Complete text of the 2002 book published by the Board on Earth Sciences and Resources. Covers Agenda 21 implementation, the use of geographic data, and GIS-based decision support systems.

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

Stanford University Libraries/Academic Information Resources

Environmental information management tools for implementing legal instruments related to the environment in Africa. Includes text of environmental legal instruments, training modules (in PDF format), portals for West Africa, Benin, Mali, Senegal, Uganda, North Africa, Morocco.

Meteorological Analyses, Cold Cloud Top Graphics and Animations, Precipitation Estimates, CPC Global Monitoring and Analysis Products.

United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Famine Early Warning System. Features articles and reports on drought and food shortages.

Report of the Global Information and Early Warning System (GIEWS) that provides an assessment of the current food supply situation in sub-Saharan Africa. Articles in PDF format.

Directory of earth science companies who have offices in Africa and who are geared to working in Africa.

Describes GECP research programs in Africa.

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).

People and Plants Online - Working Paper 1.

Multi-stakeholder participatory bodies promoting and implementing sustainable development at the national level.

UNU Press online book. Four studies under the overall heading "Obstacles to the Application of Existing Knowledge in Arid Lands".

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.

Representing zoos, wildlife and botanical collections in Africa. Promoting responsible management via the African Preservation Programme, with directory of member institutions.

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.

A cross-regional summary of the Protected Area Conservation Strategy (PARCS) project's assessments of training needs among protected area managers in eastern, central, and southern Africa.

A monthly magazine containing popular articles, research findings, events, scientific developments, and resources about science in Africa.

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

Identifies 102 medicinal plant species and 29 animal species as priorities for conservation and management action. September 1998.

Resources and links on water, energy, health, agriculture and biodiversity in 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.

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.

United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization's Regioanl Office for sub-Saharan Africa. Information about programs, staff, online journals.

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.