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.”
Conservation et utilisation rationnelle des Ecosystèmes Forestiers d'Afrique
Centrale (ECOFAC) (http://www.ecofac.org)
Conservation and rational use of forest ecosystems in Central Africa. Objective
is to promote the creation and management of protected areas that act as sanctuaries
of biodiversity and encourage exchanges and cooperation between member countries.
Member countries are Cameroon, Congo, Gabon, Equatorial Guinea, and Sao Tome
and Principe.
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.”
Forests Monitor (http://www.forestsmonitor.org/index.htm)
“Investigating the forest industry to empower forest-dependent peoples
and raise public awareness.” Publications, maps, information on forest
companies. Includes documents of Africa Forest Law and Governance Process (AFLEG).
Links to bushmeat, training and capacity building, corporate and ethical investments,
environmental, forests and logging issues, and general environmental sites. Countries
featured are:Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo-Brazzaville, Democratic
Republic of the Congo, and Equatorial Guinea, Russia, Sarawak and Papua New Guinea.
Global gazetteer (http://bibpurl.oclc.org/web/6794)
An online gazetteer searchable by country and then by place. Results give longitude,
latitude, and altitude of each location.
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.
USAID-Congo (http://www.usaid.gov/cg/)
An agency of the United States government, responsible for “providing financial
and technical to organizations and institutions working to solve the Congo’s
critical development problems...works in close collaboration with the U.S. Embassy
and its office of Public Diplomacy.”
UT library online, Perry-Castañeda (http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/index.html)
The University of Texas’ Perry Castañeda 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 Nations Human Settlements
Program- Regional Office for Africa and Arab
States (ROAAS) (http://www.unhabitat.org/offices/roaas/)
ROAAS supports the Africa and Arab States region in implementing “The Habitat
Agenda”, emphasizing its two main themes: "Adequate shelter for all" and "Sustainable
urban development."
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://lcweb.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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