International Union of Geological Sciences

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Links to Other Indicator and Monitoring Sites

	Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Program AMAP. http://www.amap.no
	British Columbia's site for Environmental Trends reporting. http://www.gov.bc.ca/bvprd/bc/home.do
	Canada's national Environmental Indicator publication series. http://www.ec.gc.ca/soer-ree/English/Indicator_series
	Drylandscope is a new US-based organization which aims to remedy problems associated with land degradation through a practical, ecologically based strategy. It provides a useful platform for open information access and dialogue on all subjects related to dryland management. http://www.drylandscope.org
	The Global Coral Reef Monitoring Network. http://www.coral.aoml.noaa.gov/gcrmn
	Global Monitoring for Environment and Security http://www.gmes.info/
	ICSU Dark Nature http://www.brunel.ac.uk/depts/ges/ICSU-DN/ICSU-DN.html
	The IGBP project on Past Global Changes. http://www.pages.unibe.ch
	INQUA - International Union for Quaternary Research http://www.inqua.tcd.ie/
	Indicators of Sustainable Development: The home page of the indicators work of the United Nations Division for Sustainable Development. http://www.un.org/esa/sustdev/isd
	The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change is the most authoritative source for climate change information. http://www.ipcc.ch
	International Association for Environmental Hydrology http://www.hydroweb.com
	International Geographical Union Among its Commissions are the Commission on Coastal Systems (http://igu-ccs.ucc.ie)and the Commission on Hazards and Risks - (http://slide.giub.uni-bonn.de/igu-c12). http://www.igu-net.org/
	The International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme. http://www.igbp.kva.se
	International Permafrost Association: An international scientific organization with many links to frozen ground research. http://www.geodata.soton.ac.uk/ipa/
	The International Volcanic Health Hazard Network (IVHHN) http://www.ivhhn.org
	Communicating Environmental Geoscience http://www.mun.ca/canqua/ceg/
	The Millennium Ecosystem Assessment (MA) is an international process designed to meet the needs of decision makers and the public for scientific information concerning the consequences of ecosystem change for human well-being and options for responding to those changes. http://www.millenniumassessment.org
	Mitigation of Climate Induced Natural Hazards. http://www.mitch-ec.net
	Natural Hazards Research Center, Macquarie University, Australia. http://www.es.mq.edu.au/NHRC
	Resource site for everything to do with Landscape http://landscape.researcheasy.com
	State of Environment of Lithuania, 2001 http://www.am.lt/EN/VI/files/0.919984001036055560.pdf
	State of the Environment Australia http://www.deh.gov.au/soe/
	TEMS (Terrestrial Ecosystem Monitoring Sites) is an international directory of long-term terrestrial monitoring and research activities. It provides much useful information on the "who, what and where" and contains a convenient definition and description of many landscape parameters, including some relating to rapid geological change. http://www.fao.org/gtos/tems/
	The Global Observing Systems Information Center. GOSIC provides access to data and information, and overviews of the structure and programs for the Global Climate Observing System (GCOS), the Global Ocean Observing System (GOOS), and the Global Terrestrial Observing System (GTOS) http://gosic.org/
	The World Glacier Monitoring Service, co-sponsored by WMO. http://www.geo.unizh.ch/wgms
	UK Climate Change Indicators: The home page for climate change indicators in the UK. http://www.nbu.ac.uk/iccuk/
	UN Environment Programme's Global Environment Outlook database. http://geodata.grid.unep.ch/
	The US Geological Survey Volcanic Hazards Program. http://volcanoes.usgs.gov
	US National Environmental Monitoring initiatives. http://www.epa.gov/cludygxb
	US National Park Service. The Geologic Division is currently developing a systematic plan for applying geoindicators in US Nationl Parks and Monuments. http://www2.nature.nps.gov/grd/geology/monitoring/ib4/index.htm
	World Data Centre. http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/wdc/
	World Resources Institute, - annual State of the World reports. http://earthtrends.wri.org/
	WorldWatch produces regular global state-of-the-environment reports. http://www.worldwatch.org
	International groundwater resources assessment centre http://www.igrac.nl
	Additional information about Erosion http://www.gcrio.org/geo/soil.html