Environment and Ecology - Stanford University Libraries/Academic Information Resources

GeoAfrica Earth Science Resource Directory - Directory of earth science companies who have offices in Africa and who are geared to working in Africa.

Africa: Environment - African studies links page.

AfriCover - FAO project dealing with land cover assessment for the African continent, based on remote sensing and GIS techniques.

Environmental Aspects of the African Great Lakes Region - Land Cover Characterization, Landsat Images of Lac Kivu, Drainage Basins, Elevation, Human Population Growth, Monthly Changes in Vegetation.

Climate & Environment in Africa - Columbia University - Area Studies

Famine Early Warning System (FEWS) - Meteorological Analyses, Cold Cloud Top Graphics and Animations, Precipitation Estimates, CPC Global Monitoring and Analysis Products.

Network for Environment and Sustainable Development in Africa - NESDA is a resource and forum of African experts in the management of environment and natural ressources.

African Technology Forum - Practical information on science and technology in Africa to corporations, individuals and institutions in the US, Africa and the rest of the world.

Sangha River Network - An interdisciplinary network promoting natural, social, and policy science-related issues concerning the region of where Cameroon, Central African Republic, and the Republic of Congo meet.

Empowerment for African Sustainable Development - A private non-profit corporation focussing on the empowerment of African people and institutions operating in the area of environmental management and sustainable development.

AllAfrica.com: Environment - Links to current news stories from around the continent.

AllAfrica.com: Science and Technology - Links to current news from around the continent.

African Centre for Technology Studies - An international inter-governmental policy research and training organization located in Nairobi, Kenya. The Centre's activities focus on the implementation of Agenda 21 and related conventions on biological diversity, climate change and desertification.

AfricaLink - A division of USAID that supports regional networks of African policy makers and scientists in agriculture, natural resource management, and the environment.

Africa Rainforest Conservation News & Information - African rainforest conservation documents and archived news.

Grassroots Indicators for Desertification: - Experience and Perspectives from Eastern and Southern Africa. Documents why grassroots indicators should play a key role in the monitoring, evaluation, and reporting systems for sustainable development and, more specifically, in efforts to reverse desertification and other forms of land degradation (Online book: IDRC Focus Collection).

United Nations Environment Programme - Regional Office for Africa - Acts as the link between the various units and centres of UNEP and the countries in the region, and promotes collaboration and partnerships with organizations active in sustainable development in Africa.

United Nations University Institute for Natural Resources in Africa - Established in 1986 to catalyze the formation of human capital in science and technology for the effective conservation, management and utilization of Africa's natural resources.

Africa's Natural Resources Conservation and Management Surveys - Summary Proceedings of the UNU/INRA Regional Workshop. Accra, Ghana - March 1998.

Africa - Forestry, Agroforestry and Environment - Promotes the protection, health and sustainability of African forests and forest environments.

Managing the Environment Locally in Sub Sahran Africa - Advocates and supports local environmental management.

World Conservation Union Africa Offices - IUCN regional contact details.

AAAS Africa project - American Association for the Advancement of Science Africa Project: focusses on improving access for African researchers to scientific and technical information, on encouraging other aspects of scientific capacity-building, on articulating research and policy agendas for critical issues facing African science and society, and on promoting productive collaborative ties between US and African scientists and their institutions.

Searching for a Cure: Conservation of Medicinal Wildlife resources in East and Southern Africa - Identifies 102 medicinal plant species and 29 animal species as priorities for conservation and management action. September 1998.

Environment news stories from Africa - Information on various environmental issues including climate change, carbon sequestration, endangered species, environmental policy.

Miombo Network - The Miombo Network was formed to create a regional network for global change research on the dominant biome of Southern Africa: the Miombo Woodlands.

Technology Policy and Practice in Africa - Online book - case studies demonstrating the need to pay greater attention to an enabling macroeconomic environment and the ways that environment interacts with an effective technology policy.

Global Environmental Change Program - Africa - Describes GECP research programs in Africa.

National Councils for Sustainable Development: Africa and the Middle East - Multi-stakeholder participatory bodies promoting and implementing sustainable development at the national level.

Medicinal Plant Use in Africa - People and Plants Online - Working Paper 1.

African Scientific Societies and Associations - A list compiled by the AAAS in 1998.

Managing Water for African Cities - A joint initiative of United Nations Environment Programme UNEP and United Nations Centre for Human Settlements: to build capacity in seven demonstration cities in the water sector, to provide information on best practices in urban water management, and to link sector professionals working in the field of water management.

Africa Volcanoes and Volcanics - Descriptions and maps.

Participatory Development Communication: A West African Agenda - CIME is a development communication program that reflects the interrelations between Communication at the grassroots level, the exchange of Information, two-way Media, and nonformal Education. This online book presents the conceptual framework that led to the articulation of the CIME program.

African Forestry Policy Forum - Proceedings, summaries and case studies: August, 1996.

Arid Climate, Adaptation and Cultural Innovation in Africa - Research on the historical development of the African continent and its people during the last 12,000 years in light of the complex interrelation between Man and changing environmental conditions.

Nubian Sandstone Aquifer System - Cooperative multinational program to foster cooperation in groundwater studies and development, environmentally sound, agricultural and agro-pastoral development, restoration of disrupted ecological balance, and combating desertification (Egypt, Libya, and Sudan).

Centre for Environment Information and Knowledge in Africa - CEIKA's objective is to build African capacity for environmental management through the provision of relevant training and multi-media information and knowledge products.

Scientific African - An African-located institute hoping to enhance the worldwide accessibility to scientific publications from Africa.

Sustaining the Future: Economic, Social, and Environmental Change in Sub-Saharan Africa - UNU Press online book. The authors were given the objectives of analysing the trends and processes of environmental change in Sub-Saharan Africa, and of identifying key issues for reaching sustainable environmental and resource management in the region within the medium-term future until around the year 2005.

Chemistry in Africa - A resource for African Chemistry Departments, research and other organizations, plus databases for retrieval of the continent's scientific information.

Natural Resources and Rural Development in Arid Lands: Case Studies from Sudan - UNU Press online book. Four studies under the overall heading "Obstacles to the Application of Existing Knowledge in Arid Lands".

Natural Resources Development in the Sahel: The Role of the United Nations System - UNU Press online book. Focuses on the problems of socio-economic development, environmental conservation, and the application of scientific knowledge and technological resources in the Sahel.

African Adventure Solar Eclipse - Information on the total solar eclipse June 21, 2001.

African Journals Online - Tables of contents and abstracts of articles from journals in agricultural sciences, science and technology, health and social sciences, published in Africa.