Brazil Environment

October 2009

Edited by Professor Joseph Domask, American University, Washington, D.C.

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Brazilian Academia & Research | Government & Political Institutions | Global Sources | Maps | Brazilian Media | Brazilian NGOs | Portals & E-Libraries |

Amazon | Climate Change | Water & Drought | Forestry | Law | Recycling

• Embrapa-Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisa Agropecuária/The Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation: governmental institution; publications and research; site map; English and Spanish
• INPA-Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia/National Institute of Amazonian Research: governmental institution; search, site map
• INPE-Instituto Nacional de Pesquisa Espacial/National Institute of Spatial Research: governmental institution; contains images database and PRODES (annual rates of deforestation); English
• Museu Emilio Goeldi: public research institution; biodiversity and sociocultural issues
• Unicamp-Universidade de Campinas: Ambiente e Sociedade(periodical, environment and sociology, access through Scielo); NEPAM-Núcleo de Estudos e Pesquisas Ambientais (with articles and publications)
• UFPA-Universidade Federal do Pará: NUMA-Núcleo de Meio Ambiente; NAEA-Núcleo de Altos Estudos Amazônicos
• UFPR-Universidade Federal do Paraná: Engenharia Florestal, search site

• Environment Ministry: search
• CONAMA-Conselho Nacional do Meio Ambiente: site map
• IBAMA-Instituto Brasileiro do Meio Ambiente e Recursos Naturais Renováveis: site map
• Green Party-Partido Verde
• Rubber Tappers Trade Union-Conselho Nacional dos Seringueiros

• Ambiental.net-Rede Ambiental Latino America: CLAES-Centro Latino Americano de Ecologia Social; in Spanish
• Biodiversidad en America Latina: news and opinion articles; Spanish, Portuguese and/or English
• EcoEarth.Info: portal and search engine; news and articles
• Envirolink: network; site map
• Greenpeace: Brazilian site in Portuguese
• IEED-International Institute for Environment and Development: research institution; site map
• Nature Conservancy, The: US ngo, pages on Brazil (English and Portuguese)
• Planet Ark: Australian ngo in partnership with Reuters; world environment news
• Rain Forest Alliance: ngo; page on Brazil; site map
• UNEP-United Nations Environment Programme: regional office for Latin America and the Caribbean (in Spanish, Portuguese and English
• World Rainforest Movement: international network with news and opinion articles; page on Brazil, search facilities
• WRI-World Resources Institute

• Engesat Brasil: satellite images, site in Portuguese
• Imazon-Amazon Institute of People and Environment: research institute; English
• DPI-Divisão de Processamento de Imagens: INPE-Instituto Nacional de Pesquisa Espacial
• Monitoring Brazil by Satellite: Embrapa-Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation; English

• Agir Azul-EcoAgência
• Ambiente Brasil: portal with information on environmental law
• A Ultima Arca de Noé: English version
• Eco, O: search archive
• Ecol News: contains info on environmental law
• Eco Press
• Eco 21
• Folha do Meio Ambiente: online version of newspaper

• CNDA-Conselho Nacional de Defesa Ambiental: news and opinion articles
• Conservation International-Brazil: news and reports; search site
• Greenpeace Brazil: in Portuguese; international site (site map
• Instituto Bio Atlântica: rain forest conservation; opinion articles
• Rede de ONGs da Mata Atlântica: NGOs network; news and library; site map
• S.O.S. Cerrado: news, articles and photos
• S.O.S. Mata Atlântica: news and projects
• WWF Brazil-World Wild Fund: reports and news; international site

• LAEH/Environmental History of Latin America: Stanford University; bibliographical database with pages on Brazil and the Amazon
• Instituto Socioambiental: news, reports, maps and law; site map; English version
• Portal do Meio Ambiente: REBIA-Rede Brasileira de Informação Ambiental
• Rain Forest Web: Rain Forest Action Network
• Rainforest Portal: tropical rainforests and inhabitants' rights
• SciDevNet-Science and Development Network: contains Latin American and Caribbean regional gateway (multilingual)
• Virtual Library of Environment: Earth Systems

• Amazônia: news, law, public policy; English version (search site)
• Amazonia.Org: news and documents; English, Italian and Portuguese
• Amazonlink: Portuguese, German and English (site map)
• Amazon Watch: USA-based ngo; news, videos, Brazilian page
• BCDAM-Sistema de Bases Compartilhadas de Dados sobre a Amazônia/System of Shared Databases on the Amazon Region: subordinated to the Ministry of Environment; PPG7-Programa Piloto para a Proteção das Florestas Tropicais, SIPAN-Sistema de Proteção da Amazônia (English)
• BDFFP-Biological Dynamics of Forest Fragments Project: INPA-Brazilian Institute for Research in the Amazon & Smithsonian Institution; English, Spanish and Portuguese
• GTA-Grupo de Trabalho Amazônico: news and opinion articles
• Imazon-Amazon Institute of People and Environment: research institution; contains maps and publications; English
• IPAM-Instituto de Pesquisa Ambiental da Amazônia: research institution; news, publications, public policy
• LBA-Large-Scale Biosphere Atmosphere Experiment in Amazonia: Oak Ridge National Laboratory (NASA), bibliographic database

• Centro Clima: Environment Ministry & COPPE/UFRJ: research institution on climate change; English
• Climatic Research Unit: University of East Anglia; hosts Tiempo Climate Newswatch (portal with news and articles; pages on Brazil; search
• IPCC-Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change: UNEP-United Nations Environment Programme; multilingual site
• Mudanças Climáticas: Brazilian Ministry of Science and Technology; English, French and Spanish

• Agua Online: news and law on water and other related environmental issues
• ANA-Agência Nacional de Águas: subordinated to the Brazilian Ministry of Environment; site map
• ABRH-Associação Brasileira de Recursos Hídricos: news and law
• APREC-Associação de Preservação dos Ecossistemas Costeiros: ngo; news and law on Brazilian coastal ecosystems
• International Rivers: contains information and documents on energy, rivers and hydroelectricity
• Rede das Aguas: network; information network; news and law

• Agriculture, Food and Forestry Gateway: Intute (network of UK universities and partners); searchable database of web sources
• Conselho Brasileiro de Manejo Florestal/Forest Stewardship Council: site map
• Imaflora-Instituto de Manejo e Certificação Florestal e Agrícola: forest certification
• IPEF-Instituto de Pesquisas e Estudos Florestais: research institution; English version
• Forest Certification Resource Center: searchable database in English, site map
• Forest Protection Portal: news and analysis
• Forest Research: British government research agency; site map
• Forest Trends: ngo; search/site map]; English, Spanish and Chinese versions
• GFIS-Global Forest Information Service: news and publications; multilingual site
• IUFRO-International Union of Forest Research Organizations: scientists' international network
• ITTO-International Tropical Timber Organization: intergovernmental organisation; site map
• PP-G7-Programa Piloto para a Proteção das Florestas Tropicais do Brasil: subordinated to the Brazilian Ministry of Environment
• United Nations Forum on Forests: conservation and sustainable development; site map
• World Bank-Forestry: contains publications

• CIEL-Center for International Environmental Law: non-profit law firm; papers and publications; search
• Direito Ambiental: IBAP-Instituto Brasileiro de Advocacia Pública: access to news and publications
• E-LAW-Environmental Law Alliance Worldwide: legal and scientific resources; English and Spanish
• ELI-Environmental Law Institute: news and publications; site map

• Lixo.com.br: waste management; site map
• Recicla Brasil
• Recicláveis
• Recicloteca-Centro de Informações sobre Reciclagem e Meio Ambiente: ngo with news on waste management