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.”
BIOTA-AFRICA (http://www.biota-africa.de/800/frames/biota-africa.htm)
Science: Environment: Forests and Rainforests. A German-supported transect study
of the Biodiversity of West Africa (Ivory Coast, Burkina Faso, Benin), East Africa
(Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda), and Southern Africa (Namibia and South Africa.
Checklist of Online Vegetation
and Plant Distribution Maps (http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/EART/vegmaps.html)
Links to numerous maps including a Southern Africa forest & protected area
map.
City of Cape Town (http://www.capetown.gov.za)
Official site of the new council made up of six local councils: Blaauwberg Municipality,
City of Cape Town, City of Tygerberg, Helderberg Municipality, Oostenberg Municipality,
South Peninsula Municipality and the Cape Metropolitan Council; includes municipal
notices, press releases, online City Bulletin, current local weather, links to
city police, online city services, also to each of the member councils and other
government sites. Provides downloadable pdf files dealing with traffic accident
reports, public transportation fares, water quality reports, household surveys,
socioeconomic characteristics and profile of the metropolitan area; includes
education level, and full text documents dealing with Cape Town's economy.
David Rumsey Map Collection (http://www.davidrumsey.com/)
Antiquarian maps of Africa, including South Africa.
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.
Discover South Africa (http://www.southafrica.net/)
Official tourism website; links to embassy site in traveler=s home country.
Empowerment for African Sustainable Development
(Cape Town) (http://easd.org.za/)
Organization dealing with environmental management and sustainable development;
includes full text publications, links to related sites.
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://www.fallingrain.com/world/SF/)
An online gazetteer searchable by country and then by place. Results give longitude,
latitude, and altitude of each location.
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.
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.
National Game
Parks (http://www.wildlifeafrica.co.za/botsnationalparks.html)
Commercial site. Links to game parks in Botswana, Malawi, Namibia, South Africa,
Swaziland, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. Includes photographic gallery, and information
on animal behavior.
Omni Resources (http://www.omnimap.com/catalog/int/safrica.htm)
Burlington, North Carolina commercial site; sells wide variety of maps of South
Africa and many of its cities, including geological, topographic, provincial,
road maps, and street guides.
Parliamentary Millennium Project (http://www.pmpsa.gov.za/)
Photographs of archaeological artifacts are contrasted with Western antiquarian
maps of Africa; project is supported by South African Parliament, Cape Town.
South Africa. Chief
Directorate: Surveys and Mapping (http://w3sli.wcape.gov.za/surveys/Survmain.htm)
Official national mapping agency based in Cape Town; provides printed maps, aerial
photos, digital maps for a fee.
South African Internet Resources (http://www.anc.org.za/sanet.html)
Extensive coverage of all topics. Links to all levels of government, national,
regional, international associations, societal and environmental issues, etc. South
African Politics -An online introduction (Allison Drew) (http://www-users.york.ac.uk/%7Ead15/SApolitics.htm)
Web course providing an introduction to South African politics and political
history using internet-based resources; includes historical overview, reading
lists, research exercises, two maps.
UT library online, Perry-Castan~eda (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 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. Country Analysis Brief on South
Africa (http://www.eia.doe.gov/emeu/cabs/safrica.html)
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 sites as well as worldwide.
United States.
Energy Information Administration. Energy Data -- South Africa (http://www.eia.doe.gov/emeu/international/safrica.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 Country
Studies (http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/)
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://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.
|