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• ACMAD: Centre africain pour les applications de la météorologie au développement = African Centre of Meteorological Applications for Development (Niamey, Niger)
  • "L'objectif est de contribuer au développement durable des différents secteurs socio-économiques du continent africain à travers ses domaines d'investigation, la Météorologie et le Climat. Les activités de ACMAD sont la prévision du temps à courte et moyenne échéances, la veille climatique, la prévision saisonnière, et la formation des métérologistes Africains aux nouvelles techniques et technologies." A ce site, on peut trouver entre autres choses: un bulletin climatique, image satellite, plan stratégique, et liens météos.
  • Institutions météorologiques internationales et nationales
  
  
• Africa (PBS Online, Public Broadcasting Corporation, Alexandria, Virginia)
  Promotional site for "Africa" the 8 part television series co-produced by WNET/Thirteen's Nature and The National Geographic Society, which begins airing in September 2001. The site includes excerpted texts, photos, "teacher tools", and other resources. See also, the National Geographic website below.
  
  
• ADDS: Africa Data Dissemination Service (Produced by the U.S. Geological Survey's Earth Resource Observation System Data Center for the U.S. Agency for International Development.)
  Maps and other digital data on Africa, with special focus on cropland use in the regions of Sahel West, Southern, and the Greater Horn of Africa.
  
  
• Africa's lakes: atlas of our changing environment. -- Nairobi, Kenya: United Nations Environment Progam--UNEP, 2006. PDF format
  
  
• African Academy of Sciences (Nairobi, Kenya; via OneWorld)
  'The African Academy of Sciences was conceived on the 6th day of July 1985 when 22 prominent scientists met in Trieste, Italy, at the inauguration of the Third World Academy of Sciences TWAS) and devised the concept of the African Academy of Sciences (AAS). Under the leadership of Prof. Thomas R. Odhiambo as the first elected President of the AAS, membership has grown rapidly from the initial 33 members in 1985 to 107 in 1995, representing 24 African countries and 5 countries overseas.'
  
  
• African Centre for Technology Studies (ACTS) (Nairobi, Kenya)
  • "The African Centre for Technology Studies (ACTS) is an international inter-governmental policy research and training organization... The Centre's activities focus on the implementation of Agenda 21 and related conventions on biological diversity, climate change and desertification."
  • ACTS papers
  
  
• African Conservation Foundation (Africawebsites.Net, UK)
  • A portal site of information about conservation organizations working all over Africa. The site is organized by country, or:
  • Search by organization, information, or category
  
  
• AfricanCrops.Net: A Website on Genetic Improvement of African Crops and Seed Systems (Nairobi, Kenya)
  The website features news about biotech and crop research projects and conferences in and about Africa.
  -- 8th African Crop Science Society Conference, October 27-31, 2007, El-Minia, Egypt
  
  
  
• African Flowering Plants Database (See below)
  
  
• African journal of environmental assessment and management = Revue africaine de gestion et d'ávaluation environnementales. (Online) -- Accra, Ghana ; Baltimore, MD ; Montréal, Québec, Canada: AJEAM-RAGEE, 2002- via Scientific References Cosmos (Greece) --ISSN: 1438-7890
  "AJEAM-RAGÉE is an ["open access"], free, expedited, peer-reviewed international bi-lingual journal of the environmental sciences. SRCosmos provides access to the abstracts online; download full text articles in PDF format.
  
  
• African Marine Atlas (ODINAFRICA Program, International Oceanographic Data and Information Commission, United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization, Paris, France)
  This web site --under construction--includes continental and coastline maps--with potential for regional, country, and local areas, various graphs, and numerical data. "The purpose of the African Marine Atlas is to identify, collect and organize available geospatial datasets into an atlas of environmental themes for Africa..."
  
  
• African Scientific Network (via Dept. of Physics, North Carolina A&T State University, Greensboro)
  • This website offers links to science-related programs, conferences, institutions, and forum among African scientists in and outside of Africa, including:
  • Science, Mathematics, Engineering and Technology Programs in Africa
  
  
• African Scientific Societies and Associations: A 1998 Directory (American Association for the Advancement of Science, Sub-Saharan Africa Project, Washington, DC)
  This directory is based on a survey conducted in 1997 and 1998 and supplemented by the World guide to Scientific Associations and Learned Societies (1994).
  
  
• African Wildlife Societies Web Page (Paal Skjetnep, University of Trondheim, Norway)
  This document offers links to the home pages of the East African, Okavango, and Zimbabwe Wildlife Societies; as well as to other wildlife-related web sites.
  
  
• AFRISTAT: Observatoire économique et statistique d'Afrique Subsaharienne (Bamako, Mali)
  Sur ce site, on peut trouver les données statistiques des états membres de l'organisation: démographie, education, activités économiques, échanges extérieurs, prix, transports, tourisme et environnement, etc. 'AFRISTAT est une organisation internationale créée par un traité signé le 21 septembre 1993 à Abidjan par les pays de la Zone Franc.'
  
  
• Agence intergouvernementale de la Francophonie, Institut de l'Energie et de l'Environnement de la Francophonie: Profils Energétiques, 1998-2001 (Paris, France)
  Choisissez un pays ou une région. Voir aussi, la page d'accueil de l'Institut.
  
  
• AGIS-Agricultural Geo-Referenced Information System: South Africa (Pretoria, South Africa)
  This site offers free data and maps of South African agriculture, natural resources, climate, and land use--from the South African National Dept. of Agriculture, Provincial Depts. of Agriculture, and the Agricultural Research Council; information about various projects; and contact information for experts.
  
  
• AIACC--Assessment of Impacts and Adaptations to Climate Change in Multiple Regions and Sectors (Washington, DC ; Nairobi, Kenya)
  • Eleven of the AIACC projects and a substantial number of reports are on Africa. "AIACC is a global initiative developed in collaboration with the UNEP/WMO Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and funded by the Global Environment Facility to advance scientific understanding of climate change vulnerabilities and adaptation options in developing countries."
  • AIACC Regional Studies -- project summaries
  • AIACC Publications: Final Reports & Working Papers
  
  
• ALIN: Arid Lands Information Network -- Eastern Africa (Nairobi, Kenya)
  • "ALIN--Eastern Africa is a network of Community Development Workers who are involved in drylands development...ALIN members are drawn from government departments, non-governmental organisations and community-based organisations."
  • Publications of ALIN-EA
  
  
• All Africa Foundation: "Sustainable Africa" Internet Channel (AllAfrica Global Media, Washington, DC)
  • A portal site for news stories and public domain documents relating to "sustainable development" issues in Africa: environment, trade, debt, population, water, climate change, forests, agriculture, etc.
  • Directory of organizations (International, regional, national, and community-based)
  
  
• American Association for the Advancement of Science on African Environmental and Development Issues (Washington, DC)
  • "Partnerships for Strengthening Conservation Biology in Africa": Report of a workshop held in Nairobi, Kenya, 10-13 September 2001 -- Washington, DC: AAAS, 2001.
  • "Global Trade and Consumer Choices: Coral Reefs in Crisis -- Papers presented at a symposium held at the 2001 Annual Meeting of the AAAS (San Francisco, California, 19 February 2001) -- Washington, DC: AAAS, 2001.
  • "Science in Mozambique: Opportunities for US Collaboration": New York, February 2000 -- Washington, DC: AAAS, 2000.
  • "Science in Africa: Emerging Water Management Issues": Symposium proceedings, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, February 1998 -- Washington, DC: AAAS, 1998.
  • The Tree Against Hunger: Enset-Based Agricultural Systems in Ethiopia (1997) -- Washington, DC: AAAS; Awassa Agricultural Research Center; Kyoto University Center for African Area Studies; University of Florida, 1997.
  
  
• American Museum of Natural History: American Museum Congo Expedition 1909-1915 (New York)
  A multi-media web presentation (photographs, audio narrative, sound recordings, maps, related texts) on the expedition of Herbert Lang and James Chapin begun in 1909 in what was northeastern Belgian Congo. "Five and a half years later, they had collected tons of precious zoological and anthropological specimens representing one of the most comprehensive collections of the day."
  
  
• ARID-L: Le réseau sur la petite irrigation de l'Association Régionale sur l'Irrigation et le Drainage en Afrique de l'Ouest et du Centre (Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso)
  • "L'ARID est une association à but non lucratif créée en 1996 pour répondre à la demande des professionnels de l'irrigation du drainage et de la maîtrise des crues, en attendant que des comités nationaux de la Commission Internationale des Irrigations et du Drainage se mettent en place. En effect, elle couvre géographiquement 23 pays qui n'étaient pas représentés sur la scène internationale à la création de l'association."
  • Voir aussi, le site en anglais.
  
  
• Atlas of Natural and Agronomic Resources of Niger and Benin (L. Herrmann et al., "Special Research Programme 308: Adapted Farming in West Africa," University of Hohenheim, Germany)
  At this site, one can read online or download the data. There are full text summaries, map images, and analytical reports. See also, the French version.
  
  
• Autorité du Bassin du Niger Système d'Observation du Cycle Hydrologique de l'Afrique de l'Ouest et Centrale (IRD--L'Institut français de recherche scientifique pour le développement en coopération, Niamey, Niger; via Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso)
  'AOC-HYCOS collecte toutes les données émises par les plates-formes hydologiques d'Afrique de l'ouest et centrale équipées de télétransmission et constitue une banque de données hydologique en temps réel.'
  
  
• "Bibliography on the Management of the Environment and Development in the West African Sahel 1985-1999," by Han van Dijk and Elvire Eijkman. (2002) Electronic journal of Africana bibliography. (Online). Vol. 8 (2002) -- Iowa City, Iowa: The University of Iowa Libraries, 2002.
  
  
• Bioline Publications Abstracts, Full Text, and Document Service (Centro Referência Informação Ambiental, Brazil ; Electronic Publishing Trust for Development, UK)
  • Twelve African studies journals in the medical, food, and biological sciences from Kenya, Zimbabwe, Uganda, and South Africa. View the abstracts without charge; view online full texts from selected journals; and receive full texts for others with paid registration. Titles include:
  • African crop science journal. (Online) -- Kampala, Uganda: Makerere University, Faculty of Agriculture and Forestry ; African Crop Science Society, 1995-
  • African journal of biotechnology. (Online) -- Nairobi, Kenya: Academic Journals, Inc, 2002-
  • African journal of food and nutritional security. (Online) -- Nairobi, Kenya: Quest and Insight Publishers ; Friends-of-the Book Foundation, 2001-
  • African population studies. (Online) -- Dakar, Senegal: Union for African Population Studies, 2002-
  • Ichthyological bulletin. (Online) -- Grahamstown, South Africa: J.L.B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology, 1995-
  • Insect science and its application. (Online) -- Nairobi, Kenya: International Centre for Insect Physiology and Ecology (ICIPE), 1997-
  • Journal of food technology in Africa. (Online) -- Nairobi, Kenya: Innovative Institutional Communications, 2001-
  
  
• BirdLife International on African Birds (Cambridge, UK)
  "Almost 10% of the bird species in Africa are globally threatened. BirdLife International works to secure a future for birds and people across Africa through the BirdLife Africa Programme. Most of BirdLife’s work entails the identification and conservation of threatened species and IBA sites; and the development of appropriate policies and advocacy plans related to global processes and conventions for priority habitats and ecosystems."
  
  
• Birds of Africa on the Internet (Karen Fung, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, California)
  
  
• Cairo Demographic Center, Egypt
  "The Cairo Demographic Center (CDC) is a training and research institute established in 1963 by the mutual assistance between the United Nations and the Egyptian Government ... In January 1992 the Egyptian Government took full responsibility for the Center. CDC is an interregional Center serving the developing countries of Africa, Asia and Latin America."
  
  
• CARPE--Central African Regional Program for the Environment (University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland ; United States Agency for International Development, Washington, DC)
  • "The strategic objective of CARPE is to reduce the rate of forest degradation and loss of biodiversity in the Congo Basin by increasing local, national, and regional natural resource management capacity."
  • CARPE Home Page
  • CARPE Documents
  • CARPE Data/Map Library
  
  
• Centre de Suivi Ecologique pour la Gestion des Ressources Naturelles (CSE) (Dakar, Sénégal)
  "... CSE est créé par les pouvoirs publics sénégalais, avec l'assistance du Programme des Nations Unies pour la Région soudano-sahélienne (UNSO) ... La création de ce Centre entre dans la panoplie de mesures mises en oeuvre depuis les années 70 pour maîtriser les problèmes de la sécheresse et de la désertification ... L'application de techniques de pointe a permis au CSE d'effectuer depuis 1987 le suivi différents paramètres liés à la végétation, aux feux de brousse, à la pluviométrie, à l'agriculture et au sylvo-pastoralisme. De même, le CSE se positionne de plus en plus dans la fourniture de produits et services de systéme d'information géographique basés sur la cartographie de l'occupation du sols, la création de bases de données environnementales, etc."
  
  
• Chad-Cameroon Petroleum Pipeline Project
  • Chad/Cameroon Development Project Web Page (Exxon-Mobil Corporation, USA)
    A public relations website about the planned oilfield pipelines project in Chad and Cameroon; includes news and links to useful online articles, photos, and even a video.
  • Environmental Defense Fund on the Chad/Cameroon Oil and Pipeline Project (New York)
    -- Chad Cameroon Oil and Pipeline Project: A Call for Accountability (June 2002) (PDF)
    -- Chad Cameroon Oil and Pipeline Project: Putting People at Risk = "Projet pétrolier et d'oléoduc au Tchad et au Cameroun peuples et environnement en danger" par Korinna Horta (1999)
    -- EDF Library -- General Search
  • The World Bank: Chad-Cameroon Petroleum Development and Pipeline Project, 1998-- (Washington, DC)
    An overview of the Bank's role in the project.
  
  
• Chemistry in Africa WebAnalytes: Analytical Chemistry Web Directory. (G. Moges, USA)
  An extensive list of links to Africa-specific and general chemistry and other science-related resources, including Chemistry departments at African universities and African scientific associations.
  
  
• Clean Air Initiative in Sub-Saharan Africa (See The World Bank on Africa (via "International Organizations on Economic Development...", Columbia University Libraries)
  
  
• Climate Information Project: RANET -- African Digital Radio Satellite Broadcast (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration--Office of Global Programs, Silver Spring, Maryland ; US Agency for International Development--Office of Foreign Disaster Assistance, Washington, DC)
  • 'RANET is an effort [by NOAA-OGP & USAID-OFDA] to make climate and weather-related information more accessible to rural populations and communities.' This website offers links to impact summaries and other reports in PDF or HTML formats.
  • African country reports
  • CIP Home Page (General)
  
  
• Club du Sahel et de l'Afrique de l'Ouest = Sahel and West Africa Club (Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development on West Africa = Organisation de coopération et de développement économiques; Paris, France)
  • "Le Club du Sahel: c'est un réseau informel mais structuré au sein duquel les donateurs et les administrations sahéliennes ont pris l'habitude de communiquer, afin d'augmenter l'efficacité de leurs actions communes. La fondation du Club fut entérinée par les hauts représentants des donateurs et, au même moment, par les ministres sahéliens réunis à Dakar en 1976. Dès lors que ce regroupement incluait tout aussi bien les donateurs que les Sahéliens eux-mêmes, on ne parla plus que du "Club du Sahel". La résolution portant création du Club prévoyait que celui-ci devrait sensibiliser la communauté internationale sur les besoins et les perspectives de développement du Sahel, et faciliter la mobilisation de ressources."
  • Faire face à la crise du coton en Afrique de l'Ouest: éléments clés du débat (Cotonou, Bénin, mars 2004) (Documents et ressources supplémentaires)
    Voir aussi:
    -- Oxfam International on US cotton subsidies and the impact on Africa (2002) --via "International Organizations on Economic Development...", Columbia University Libraries.
    -- abcBurkina -- Actualités sur le coton (SEDELAN--Le Service d'Edition en Langues Nationales, Koudougou, Burkina Faso)
    -- European Union--Africa Cotton Forum, July 2004 --via "International Organizations on Economic Development...", Columbia University Libraries.
    -- International Cotton Advisory Committee (Washington, DC)
  
  
• Columbia University, The Earth Institute: The International Research Institute for Climate and Society -- Africa Regional Program (New York)
  See also, The Earth Institute Home Page.
  
  
• Conserve Africa Foundation (London, UK)
  A non-profit, UK-based NGO seeking to promote "traditional" medical knowledge, conservation, and sustainable development for Africa; with information on conferences and a few downloadable reports.
  
  
• Cornell University Geoscience Information System: Cornell Morocco Project (Institute for the Study of Continents and the Department of Geological Sciences, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York)
  "The Morocco project is a collaborative effort between Cornell University and institutions in Morocco and Spain to improve the understanding of the geodynamics of the western Mediterranean (Alboran) region and the intracontinental development of the Atlas system, using geophysical and geological methods. On these pages you will find information about the research conducted including abstracts and figures from recent investigations." See also, the larger Cornell GIS web site.
  
  
• 7th African Crop Science Society Conference, 5-9 December 2005, Kampala, Uganda. Sponsored by the Faculty of Agriculture, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda.
  
  
• Project on "Deforestation and Degradation in Central and Southern Africa" (1997-1998) (Laboratory for Global Remote Sensing Studies, Department of Geography, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland)
  This site includes some data and satellite images on "The Land Crisis in Zimbabwe".
  
  
• Drylands Research (Somerset, UK)
  • The website provides summary information and abstracts of on-going research in 4 African countries; order information only for full texts. "[For more than ten years] Drylands Research writes and co-ordinates policy-related research on rural livelihoods and environmental management in semi-arid tropical countries."
  • Kenya
  • Niger
  • Nigeria
  • Senegal
  
  
• Earth Summit 2002, Johannesburg, South Africa (See "Johannesburg Summit 2002" below)
  
  
• Earthquake Information for Africa (via United States Geological Survey--Earthquake Hazards Program, Reston, Virginia ; and National Earthquake Information Center, Denver, Colorado)
  See: "Magnitude 6.8 --Lake Tanganyika Region, Congo-Tanzania" (December 5, 2005) Part of Earthquake news & highlight archives.
  
  
• ECOFAC: Conservation et utilisation rationnelle des Ecosystèmes Forestiers d'Afrique Centrale (Programme régional de l'Union européenne, Bruxelles, Belgique)
  • "ECOFAC intervient actuellement dans six pays (Cameroun, Congo, Gabon, Guinée Equatoriale, Republique Centrafricaine São Tomé et Principé). Dans chacune de ses composantes, le programme contribue à la gestion d'une ou de plusieurs aire(s) protégée(s)."
  • Canopée: bulletin sur l'enivronnement en Afrique centrale. (Online) -- Bruxelles : ECOFAC, 1994--
  • Librairie
    On peut télécharger quelques fichiers de la librairie.
  
  
• ELDIS: Electronic Development and Environment Information System (Institute of Development Studies, University of Sussex, Brighton, UK)
  • An indexing service provided by IDS. Papers are selected from all over the Internet based on topics in African, Asian, and Latin American studies. Documents are produced by research institutes or international organizations. Some documents are electronic versions of printed works, while others are full online documents--with citations and bibliographies. Note: Some documents listed in the search are only accessible at the IDS library, University of Sussex.
  • ELDIS Home Page. USE: "Pick a topic", "search page" or "issues page".
  • Agriculture Country Profiles (Search by country)
  • Africa country guides to Internet resources
  
  
• African Elephant Specialist Group (Nairobi, Kenya)
  "This site provides technical resources for elephant conservation and management, developed by the AfESG and partner organizations." See especially:
  -- African Elephant Database
  "(AED) provides the most complete source of information on the numbers and distribution of the African elephant at the site, national, regional and continental levels."
  -- African elephant status report 2007. -- Gland, Switzerland: IUCN, The World Conservation Union, 2007. PDF format
  
  
• Environment Information Systems in Sub Saharan Africa (The World Bank, UN Environment Program, The Government of Norway, et al.; via Norway)
  • "The Program on Environment Information Systems (EIS) in Sub-Saharan Africa was initiated by the World Bank in conjunction with other donors and international agencies in early 1990. The term 'environment information system' (EIS) is used in the context of this Program to cover any organized system for environmental data management, including geographic information systems (GIS) containing environmental data sets. The objective of the Program is to promote the implementation of effective environmental information systems (EIS) to support the process of sustainable development in sub-Saharan Africa."
  • EIS-SSA Home Page
  • EIS News
  • Full text publications: case studies on Zimbabwe & Senegal; and on Africa in general.
  
  
• The Environmental History of Africa -- An Internet/CD Course (Prof. James C. McCann, Department of History and African Studies Center, Boston University, Boston, Massacusetts)
  This website includes the course syllabus, thematic maps and photographs, other images, and related information.
  
  
• Environmental Law Institute: African Environmental Law & Policy (Washington, DC)
  This site offers downloadable research papers and project reports on various African countries, plus country-specific links to environmental law and general information. "...Partnering with activist African NGOs, ELI drafts and advances pragmatic and effective environmental laws and policies, analyzes and identifies options to improve the implementation of existing environmental law, and builds the capacity of local institutions and citizens in Africa to carry out these tasks independently."
  
  
• Epupa Hydro-Electric Dam Scheme, Kunene River, Namibia
  • Epupa Hydro-Electric Dam Scheme Debate, February 1998: as reported by The Namibian (Online) from Windhoek.
  
  
• Festival international de géographie de Saint-Dié-des-Vosges, France (L'Académie de Reims, Reims, France)
  Voir surtout << Les Actes du FIG >> pour trouver les copies des présentations prononcées aux colloques...un certain nombre porte sur l'Afrique.
  
  
• FEWSNET: Famine Early Warning System Network on Africa via USAID on Africa, compiled by Columbia University Libraries.
  
  
• African Flowering Plants Database (Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques de la Ville de Genève, Switzerland; South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria, South Africa)
  A searchable database of statistics, standards of names, distribution maps of plants on the African continent, bibliographic references, and information about publications and links to organizational websites.
  
  
• Food and Agriculture Organization (Rome):
  • Aquastat Programme on Africa
    The site contains water resource profiles for 53 African countries, in English or French, compiled from data for each country up to 2005. "The 'thirst' for water data is ever increasing and there is indeed considerable demand for data on rural water use from national governments and development agencies. The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations initiated an activity in 1993 to meet this demand with particular focus on irrigation. This resulted in the AQUASTAT Programme, the objective of which is to generate rural water use data at country level in a systematic manner."
    
    
  • FAO Document Repository = Archives de documents
    
    
  • Sahel weather and crop situation. (Online). -- Rome: FAO/GIEWS, 1995-
    SWCS is issued by the FAO Global Information and Early Warning System every month throughout the growing season (June to October). The report 'describes weather conditions, pest infestations and crop prospects in the Sahel, a drought-prone zone'. Current and back issues.
  • Sustainable Development Dimensions Program on Africa: Environmental Information (Compiled by Columbia University Libraries)
  • FAO information on Africa (All publications) (Compiled by Columbia University Libraries)
  
  
• "Genetically Modified Food in the Southern Africa Food Crisis of 2002-2003". By Steven Hansch ...[et al.]. -- Washington, DC: Institute for the Study of International Migration, Georgetown University School of Foreign Service. PDF format
  
  
• Forestry Research Institute of Ghana (Kumasi, Ghana)
  The website provides general and contact information on research and activities of the institute [founded in 1963]. "The Mission of the Forestry Research Institute of Ghana is to conduct high quality, user-focused research that generates scientific knowledge and appropriate technologies which enhance the sustainable development, conservation and efficient utilization of Ghana's forest resources; and also to disseminate the information for the improvement of the social, economic and environmental well-being of the Ghanaian people."
  
  
• 2ème Sommet des Chefs d'Etat sur les Forêts d'Afrique Centrale, Brazzaville, Congo, du 4 au 5 février 2005 (via République du Congo, Brazzaville)
  • Déclaration du deuxième Sommet des Chiefs d'Etat d'Afrique Centrale sur le Bassin du Congo, le 5 février 2004
  • Voir aussi: le site de la COMIFAC--Commission des Ministres en charge des Forêts d'Afrique Centrale (Belgique)
  
  
• Friends of the Earth International (Amsterdam, The Netherlands)
  • Press release: "Failing the Challenge: The Other Shell Report" (April 2003) [South Africa]
  • FOEI Campaign Home Page
  
  
• African Frogs (Robert C. Drewes, Department of Herpetology, California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco, California)
  This illustrated site summarizes research carried out by the author since 1986...in East Africa: Uganda, Kenya, and Tanzania.
  
  
• Geological Survey of Namibia (Windhoek, Namibia)
  Recent reports and related links on soils, coastline, and environment in southwestern Africa.
  
  
• Global Water Partnership -- Southern Africa. (2003-2004) In association with the IUCN--The World Conservation Union, Regional Office for Southern Africa. (Harare, Zimbabwe)
  The website features news and reports from various projects and major conferences on water resource management in the member countries of the Southern African Development Community (SADC), plus the Democratic Republic of Congo. "The Global Water Partnership [headquartered in Stockholm, Sweden] is a working partnership among all those involved in water management: government agencies, public institutions, private companies, professional organizations, multilateral development agencies and others committed to the Dublin-Rio principles."
  
  
• The Green Belt Movement of Kenya (Nairobi, Kenya)
  • "The GBM is a grassroots non-governmental organization based in Kenya that focuses on environmental conservation, community development and capacity building. Prof. Wangari Maathai established GBM in 1977, under the auspices of the National Council of Women of Kenya." See also:
  • BBC News -- "Kenyan collects Nobel peace prize" (December 10, 2004)...and related stories. (British Broadcasting Corporation, London, UK)
  • Friends of the Green Belt Movement, North America (New York)
  
  
• HAPEX Sahel Information Service (1996-97) (IRD--L'Institut de recherche pour le développement; CESBIO; and, CNES; Paris)
  "HAPEX-Sahel (Hydrological and Atmospheric Pilot Experiment in the Sahel) is an international land-surface-atmosphere observation program that was undertaken in western Niger, in the west African Sahel region. The overall aims were to improve our understanding of the role of the Sahel on the general circulation, in particular the effects of the large interannual fluctuations of land surface conditions in this region and, in turn, to develop ideas about how the general circulation is related to the persistent droughts that have affected the Sahel during the last 25 years."
  
  
• Le Hub Rural: Appui au développement rural en Afrique de l'Ouest et du Centre =
  The Hub: Supporting rural development in Western and Central Africa (Dakar, Sénégal)
  • Ce site met à la disposition du public des bases de donnés sur le développement rural--en format PDF; un annuaire des agences gouvernementales, des organismes privés, et des centres de recherche; en plus, un recueil des liens aux sites Web.
    << Le Hub Rural a pour vocation d’aider les acteurs d’Afrique de l’Ouest et du Centre à mettre en cohérence les programmes menés en direction du monde rural.>>
  • Ressources en ligne = Resources online
  
  
• Institut de recherche pour le développement au Sénégal (IRD, Dakar, Sénégal)
  Anciennement: ORSTOM au Sénégal.
  
  
• International Centre for Insect Physiology and Ecology (Nairobi, Kenya)
  The site offers information about on-going research by this international organization in human, animal, plant, and environmental health; plus a list of publications. "[Founded in 1970]...ICIPE is a tropical organisation: tropical insect science for development."
  
  
• International Institute for Environment and Development on Africa (London, UK)

  General information and reports on various projects are available from this site; plus order information. "IIED is an independent, non-profit organization promoting sustainable patterns of world development through collaborative research, policy studies, networking and knowledge dissemination ... [Founded in 1971 in the United States] the institute comprises a multicultural, multilingual staff of over 70 people from 18 countries ... with offices in Edinburgh, Scotland and Dakar, Senegal."

  • IIED Home Page (General)
  • Haramata. (Online) -- London: IIED, 2001- PDF format
    The official bulletin of the IIED Drylands Programme--in English or in French.
  • Drylands Programme (Special focus on West Africa/Sahel zone)
  • Drylands issue papers (292+ papers in PDF format)
  • Environment and Urbanization Research -- Selected reports (2000--)
  • Forestry and Land Use
  • Regoverning Markets Program (IIED, in association with International Farming Systems Research Methodology Network, and the Royal Tropical Institute--The Netherlands)
    "This collaborative research project analyses the growing concentration in the processing and retail sectors of national and regional agri-food systems and its impacts and implications on rural livelihoods and communities. The project also examines the role of primary producers and their economic organisations in negotiating market access and improving terms of trade in specific agricultural supply chains. The aim is to analyse and improve the strategies..."
    -- Regoverning Markets in East Africa
    -- Regoverning Markets in Southern Africa
    
    
  • Africa: up in smoke?. The Second Report from the Working Group on Climate Change and Development (June 2005). By Andrew Simms, with support from Hannah Reid. via Practical Action--Intermediate Technology Development Group (UK). 44 pages in PDF format.
  
  
• International Institute of Tropical Agriculture, Ibadan, Nigeria (via Lambourn & Co., Croydon, UK and CGIAR--Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research, Washington, DC)
  General information, research activities, conferences, and online publications (available in HTML or PDF); see also, full catalog). "IITA aims to enhance the food security, income and well-being of resource-poor people primarily in the humid and sub-humid zones of sub-Saharan Africa by conducting research and related activities to increase agricultural production, improve food systems, and sustainably manage natural resources, in partnership with national and international stakeholders."
  
  
• International Lake Environment Committee (ILEC) Foundation for Sustainable Mangement of World Lakes & Reservoirs (Shiga-ken, Japan)
  • The ILEC is "an international environmental NGO established in February 1986. Its objecive is to promote environmentally sound sustainable management of lakes and reservoirs."
  • ILEC Home Page
  • World Lakes Database -- maintained by ILEC, United Nations Environment Program, and the Environment Agency of the Government of Japan. See the clickable map of African lakes with links to data files (many with full details, charts, statistics, and bibliographies.).
    Selected Files on African Lakes [Excerpts from "World Lakes Database"] :
  
  
  

  Lake Albert, Uganda & D.R.C.	Aswan High Dam Reservoir, Egypt	Lake Awassa, Ethiopia	Lake Bogoria, Kenya	Cabora Bassa Reservoir, Mozambique
  Lake Chad, Chad, Cameroon, & Nigeria	Lake Edward, Uganda	Lake Elmenteita, Kenya	Lake George, Uganda	Lake Guiers, Sénégal
  Hartbeespoort Dam Reservoir, South Africa	Lake Kariba, Zambia & Zimbabwe	Lake McIlwaine, Zimbabwe	Lake Naivasha, Kenya	Lake Nakuru, Kenya
  Lake Nasser, Egypt	Lake Nubia, Sudan	Lake Nyasa, Malawi & Mozambique	Lake Oguta, Nigeria	Lake Tana, Ethiopia
  Lake Tanganyika, Tanzania, D.R.C., Burundi, & Zambia	Lake Turkana, Kenya & Ethiopia	Lake Victoria, Uganda, Kenya, & Tanzania	Volta Lake, Ghana	Lake Ziway, Ethiopia

  
  

• International Network for the Availability of Scientific Publications: African Journals On-Line (Oxford, UK)
  A tables-of-contents service, with an option for full text services through paid subscription. There is also a photocopy or document delivery service for individual journal articles of some titles. The following journals are covered: Afrique et développement=Africa Development; African Crop Science Journal; African Journal of Political Science; Bulletin of the Chemical Society of Ethiopia; CODESRIA Bulletin, Discovery and Innovation; Ghana Journal of Agricultural Sciences; Insect Science and its Applications; SINET:Ethiopian Journal of Science; and, Zimbabwe Veterinary Journal; and others.
  
  
• International Rivers Network: Africa Campaigns and Reports, 1994-- (Berkeley, California)
  Reports on Lesotho, Namibia, and Uganda can be found at this site; plus news on river and dam projects in Senegal, Kenya, Ghana, and elsewhere in Africa. "IRN supports local communities working to protect their rivers and watersheds. We work to halt destructive river development projects, and to encourage equitable and sustainable methods of meeting needs for water, energy and flood management."
  
  
• Inter-Réseaux -- Développement Rural (Paris, France)
  • Sur ce site, on peut lire les communications et les rapports de beaucoup des chercheurs qui travaillaient dans le domaine du développement et de la coopération technique en Afrique de l'Ouest et en Amérique latine depuis 1996. Voir surtout le bulletin:
  • Grain de sel. (Online) -- Paris, France: Inter-Réseaux, Développement Rural, 1996-
  
  
• Earth Summit 2002--Johannesburg Summit 2002: World Summit on Sustainable Development, 26 August to 4 September 2002, Sandton Convention Centre, Johannesburg, South Africa (Stakeholder Forum, New York)
  • General information about preparations for -and- the outcomes of the 2002 follow-up to the 1992 Rio de Janeiro "Earth Summit" of the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development; plus related information and links.
  • Sommet mondial sur le développement durable: Page d'accueil
  
  
• African Mammals Databank (Gisbau, Università degli studi di Roma "La Sapienza", Rome, Italy)
  "...The data bank covers the whole African continent excluding Madagascar, and includes a total of 281 species, belonging to 12 orders and 28 families. The two species of rhinos (Diceros bicornis and Ceratotherium simum) were excluded because data on the last few areas in which they are found are being kept from the public and we did not want to interfere with this important decision; the elephant (Loxodonta africana) was also excluded..."
  
  
• Maps of Africa on the Internet (Compiled by Columbia University Libraries.)
  
  
• Miombo Network (Global Environmental Change Lab, Department of Geography, Pennsylvania State University, Penn State, Pennsylvania)
  "A partnership of scientists, natural resource managers and policy makers interested in the sustainable development of the Miombo Ecosystem and region. The Miombo Network was founded in 1995 under the auspices of the IGBP, LUCC and START, and has national level activities in the following countries: Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Tanzania & South Africa, with coordination provided through Penn State."
  The web site --still under re-construction-- features project news, data, remote sensing images, links to full text reports and journal issues.
  
  
• MISR: Multi-angle Imaging SpectroRadiometer: Gallery Images for Africa (NASA--Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California)
  • Central and Southern Africa
  • Gulf of Guinea, Northeast Africa and the Middle East
  • West African coast and the western Atlantic
  
  
• National Environment Management Authority (NEMA) of Uganda (Kampala; via Uganda.Co)
  This site includes general information about NEMA, its activities and downloadable publications (ZIP files), and a recent newsletter. "[Established in 1995] NEMA is a semi-autonomous institution under the Ministry of Water, Lands and Environment, legally established as the principal agency to implement the national policy for the management of the environment in Uganda."
  
  
• National Geographic. (Online): "Africa: whatever you thought, think again", September 2005
  -- Washington, DC: The National Geographic Society, 2005.
  A special issue focusing on African reports, in-depth reports, photographs, interactive maps, and Africa Archive of selected articles from previous issues of this popular magazine.
  
  
• National Geographic's "Africa: The Series" (Washington, DC)
  Promotional site about the 8-part television series beginning on public television in September 2001, co-produced by Nature. The site includes text excerpts and photographs; plus, related links to Africa-related resources and a "Kids" section.
  
  
• Natural Resources Policy Consultative Group for Africa (World Resources Institute, Washington, DC)
  This site offers general information about the group and policy reports on African agriculture and environment for 1995-96.
  
  
• Network for Environment and Sustainable Development in Africa (Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire; Resource Renewal Institute, Green Plan Center, USA)
  "The Network for Environment and Sustainable Development in Africa (NESDA) is a resource and forum of African experts in the management of environment and natural resources." See also, FLASH: Newsletter of the N.E.S.D.A.
  
  
• The Nile Basin Initiative (NBI) (NBI Secretariat, Entebbe, Uganda)
  General information about the programme and its committees. "[Launched in Dar es Salaam in February 1999] ... The NBI is a regional partnership within which countries of the Nile basin have united in common pursuit of the sustainable development and management of Nile waters. ... supersedes the disbanded 'Technical Co-operation Committee for the Promotion of the Development & Environmental Protection of the Nile Basin.'" See also, The Nile River Basin -- Maps Nile Basin Water Resources Management.
  
  
• Observatoire Sahara et Sahel = Sahel and Sahara Observatory (Tunis, Tunisie; via UNESCO, Paris, France)
  "L'OSS est une organisation internationale autonome...ses membres sont des pays d'Afrique et d'Europe, quatre organisations sous-régionales, des organisations régionales, des agences du système des Nations-unies et une ONG internationale." Le site comprend une liste d'evénements (avec liens) et la Bibliothèque Virtuelle de l'OSS (avec beaucoup de documents en texte intégral)
  
  
• ODINAFRICA: Ocean Data and Information Network for Africa (International Oceanographic Data and Information Exchange, Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission, United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization--UNESCO, Paris, France)
  This website outlines various programs of the ODINAFRICA--a project involving about 20 African countries. The site includes current and recent news, conference information, and other data about Africa's oceanic resources.
  
  
• OMVS: Organisation sur la Mise en Valeur du Fleuve Sénégal (Dakar, Sénégal)
  • Le site est censé offrir les renseignements essentiels des activités et des projets de cet ONG et des états membres (Guinée, Mali, Mauritanie, et Sénégal). Voir aussi: la page alternative du gouvernement du Sénégal
  • OMVS-Service de l'Observatoire de l'Environnement (Actualités, documents, cartothèque, etc.)
  • OMVS-GEF: Projet de Gestion des Ressources en Eau et de l'Environnement du Bassin du Fleuve Sénégal (Rapports, répertoires des institutions de recherche et universitaires, autres publications, photothèque)
  
  
• Overseas Development Institute on Africa (London, UK) via Columbia University Libraries
  
  
• Oxfam International: Land rights in Africa (London, UK)
  An archive of policy papers and campaign documents on land rights, organized by region.
  See also: West Africa Food Crisis, 2005
  
  
• Project Elgon (Mount Elgon, Uganda-Kenya Border) (University of Leeds, UK)
  Students and faculty from the U.K. and Uganda, assisted by staff from Makerere University, Mount Elgon National Park, and local people, carried out studies in 1996 in and around Mt. Elgon. This website is a compilation of basic information on the people, the wildlife, and the environment of the region, online papers from the project team, images, and useful links.
  
  
• Réseau d'information pour le développement durable en Afrique centrale (RIDDAC) (Yaoundé, Cameroun)
  << Fondé en 1999, le RIDDAC a pour but de contribuer à la mise en oeuvre du développement durable en Afrique centrale, en mettant en place une plate-forme permanente de diffusion de l'information [surtout sur les ressources forestières, la diversité biologique, et l'environnement], et en favorisant des dynamiques d'échange et de partage de celle-ci, de manière à susciter, faciliter et à encourager les débats constructifs...>>
  -- Veuillez voir surtout: RIDDAC Bibliothèque