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Acacia: The Internet:
Out of Africa (http://www.idrc.ca/acacia/)
"
The Acacia initiative is an international program to empower sub-Saharan
communities with the ability to apply information and communication technologies
(ICT's) to their own social and economic development." Includes a
newsletter, a 2001-2005 prospectus, a map of the digital divide, and more.
Text in English and in French.
The African Conservation Foundation
from African websites.net (http://www.africanconservation.com/)
"The portal for the Conservation of Africa's Flora and Fauna... provides
in-depth information from our project network as well as conservation databases,
interactive knowledge base & discussion forums and many other resources."
Ape Alliance -- Action for Apes (http://www.4apes.com/drc/)
Information exchange, position papers of international coalition of organizations
and individuals. Work supported by the Born Free Foundation, and the International
Fund for Animal Welfare. Text in English, French, and German.
Bioko - A conservation project (http://www.bioko.org/)
Site created and maintained by the Bioko Biodiversity Protection Program, a joint
initiative of Arcadia University (formerly named Beaver College) and the Universidad
Nacional de Guinea. Annual expedition, study abroad program.
Bioko Biodiversity Protection Program -
Sounds (http://www.bioko.org/sound/)
Sounds of primates and tree hydraxes.
Bioko Biodiversity Protection Program
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Videos (http://www.bioko.org/movies/)
Expeditions taken in 1997 and 1998 to the Gran Caldera, Bioko Island, Equatorial
Guinea.
Bioko Island Photographs (http://www.bioko.org/photos/)
Illustrations of daily activities as well and plant and animal life on Bioko.
Companhia Santomense de Telecomunicações (http://www.stome.telepac.net/sintese.htm)
City map, links to other STP internet sites.
Convention on Biological Diversity (http://www.biodiv.org/default.shtml)
Promotes conservation, sustainable use and equitable benefit sharing.
EnviroLink (http://www.envirolink.org/)
"The EnviroLink Network is a non-profit organization which has been
providing
access to thousands of online environmental resources since 1991."
Federation of American Scientists (http://www.fas.org)
The Federation of American Scientists (FAS) "is the oldest organization
dedicated to ending the worldwide arms race, achieving complete nuclear disarmament,
and avoiding the use of nuclear weapons for any purpose." Whatever one's
views are on its goals, a search of the site yields valuable information on a
country's armament found only with difficulty elsewhere.
Integrated Regional Information Network (IRIN) (http://www.irinnews.org)
A unit of the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. " ...pioneered
the use of e-mail and web technology to deliver and receive information to and
from some of the most remote and underdeveloped places in Africa, cheaply and
efficiently. Its reporting focuses on strengthening universal access to timely,
strategic and non-partisan information so as to enhance the capacity of the humanitarian
community to understand, respond to and avert emergencies. IRIN further supports
efforts at conflict resolution and reconciliation by countering misinformation
and propaganda."
Mbendi, Information for Africa (http://www.mbendi.co.za)
"Africa's leading business website and one of the world's top mining, energy
and international trade websites. The site has been designed to assist business-people
to identify and research business opportunities in the country and industry sectors
of their choice." Provides the economic profile, investment and information,
such as visa requirements and currency exchange rates.
United States. Energy
Information Administration (EIA)--Country Analysis Briefs (CAB): Sub-Saharan
Africa. (http://www.eia.doe.gov/emeu/cabs/cabsaf.html)
Provides an overview of the energy situation for all countries that are of current
interest to energy analysts and policy makers. Provides data on oil, natural
gas, electricity, coal, synthetic fuels; export, consumption, exploration and
production; includes economic, energy, and environmental overview; also gives
information on various factors affecting the energy sector. Links to important
U.S. government and worldwide sites. Country briefs for 2001 and 2002 provided
for: Angola, Cameroon, Chad, Rep. of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana,
Great Lakes, Horn, Nigeria, Senegal, South Africa, Sudan and the SADC countries.
United States.
Energy Information Administration. Energy Data (http://www.eia.doe.gov/emeu/international/contents.html)
Annual energy, energy balance and other energy-related data for the period 1980-2000;
presented by fuel category; includes forecasts.
Websites of U.S. embassies and consulates (http://usembassy.state.gov/)
Provides information on US government mission and services, and public and private
sector information on each country.
Welcome to Africa. No - the Index on Africa (http://afrika.no/)
Links to news, information, annotated resources on African countries. Sponsored
by the Norwegian Council for Africa.
World Health Organization (http://www.who.int/)
The official site of the WHO offers text in English, French or Spanish on its
mission and health initiatives, programs and warnings world wide.
World Species List-- Animals Plants Microbes. (http://species.enviroweb.org/)
Includes endangered species.
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