Critical Links for Sustainable Development in the Pacific Islands

Ministerial Conference on

Environment and Development

in Asia and the Pacific 2000

Kitakyushu, Japan 31 August - 5 September 2000

Critical Links for Sustainable Development in the Pacific Islands

Agriculture

	Food Security and Participation in Agricultural programmes http://www.fao.org/wfs
	Permaculture International http://nornet.nor.com.au/environment/perma/
	Permaculture Resources http://sunsite.unc.edu/london/permaculture.html

Biodiversity

	CBD : Convention on Biodiversity http://www.biodiv.org/
	WCMC : World Conservation Monitoring Centre http://www.wcmc.org.uk/
	WHC: World Heritage Convention http://www.unesco.org/whc/

Climate Change

	World Meteorological Organization http://www.wmo.ch/index.html
	Updates on tropical El Niño developments are available through NOAA's Climate Prediction Center at: http://nic.fb4.noaa.gov/products/analysis_monitoring/ enso_advisory/index.html
	El Nino Watch
	http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/elnino/
	ARM : Atmospheric Radiation Measurement Program
	http://www.arm.gov/
	GREENTIE: Greenhouse Gas Technology Information Exchange http://www.greentie.org/
	Flinders University National Tidal Facility
	http://www.ntf.flinders.edu.au/
	UNFCCC: United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change http://www.unfccc.de/

Coastal management

	Noaa Coastal Zone Management Center
	http://www.nos.noaa.gov/icm/

Communications

	Communications for a Sustainable Future
	http://csf.colorado.edu/
	Teledesic Internet in the Sky
	http://www.teledesic.com

Education and Research

	Pacific Schools and climate change research activities http://www.radar.metr.ou.edu/sparce
	Globe – Education and research for the environment
	http://www.globe.gov/
	Waterwatch – Education and research on water in Australia http://www.biodiversity.environment.gov.au/environm/wetlands/ waterwatch/index.html
	Streamwatch – Education and research on water in NSW http://www.streamwatch.org.au
	The Global Rivers Environment Education Network (GREEN): community measurements of water quality.
	http://www.igc.apc.org/green/green.html
	GREEN student resources:
	http://www.econet.apc.org/green/resources.html
	A popular game/training/education project on water resources for schools (Streamwatch, NSW Australia).
	http://www.microscope.aone.net.au
	A New Zealand source for on-line community oriented monitoring projects. http://www.hmu.com/seakeepers
	The State of Victoria’s excellent Volunteer monitoring programme http//www.vic.waterwatch.aus.net
	The National River Health Programme of Australia http://www.erin.gov.au/portfolio/epg/nrhp/index.html#contents

Energy

	Hydrogen Energy Center
	http://www.h2eco.org/index.htm
	Hydrogen and Renewable Energy links page
	http://www.h2eco.org/links.htm
	CADDET : Centre for the Analysis and Dissemination of Demonstrated Energy Technology)
	http://www.caddet.org/

Environmental Information

	UN State of the World Report Geo 2000
	http://www.grida.no/geo2000/
	Worldwatch Institute
	http://www.worldwatch.org/
	State of the Environment Links (excellent links page) http://www.grida.no/prog/norway/soeno97/soelinks.htm#eutro
	United Nations Environment Programme http://www.unep.ch/iuc/
	United Nations Earthwatch excellent link page to UNEP and Island documents: http://www.unep.ch/islands.html
	Environment links http://www.envirolink.org/
	Environment Online Australia http://www.erin.gov.au/
	Greenpeace http://www.greenpeace.org
	World Resources Institute http://www.wri.org
	Environment News Network http://www.enn.com
	EcoNet http://www.igc.org/ige/econet
	World Bank Projects Document database http://www-wds.worldbank.org/

Funding Organizations

	ADB : Asian Development Bank http://www.asiandevbank.org/
	AusAID : Australian Agency for International Development http://www.ausaid.gov.au/
	CIDA : Canadian International Development Agency http://www.acdi-cida.gc.ca/
	C-SPOD : Canada South Pacific Ocean Development Program http://www.c-spodp.org/
	GEF : Global Environment Facility http://www.gefweb.org/
	NZODA : New Zealand Official Development Assistance http://www.mft.govt.nz/dev/
	SPINF: Sasakawa Pacific Island Nations Fund http://www.spf.org/

Marine Resources

	AIMS : Australian Institute of Marine Science http://www.aims.gov.au/
	FAO Fisheries http://www.fao.org/WAICENT/faoinfo/FISHERY/fishery.htm
	FAO Statistics http://apps.fao.org/default.htm
	NOAA's Coral Reef Home Page http://www.noaa.gov/public-affairs/coral-reef.html
	International Coral Reef Conference 1999 http://www.nova.edu/ocean/ncri/conf99.html
	Coral reef - Links: http://ioc.unesco.org/iyo/classroom/classroom.htm
	ICRI: International Coral Reef Initiative http://www.environnement.gouv.fr/icri
	GBRMPA : Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority http://www.gbrmpa.gov.au/
	GCRMN : Global Coral Reef Monitoring Network http://coral.aoml.noaa.gov/gcrmn/
	Whales information http://www.wdcs.org/
	Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission http://ioc.unesco.org/iocweb/
	IMO : International Maritime Organization http://www.imo.org/

NGOs

	Australia Pacific Community Network www.vut.edu.au/caps/apcn.html
	OSB : Overseas Service Bureau (Australian Volunteers Abroad) http://www.osb.org.au/
	FSPI www.fsp.org
	The Nature Concervancy www.TNC.org
	Greenpeace www.greenpeace.org
	WWF www.wwf.org

Pacific Islands Information and links

	Pacific Island Internet Sites National Library of Australia http://www.nla.gov.au/oz/pacsites.html
	Pacific Island Internet Resources http://www2.hawaii.edu/~ogden/piir/gen.html
	Pacific Island’s Link Page http://webnz.com/tradewind/HTML_Text/Link_page.htm
	Pacific Islands WWW Virtural Library http://coombs.anu.edu.au/WWWVL-PacificStudies.html
	Pacific Islands Report – a daily news clipping service on the Pacific Islands http://pidp.ewc.hawaii.edu/pireport/text.htm
	Pacific Islands Atlas http://www.usp.ac.fj/~gisunit/pacatlas/Frame2/Atlas2.htm
	Pacific Island Web Directory/Magazines http://www.pacificforum.com/links/Media/magazines/
	Asia Pacific Online Magazine http://coombs.anu.edu.au/asia-pacific-magazine
	David Robie’s Café Pacific http://www.asiapac.org.fj/cafepacific/
	SIDSnet - Network for Small Island Developing States http://www.SIDSnet.org

Pacific Sub-Regional Organizations

	FFA : Forum Fisheries Agency (Solomon Islands) http://www.ffa.int/
	FORSEC: Forum Secretariat (Fiji) http://www.forumsec.org.fj/
	PIDP : Pacific Island Development Program (Hawaii) http://www.ewc.hawaii.edu/pidp/pidp0001.htm
	SOPAC : South Pacific Geoscience Commission (Fiji) http://www.sopac.org.fj/
	SPC : Secretariat for the Pacific Community (New Caledonia) http://www.spc.org.nc/
	SPTO: South Pacific Tourism Organization (Fiji) http://www.tscp.com/
	USP : University of the South Pacific (Fiji) http://www.usp.ac.fj/
	SPREP: South Pacific Regional Environment Programme (Samoa) http://www.sprep.org.ws/

Population Issues in the Pacific Islands

	United Nations Development Programme http://www.undp.org/popin/regional/asiapac/fiji/disc/disc21.htm
	UNFPA : United Nations Fund for Population Activities http://www.unfpa.org/

Research Organizations

	NCDS : National Centre for Development Studies, Australian National University http://ncdset.anu.edu.au/
	NOAA : National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (US) http://www.noaa.gov/
	ORSTOM : L'institut Francais de Recherche Scientifique pour le Developpement en Cooperation http://www.orstom.fr/
	Tellus Consultants - Community Participation http://www.tellusconsultants.com

Sustainable Development Sites

	Sustainable Development Network http://www.sustainabledevelopment.org
	International Institute for Sustainable Development http://iisd.ca
	Appreciative inquiry http://iisd.ca/ai/
	The Natural Step international http://www.naturalstep.org/what/what_intl.html
	The Natural Step http://www.naturalstep.org/index.html
	EPA : Environment Protection Agency (US) http://www.epa.gov/
	DEST : Department of Environment, Sport and Territories (Australia) http://www.dest.org.au/
	NZ Ministry for the Environment http://www.mfe.gov.nz
	ESCAP Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific http://unescap.org/
	AOSIS : Alliance of Small Island States http://www.aosis.org/
	Agenda 21 (The full text and leads to related materials) http://www.igc.apc.org/habitat/agenda21

United Nations Organizations

	UNDP : United Nations Development Programme http://www.undp.org/
	UNDP (Fiji office) : United Nations Development Programme http://www.undp.org.fj/
	UNESCO : United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization http://www.unesco.org/
	UNEP: United Nations Environment Programme http://www.unep.org/
	UNEP: Earthwatch site http://www.unep.ch/earthw.html
	UNEP: Earthwatch links to all UN agencies http://www.unep.ch/earthw/comintro.html
	UNESCAP Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific http://unescap.org/
	UNFAO: United Nations Food and Agricultural Organization http://www.fao.org
	UNFCCC: United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change http://www.unfccc.de/
	UNFPA : United Nations Fund for Population Activities http://www.unfpa.org/
	UNITAR: United Nations Institute for Training and Research http://www.unitar.org/
	World Bank http://www.worldbank.org/

Ministerial Conference on

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Last updated: May 18, 2000.