United Nations Environment Program
The challenge before UNEP is to implement an environmental agenda that is
integrated strategically with the goals of economic development and social
well-being - an agenda for sustainable development.
United Nations - Oceans and Law of the
Sea
Provides a description, with relevant documents, of the UN Convention on the Law
of the Sea.
Global Environment
Outlook
Two over-riding trends characterize the beginning of the third millennium.
First, the global ecosystem is threatened by grave imbalances in productivity
and in the distribution of goods and services. A significant proportion of
humanity still lives in dire poverty, and projected trends are for an increasing
divergence between those that benefit from economic and technological
development, and those that do not. This unsustainable progression of extremes
of wealth and poverty threatens the stability of society as a whole, and with it
the global environment. Secondly, the world is undergoing accelerating change,
with environmental stewardship lagging behind economic and social development.
Environmental gains from new technology and policies are being overtaken by
population growth and economic development
Eight
Grand Challenges in Environmental Sciences
To help the U.S. government identify new environmental science projects that
should receive high priority, a new report from the National Academies' National
Research Council identifies eight important areas of environmental research for
the next generation.
United States Geological
Survey (USGS) - Environmental Themes
USGS activities in the environment theme area include studies of natural
physical, chemical, and biological processes, and of the results of human
actions; the goal is to provide the understanding and scientific information
needed to recognize and mitigate adverse impacts and to sustain the environment.
Activities include data collection, long-term assessments, ecosystem analysis,
predictive modeling, and process research on the occurrence, distribution,
transport, and fate of contaminants as well as the impacts of contaminants on
biota.
United States Geological Survey (USGS) -
National Water Conditions
Features data on water quality, river flow, and usable contents of selected
reservoirs.
United States Geological Survey (USGS) -
Water Resources of the United States
Provides information on water quality and water use.
United States Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA) Office of Water
Law and regulatory information, databases and publications relating to a range
of program areas including ground water, drinking water, wastewater, wetlands,
oceans, and watersheds.
Natural Resources Conservation Service
The Natural Resources Conservation Service is a Federal agency that works in
partnership with the American people to conserve and sustain our natural
resources.
NASA
NASA is deeply committed to spreading the unique knowledge that flows from its
aeronautics and space research
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration (NOAA)
Describes Administration programs and provides data related to NOAA's mission to
describe changes in the environment and conserve coastal and marine resources.
Contains the Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research, the National Ocean
Service, and NOAA Fisheries.
United States Department of the
Interior Bureau of Reclamation
Searchable site containing information on the Bureau's management of water
related resources west of the Mississippi River.
American Society of Civil Engineers
We must change or our profession as we know it shall perish. We must be leaders,
not followers if we are to remain among the world's elite professions
American Society of Agricultural Engineers
The American Society of Agricultural Engineers is a professional and technical
organization dedicated to the advancement of engineering applicable to
agricultural, food, and biological systems.
Water Environment Federation
The Water Environment Federation (WEF) will be the preeminent organization
dedicated to the preservation and enhancement of the global water environment
American Water Works Association
The American Water Works Association is dedicated to the promotion of public
health and welfare in the provision of drinking water of unquestionable quality
and sufficient quantity
Owasco Watershed Lake
Association
An Owasco Watershed Lake Association Citizen's Guide to the Design of
Sustainable Streambank Protection and Riparian Habitat Restoration Practices
EnviroLink
EnviroLink is committed to promoting a sustainable society by connecting
individuals and organizations through new communications technologies.