Canada
Après les avoir étudiées,
Environnement Canada a
ajouté maintenant 73
nouvelles
substances à l'Inventaire national
des rejets de polluants conformément aux exigences de rapport en vigueur pour 1999. Le
groupe de travail continue de collaborer avec environnement Canada. Il examinera maintenant l'ajout de substances exigeant l'abaissement des seuils de rapport pour les substances qui sont persistantes, biocumulatives et toxiques.
http://www2.ec.gc.ca/pdb/npri/
Arctic Environmental Atlas
United Nations Environment Programme/GRID-Arendal
An interactive map presenting environmental information on the Arctic region.
This map includes everything north of 50° north of the equator. Its
themes concentrate on issues of biodiversity and conservation, and
include Topography, Land Cover, Permafrost, Population Density, Human
Impact & Wilderness. Featured are Protected areas, Ramsar areas,
Glaciers Polar ice, Pack ice, Lakes, Rivers, Drainage Basins, and
WWF Global 200 ecoregions. Also covered are ecological footprint,
land-based pollution, and climate change. World Conservation
Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC) maintains and updates the Protected area
and Ramsar area databases. In English.
http://maps.grida.no/arctic
Canadian Institute for Resources Law (Canada)
L' Institut canadien du droit des ressources
University of Calgary
The Canadian Institute of Resources Law is a leading national centre of
expertise on legal and policy issues relating to Canada's natural resources.
Since its establishment in 1979, the Institute has pursued a
three-fold mandate of research, education and publication.
The Institute initiates projects and responds to requests from the public
and private sectors and from non-governmental organizations.
L' Institut canadien du droit des ressources est un centre national
de premier rang offrant une expertise en matière de droit et des politiques des re
ssources naturelles.
Depuis sa création en 1979, l'institut a rempli un triple mandat de recherche,
d'enseignement et de publication. L'institut initie des projets et répond
aux demandes des secteurs public et privé ainsi que des organismes
à but non lucratif. L'institut canadien du droit des ressources est
reconnaissant du soutien généreux fourni par l'Alberta Law Foundation,
qui a financé le développement de ce site. In English, French and Ukrainian.
http://www.acs.ucalgary.ca/~cirl/html/about.html
Environment Canada
Our Great Lakes/ Nos Grands Lacs
Our Great Lakes web site, is an information resource that provides an index of Environment Canada's Great Lakes programs, publications and databases, and is a window to other environmental networks. This site is part of Environment Canada's national network known as the Green Lane, which promotes and facilitates public access to environmental information. / Nos Grands Lacs est une source d'information qui fournit un index des publications, des bases de données et des programmes concernant les Grands Lacs d'Environnement Canada et qui permet d'accéder à d'autres réseaux environnementaux. Ce site fait partie de la Voie verte, réseau national d'Environnement Canada qui vise à faire la promotion de l'information sur l'environnement et à en faciliter l'accès au public.
http://www.cciw.ca/glimr/intro.html
http://www.cciw.ca/green-lane/or-home.html
InfoRain
Bioregional Information System for the North American Rainforest Coast
Covers Interrain Pacific: Alaska, British Columbia, Washington, Oregon & California.
Interrain Pacific has an extensive searchable database of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) data layers ranging from infrastructural data such as road networks or utility lines to landscape change detection such as modification of historic wetlands ArcExplorer.
http://www.inforain.org/gis.htm
National Pollutant Release Inventory/Inventaire national des rejets de polluants - Canada
In 1999 Environment Canada added 73 new substances to the National Pollutant Release Inventory under the current reporting requirements. The work group continues its work with Environment Canada and will now review adding substances that will require lowering the reporting thresholds for substances that are persistent, bioaccumulative and toxic.
http://www2.ec.gc.ca/pdb/npri/
Rainforest Information Centre
A volunteer, non-profit organisation dedicated to protecting rainforests, the womb of life and home to over half the Earth's species. Features maps of rainforests in Brazil, Cameroon, Canada, Chad, Ecuador, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, and Venezuela.
http://forests.org/ric/