Caribbean
Environmental NGOs
LAKENET is a global
network working ont he conservation and sustainable
management of lakes. It Secretariat is a U.S.-based
nonprofit organization dedicated to protecting and restoring
the health of the world's lakes - www.worldlakes.org
The Caribbean Natural Resource Institure
(CANARI) Trinidad & Tobago, promotes participatory
natural resource management in the Caribbean http://www.canari.org/
FUDENA (Venezuela) (http://www.fudena.org):
Deals with biodiversity conservation, national parks
and protected areas, and environmental education.
FUNDENIC/SOS Fundación Nicaraguense
para el Desarrollo Sostenible (Nicaraguan Association
for Sustainable Development) (http://www.sdnnic.org.ni/users/f/fundenic/):
Promotes sustainable development in Nicaragua.
DUMAC (Ducks Unlimited) (México) (http://www.dumac.org):
Deals with the conservation of wetlands in the country.
Caribbean Conservation Association
(Barbados) (http://www.tidco.co.tt/local/seduweb/cca/cca.htm):
A NGO focused on the conservation, protection and wise
use of the region's natural and cultural resources.
Sea Turtle Survival League Caribbean
Conservation Corporation (USA) (http://www.cccturtle.org/):
Deals with sea turtles and their survival.
Island Resources Foundation (St. Thomas)
(http://www.irf.org/):
Dedicated to solving the environmental problems of development
in small tropical islands.
Asociación Nacional para la Conservación
de la Naturaleza ANCON (National Association for Natural
Conservation) (Panama) (http://www.ancon.org/):
Works with biodiversity conservation in Panama.
Environment Tobago (Trinidad and Tobago)
(http://194.163.98.38/et/):
Conserves Tobago's natural and living resources.
Reef Care Curacao (http://www.willemstad.net/reefcare/):
Foundation for the preservation of coral reefs in Curacao.
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Databases
To explore more than 150 years of information
about tropical cyclones in the Atlantic Ocean, Gulf
of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea visit the National Oceanic
& Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Hurricane Database
at http://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories/s1006.htm
International Register for Potentially
Toxic Chemicals IRPTC (Switzerland) (http://irptc.unep.ch/irptc-default.html):
UNEP organization that deals with chemicals information.
Provides access to a database on chemical information.
UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms
(http://www.unesco.org:80/ioc/oslr/taxon.htm):
Online database with information on marine organisms.
ReefBase: A Global Information
System on Coral Reefs (http://www.reefbase.org):
A webpage that provides access to data and information
on coral reefs and associated shallow tropical habitats.
There is a Reef Status section, that provides
reports from 50 countries, and a database with information
on coral reefs and protected areas, and also a searchable
collection of images and maps.
NAUSICAA - French National Sea Experience
Centre (http://www.nausicaa.fr/),
is a Science Centre entirely dedicated to the relationship
between Mankind and the Sea. Its goal is to incite the
general public to discover the sea and to love it, while
raising its awareness on the need for a sustainable
use of marine resources.
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Funding
Agencies
Inter-American Development Bank (Banco
Interamericano de Desarrollo) (USA) (http://www.iadb.org/):
Canadian International Development
Agency CIDA
(http://www.acdi-cida.gc.ca/).
US Agency for International Development
USAID (http://www.info.usaid.gov/).
World Bank (http://www.worldbank.org/).
Departament for International Development
UK (http://www.oneworld.org/oda/).
Japan International Cooperation Agency
(http://www.jica.go.jp/Index.html).
Finnish Aid (http://www.vn.fi/vn/um/kyo/home.html):
Finnish Department for International Development Cooperation.
DANIDA (http://www.um.dk/english/udenrigspolitik/udviklingspolitik/):
Danish development agency.
EUFORIC (http://www.oneworld.org/euforic/index.html):
European Forum on International Cooperation.
GTZ (http://www.gtz.de/home/english/index.html):
German international development assistance organization.
Organization of American States OAS
(http://www.oas.org/).
Global Environmental Facility (http://www.gefweb.org/).
Provides grants to countries for projects that protect
the global environment.
Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Netherlands)
(http://www.bz.minbuza.nl/english/home.html).
Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation
(http://www.sdc-gov.ch/fs_e_w.html).
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Governmental
Organizations
Secretaria de Medio Ambiente, Recursos
Naturales y Pesca (Secretary for the Environment, Natural
Resources and Fishing) (Mexico) (http://www.semarnap.gob.mx/)
Ministerio del Ambiente y de los Recursos
Naturales Renovables (Ministry of Environment) (Venezuela)
(http://www.marnr.gov.ve/).
Inter-American Geospatial Data Network
IGDN (Red Inter-Americana de Datos Geo-espaciales -
RIDG) (http://edcintl.cr.usgs.gov/igdn/igdn.html):
Promotes the access to geospatial data for business,
NGOs, and governments in the region.
National Geospatial Data Clearinghouse
(USA) (http://www.fgdc.gov/clearinghouse/index.html):
A distributed discovery mechanism for digital geospatial
data.
NetCoast (The Netherlands) (http://www.netcoast.nl):
Information on Coastal Zone Management.
Environmental Protection Agency EPA
(USA) (http://www.epa.gov/):
US government environmental agency.
Ministry of Environment (France) (http://www.environnement.gouv.fr/).
Comisión Nacional del Medio Ambiente
CONAMA (National Environmental Commission) (Guatemala)
(http://www.ecouncil.ac.cr/centroam/conama/conam.htm).
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
NOAA (USA) (http://www.noaa.gov/).
The Commonwealth Secretariat (http://www.thecommonwealth.org/index.html).
Instituto de Recursos Naturales (Naturales
Resources Institute) (Panama) (http://www2.usma.ac.pa/~eco1/index.html).
International Development Research
Centre (Canada) (http://www.idrc.ca/).
NOAA Coastal Services Center (USA)
(http://www.csc.noaa.gov):
Guiding the management and conservation of coastal resources.
Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary
(http://www.nos.noaa.gov/nmsp/fknms/).
Acuario Nacional República Dominicana
(National Acuarium Dominican Republic) (http://www.civila.com/acuario/).
Ministerio del Ambiente de Colombia
(Colombia’s Environment Ministry) (http://www.sinpro.gov.co/minambiente/)
MINA VOMIL (Dept. Public Health &
Environment/Section Environment and Nature) (http://mina.vomil.an):
Aims to provide a central site where all information
on nature and environment, environmental policy and
legislation, biodiversity, protected areas, etc. for
the Netherlands Antilles is available.
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Internet
Indexes and Directories
Directory of Environmental Resources
on the Internet (http://www.envirosw.com/).
Enviroinfo (http://www.deb.uminho.pt/fontes/enviroinfo/):
Environmental information sources.
Envirolink library (http://www.envirolink.org/EnviroLink_Library/):
Index for environmental information on the Internet.
Environmental Organization WEB Directory
(http://www.webdirectory.com/).
Linkages (http://www.iisd.ca/linkages/):A
multimedia resource for environmental and development
policy makers.
Orrin’s Caribbean Index (http://hoflink.com/~oedwards/carib.html):
Links for travel, culture, news and weather.
WWW Virtual Library Environment
(http://earthsystems.org/Environment.shtml):
Links to environmental sources.
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International
Environmental Organizations
Conservation International (USA) (http://www.conservation.org/):non-profit
organization that protects the Earth's biologically
richest areas.
GreenPeace International (http://www.greenpeace.org/):
The well known environmental NGO.
The World Conservation Union IUCN (Switzerland)
(http://iucn.org/):
The well known environmental organization.
World Conservation Monitoring Centre
WCMC (England) (http://www.wcmc.org.uk/):
Deals with the management of environmental information.
World Wildlife Fund WWF (USA) (http://www.wwf.org/):
Leads worldwide efforts to protect the world's threatened
wildlife.
The Nature Conservancy TNC (USA) (http://www.tnc.org/):
Preserving habitats and species by buying the lands
and waters they need to survive.
The Oceania Project (http://www.oceania.org.au):
Dedicated to raising awareness about Cetacea (Whales,
Dolphins and Porpoises ) and the Ocean Environment.
World Resources Institute WRI (USA)
(http://www.wri.org/):
Independent center for policy research and technical
assistance on global environmental and development issues.
Center for Marine Conservation CMC
(USA) (http://www.cmc-ocean.org/)
For the conservation and protection of the global marine
environment.
Independent World Commission on the
Oceans IWCO (Switzerland) (http://world-oceans.org/):
Seafekeeping the oceans legacy.
Ocean N Environment (USA) (http://www.oceannenvironment.com.au/):
Non-profit public company that promotes the conservation
of the world’s oceans.
Parks Project (USA) (http://www.citiscape.com/parks/index.html):
Produce multimedia titles about world parks.
Earth Council (Costa Rica) (http://www.ecouncil.ac.cr/about/):
Promotes and advances the implementation of the Earth
Summit agreements.
Earthwatch Institute International
(http://www.earthwatch.org/):
Organizes international research expeditions with the
help of volunteers.
Eastern Caribbean Coalition for Environmental
Awareness (ECCEA) (http://www.eccea.org):
An international (and regional) conservation body and
funding agency established since 1995 to promote economic
development through nature tourism, environmental education,
conservation of island ecosystems and rehabilitation
of sites and protected areas.
The Coral Reef Alliance (USA) (http://www.coral.org/Home.html)
Non-profit membership organization that works to address
the worldwide problem of coral reef destruction.
Save Our Seas (http://planet-hawaii.com/sos/):
NGO dedicated to preserving, protecting, and restoring
the oceans for future generations.
Ocean Voice International (http://www.ovi.ca/):
For the preservation of the world oceans.
Environmental Solutions International
(http://www.erols.com/esint/)
to educate and empower ourselves and others to live
economically and ecologically in harmony with nature.
The Swiss Coalition of Development
Organizations (http://www.swisscoalition.ch/seiten.e/1.htm)
Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute
(Panama) (http://www.si.edu/organiza/centers/stri/stri.htm):
Carries basic research on the ecology, behavior and
evolution of tropical organisms.
Centre for Alternative Technology (UK)
(http://www2.cat.org.uk/cat/):
Striving to achieve the best cooperation between the
natural, technological and human worlds.
The Caribbean Tourism Organization
(http://www.caribtourism.com/):
Promotes tourism to the Caribbean.
The Natural Resources Institute (UK)
(http://www.nri.org/):
An international centre of expertise in applied research
and consultancy in the environment sector.
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Networks
Red de Desarrollo Sostenible (Sustainable
Development Network) (Nicaragua) (http://www.sdnnic.org.ni/):
Offers Internet connectivity, training in technological
areas and information on sustainable development in
Nicaragua.
The Gulf of Mexico Information Network
GIN (http://pelican.gmpo.gov/):
Designed to make Gulf of Mexico ecosystem data and information
readily available.
WetNet (http://www.wetlands.ca/):
The Wetlands network.
Right to Know Network - RTK Net (http://www.rtk.net/):
Information on the environment, housing, and sustainable
development.
The Global Coral Reef Monitoring Network
(GCRMN) (http://coral.aoml.noaa.gov/icri/gcrmn.html):
Research and Monitoring component of the International
Coral Reef Initiative (ICRI).
Small Islands Information Network (http://www.upei.ca/~siin/).
The Earth Network for Sustainable Development
(http://www.ecouncil.ac.cr/):
Supported by the Earth Council.
Biodiversity Conservation Information
System (http://biodiversity.org/):
Seeks to support environmentally sound decision-making
and actions affecting the status of biodiversity and
landscapes.
SIDSnet (Small Islands Developing States
Network) (http://www.sidsnet.org/).
The Netherlands Antilles' Coral Reef
Initiative (NACRI) (http://www/nacri.org):
Strives to protect the coral reefs of the Netherlands
Antilles.
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News,
Information and Education
State of Coral Reefs
of the World : 1998 (http://www.aims.gov.au/scr1998).
First global report, published by the Global Coral Reef
Monitoring Network.
Marine Resources Development Foundation
(USA) (http://www.mrdf.org/):
offers courses on marine resources and their use.
Panos Institute (United Kingdom) (http://www.oneworld.org/panos/):
A source of news, opinions and perspectives from developing
countries.
Environmental News Network (http://www.enn.com/).
Econet (http://www.igc.org/igc/econet/index.html):
Action alerts and headline news on environment topics.
CNN Earth Page (http://www.cnn.com/EARTH/index.html):
CNN Environmental news page.
Marine Watch (http://www.marinewatch.com/):
A quarterly journal on marine events.
South Florida Environmental Reader
(http://envirolink.org/florida/):
An electronic newsletter coverings environmental topics
of interest to South Florida.
International Year of the Ocean (http://oc.unesco.org/iyo/):
The United Nations has declared 1998 as the International
Year of the Ocean.
A digital forum on global climate policy
(http://www.weathervane.rff.org)
Environmental data pricing and data
value (http://www.hrwallingford.co.uk/projects/ENVALDAT)
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Projects
and Programmes
YouthXchange, a project of UNEP/UNESCO,
aims at raising young people's awareness on the importance
and viability of adopting more sustainable lifestyles.
It also provides youth, non-governmental organisations
and educators with the resources to set up youth-friendly
awareness raising events and training session on te
meaning and interest of adopting more sustainable lifestyles
www.youthxchange.net.
Caribbean Planning for Adaptation to
Global Climate Change (http://www.cpacc.org):
"The Caribbean Planning for Adaptation to Global
Climate Change project (CPACC), is assisting Caribbean
countries in preparation to cope with the adverse effects
of global climate change (GCC). A priority concern is
sea level rise in coastal areas, for which vulnerability
assessment, adaptation planning, and capacity building
linked to adaptation planning, will be undertaken."
CARICOM Fisheries Resource Assessment
and Management Program(CFRAMP) (http://www.caricom-fisheries.com/):
"CFRAMP's Purpose is to enhance the basic information
and institutional capacity necessary to manage and develop
the fisheries in its participating countries. Its goal
is to promote the rational exploitation, and the sustainable
management and conservation of Caribbean fishery resources.
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Caribbean Coastal Marine Productivity
(CARICOMP) Programme (http://isis.uwimona.edu.jm/centres/cms/caricomp/caricomp_main.html)
: CARICOMP is a regional scientific effort to study
land-sea interaction process, to monitor for change,
and to provide appropriate scientific information for
management.
Proyecto Biodiversidad Costero-Marina
(Marine and Coastal Biodiversity Project) (Dominican
Republic) (http://www.aacr.net/gef/dr-proj/gef-dr.html):
With emphasis on 4 national coastal and marine parks.
Coral Health and Monitoring Program
(http://coral.aoml.noaa.gov/):
Provides services to help improve and sustain coral
reef health throughout the world.
International Coral Reef Initiative
(ICRI) (http://www.environnement.gouv.fr/icri/):
"To focus on the plight of reefs and the actions
necessary to reverse the trends towards their degradation."
The Global Coral Reef Monitoring Network
(GCRMN) (http://coral.aoml.noaa.gov/icri/gcrmn.html):
Research and Monitoring component of the International
Coral Reef Initiative (ICRI).
The
Atlantic and Gulf Rapid Reef Assessment (AGRRA) Programmme
(http://coral.aoml.noaa.gov/agra/)
: AGRRA is an international collaboration of scientists
and mangers aimed at determining the regional condition
of reefs in the Western Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico.
AGRRA is the first and only programme that has developed
an extensive regional database on Caribbean coral reef
condition.
Reef
Check (http://www.reefcheck.org)
: Reef Check is currently the only volunteer global
coral reef monitoring programme and world's largest
programme involving recreational divers and marine scientists.
Non-Point Source of Pollution Control
Program (USA) (http://www.epa.gov/OWOW/NPS/):
Program of the Environmental Protection Agency EPA.
The Wild Dolphin Project (The Bahamas)
(http://wwwa.com/dolphin/):
Studies a group of Atlantic spotted dolphins in the
Bahamas.
Proyecto para la Protección del Ambiente
Marino y Reducción del Escurrimiento de Plaguicidas
en el Mar Caribe Panameño (Panama) (http://www.panamacaribe.org):
A project coordinated by UNEP-CAR/RCU's AMEP
Programme - Reducing pesticide run-off to
the Caribbean Sea.
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Services
Ocean Blue (http://www.oceanblue.com/):
A page dedicated to marine sports, beaches and environmental
education.
Biosis (http://www.york.biosis.org/):
Biological abstracts and zoological record.
Nature Channel (http://www.nature-channel.org/):
Seeks to be a "television" service for the
environment in the Internet.
The Coral Disease Page (http://Ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/mccarty_and_peters/
coraldis.htm) : A site designed to promote
the exchange of information about diseases of hard or
stony corals (scleractinians) and other reef organisms.
Coral Paleoclimatology (http://www.ogp.noaa.gov/misc/coral/coral_paleo/coralintro.html):
NOAAs page on coral paleoclimatology.
Horizon Communications: (http://www.yale.edu/horizon):
international research, film production and development
organization dedicated to furthering solutions to environmental,
health, population and development problems.
Santuario de Mamiferos Marinos de la
Republica Dominicana (Marine Mammals Protected Area
in the Dominican Republic) (http://www.civila.com/jorobada/index.htm).
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International
and Regional Bodies
United Nations UN (Organización de
las Naciones Unidas ONU)
(http://www.un.org).
United Nations Environment Programme
(UNEP) (Programa de las Naciones
Unidas para el Medio Ambiente) (Kenya) (http://www.unep.org).
UNEP - Regional Office for Latin America
and the Caribbean (PNUMA Oficina
Regional para América Latina y el Caribe) (http://www.rolac.unep.mx/).
UNEP GRID - Sioux Falls. North American
node for United Nations Environment Programme Global
Resource Information Database (http://grid2.cr.usgs.gov/):
Geospatial information clearinghouse, remote sensing,
geographic information systems and use of other advanced
information technologies to address
sustainable development issues.
Internation Seabed Authority ISA (Autoridad
del Fondo Marino) (Jamaica) (http://www.isa.org.jm):
Economic Commission for Latin America
and the Caribbean ECLAC (Comisión Económica para América
Latina y el Caribe CEPAL) (Chile) (http://www.eclac.cl/index1.html):
Deals with economic and social
development for the region.
UN Commission on Sustainable Development
UNCSD (Comisión de las Naciones Unidas para el Desarrollo
Sustentable) (USA) (http://www.un.org/dpcsd/dsd/csd.htm):
Deals with sustainable development
and Agenda 21.
United Nations Development Programme
UNDP (Programa de las Naciones
Unidas para el Desarrollo - PNUD) (USA) (http://www.undp.org):
Deals with
social, developmental and environmental issues.
UNEP International Environmental Technology
Center IETC (Japan) (http://www.unep.or.jp):
Promotes Environmentally Sound Technologies for Sustainable
Development of Cities and Freshwater Basins.
The Regional Marine Pollution Emergency,
Information and Training Center
for the Wider Caribbean Region - REMPEITC-Carib (http://www.rempeitc.org):
Assists the countries in the region in preventing, preparing
for and responding
to major pollution incidents.
Centre of Documentation, Research and
Experimentation on Accidental
Water Pollution (Cedre) (http://www.le-cedre.fr/index_gb.php)
: Cedre is responsible, at the national level, for documentation,
research and experimentations on pollutants, their effects
and the response means and
tools to combat them. Government of France through
Cedre is currently
supporting the activities of the RAC/REMPEITC on Oil
Spills.
Regional Disaster Information Center
(CRID). This site is a documentation
center, an Information center and a resource center
on disaster information (http://www.crid.or.cr)
Food and Agriculture Organization FAO
(Italy) (http://www.fao.org).
Pan American Health Organization (http://www.paho.org/).
Association of Caribbean States (Asociacion
de estados del Caribe) (http://www.acs-aec.org/).
The Caribbean Community Secretariat
(CARICOM) (http://www.caricom.org/expframes.htm).
Island Systems - a Caribbean based
company which deals with
environmental and sustainable development issues (http://www.islandsystems.com).
Proyecto Centromericano de Información
Geográfica (PROCIG) (http://www.procig.org):
Promotes the use of geographic information.
Comisión Centroamericana de Ambiente
y Desarrollo (CCAD) (http://ccad.sgsica.org/index.htm)
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Universities
Escuela de Ciencias Aplicadas al Mar
(School of Sciences applied to the
Sea) (Venezuela) (http://www.enlared.net/ecam/):
Offers technical
and bachelor studies in Marine Science Topics.
Caribbean Coastal Studies Millersville
University (http://www.millersv.edu/~ccs/notice.html):
A university project to
compile information on coastal studies in the Caribbean.
Marine Resource and Environmental Management
Program UWI (Barbados) (http://www.sunbeach.net/comp/maremp/Maremp.htm):
Provides
postgraduate training at the MSc. Level in resource
and environmental management.
Eastern Caribbean Center University
of the Virgin Islands (http://macserv1.uvi.edu/ecc/ecc.html):
fosters the social and economic development of the Eastern
Caribbean.
Discovery Bay Marine Laboratory (http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/Discovery_Bay_Marine_
Laboratory/): Center for coral reefs research
and training.
Natural Resources Institute University
of Greenwich (http://www.nri.org/):
centre of expertise in research and consultancy in the
environment and
natural resources sector.
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