International Environmental Law Research Guide
Research Sources General Websites and Sources of Information
- Introduction to Research Guides
- Amazon Deforestation
- Bluefin Tuna
- Caspian Sea Sturgeon
- Illegal Commercial Trade in Bushmeat
- Living with Kyoto
Print resources in the Law library
Print resources on international environmental law are collected on the first floor of the Law library, in call number range K3581-3597. Sources include treatises and loose leaf reporters. Certain materials related to your topics may be found in other call number ranges (e.g., scientific) on the second floor of the Law library. Books that are mentioned in the pathfinders for the topics covered in this course are held in the Law Library reserve collection.
Textbook website
David Hunter et al., International Environmental Law and Policy
http://www.wcl.american.edu/environment/IEL
Country Information
CIA World Factbook
http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/index.html
Environment
United Nations Environment Programme
http://www.unep.org/
United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization
http://www.fao.org/
Global Environmental Facility
http://www.gefweb.org/
UN Commission on Sustainable Development
http://www.un.org/esa/sustdev/
UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre
http://www.unep-wcmc.org/
World Resources Institute Earth Trends – the Environmental Information Portal
http://earthtrends.wri.org/
Biodiversity/Endangered Species
Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES)
http://www.cites.org/
Convention on Biological Diversity
http://www.cbd.int
The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
http://www.iucnredlist.org/
TRAFFIC (joint program of WWF and IUCN)
http://www.traffic.org/
Sustainable Development
Inter-American Development Bank Sustainable Development Division
http://www.iadb.org/sds/env/index_env_e.htm
United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Division for Sustainable Development
http://www.un.org/esa/sustdev/documents/agenda21/index.htm
Oceans/Fisheries
United Nations Atlas of the Oceans
http://www.oceansatlas.org
United Nations Division for Ocean Affairs and the Law of the Sea
http://www.un.org/Depts/los/index.htm
The Institute for Ocean Conservation Science
http://www.oceanconservationscience.org/
Food and Agriculture Organization – Fisheries and Aquaculture Department
http://www.fao.org/fishery
Global Marine Programme (IUCN)
http://www.iucn.org/about/work/programmes/business/bbp_morework/bbp_programmes/marine/
International Fisheries Law and Policy Portal
http://www.intfish.net/
United Nations Sustainable Development Oceans & Seas Page
http://www.un.org/esa/dsd/susdevtopics/sdt_oceaseas.shtml
World Wildlife Fund Global Marine Programme
http://www.panda.org/what_we_do/how_we_work/conservation/marine/
Deforestation
FAO Forestry Page
http://www.fao.org/forestry/index.jsp
FAO Forestry Page Country Profiles
http://www.fao.org/forestry/foris/webview/forestry2/index.jsp?
siteId=5081&sitetreeId=18307&langId=1&geoId=0
Greenpeace
http://www.greenpeace.org/international/campaigns/forests
International Tropical Timber Organization (UN auspices)
http://www.itto.or.jp/live/index.jsp
United Nations Forum on Forests
http://www.un.org/esa/forests/index.html
Inter-American Development Bank Forestry and Biodiversity Conservation and Management
http://www.iadb.org/sds/env/site_45_e.htm
WWF Global Forest and Trade Network (GFTN)
http:/gftn.panda.org/
Forests - World Wildlife Fund/World Bank Alliance
http://www.worldwildlife.org/what/globalmarkets/forests/worldbankalliance.html
Climate Change
United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
http://unfccc.int/2860.php
United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (1992)
http://unfccc.int/essential_background/convention/items/2627.php
Text of the Framework Convention on Climate Change
http://unfccc.int/resource/docs/convkp/conveng.pdf
Kyoto Protocol
http://unfccc.int/essential_background/kyoto_protocol/items/2830.php
Text of the Kyoto Protocol
http://unfccc.int/resource/docs/convkp/kpeng.pdf
Initiatives
WWF Conservation Finance
http://www.worldwildlife.org/conservationfinance/index.cfm
International Organizations
United Nations
http://www.un.org/english/
World Bank
http://www.worldbank.org/
Asian Development Bank
http://www.adb.org/
Organization of American States
http://www.oas.org/