EE Organizations and Projects - Geography
EE Organizations and Projects - Geography
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Links on this page include organizations and projects primarily concerned with education about environmental aspects of geography--land use planning, ground truthing, ecosystem protection.
"The goal of the ESRI Conservation Program (ECP) is to support conservation groups and related non-profit local, international, and indigenous
organizations in acquiring, learning, and using geographic information system (GIS) tools and methods." Includes information on free GIS data, software, and tutorials. Offers grants of complete GIS centers to grass-roots orgs active in conservation. The URL is: http://www.conservationgis.org/
Resource links from the National Council for Geographic Education. Teaching materials (two identified as environmental education), books, maps and posters, and information on educational standards for geography and research.
The URL is: http://www.ncge.org/publications/
CGEE, based in Tennessee, "helps local agencies organize environmental education workshops, supports the CGEE-created local Partners in Environmental Education Network, coordinates the Tennessee Solid Waste Education Project, and develops international programs for Russian-U.S. exchanges."
The URL is: http://eerc.ra.utk.edu/divisions/cgee/Default.htm
Multifaceted plans for each of the 21 major land and water systems in the United States and Canada. "These 21 regional plans will help achieve our global vision: to restore the ecological health of the planet through concrete local action." A project of the Sierra Club.
The URL is: http://www.sierraclub.org/ecoregions/
The site includes a search engine (focused on geographic-related Websites), geo software (including freeware), recent news related to
the GIS community, and a Q&A section. The site can be translated in five different languages. The URL is: http://www.geocomm.com/
A portal to the Geography Network's resources related to land management and land records. Users can publicize data and events; request information from other users; search for data, references, and events; and sign up to receive updates when new data are posted to a specified geographic area. By the Bureau of Land Management (BLM)and the US Forest Service (USFS).
The URL is: http://www.geocommunicator.gov/
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