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The Center
for International Environmental Law (CIEL)
http://www.ciel.org
CIEL is a public interest not-for-profit environmental law
firm that deals with the issues of global commons, biodiversity and wildlife,
international financial institutions, trade and the environment, and policy analysis and
capacity building.
The Centre
for Environmental Law Education, Research and Advocacy - India
http://www.ceeraindia.org/
The site provides information on national
developments in environmental law and articles of topical interest.
Environment
Canada - Oil, Gas and Energy Branch (OGEB)
http://www.ec.gc.ca/oged-dpge/index.htm
One of the key aspects of the OGEB work is the development of environmental regulations,
guidelines and codes of practice. The web site contains information about the branch,
their activities, projects, documents available for downloading, list of available
publications and links.
The Ministry
of Environment and Forests, Government of India
http://www.envfor.nic.in/
The site contains legal texts of domestic legislation, and
other updates on environmental regulations.
Scottish
Environment Protection Agency (SEPA)
http://www.sepa.org.uk/
The site carries information and data on Scotland's
environment, pollution prevention, regulation and other environmental initiatives.
United
Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
http://www.unep.org
UNEP works towards encouraging sustainable development
through sound environmental practices everywhere. Its activities cover a wide range of
issues, from atmosphere and terrestrial ecosystems, the promotion of environmental science
and information, to an early warning and emergency response capacity to deal with
environmental disasters and emergencies. The web site contents include latest developments
in international environmental regulations, conventions/treaties, publications, and events
calendar. Complete 'Global Environment Outlook (GEO) 2000', UNEP's latest
state-of-the-environment report, is available on the web site.
United States
Environment Protection Agency
http://www.epa.gov
EPA is responsible for researching and setting national
standards for a variety of environmental programs and delegates to states and tribes
responsibility for issuing permits, and monitoring and enforcing compliance. The web site
is an information repository of its diverse range of activities in different areas of
environment protection. The site includes laws and regulations, standards, publications,
directories, databases and softwares, test methods and models and much more.
World
Resources Institute (WRI)
http://www.wri.org
WRI provides information, ideas, and solutions to global
environmental problems. EarthTrends: The Environmental Information Portal offers most
current information in the form of searchable databases, data tables, country profiles,
maps and feature articles on a broad range of environmental issues. The Online Bookstore
lists out complete WRI publications both alphabetic wise and topic wise.
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