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Environmental Security: United Nations Doctrine for Managing Environmental Issues in Military Actions

Appendix D: Web sites that have useful information related to Environmental Security and International Treaties, Conventions, and Protocols United Nations gives an overall view of international law and provides access to mostly U.S depository conventions and treaties. You can also do search. United Nations Environmental Program gives a framework of Environmental Legal Instruments in the international arena. It is also possible to search for a particular convention relating to UNEP. Center for International Earth Science Information Network, specialized in global and regional network development, science data management, decision support, and training, provides information that would help decision makers, scientists and the public better understand their changing world. Environmental Treaties and Resource Indicators (ENTRI); data access service provided by the Consortium for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN), which operates the Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC) for the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) UN WIRE, sponsored by the United Nations Foundation and its sister organization, the Better World Fund, which are dedicated to supporting United Nations efforts on behalf of the environment, population stabilization and children's health; gives daily updates on these issues ECOLAX – a joint project of the UNEP and the World Conservation Union- provides access to information on more than 480 international environmental treaties and conventions. The user has easy access to information from the IUCN Environmental Law Information System (ELIS), together with links to the corresponding full text of selected treaties held by UNEP within their Computerized Environmental Law Information Base (CELIB) It is possible to locate Multilateral Treaties in a number of ways such as date or place of adoption, keywords and subject. Environmental Change and Security Project, a project of the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, dealing with the implications of the environmental issues on the national and human security. GECHS is a core project of the International Human Dimensions Program on Global Environmental Change (IHDP). Its main goal is to advance interdisciplinary, international research and policy efforts in the area of human security and environmental change. U.S. Department of Energy - site on Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Research and development. International Marine Organizations offers access to full texts of international conventions concerning the marine environment. The Secretariat to the Convention's "Clearinghouse Mechanism" offers links to background documents, national and thematic focal points, and current initiatives related to biodiversity. Environmental Law Institute –a not-for-profit organization in Washington DC- offers links to various NGOs, IOs, and law libraries that are concerning both domestic and international environmental issues and laws. It also gives up-dates on publications relating to environment and law. Cornell University Law Library allows you to have access to full documents of international law. ASIL (American Society of International Law) – Guide to Electronic Resources for International Law- also has use-friendly searchable Web page on international law. ACDA (U.S. Army controls and Disarmament Agency) offers a list of major military related international conventions and their full texts. Multilaterals Project by Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University provides access to the texts of multilateral conventions and other instruments. International Environmental Policy Reference Guide, by Harvard University's environmental education, research, and outreach enterprise. Biodiversity Related Conventions. The online National Library for the Environment includes objective reports produced as briefing documents for the Congress on contemporary issues. NATO's activity, Committees, documents and events related to environmental issues and their implications in national and human security.

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