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 This section deals with the use of natural resources including land, sea and animal resources. Environmental deals with their protection from abuse, while real estate, agricultural law and landuse deal with transactions related to natural resources.

• TREATIES

  • Multilateral Treaties Project (Fletcher)
    
  • Convention on Conservation of Nature in the South Pacific (APIA)
  • Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (UNEP)
  
  
  
  
• UNITED NATIONS
  • Commission on Sustainable Development (CSD)
  • Conference on the Environment and Development - Agenda 21
  • Law of the Sea (clark.net)
  • International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
  • U.N. Convention on the Law of the Sea (12/10/82)
    
    
  • HG United Nations
  • United Nations Daily Highlights

• OTHER SUPRANATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

• Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
  
• International Energy Agency
• OECD Nuclear Energy Agency
  

• NAFTA

  • NAFTA (D. Gates) for comprehensive list of sites and information
    

     All Governments and Laws of the World

• COMMENTARY

• Dealing with Natural Resources
• Development of Energy Sources
• Straddling Stocks Convention - Commentary (Linkages)

U.S. LAW, REGULATIONS & AGENCIES

• LAW

  • Clean Air Act 1
  • Clean Water Act
  • Conservation
  • International Biological Program for the Earth's Ecology
  • Marine and Coastal Law
  • Mineral Lands and Mining
  • National Drinking Water Regulations
  • Ocean Dumping
  • Oil Pollution
  • Prevention from Pollution from Ships
  • Protection of Navigable Waters
  • Tropical Forests
     
  • U.S. Government Printing Office
  • THOMAS (Legis. Info.)
  • Bill Tracking (LOCIS)
    
    
    

• REGULATIONS

  • Code of Federal Regulations

• AGENCIES AND PROGRAMS Also see U.S. Environmental Law.

  • Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
  • Atomic Energy
  • Bureau of Mines
  • NOAA Coastal Programs Division (CPD)
  • Department of Agriculture - U.S. Forest Service
  • Department of Energy (DOE)
  • Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Network (EREN)
  • Energy Sciences Network
  • LLNL Biology and Biotechnology Research Program (BBRP)
  • LLNL National Energy Research Supercomputer Center (NERSC)
  • National Marine Fisheries Service
  • NOAA National Geophysical Data Center
  • NOAA Northwest Fisheries Science Center
  • NOAA Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource Management
  • NOAA Office of Ocean Resources
  • NOAA Sanctuaries and Reserves Division
  • National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)
  • Nuclear Regulatory Commission
  • Pacific Marine Geology
  • Water Conservation in the Bureau of Reclamation
    
    

• U.S. LAW, REGULATIONS & AGENCIES - GENERAL

  • United States Code (Cornell)
  • United States Code
  • Congressional Record
  • Federal Register
  • Administrative Procedures Act
  • HG-Executive Branch

STATE LAW - U.S.

   For comprehensive state materials:  HG US States 

• For Other Territories See Piper Resources

• Tribal Governments
• American Samoa
• Guam
• Northern Mariana Islands
• Puerto Rico
• U.S. Virgin Island

U.S. CASES

• FEDERAL CITATIONS See U.S. Enviromental Law.

  US Courts and Cases

Energy Bar Associations

• The International Bar Association - IBA
  Influences the development of international law reform and shapes the future of the legal profession throughout the world. Through its various sections and committees, the IBA enables an interchange of information and views among its members as to laws, practices and professional responsibilities relating to the practice of business law throughout the world.
• Energy Bar Association - EBA
  Non-profit voluntary association of attorneys, non-attorney professionals, and students, whose mission is to enhance the professional competence of those who practice and administer energy law. Established in 1946 as the Federal Power Bar Association, the Association generally was focused o­n those lawyers practicing energy regulatory law at the federal level.
• ABA - Section of Environment, Energy, and Resources
  The Energy Law Journal is beginning its twenty-seventh year of publication in 2006. The Energy Law Journal (ELJ) is published under the supervision of an editorial committee composed of practitioners and academicians specializing in the field of energy law and is organized through the Federal Energy Bar Association's headquarters in Washington D.C. Published twice a year, the ELJ has over 2,500 subscribers in the United States and 15 foreign countries, including Canada, Brazil, Argentina, Germany, Austria, Japan, Australia, Taiwan, and Korea.
  
  
  
• Atomic Energy
• Environmental Laws Around the World
• International Environmental and Natural Resources
• Natural Resources Research Information Pages
• New England Light Pollution Advisory Group
• Sea.Net
• World Conservation Monitoring Center

Energy and Natural Resources Law Journals, Articles and Books

• Official Journal of the Energy Bar Association
  The Energy Law Journal is beginning its twenty-seventh year of publication in 2006. The Energy Law Journal (ELJ) is published under the supervision of an editorial committee composed of practitioners and academicians specializing in the field of energy law and is organized through the Federal Energy Bar Association's headquarters in Washington D.C. Published twice a year, the ELJ has over 2,500 subscribers in the United States and 15 foreign countries, including Canada, Brazil, Argentina, Germany, Austria, Japan, Australia, Taiwan, and Korea.
  
  
• Google Scholar: Scholarly articles for Energy Law Journals
  Search the full text of Energy and Natural Resource books to find ones that interest you and learn where to buy or borrow them.
  
  
• Amazon Books - Energy Law & Natural Resource Law
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Other Books

• Canadian Law of Mining. Barry J. Barton. Canadian Institute of Resources Law. Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
• Mining and the Environmental: international perspective on public policy. Roderick G. Eggert. Resources for the Future. Washington, D.C.
• The Clean Water Act. Robert W. Adler. Island Press. Covelo, CA.
• State Groundwater Regulation. Sally Benjamin. Bureau of National Affairs (BNA Books). Rockville, MD.
• The Clean Water Act Handbook. Parthenia B. Evans. Section of Natural Resources, Energy, and Environmental Law. Chicago, IL.
• Entering the Watershed. Bob Doppelt. Island Press. Covelo, CA.

• ABA Natural Resources, Energy and Environmental Law Section
• IBA Energy and Natural Resources Section
• Federal Energy Bar Association
• Friends of the Earth
• International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD)
• National Audubon Society
• Sierra Club
• World Conservation Monitoring Center

• HG.org Agriculture Law
• HG.org Environmental Law
• HG.org Environmental Law - U.S.
• HG.org Land Use
• HG.org Real Estate Law