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.”
BIOTA-AFRICA (http://www.biota-africa.de/800/frames/biota-africa.htm)
Science: Environment: Forests and Rainforests. A German-supported transect study of the Biodiversity of West Africa (Ivory Coast, Burkina Faso, Benin), East Africa (Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda), and Southern Africa (Namibia and South Africa.
Development Gateway Country Overview (http://www.developmentgateway.org/)
“The Development Gateway helps communities, organizations, and individuals build partnerships, share ideas, and work together to reduce poverty.” Search by development projects as well as by country to identify additional web sites and documents.
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.”
Government of Namibia (http://www.grnnet.gov.na/)
Official government site.
International Rivers Network: Linking human rights and environmental protection (http://www.irn.org/programs/lesotho/)
Links to projects in Lesotho, Uganda, Namibia, Senegal, South Africa, Kenya Ghana, and Tanzania.
International Weather From WeatherHub (http://www.weatherhub.com/global/)
An English language home page providing links to sites offering international weather information by city.
MSN Encarta (http://encarta.msn.com)
“Posts facts about this country's geography and history along with images, maps, and news updates.” Search e-library for periodical articles.
MapQuest (http://www.mapquest.com/maps/)
General site for maps. Search by country and by city.
Maps.com (http://www.maps.com/)
Commercial site, sells digital maps of such areas as Johannesburg, Cape Town, Bophuthatswana, the new provinces.
Omni Resources (http://www.omnimap.com)
Commercial site (Burlington, NC); sells wide variety of maps--city, geological, topographic, provincial, road maps, and street guides.
UT library online, Perry-Castañeda (http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/index.html)
The University of Texas’ Perry Castaneda Library Map collection here offers a variety of historical, geological and political maps of many countries.
United Nations Cartographic Section (http://www.un.org/Depts/Cartographic/english/htmain.htm)
Available in English or French versions. Offers detailed maps of many countries.
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.
United States. Library of Congress. Geography
and Map Division (http://www.loc.gov/rr/geogmap/)
Website of one of the largest map repositories in the world.
The World Conservation Union (http://www.iucn.org)
Founded in 1948, and with 980 members in 140 countries. “The World Conservation Union brings together States, government agencies and a diverse range of non-governmental organizations in a unique world partnership.”
World Species List-- Animals Plants Microbes. (http://species.enviroweb.org/)
Includes endangered species.
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