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.”
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.”
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.
Governments on the WWW: Lesotho (http://www.gksoft.com/govt/en/ls.html)
Lists links to many web sites concerning Lesotho.
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.
Lesotho Highlands Water Project (http://www.lhwp.org.ls/)
“The bi-national, Lesotho Highlands Water Project (LHWP), between the Kingdom of Lesotho (KOL) and the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is one of the most comprehensive engineering projects of its kind in the world, aimed at harnessing the water resources of the highlands of Lesotho to the mutual advantage of South Africa and Lesotho.”
Lesotho Meteorological Service (http://www.lesmet.org.ls/)
Provides information on forecasting and weather and climate products and services.
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 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”, emphasing 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://www.loc.gov/rr/geogmap/)
Website of one of the largest map repositories in the world.
World Species List-- Animals Plants Microbes. (http://species.enviroweb.org/)
Includes endangered species.
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