Environmental Law

BNA Online Services
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Lexis-Nexis Academic
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Lexis
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Westlaw
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Global Newsbank
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Government Information on the Internet (Bernan)
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CEC Environment--NAFTA--Commission for Environmental Cooperation 
Information on the Protection of the North American Environment in the context of increasing economic, trade, and social links among Canada, Mexico and the United States.

CIESIN/ENTRI  
Environment Information Resources (multilateral environmental treaties and
national resource indicators).

ECOLEX 
Contains more than 480 multilateral treaties relating to environmental conservation. The term multilateral treaty refers to treaties that are open to three or more states. To search go to "State," and browse for treaties of relevance to a given state.

Earth Trends
This Web site is a companion to the EarthTrends site, launched in 2001 by the World Resources Institute. Inside these pages you will find time-series information for over 500 variables, more than 2000 country profiles, as well as data tables, maps, and feature stories on a variety of environmental, social, and economic topics. Click here to learn more about EarthTrends.

Environmental Agencies of the World
This is a lists of the agencies in most countries primarily responsible for environmental issues at the national level.  As can be seen from scanning these lists, different countries organize their environmental monitoring and regulatory systems differently.

European Environment Information and Observation Network (EIONET) See also the International Commission for the Protection of the Danube River. 

European Union Environment Policy
Index to EU research tools on environment. See State of the Environment Reporting Information System (SERIS), EEA and Sustainable Development. For more help, go to Tools for the Research on the EU.

FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS
Faolex contains a collection of national laws and regulations on food, agriculture and renewable natural resources.

GREED Arendal, Norway (UNEP) 
Contains information on Arctic, Nordic/Baltic, Central & Eastern Europe, and other regions. It also contains the Green Globe Yearbook.

Greenpeace International
Contains hot topics on toxics, nuclear , oceans , genetic engineering, ocean dumping , and forests.

Human Rights to Water
Major contributions -- treaties, agreements.

International Society for Environmental Protection-
A forum for the exchange of environmental information between environmental experts, administration, industry, research and the public.

International Institute for Sustainable Development and IISD Linkages
An electronic clearinghouse for information on past and upcoming international meetings related to environment and development.

International Water Law Project
See the Treaty Web Sites.

Natural Resources
Maintained by the University of Denver, the site is a research tool in the natural resources and environmental law fields offering country-specific information, including legislation, legal databases, government agencies and search engines.

Pace Virtual Environmental Law Library 
Currently under construction.

United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
The site provides parties, representatives of observer organizations and others interested in the UNFCCC process with a one-stop source of news, data, information and documents. Information is organized under main headings: What's New, The Secretariat, Programs, Resources, Sessions, and Media Room.

The United Nations Environment Programme - Geneva Executive Center Switzerland 
UNEP, the United Nations Environment Program, and GEO Data Portal.

The United Nations Environment Programme

U.S. Enviromental Protection Agency

WATERLEX
Carries the full text of treaties and agreements, bi-lateral and multi-lateral, concluded by sovereign countries in regard to the development and management of rivers and lakes, and/or of groundwater resources, which form an international boundary line or which are bisected by such boundary line (1909 to-date).

Water Law and Standards
Contains national water laws.

Guides:
ASIL Guide to Electronic Resources for International Law by Anne Burnett
International Environmental Law and Policy: A Comprehensive Reference Source 
By David Hunter, Jim Salzman and Durwood Zaelke. This is the Internet supplement to the casebook published by the Foundation Press, with links to commentaries, treaty secretariats, relevant government, industry and NGO sites, and other agreements themselves. 
Freshfields Publications and Guides on Environment