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Online maps, map collections, climate, natural resources, environment. For information about maps and other geographical resources at the Library of Congress, please consult its Geography and Map Reading Room Web site.
General Resources
Global Gazetteer: Towns and
Cities in Ukraine (http://www.fallingrain.com/world/UP/)
Information for more than 43,000 cities and towns in Ukraine -- latitude and longitude, elevation, and population (estimate), as well as airports and aviation waypoints. Includes maps as well as other geographic and meteorological information. From Falling Rain Genomics.
JewishGen ShtetlSeeker (http://www.jewishgen.org/Communities/)
Search for towns by name or location in Central and Eastern Europe.
National Geographic (http://www.nationalgeographic.com)
Search on Ukraine.
Maps - Present Day
MetaKarta (http://map.meta.ua)
Maps of counties and cities, with detailed street information. In Russian.
Ukrainian Map Server (http://209.82.14.226/ua-maps/)
Maps and links to Web sites with additional resources. Includes Ukrainian road map, maps of Ukrainian oblasts, cities, and more. From InfoUkes.
University of Texas
at Austin. Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection: Ukraine Maps (http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/ukraine.html)
Political, thematic, historical, and detailed city maps.
Weather
CNN.com Weather (http://weather.cnn.com/weather/forecast.jsp)
From "Find Weather Around the World" --select Europe, then Ukraine, and click on a list of cities.
Ukraine: Weather Underground (http://www.wunderground.com/global/UR.html)
Alphabetical listing by place with columns for temperature, humidity, pressure, conditions, wind, and time of update.
U.S. Department of
Commerce. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. National Weather
Service. Internet Weather Service: Ukraine (http://weather.noaa.gov/weather/UA%5Fcc.html)
Select a location for most recently observed weather conditions for Ukraine.
Environment
EarthTrends. Environmental Information (http://earthtrends.wri.org)
An environmental information portal for researching global topics, such as water resources, climate and atmosphere, population and health, energy resources, and agriculture and food. Search on Ukraine for country profiles including environmental governance and institutions, biodiversity and protected areas, and climate and atmosphere. From World Resources Institute.
Environment News Service (ENS) (http://www.ens-newswire.com)
A daily international wire service on the environment, ENS provides English-language articles on environmental news worldwide. Search on Ukraine.
Forestry
Institutions in Ukraine (http://oregonstate.edu/~peremysv/ukraine/foredu.htm)
Includes links to forests and forestry research institutes and universities in Ukraine as well as biological institutes and related links. Site hosted by Oregon State University.
Ministry of Environmental Protection (http://www.menr.gov.ua)
Information on the Ministry, international activity, state environmental monitoring, atmospheric air protection, environmental maps, and more. In Ukrainian and English.
National Biological
Information Infrastructure (NBII): Ukraine (http://www.nbii.gov/portal/community/Communities/Geographic_Perspectives/)
NBII is engaged in collaborative activities worldwide to provide increased access to data and information on biological resources. NBII links diverse, high-quality biological databases, information products, and analytical tools maintained by NBII partners and other contributors in government agencies, academic institutions, NGOs, and private industry. Ukraine page links to government agencies, multinational organizations, and protected areas/parks (nature reserves) in Ukraine.
Ukrainian-American Environmental Association (http://ua-ea.org)
Incorporated in Washington DC, and chartered in Ukraine, the Ukrainian-American Environmental Association was created in 2004 as a network of Ukrainian and American NGOs, academic researchers, businesses, and government officials to facilitate the exchange of information on a broad array of environmental issues including, but not limited to, energy policy, climate change, air and water pollution, toxic wastes, soil conservation, sustainable agriculture, and wildlife and wilderness protection. Site includes news about environmental policy in Ukraine and links to resources that cover environmental issues. In English and Ukrainian.
Ukrainian Land and Resource Management Centre
(ULRMC) (http://www.ulrmc.org.ua)
ULRMC is a nonprofit nongovernmental scientific and technical organization that seeks to apply remote sensing (RS), digital mapping, and geographic information systems (GIS) technologies to support rendering public and private sector decisions, both in Ukraine and the region. Links to information about ULRMC, its activities and technical capabilities, imagery applications and archive, projects, news and events, and more. In Ukrainian, Russian, and English.
Ukrainski Karpaty (http://www.carpathians.org.ua)
Sponsored by the ecological foundation WETI, this site provides information about the Ukrainian portion of the Carpathian Mountains, including links to ecological forums and initiatives. In Ukrainian.
United Nations in Ukraine - Environment (http://www.un.kiev.ua/en/)
Portal on what the United Nations system does in Ukraine, and why. Links include millenium development goals, 20th anniversary of Chernobyl, and the United Nations Development Programme--energy and environment. In English and Ukrainian.
USAID.
Ukraine: Environment (http://www.usaid.gov/our_work/environment/climate/country_nar/ukraine.html)
USAID country resource page on Ukraine includes links to environmental organizations and environmental law in Europe.
Chornobyl/Chernobyl Nuclear Plant
Chornobyl Nuclear Accident
and its Ramifications (http://www.infoukes.com/history/chornobyl/)
Pages from various sources on the Chernobyl nuclear disaster of April 26, 1986. From InfoUkes.
Human
Consequences of the Chernobyl Nuclear Accident: A Strategy for Recovery (http://www.brama.com/ukraine/020206unreport%5Fchernobyl.pdf)
A 2002 report (in PDF format) commissioned by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF) with the support of the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UN-OCHA) and the World Heath Organization (WHO).
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