UNEP
Web Site Locator
The
United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) has many activities and affiliated
centres distributed around the world, often with their own Web sites. The
following listing should help to access the wide range of UNEP activities.
UNEP
Home Page
UNEP Headquarters, Nairobi, Kenya: http://www.unep.org/
UNEP.NET,
the Global Environmental Information Network: http://www.unep.net/
UNEP
Regional Offices
UNEP Regional Office for Africa: http://www.unep.org/unep/regoffs/roa/
UNEP Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific: http://www.roap.unep.org/
UNEP Regional Resource Centre for Asia Pacific (formerly UNEP EAP-AP):
http://www.eapap.unep.org/
UNEP Regional Office for Europe: http://www.unep.ch/roe/home.htm
UNEP Regional Office for Latin America and the Caribbean: http://www.rolac.unep.mx/
UNEP Regional Office for North America: http://www.rona.unep.org/
UNEP Regional Office for West Asia: (no web page)
UNEP
out-posted offices
UNEP
Geneva (all offices): http://www.unep.ch
UNEP
Balkans Unit (Geneva): http://balkans.unep.ch/
UNEP
Coral Reef Unit (Geneva, Cambridge, Nairobi): http://www.unep.ch/coral.html
UNEP Earthwatch Coordination (Geneva): http://www.unep.ch/earthw.html
Information Unit for Conventions (IUC) (Geneva): http://www.unep.ch/conventions/index.htm
UNEP
World Conservation Monitoring Centre (Cambridge): http://www.unep-wcmc.org
Global International Waters Assessment (Kalmar, Sweden): http://www.giwa.net/
Global Programme of Action for the Protection of the Marine Environment
from Land-Based Activities, Coordinating Unit (The Hague): http://www.gpa.unep.org/
or http://www.chem.unep.ch/GPA/
UNEP Division of Technology, Industry & Economics (Paris):
http://www.uneptie.org/home.html
UNEP Chemicals (Geneva): http://irptc.unep.ch/
UNEP Economics, Trade and Environment (Geneva): http://www.unep.ch/eteu/envreteu.htm
UNEP International Environmental Technology Centre (Osaka): http://www.unep.or.jp/
UNEP
GRID (Global and Regional Integrated Data centres)
GRID Arendal (Norway): http://www.grida.no/
GRID Bangkok (Thailand): http://www.eapap.unep.org/
GRID Budapest (Hungary): http://www.gridbp.ktm.hu/INDEXA.HTM
GRID Christchurch (New Zealand): http://www.gridc.org.nz/
GRID Geneva (Switzerland): http://www.grid.unep.ch/gridhome.html
GRID-ICIMOD (Katmandu, Nepal): http://www.unep.org/unep/eia/ein/grid/icimod/
and http://www.icimod.org.sg/
GRID-INPE (Sao Jose dos Campos, Brazil): http://www.grid.inpe.br
GRID Moscow (Russia): http://gridmsk.infospace.ru/
GRID Nairobi (Kenya): http://www.unep.org/unep/eia/ein/grid/web/document/grid.htm
(1996)
GRID Sioux Falls (USA): http://grid2.cr.usgs.gov/
GRID
Tbilisi (Georgia): http://www.gridtb.org/
GRID Tsukuba (Japan): http://www-cger.nies.go.jp/grid-e/index.html
GRID Warsaw (Poland): http://www.gridw.pl/
The UNEP Meta-data Directory: http://www.grid.unep.ch/mdd/home.htm
http://www.grid.unep.org/
(1996)
UNEPnet/Mercure
UNEPnet Implementation Centre (Norway): http://www.centre.unep.net/
UNEPnet
Almaty (Kazakhstan): http://www.neapsd.kz/
UNEPnet Bangkok (Thailand): http://svr1-bkk.unep.net/
or http://www.eapap.unep.org/
UNEPnet Beijing (China): http://svr1-pek.unep.net/
SEPA: http://www.sepa-pek.unep.net/
UNEPnet Hanoi (Vietnam): http://svr1-han.unep.net/or
http://nea.vn.unep.net/
UNEPnet
Havana (Cuba): http://www.centre.unep.net/Cuba/index.htm
and http://www.centre.unep.net/Cuba/AMA/
UNEPnet Katmandu (Nepal): http://svr1-ktm.unep.net/
UNEPnet
La Paz (Bolivia): http://www.rds.org.bo/
UNEPnet
Manama (Bahrain): http://www.eef.org.bh/
UNEPnet
Maputo (Mozambique): http://svr1-mpm.unep.net/
UNEPnet
Niamey (Niger): http://svr1-nim.unep.net/
or http://www.centre.unep.net/Niger/MELCD/
UNEPnet San Jose (Costa Rica): http://minaedse.cr.unep.net/
UNEPnet Vienna (Austria): http://www-vie.unep.net/andhttp://www.ubavie.gv.at/
Mercure satellite communications system: http://www.estec.esa.nl/mercure/homepage.htm
UNEPnet
services (intranet): http://www1.unep.org/
UNEP
Convention Secretariats
Basel Convention (Geneva): http://www.basel.int/
Convention on Biological Diversity (Montreal): http://www.biodiv.org/
Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) (Geneva):
http://www.cites.org/
Convention on Migratory Species (CMS) (Bonn): http://www.unep-wcmc.org/cms/
Ozone Secretariat (Nairobi) and Montreal Protocol (Montreal): http://www.unep.org/ozone/home.htm
Rotterdam
Convention on Trade in Hazardous Chemicals (PIC): http://www.pic.int/
Regional
Seas Programmes
UNEP Regional Seas: http://www.unep.ch/seas/
Caribbean Environment Programme (Kingston): http://www.cep.unep.org/
East Asian Seas - Regional Coordinating Unit (EAS/RCU):
http://www.roap.unep.org/easrcu/index.htm
Mediterranean Action Plan (Athens): http://www.unepmap.gr/
Mediterranean Specially Protected Areas Regional Activity Centre (Tunis):
http://www.rac-spa.org.tn/
Regional Seas
Programmes not part of UNEP:
Black Sea Environmental Programme (Istanbul):
http://www.dominet.com.tr/blacksea/index.htm
(Coordinating Unit)
http://bsein.mhi.iuf.net
(Black Sea Environmental Internet Node)
Caspian
Environmental Programme: http://caspianenvironment.org/
Northwest
Pacific Action Plan Marine Environmental Emergency Preparedness and Response
Regional Activity Center: http://merrac.nowpap.org/
South-East Pacific Action Plan (Comission Permanente del Pacifico Sur -
CPPS) (Quito): http://www.cpps.org.ec/
South Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) (Apia): http://www.sprep.org.ws/
Collaborating
centres and joint activities
UNEP Collaborating Centre on Energy and Environment: http://www.risoe.dk/sys-ucc/
UNEP
Finance Initiatives: http://www.unepfi.net/
UNEP/GEMS Collaborating Centre for Freshwater Quality Monitoring and Assessment
at the National Water Research Institute of Environment Canada: http://www.cciw.ca/gems/intro.html
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) (Geneva): http://www.ipcc.ch/
Millennium Ecosystem Assessment: http://www.ma-secretariat.org/
UN System-wide Earthwatch (Geneva): http://www.unep.ch/earthw.html
UNEP/OCHA
Emergency Response: http://www.reliefweb.int/ocha_ol/
UNEP/UNCTAD
Mineral Resources Forum - Environment: http://mineralresourcesforum.unep.ch/
UNEP Working Group on Sustainable Product Development (Amsterdam): http://unep.frw.uva.nl/
CIAT/World Bank/UNEP Environmental and Sustainability
Indicators project:
http://www.ciat.cgiar.org/indicators/index.htm
UNEP/IUCN Joint Environmental Law Information Service (ECOLEX): http://www.ecolex.org/
UNEP Global Environment Outlook (GEO) Support System - GEOSS (for GEO collaborators
- password required) http://geoss.unep.org/
CEROI - Cities Environment Reports on the Internet http://www.ceroi.net/
UNEP/UNCHS
Urban Water website http://www.un-urbanwater.net/
International
Coral Reef Action Network: http://www.icran.org
and
http://www.unep.ch/coral/icran.htm
Baltic
On-line Interactive Geographical and Environmental Information Service:
http://boing.fimr.fi/
Other
sites of Interest
UNEP GEF Interactive Forum: http://gef-forum.unep.org/
UNEP on-line bookstore: http://earthprint.com
or http://www.terraprint.org
UNEP magazine Our Planet: http://www.ourplanet.com
UNEP Sustainable Agri-Food Production and Consumption Forum: http://www.agrifood-foru
WRI
Earthtrends portal: http://earthtrends.wri.org/
Business-to-Business
On-line Halon Trader: http://www.halontrader.org
International Environment House (Geneva): http://www.environmenthouse.ch/
Geneva Environment Network - on-line library catalogue: http://genlib.unep.ch
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