
· Dive Global
· FIFA - Fédération Internationale de Football Association
· Fédération Francaise de la Randonnée Pédestre (French hiking federation; only in French)
· Heinz History Center (a sports museum in Pittsburg, Pnnsylvania, USA)
· Olympic.org : the Official website of the Olympic Movement
· The Olympic Museum (Lausanne, Switzerland)
· National Sports Museum (Australia)
· The National Sporting Library & Museum (Virginia, USA - horse and field sports)
· Dive Global
· FIFA - Fédération Internationale de Football Association
· Fédération Francaise de la Randonnée Pédestre (French hiking federation; only in French)
· Heinz History Center (a sports museum in Pittsburg, Pnnsylvania, USA)
· Olympic.org : the Official website of the Olympic Movement
· The Olympic Museum (Lausanne, Switzerland)
· National Sports Museum (Australia)
· The National Sporting Library & Museum (Virginia, USA - horse and field sports)
