Arab Environment Monitor http://www.arabenvironment.net/categories/Qatar/
Recent articles pertaining to the environment and Qatar.
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.
Environmental Statistics http://www.planning.gov.qa/AnnAbs/annabst_2005/annabst/2005/ENVIRONMENTAL/Enviornment.htm
“Ten tables on biodiversity, protected areas, chemical use, fisheries and environmental violations. The data were collected from official records, researches, monitoring programs, and reports.”
Global gazetteer (http://www.fallingrain.com/world/QA/)
An online gazetteer searchable by country and then by place. Results give longitude, latitude, and altitude of each location.
Green Turtle http://www.american.edu/TED/green.htm
Discusses cultural, trade and environmental factors that contribute to the endangered species status of the green turtles that inhabits the Persian Gulf and the Indian Ocean.
International Weather From WeatherHub (http://www.weatherhub.com/global/)
An English language home page providing links to sites offering international weather information by city.
MapQuest (http://www.mapquest.com/maps/)
General site for maps. Search by country and by city.
Maps.com (formerly Magellan Geographix) (http://www.maps.com/)
User may view samples of the wide variety of maps available as well as order maps or atlases, by downloading, or on CD-ROM or in hard copy.
Ministry of Municipal Affairs & Agriculture http://www.mmaa.gov.qa/
Links to Municipalities, Agricultural & Water Research, as well as Agricultural Development (English and Arabic)
Qatar http://www.arabianwildlife.com/archive/vol2.2/quat.htm
Qatar’s natural attractions are highlighted. These include description and location of
desert roses, arus el bahar or sea cow, and fossilized shark teeth.
Qatar’s Nation-Wide GIS http://www.gisqatar.org.qa/
“Generally speaking, GIS is a computer based technology, comprised of data, software, hardware and procedures that can be used to encode, store, correlate, analyze and display information about the earth’s surface: what’s on it; underneath it; what land is used for; and where natural resources, people and utilities are located.” (English and Arabic)
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. Library of Congress Country Studies (http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/qatoc.html)
A series published by the Federal Research Division of the Library of Congress under the Country Studies/Area Studies Handbook Program sponsored by the Department of the Army.
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.
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