Important Sites.

Académie de l´Eau -Institution devoted to the development of national and international relationships among “actors” in charge of water management. It is specially dedicated to urban topics related to French reality.

AIDIS Argentina The Argentine Association of Sanitation Engineering and Environmental Sciences is a non profit, non governmental organization, that offers counseling services on water sanitation and water information in Argentina. E-mail: \n aidis@aidisar.org.ar

Amigos de la Tierra -Friends of the Earth (Amigos de la Tierra) is the oldest ecological organization in Spain (Founded in 1979). It is a member of Friends of the Earth International (FOEI).In its web page you can find information related to their campaigns and activities-mail: \n tierra@arrakis.es

Association for the Study of Literature and Environment: ASLE promotes the interchange of ideas and information about literature that deals with the relationship between human beings and nature.

CELADE: Latin-American and Caribbean center of demography. The link will direct you to the Population Projections for Latin America (in Spanish)

CEPIS: Pan-American center of Sanitary Engineering and environmental sciences. This is a Regional Center of the PHO in Peru , whose page offers a variety of documents related to water and health .(in Spanish)

Center for International Climate and Environmental Research - Oslo -CICERO was founded by the Norwegian government in April 1990. It is a non profit organization associated with the Oslo University . E-mail: : \n information@cicero.uio.no

Center for International Environmental law -Non profit entity specialized in development ,biodiversity, international financial institutions, global affairs and political analysis. E-mail: \n cielus@igc.apc.org

Center for Marine Conservation - The Marine Center of Conservation is the leader  organization in the protection and development projects destined to preserve the global wealth of the oceans and the marine life diversity. E-mail: \n Kroy@cenmarine.org

Conservation International -International Conservation uses science, economy ,politics and the involvement of communities with the purpose of promoting biodiversity, the conservation of the tropical rain forests and other endangered wild life ecosystems. E-mail: \n newmember@conservation.org

Earth Council -The Earth Council is dedicated to the preservation of the Environment and Sustainable Development. It has been constituted as a result of the “Earth Summit of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on Environment and Development” in September 1992 . E-mail: \n eci@terra.ecouncil.ac.cr

Earthjustice Legal Defense Fund –Earth Legal Defense Fund was previously known as the Sierra Club Defense Fund. It is a law organization dedicated to development. E-mail: \n eci@terra.ecouncil.ac.cr

ENN:Offers a variety of news services on environmental issues. It is possible to select the news by categories.

Environmental Law Alliance Worldwide –The Environmental Law Alliance Worldwide is an international net of public defenders, scientists and lawyers that share their experiences, scientific and legal information beyond their borders oriented to the development’s defense. 

EPA:Environmental Protection Agency of the United States of America. The link goes to the Water office webpage which contains information related to the water protection laws, news and publications.

European Rivers Network (ERN) –European rivers network reunites those organizations that work with rivers and the invigoration of the multilingual communications for improving the preservation of the natural rivers in Europe E-mail: \n ern@rivernet.org

Fundación Tierra Nueva –Non profit Foundation from the Republic of Panama that works on the sustainable development of the population of the Darien’s Jungle.

GEMS/WATER:Monitoring software of the aquatic resources of the UNDP. Contains statistic information about aquatic resources and contamination.

Gnet:Global Net on development and technology. It offers news services on ecological topics focussed on environmentally friendly technologies.

Greenpeace International –Independent organization that does non violent campaigns and a creative confrontation to expose global development problems and to force solutions that are essential for guaranteeing a green and peaceful future-mail: \n webmaster@www.greenpeace.org

IDRC:The International Development Research Center of Canada, offers news, research projects and documents related  to the environment in developing countries.

International Rivers Network –International Rivers Network works in stopping destructive projects in rivers and promotes alternative development projects that allow the conservation of wilderness. E-mail: \n irn@irn.org

International Water Managment Institute:Publications and research on sustainable use of water. It offers an interesting World Atlas of Water and Weather, available for download.

IRC:News and documents service associated with water sanitation and quality.

ITC, International Institute for Aerospace Survey and Earth Sciences -

Latin American Alliance –The Latin American Alliance is a project from the World’s Administration Institute, a non-profit educational organization. Its mission is to bring information about sustainable development for the Latin-American countries .This includes informative material. E-mail: \n joseph@ecostewards.org

Mangrove Replenishment Initiative -Provides technology for the restoration, the replenishment and conservation of mangroves and coastal ecosystems.

The Nature Conservancy:Conservation programs and development in Latin America and the Caribbean.

NCSU Water Quality Group:Offers technical data and standards for the water contamination control.

OPS:Pan-American Health Organization. The site offers the most recent data on human health in Latin America.

Patuca Foundation: The mission of this entity is the conservation and sustainable development of the tropical forest patches in Honduras, in cooperation with the local non profit organization: Grupo Ecológico Olancho (GEO) . E-mail: \n patuca@apexmail.com

PNUMA:United Nations Environment Program. News and documents on natural resources in Latin America. Its link to the Environmental Law’s library Derecho Ambiental contains abundant information in Spanish and English.

Population Action International:Site dedicated to the relationship between the people and environmental resources .Offers an  interesting news service  and a library that contains up to date studies on availability of renewable resources .

Rainforest Alliance –The Rainforest Alliance is an non profit international organization dedicated to the conservation of the tropical forests for the benefit of the global community.

Ramsar:The RAMSAR International Wetlands Convention ,signed in Ramsar ,Iran 1971 , is an intergovernmental agreement that establishes the national and international guidelines for the cooperation and conservation and other uses of the wetlands and their wealth. So far, there are 114 parties that ratified the convention, consisting of 975 aquatic ecosystems with an overall surface of 70.7 millions of  “hectares”  included in the wetlands list of international importance.

Sustainable Development Department, Inter-American Development Bank –This site contains strategies, policies, better practices and publications on social development, indigenous communities, poverty alleviation, women development, small scale businesses, infrastructure and financial markets . E-mail: \n luisf@iadb.org This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it

Tamandua tetradactyla – This NGO works for the preservation of the wild life and biodiversity. Works along with the Bolivian government and other institutions. Its strategy is based on conservation, education and sustainable management.

Université Européenne de l'Environnement –European University for Development: Pilot and training projects on sustainable development. E-mail: \n renaud.labracherie@uee.org This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it

Water Environment Federation –The Federation of Water Development is an organization dedicated to the preservation and improvement of water resources in the world. E-mail: \n webfeedback@wef.org This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it

WaterPartners International –It provides help to people of developing countries to have potable water.

Wetlands Foundation (Fundación Humedales) -Wetlands foundation is a non-profit organization dedicated to the preservation and recovery of the endangered ecosystems in Costa Rica.

World Resources Institute:News and publications on the state of world’s natural, weather changes and sustainable development.

Worldwatch Institute –It is an independent institute that impulses the interdisciplinary investigation about the emergent problems in the global development. E-mail: \n worldwatch@worldwatch.org