Online Resources

Canadian Government
International Conventions
Global and Regional Organizations

Canadian Government

Environment Canada's Green Lane
http://www.ec.gc.ca

Environment Canada's Calendar of Major International Environmental Events
http://www.ec.gc.ca/conf/conf_e.cfm

Government of Canada
http://canada.gc.ca

International Conventions

Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and their Disposal
http://www.basel.int

Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora
http://www.cites.org

Convention on Wetlands of International Importance Especially as Waterfowl Habitat (Ramsar Convention)
http://ramsar.org

Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer
http://www.unep.org/unep/secretar/ozone/issues.htm

U.N. Framework Convention on Biological Diversity
http://www.biodiv.org

U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change
http://www.unfccc.de/index.html

Global and Regional Organizations

Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation
http://www.apecsec.org.sg

Commission for Environmental Cooperation
http://www.cec.org

European Commission
http://europa.eu.int/comm/index.htm

European Environment Agency
http://www.eea.eu.int

European Union
http://europa.eu.int/index-en.htm

Global Environment Facility
http://www.gefweb.org

Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research
http://www.iai.int

Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
http://www.ipcc.ch

International Council for Scientific Unions
http://www.icsu.org

International Institute for Sustainable Development
http://www.iisd.ca

International Joint Commission
http://www.ijc.org

International Maritime Organization
http://www.imo.org

International Organization for Standardization
http://www.iso.ch/iso/en/isoonline.frontpage

OECD's Environment Directorate
http://www.oecd.org/env

The World Bank Group
http://www.worldbank.org

United Nations
http://www.un.org

U.N. Commission on Sustainable Development
http://www.un.org/esa/sustdev

U.N. Economic Commission for Europe
http://www.unece.org

United Nations Environment Programme
http://www.unep.ch

World Conservation Union
http://www.iucn.org

World Meteorological Organization
http://www.wmo.ch

World Wildlife Fund
http://www.panda.org/home.cfm