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• Poverty, Development and Sustainable Livelihoods

• Land Use and Land Cover Change

• Water and Climate Change

• Collectives Action, Participatory Research and Policy Analysis

• Integrated Water Management

• Decision Support Tools

• Risk and Vulnerability

• Water and Ecosystem Services and Indicators

• Water Related Databases

• Computer Models

• Water Initiatives and Other Networks

• Benchmark Basins Links

• Journals and Scientific Search Engines

Poverty, Development and Sustainable Livelihoods

• Poverty Monitoring Database Househod surveys, participatory poverty assessment social indicators

• ITDG Soluciones prácticas para la pobreza

• ILEIA Organización independiente con el mandato de contribuir al alivio de la pobreza a través de la promoción de logros agroecológicos.

• UNDP Docs United Nations Development Programe

• Agriculture and Rural Development The World Bank's approach to rural development is holistic and multi-sectoral, focused on improving the well-being of rural people

• Sustainability and Economics in Agriculture University of Western Australia
• Wildlife conservation Society saving wild lands
• Human Development Report from the United Nations development Programme (spanish) 
• Research and Assessment Systems for Sustainability seeks to contribute to the evolution of strategies for meeting challenges through an international collaboration
• Farming Systems and Poverty book from FAO and World bank
• The report, World Resources 2005: The Wealth of the Poor: Managing Ecosystems to Fight Poverty, stresses the urgent need to look beyond aid projects, debt relief and trade reform and focus on local natural resources to address the crisis of poverty in all parts of the globe (also recommend The World Resources Institute webpage)
• UN Departmen of Economical and Social Affairs. Division of Sustainable Development. Here you can download the document of the Agenda 21.
• World Water Assessment Programme for development, capacity building and the environment. Here you can download THE UN WORLD WATER DEVELOPMENT REPORT Water for People, Water for Life.
• UN Millennium Development Goals (MDG) web page. You can find what are the MDG, the goals, the reports and the development goals indicators.
• WB World Development Reports (WDR) web page. World Development Report (WDR) is an invaluable guide to the economic, social and environmental state of the world today. Each year the WDR provides in depth analysis of a specific aspect of development. On this page you can browse the WDR of the year and theme of your interest.

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Land Use and Land Cover Change

• LUCC Land Use and Cover Change

• IHDP International Human Dimensions Programme on Global  Environmental Change

• Special issue on water

• Special issue on vulnerability

• Land Use and Land Cover change reports

• Scaling issues and institutions

• IGBP International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme

• ICIMOD International Center for Integrated Mountain Development

• EUROMONTANA Asociación Europea para la cooperación de las regions de montaña

• Mountain Forum Global Network Mountain Communities Environments, and Sustainable Development

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Water and Climate Change

• Dialogue on Water and Climate Caribbean Dialogue on Water and Climate

• Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) and the United Nations Enviroment Programme (UNEP) established the IPCC

• The Cooperative Institute for Mesoscale Metereological Studies University of Oklahoma

• Water and Climate Bibliography from the Pacific Institute Studies in Development, Environment and Security
• Water Systems Analysis Group at the Institute for the Study of Earth, Oceans, and Space at the University of New Hampshire

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Collective Action, Participatory Research and Policy Analysis

• Complexity in Social Sciences to assess critically and develop new ways of thinking abput soial processes, modelling and complex organizations

• CAPRi CGIAR Collective Action and Property Rights

• PRGA Participatory Research and Gender Analysis

• NRM Changelinks An on-line resource guide for those seeking to improve the use of collaborative and learning-based approaches
  Action Research Resources is a refereed on-line journal of action research

• Social Policy Program supporting rural communities in participatory action research on population dynamics and the local environment

• An Introductory Guide to Adaptive Management Ministry of Forest Canada

• Co-management of Natural Resources guidelines for multi-stakeholder management

• Washington Office on Latin America  research and advocacy organization working to advance democracy, human rights and social justice

• Action Research resources from Southern Cross University

• IIED International Institute for Environmental and Development Tools for working on policies and institutions

• Halting Degradation of Natural Resources - FAO Free text book

• Die Off A compilation of current issues regarding natural resource carrying capacity

• Washington Office on Latin America organization working to advance democracy, human rights and social justice

• IAPAD Integrated Approaches to Participatory Development aims at sharing significant progress in visualizing people's spatial knowledge (cognitive maps)
• Gender and Water Alliance It is an Associated Programme of the Global Water Partnership (GWP) funded by the governments of the Netherlands and United Kingdom

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Integrated Water Management

[Storage, Supply and Harvesting] [Irrigation and Drainage] [Sanitation and Health] [Water Quality] [Environmental Services] [Extreme Events] [Soil and Water Conservation] [Trade off Analysis]

Storage, Supply and Harvesting

• Water Harvesting Los sistemas llamados de recolección de aguas

• Global Water El desarrollo y la gestión de los recursos hídricos

• International Association of Hydrological Sciences

Irrigation and Drainage

• Department of Rural Engineering and Natural Resource Protection Virtual Library on irrigation

• ICID International Commission on Irrigation and Drainage

• ILRI International Institute Land Reclamation and Improvement

• Irrigation Potential in Africa a basin approach FAO

• Water for Agriculture IWMI Research Theme

Sanitation and Health

• Sanitation Connection Acción contra las Infecciones

• Water and Sanitation Program known as the UNDP - World Bank Water and Sanitation Program

• Water Supply and Sanitation Collaborative Council WSSCC is a cross between a professional association and an international NGA (United National General Assembly)

• Water Supply and Sanitation Publications World Bank Organizations

• Network for Water and Sanitation Capacity building and information network for Africa

Water Quality and Quantity

• The Water Quality Information Center A service of the Agricultural Research Service of the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

• National Water Quality Assessment Program The U.S. Geological Survey's National Water-Quality Assessment (NAWQA) Program

• Water Quality Links Water Environment Research Foundation

• Centro Panamericano de la Ingenieria Sanitaria y del medio Ambiente Biblioteca virtual en salud y Medio Ambiente
• SMIC The USGS Surface Water and Water Quality Model Information clearinghouse 

Environmental Services

• Environment and Sustainable Development United Nations University

• Global Environmental Facility helps developing countries fund projects and programs that protect the global environment

• National Council for Science and the Environment basis for environmental decision making

• Unit for Sustainable Development Organization of American States

• Externalities Principia Cybernetica Web

• Public Goods and Externalities The Concise Encyclopaedia of Economics

• United Nations Environmental Program

• Environmental Services - Biodiversity - World Bank
• Integrated Natural Resource Management CGIAR 
• Ecosystem Services Project is a collaborative natural resource management project studying the services people obtain from their environments, the economic and social values
• Environmental Isotopes in the Hydrological Cycle Principles and Applications UNESCO/IAEA Series

Extreme Events

• Floods Association of State Floodplain Managers

• Flash Flood Experimental Products For Flash Flood Forecasting

• International Consortium on Landslides intersectoral activities of UNESCO in cooperation with the International Consortium on Landslides

• Monitoring of Active Landslides USGS Cascades Volcano Observatory

• Pioneering Research on Floods, Droughts and River from the Network of Water Business

• National Drought Mitigation Center University of Nebraska Lincoln

• Hurricanes Historical Hurricane Tracks

Soil and Water Conservation

• Soil and Water Conservation Society

• Aldn Soil and Water Resources Wageningen Univertisy

• World Association of Soil and Water Conservation

Decision Support Tools

• The Tradeoff Analysis Model Montana state University and Soil Management Collaborative Research Support Program
• National Center for Environmental Decision-making Research develops and communicates processes and information that help solve or avoid problems associated with environmental decisions
• DSS Decision Support System Resources about computerized systems that support decision making.
• Environmental Experts Tools Environmental Business Information for Professionals
• Forecasting site seeks to summarize all useful knowledge about forecasting
• Association for Information Systems research on the organization, management and technology of Information Systems
• IAIA International Association for Impact Assessment promotes development of local and global capacity for the application of environmental assessment

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Risk and Vulnerability

• Risk and Vulnerability Programme Stockholm Environment Institute

• IRIS Integrated Risk Information System

• Red de Estudios Sociales en Prevensión de Desastres en América Latina (DESINVENTAR)

• Floodrisknet Flood and Coastal Risk, Vulnerability and Uncertainty Network

• Flood Aware Prevention and Forecast of Floods
  Water Infraestructure Security U.S Environmental Protection Agency Risk Management GeoDelft Environmental is a leading environmental risk services provider

• Assessing the Risk of Nonpoint-Source Pollution U.S Geological Survey

• Hazard Links Center and Institutes Studying Hazards

• DEWA Division of Early Warning and Assessment UNEP

• CBS News Disaster Links information about a of disaster-related websites

• Disaster Information Center The Committee on Earth Observation Satellites (CEOS) Disaster Management Support Group (DMSG)

• Disaster Information Network distributes the latest news on disaster situations to the Internet community
  Disaster Resource Guide is a tool for organizations and government agencies desiring to prepare for emergencies

• Disaster Relief Worldwide Disaster Aid and Information

• Disaster Info sites and/or direct access to web sites of disaster organizations, particularly in Latin America and the Caribbean

• Natural Disaster Reference Database NASA
  Disaster preparedness and response database from the University of Stanford

• International Strategy for Disaster Reduction UN initiative to respond to protection against hazards and need for risk management

• The Caribbean Disaster Emergency Response Agency (CDERA)

• Disaster Assistance USDA

• Risk Management Agency U.S Department of Agriculture

• Center for Integration of Natural Disaster Information (CINDI) USGS

• EQE Disaster Reports Archive Risk Consulting

• CRID Centro Regional sobre Informacion de Desastres America Latina y el Caribe

• Busqueda en Base de Datos - Biblioteca Virtual - Desastres

• DRM World Institute for Disaster Risk Management 

• PROVENTION Consortium Disaster Risk Management: Foundation for a New Development Strategy in Central America.

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Water and Ecosystem Services and Indicators

• Ecosystem Valuation Describes how economists value the beneficial ways that ecosystems affect people.

• WWI World Watch Institute

• Stormwater Assessment Monitoring and Performance Program A cooperative initiative of Canadian federal and provincial government agencies and the Municipal Engineers Association.

• Benchmarking on Irrigation and Drainage Sector System performance monitoring IWMI, FAO, ICID

• WaterWeb Information concerning water and the Earth's Environment

• Environmental Sustainability Index Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN) , Columbia University and Yale Center for Environmental Law and Policy

• CATIE - Centro Agronómico Tropical de Investigación y Enseñanza - Portal Regional de Gestión Integrada de Cuencas Hidrográficas
• Parnertships for Water: Public-Private Partnerships for Water Supply and Sanitation

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Water Related Databases

[Geographical Databases] [Tabular Databases] [Climate and hydrologic Database]

Geographical Databases

• Livestock Geography New perspectives on Global Resources FAO AGAH

• Programa Hidrologico Internacional de la Unesco para America Latina y el Caribe-in Spanish

• Center for International earth Science Information Network Columbia University

• GPW Gridded population of the world

• LANDSCAN Worldwide population database

• PLACE Population, landscape, and climate estimates

• Computamaps WORLD 500m DTM

• DCW Digital Chart of the World

• Indicadores-CIAT Atlas de Indicadores Ambientales y de Sustentabilidad para América Latina y el Caribe

• NOOA Livestock Geography Global Land one-km base elevation digital elevation model (globe)

• R-HydroNet> Banco de Datos del Agua en Sudamérica, Centroamérica y el Caribe

• International Hydrological Programme UNESCO Intergovernmental scientific programme in water resources

• USGS U.S. Geological Survey

• GLCC Global Land Cover Characterization

• GTOPO30 Global Topography

• HYDRO1K Elevation Derivative Database

• University of Maryland Global Land Cover Facility
  GIS Development Market collaborations and mergers, product releases & technology developments

• Earth Science Applications Directorate - world land satellite images from NASA

• University of Texas Library Online Maps 

• Digital Atlas of the World Water Balance compilation of global climate data, in GIS format, for use in characterizing the water balance of the earth

• Vegetation and Plant Distribution Maps UC Berkeley Library

Tabular Databases

• Poverty Monitoring Database The world Bank Group

• AQUASTAT FAO's Information System on Water and Agriculture

• FAO's Information System on Water and Agriculture Land and Water Development Division

• HYDE database from the National Institute of Public Health and Environment - The Netherlands

• TEMS Terrestrial Ecosystem Monitoring Site from the global terrestrial observing system from FAO

Climate and Hydrologic Database

• GPCC Global Precipitation Climatology Center

• Global Precipitation Climatology Project (GPCP)

• WDCM Word  Data Center for Meteorology

• AMSU Advanced Microware Sounding Unit

• GPA Global Precipitation Analysis

• GPCC Global Precipitation Climatology Center

• GPCP Global Precipitation Climatology Project (GPCP)

• CLIMWAT FAO's Climatic Database

• WDCM Word Data Center for Meteorology

• AMSU Advanced Microware Sounding Unit

• GPA Global Precipitation Analysis

• National Weather Service
• The Global Hydrology Resource Center supported by NASA
• Watersheds of the world This CD provides maps of land cover, population density and biodiversity for 154 basins and sub-basins around the world
• ESIP Federation Search Engine form The Federation of Earth Science Information 

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Computer Models

[Hydrological Models] [Agent Based Model and Cellular Automata Models] [Landslides, erosion and terrain Analysis models] [Web Review of Models] 

Hydrological Models

• Spatial Hydrology GIS, GPS, hydrologic modeling and remote sensing community

• Council for Regulatory Environmental Modeling from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

• Land Surface Hydrology Group University of Washington Hydrology Group

• GRASS Geographic Resources Analysis Support System

• Hydrology Models in GRASS

• Hydrological Research Group Internet sites relating to Hydrology

• Watershed Processes and Modeling U.S. Geological Survey

• SWAT Soil and Water Assessment Tool
• Hydrologic Engineer Center from the Institute of Water Resources of the US Army Corps Engineers
• Spatial Data Modeller for ArcView and Spatial Analyst from Department of Natural Resoueces Canada

Agent Based Models and Cellular Automata Models

• Agent Based Models UCL and CASA Centre for Advance Spatial Analysis and University College London

• Biocomplexity Agent based models CIPEC

• Agent-Based Computational Economics Research Area: Agricultural and Natural Resource Issues

• Agent-Based Models of Land-Use and Land-Cover Change

• Individual Based Models an annotated list of links

• REPAST software framework for creating agent based simulations using the Java language from the University of Chicago
• Center for Spatially Integrated Social Science space, spatiality, location, and place in social science research
• Cellular Automata Tutorial Vienna University of Technology
• Center for Policy modelling
• Isaac Artificial-Life, Complexity, Nonlinear Dynamics links
• COSI Complexity in Social Sciences

• SINMAP Approach to Terrain Stability Mapping

Web Review of Models

• University of Kassel Register of Ecological Models and System for documentation of mathematical description of ecological processes

• University of Florida Overview of Hydrologic/Water Quality Models

• Web Based water calculators Fluid flow calculations

• Groundwater and water software Environmental Software Links

• Civil/Environmental Model Library Old Dominion University

• USDA A review and assessment of land-use change models

• SMIC Descriptions and features of environmental surface water and water quality models

• Geosimulation site of spatial simulation technology

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Water Initiatives and Other Networks

[Worldwide] [Continental] [Regional]

Worldwide

• Dialogue on Water and Food Dialogue to examine the question of future water needs for nature and food production in developing countries. Partners

  • Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)

  • International Federation of Agricultural Producers (IFAP-FIPA)

  • Global Water Partnership support countries in the sustainable management of their water resources

  • International Commission on Irrigation and Drainage (ICID)

  • The World Conservation Union (IUCN)

  • International Water Management Institute (IWMI)

  • United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)

  • World Health Organization (WHO)

  • World Water Council (WWC)

  • World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF)

  • International Development Research Centre (IDRC)

• Land-Water linkages in rural watersheds FAO Water resources, development and management services

• Global Water International non-profit and non-governmental humanitarian organization solely committed to the development of safe water-related projects around the World

• The world's water information on The World's fresh Water Resources

• International Water Law

• International River Networks supports local communities working to protect their rivers and watersheds

• UNDP United Nations Development Programme

• 3^rd World Water Forum World Water Council

• International Water Association water professional around the globe

• Water Environment Research Foundation water quality and wastewater issues

• Cap-Net Capacity Building for Integrated Water Resources Management from the United Nations development Programme

• CIPEC Center for the study of institutions, population and environmental change

• Universities Water Information Network This database is a collection of international water research compiled by the Water Resources Scientific Information Center (WRSIC) of the USGS

• SIWI - Stockholm International Water Institute
• Watershed Window Resources for Developing Countries' Watershed Management
• Año Internacional de las Montañas 2002 Prioridades de las Montañas
• IIED International Institute for Environment and Development
• IHE International Institute for Infrastructural, Hydraulic and Environmental Engineering 
• Mountain Forum promotes global action toward equitable and ecologically sustainable mountain development 
• IDRC The International development Research Centre 
• Global Forum in Agricultural Research is a multi-stakeholder initiative that contributes to eradicating poverty, achieving food security, and conserving and managing natural resources
• Wetlands International organization dedicated solely to the crucial work of wetland conservation and sustainable management
• Global Water Partnership and the Integrated Resources Management ToolBox 
• Clear Water Project

Continental

• Programa Hidrológico Internacional de la UNESCO para América Latina y el Caribe

• Inter-American Water Resources Network Water resources partnerships among nations, and organizations - Inter American Dialogue

• The Water Page development, utilization, and protection of water in Africa and other developing regions

• ASARECA The Association for Strengthening Agricultural Research in Eastern and Central Africa 

• MAWAC Managing Water for African Cities 

• IDBAmerica Magazine of the Inter-American Development Bank
• Kiosko Latinoamericano del Agua La Vision del Agua para America del Sur
  
• Agualtiplano Centro Virtual de Informacion sobre Recursos Hidricos en al Altiplano

Regional

• CATHALAC Centro del agua del Trópico Húmedo para América Latina y el Caribe

• Prevención de Desastres en Latinoamérica

• CRID Centro Regional de Información sobre Desastres

• EIRD Estrategia Internacional para la Reducción de Desastres

• UWIN Universities Water Information Network

• Instituto Argentino de Recursos Hidricos

• LTER The US Long Term Ecological Research Network

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Benchmark Basins Links

[Mekong Basin] [Indo-Gangetic Basin] [Yellow River Basin] [Karklheh Basin] [Nile River Basin] [Limpopo River Basin] [Volta Basin] [Sao Francisco Basin] [Andes Virtual Basin]

Mekong Basin

• Mekong Web-based Participatory Decision Support System for Resource & Environmental Planning and Management of the Mekong Basin
• The Lower Mekong Basin
• Mekong River - The Lifeblood of Southeast Asia International River Network
• Mekong River Comission for sustainable development
• Basic Framework of ASEAN- Mekong Basin Development Cooperation Association of southeast asian nations
• Mekong Basin Program Centre for Development and Environment
• Sustainable Management of Resources in the Lower Mekong Basin Project Mekonginfo

Indo-Gangetic Basin

• Sustainable Wheat Production Systems in the Indo-Gangetic Plains International Wheat and Maize Improvement Center
• Indian geology
• National River Conservation Directorate Ministry of Environment and forests
• Environmental and Sustainable Development United Nations University
• Vegetation Mapping in Ganges River Basin for Global Mapping Project GIS Development

Yellow River Basin

• Dialogue on Water and Climate Yellow River Dialogue
• Yellow River Conservancy Commission
• Transjurisdictional Environmental Management Asian development Bank
• US-China Resources Management Program

Karkheh Basin

• UN Study Shows Ecological Catastrophe Radio Free Europe
• Ministry of Jihad-e-Agriculture Islamic Republic of Iran

Nile River Basin

• Nile River Basin Initiative Cooperation of the Nile Basin Countries
• Nile River Water Use Global-Problematique Education Network Initiative
• Water Sharing in the Nile River Basin United Nations Environmental Program
• The Nile Basin International Discourse
• Satellite Estimation for the Nile River Basin National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration 

Limpopo River Basin

• South African development Community
• Limpopo River Basin Building a Transboundary River Community Natural Heritage Insitute
• Geographic Overview of Africa How to deal with the geography of southeast Africa's intricate river systems
• African Unification Front Limpopo Basin Water Issues
• South African River Health Programme The Department of Water Affairs and Forestry 

Volta Basin

• The GLOWA Volta Project Sustainable Water Use under Changing Land Use, Rainfall Reliability and Water Demands in the Volta Basin
  Environmental Protection Agency Ghana
• Integrated Management of the Volta River Basin Global Environmental Facility

San Francisco Basin

• Integrated Management of Land-based Activities in the São Francisco Basin Organization of Americas States
• Environmental Water Management of Watersheds in Brasil International Virtual Institute of Global Change
• HidroWeb - Ssistemas de Informacion Hidrologica

Andes Virtual Basin

• Consorcio para el Desarrollo Sostenible de la Ecoregion Andina (CONDESAN)
• Colombia
  • Corporación Autónoma Regional de caldas (CORPOCALDAS)
  • Corporación Autónoma Regional de Cundinamarca (CAR)
  • Corporación Autónoma Regional de Valle del Cauca (CVC)
• Ecuador
  • La Cuenca del Rio Angel
  • Fundacion para el Desarrollo Agropecuario Documentos de Trabajo
  • Ordenamiento del Agua Documento IDRC
• Peru
  • Gobierno regional Pirua Planeacion y proyectos especiales
  • Universidad de Piura Manejo Integrado y Sostenible de los Recursos Hidricos
  • El Proyecto Alto Piura La Concesion
  • Servicio Nacional de Meteorologia e Hidrologia del Peru (SENAMHI)
  • Agroinforme Centro Peruano de Estudios Sociales
  • Ministerio de Minas y Energia publicaciones
• Bolivia
  • Comisión para la Gestión Integral del Agua en Bolivia (CGIAB)

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Journals and Scientific Search Engines

• SCIRUS Scientific Information
• CiteSeer Scientific Literature Digital Library
• WoPec service for finding and downloading the latest research results in economics
• SOSIG Social Science Gateway
• The Encyclopedia of Water 
• Diccionario del Agua water, environmental and wastewater treatment plant concepts in spanish
• Water resources databases U.S. Department of Agriculture
• Water Librarians' Home Page Links to water resources databases
• Resources for the Future - Water library
• Changemakers Journal Solving Water Problems: A Smart Commons Mosaic 
• ITC Library - International Institute for Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation
• SCOPE Scientific Committee on Problems of the Environment online publications
• The Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Software Directory catalogues 1524 programs in the fields of soil mechanics, geology, foundations, hydrogeology, environmental engineering and others related
• Reading Room for the SMIC USGS online Journal 
• Water Information Center from the U.S. National Academies

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