The European Environment Agency (EEA) is an agency of the European Union. Their task is to provide sound, independent information on the environment.

The purpose of the International Wildlife Law Project of ABILA's International Environmental Law Committee is to contribute to the objective of conserving endangered wildlife species by helping to strengthen international wildlife treaty regimes, regional accords and national legislation that implements international treaty regimes. The group's efforts focus on scholarship and public education efforts.

The main objectives of the MAP are to assist the Mediterranean countries to assess and control marine pollution, to formulate their national environment policies, to improve the ability of governments to identify better options for alternative patterns of development, and to optimize the choices for allocation of resources.

To provide leadership and encourage partnership in caring for the environment by inspiring, informing, and enabling nations and peoples to improve their quality of life without compromising that of future generations.

The Section of Environment, Energy, and Resources is the premier forum for lawyers working in areas related to environmental law, natural resources law, and energy law. The Section is committed to providing members with opportunities to enhance professional skills, stay on top of current developments, and dialogue in these substantive areas.

NOAA Fisheries Service is dedicated to the stewardship of living marine resources through science-based conservation and management, and the promotion

NRCS's natural resources conservation programs help people reduce soil erosion, enhance water supplies, improve water quality, increase wildlife habitat, and reduce damages caused by floods and other natural disasters.

Natural Resources Conservation Service provides leadership in a partnership effort to help America's private land owners and managers conserve their soil, water, and other natural resources.

EPA leads the nation's environmental science, research, education and assessment efforts. The mission of the Environmental Protection Agency is to protect human health and the environment. Since 1970, EPA has been working for a cleaner, healthier environment for the American people.

Coastal; Congressional/Legislative Affairs; Conservation Partnership; Duck Stamp; Environmental Contaminants; Fisheries and Habitat Conservation; Hunting; Invasive Species; Migratory Birds; Native American Issues; Pollinators; Wetlands; Wind Power

The Forest Service was established in 1905 and is an agency of the U.S. Department of Agriculture. The Forest Service manages public lands in national forests and grasslands, which encompass 193 million acres.

Legislative activity in the following areas: energy resources and development, including regulation, conservation, strategic petroleum reserves and appliance standards; nuclear energy; Indian affairs; public lands and their renewable resources; surface mining, Federal coal, oil, and gas, other mineral leasing; territories and insular possessions; and water resources.

The IGIFL Treaty Database contains the texts of and information on more than 1000 bilateral and multilateral treaties, protocols and other instruments concerned with fisheries and marine living resource conservation, management and exploitation.

Antarctic Treaty; Boundary Waters Treaty; CITES; Environmental Protection Treaty with the Russian Federation; Great Lakes Treaty; Migratory Bird and Game; Mammal Treaty with Mexico; Migratory Bird Treaty with Japan; Migratory Bird Treaty with Canada; Migratory Bird Treaty with the Soviet Union; North Atlantic Salmon Treaty; Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Treaty; Pan American Convention; Pacific Salmon Treaty; Polar Bear Treaty; Ramsar Convention; Sea Exploration Treaty

The Kyoto Protocol is an international agreement linked to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. The major feature of the Kyoto Protocol is that it sets binding targets for 37 industrialized countries and the European community for reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions .These amount to an average of five per cent against 1990 levels over the five-year period 2008-2012.

NRDC is an effective environmental action group, combining the grassroots power of 1.2 million members and online activists with the courtroom clout and expertise of more than 350 lawyers, scientists and other professionals.

Mission: To consider what can be done to reduce global warming and to cope with whatever temperature increases are inevitable.

IDRC is a Canadian Crown corporation that works in close collaboration with researchers from the developing world in their search for the means to build healthier, more equitable, and more prosperous societies

IISD is in the business of promoting change towards sustainable development. As a policy research institute dedicated to effective communication of our findings, we engage decision-makers in government, business, NGOs and other sectors in the development and implementation of policies that are simultaneously beneficial to the global economy, the global environment and to social well-being.

Natural resources often lie at the heart of wars and civil strife. Huge mining and resource companies do not hesitate to use force in pursuit of their corporate interests.

The Natural Resources Forum, a quarterly journal launched in 1976, is issued by the Division for Sustainable Development in the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs.