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EXTERNAL LINKS
FRESHWATER ISSUES
UNEP.Net Freshwater Portal - UNEP's directory of freshwater information and data for environmental assessment.
Surface Water and Freshwater Systems
www.ec.gc.ca/water/en/nature/prop/e_prop.htm - Properties of water and the hydrological cycle.
http://espejo.unesco.org.uy/summary/html/summary.html - World water resources at the beginning of the 21st Century. Prepared in the framework of IHP/UNESCO, this site provides data on water use, availability, etc.
http://www.unesco.org/science/waterday2000/ - Facts on water use, and present and future trends.
http://www.aaas.org/international/ehn/fisheries/gleick.htm - Human Population and Water: To the Limits in the 21st Century, by Peter H. Gleick.
Glaciers and Ice Caps
http://pubs.usgs.gov/fs/2005/3056 - USGS factsheet on the extent of present-day glaciers.
www.emporia.edu/earthsci/gage/glacier7.htm - the Glacier Inventory
Groundwater
www.ec.gc.ca/water/en/info/pubs/FS/e_FSA5.htm - Ground Water – Nature’s Hidden Treasure.
MARINE AND COASTAL ENVIRONMENT
Endangered Species
www.unep-wcmc.org/reception/ims.htm - Interactive maps of marine turtle nesting sites in the Indian Ocean.
www.cites.org - CITES (Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species) database of protected species.
www.redlist.org - IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources) ‘Red List’ of threatened species.
Marine Protected Areas and Biodiversity
www.biodiv.org/programmes/areas/marine/protected.asp?lg=0 - Marine areas protected under the Jakarta Mandate for Marine and Coastal Biodiversity.
www.unesco.org/csi/theme/them6.htm - Reports and programmes on UNESCO’s Coastal Biodiversity theme.
http://gesamp.imo.org/no62/index.htm - The online version of Marine Biodiversity: Patterns, Threats and Conservation Needs, GESAMP, 1997.
Coral Reefs
www.aims.gov.au/pages/research/coral-bleaching/scr2000/scr-00gcrmn-report.html - A summary of Status of Coral Reefs of the World 2000, by Wilkinson C. (ed.), published by the Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS).
www.aims.gov.au/pages/research/coral-bleaching/scr1998/scr-00.html - Status of Coral Reefs of the World 1998, from the Australian Institute of Marine Science.
www.unesco.org/csi/pub/papers/papers3.htm - Information on UNESCO’s Caribbean Coral Reef, Seagrass and Mangrove Sites (CARICOMP) project, which aims to assess the productivity of these three key ecosystems, and the nature and influence of land-sea and human-environment interactions.
www.reefbase.org/ - Part of ICLARM, ReefBase provides data and information on coral reefs and associated tropical habitats, to facilitate better understanding of the relationship between human activities and the status and dynamics of these environments.
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