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These sites inform about geography, climate, agriculture, natural resources, and environment, including geographic names, gazetteers, and historical and present-day maps. In addition to the websites given here, researchers should also consult Central and Eastern Europe: Geography and Environment, a selection of the most informative websites from international, regional and other organizations that cover these disciplines in all countries of Eastern Europe. For information about maps and other geographical resources at the Library of Congress, consult its Geography and Map Reading Room.
Agriculture
AGRICOLA - The National Agricultural Library's Catalog and Article Citation
Database (http://agricola.nal.usda.gov)
The U.S. National Agricultural Library makes available two important databases: 1) its online catalog, which reflects the library's holdings of books, periodicals and other materials; and 2) its subject-indexed database of periodical articles, reflecting the contents of agricultural journals world-wide from 1971 to the present. More than 200 article citations pertain to Albania or come from Albanian agricultural periodicals.
Albania-EU Energy Efficiency Centre (http://www.eec.org.al)
Informs about energy projects in Albania and provides its EEC Newsletter in English, with issues archived from September, 2000. In English.
Geographic
Studies Center, the Academy of Sciences of Albania (http://www.academyofsciences.net/institutes/geographic-studies/index.html)
Describes the Center's history, structure, projects, and publications. In English.
GEOnet Names Server (http://earth-info.nga.mil/gns/html/)
A sophisticated database including over 5 million place names world-wide. Maintained by two U.S. agencies - the National Imagery and Mapping Agency, and the U.S. Board on Geographic Names. Probably the largest online gazetteer for most countries of the world. A pull-down menu allows searching by country, retrieving thousands or tens of thousands of records for most East European countries. Records give the name of each location or feature, variant spellings, latitude and longitude, and additional numeric data. Searches may focus on a variety of elements, such as populated place, administrative region, type of area, vegetation, and fresh- and saltwater features. Searches may also be limited to areas demarcated by two lines each of latitude and longitude.
Maps--Historical
Northern Greece, Macedonia and Albania (http://feefhs.org/maps/balk/ba-ngre.html)
From the website of the Federation of East European Family History Societies.
This map is from Blackie & Son's Comprehensive Atlas & Geography of the World
(Edinburgh, 1882).
Maps--Present-Day
Albania (http://www.un.org/Depts/Cartographic/map/profile/albania.pdf)
The United Nations provides this map of Albania, produced in 2003. This is a .pdf file.
Natural
Resources USGS Minerals Information - Europe and Central Asia (http://minerals.usgs.gov/minerals/pubs/country/europe.html)
The United States Geological Survey provides lengthy annual reports on the mineral resources of most countries throughout the world. The annual reports for Albania are archived beginning with 1994.
Virtual Albania Online (http://www.albania.8m.com/home.html)
Provides an interactive map of the 25 districts of Albania. In English.
Environment
Ministria e Mjedisit (http://www.moe.gov.al)
Albanian Ministry of the Environment. In Albanian and English.
Post-Conflict
Environmental Assessment - Albania (http://enrin.grida.no/htmls/albania/reports/postcon/eng/report.htm)
This lengthy report was first published by the United Nations Environment Programme in 2000. In English and Albanian.
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