Resources for International Users
EPA provides technical assistance to its partner countries and to multilateral organizations through training courses, technology transfer, sharing of environmental data and information, and environmental education initiatives.
Categories on this page:
- Good Governance
- Technology Transfer
- International Import and Export
- Air Quality
- Toxics and Waste
- Environmental Finance
- Water
- Smart Growth
Good Governance
- Public Participation Guide: Tools for effective public particpation
- Environmental Impact Assessment Technical Review Guidelines (on mining, tourism, and energy - available in English and Spanish)
- Judicial Training Modules on Environmental Law (from UNEP) Exit
Technology Transfer
- Environmental Technology Verification (ETV) Program
- Contaminated Site Clean-Up Information (CLU-IN) Exit
International Import and Export
- EPA Requirements for Importers and Exporters
- The Border Center Exit
- Import and Export of Pesticides
- Import and Export of Hazardous Waste
Air Quality
- Introduction to Managing Air Quality (for International Audiences)
- Transboundary Air Pollution
- International Toxics Release Inventory (TRI)
Toxics and Waste
Reducing Mercury from Gold Shops:
Environmental Finance
Water
- Online Introduction to the Clean Water Act, translated into Spanish (PDF)
- EPA Programs
- Vessels and Marine Discharge
- Vessel General Permit Fact Sheet (PDF, 2 pages, in various languages)
- Interactive games (for children)
- International Programs
- Water Safety Portal Exit (from the World Health Organization and International Water Association)
- International Wetland Restoration Links
- World Water Monitoring Day
- International Coral Reef Initiative
- World Health Organization Efforts on Pharmaceuticals in Drinking Water
Smart Growth
- About Smart Growth
- Examples of Smart Growth Communities and Projects
- Partnership for Sustainable Communities
- Smart Growth Tools
- Smart Growth Publications
- Spanish Publications:
- Así es el Desarrollo Inteligente
- Cómo Alcanzar el Desarrollo Inteligente:
- 100 Políticas Para Su Implementación
- 100 Polticas Adicionales Para Su Implementacin