GeoAfrica Earth Science Resource Directory
Directory of earth science companies who have offices in Africa and
who are geared to working in Africa.
http://www.geoafrica.co.za/
AfriCover
FAO project dealing with land cover assessment for the African
continent, based on remote sensing and GIS techniques.
http://www.africover.org/
Famine Early Warning System (FEWS)
Meteorological Analyses, Cold Cloud Top Graphics and Animations,
Precipitation Estimates, CPC Global Monitoring and Analysis
Products.
http://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/fews/
African Technology Forum
Practical information on science and technology in Africa to
corporations, individuals and institutions in the US, Africa and the
rest of the world.
http://web.mit.edu/africantech/www/
Empowerment for African Sustainable Development
A private non-profit corporation focussing on the empowerment of
African people and institutions operating in the area of
environmental management and sustainable development.
http://easd.org.za/
AllAfrica.com: Environment
Links to current news stories from around the continent.
http://allafrica.com/environment/
African Centre for Technology Studies
An international inter-governmental policy research and training
organization located in Nairobi, Kenya. The Centre's activities
focus on the implementation of Agenda 21 and related conventions on
biological diversity, climate change and desertification.
http://www.acts.or.ke/
AfricaLink
A division of USAID that supports regional networks of African
policy makers and scientists in agriculture, natural resource
management, and the environment.
http://www.usaid.gov/alnk/
Grassroots Indicators for Desertification:
Experience and Perspectives from Eastern and Southern Africa.
Documents why grassroots indicators should play a key role in the
monitoring, evaluation, and reporting systems for sustainable
development and, more specifically, in efforts to reverse
desertification and other forms of land degradation (Online book:
IDRC Focus Collection).
http://www.idrc.ca/books/focus/794/
United Nations Environment Programme - Regional Office for Africa
Acts as the link between the various units and centres of UNEP and
the countries in the region, and promotes collaboration and
partnerships with organizations active in sustainable development in
Africa.
http://www.unep.org/ROA/
AAAS Africa project
American Association for the Advancement of Science Africa Project:
focusses on improving access for African researchers to scientific
and technical information, on encouraging other aspects of
scientific capacity-building, on articulating research and policy
agendas for critical issues facing African science and society, and
on promoting productive collaborative ties between US and African
scientists and their institutions.
http://www.aaas.org/international/ssa/
Technology Policy and Practice in Africa
Online book - case studies demonstrating the need to pay greater
attention to an enabling macroeconomic environment and the ways that
environment interacts with an effective technology policy.
http://www.idrc.ca/books/focus/790/
Participatory Development Communication: A West African Agenda
CIME is a development communication program that reflects the
interrelations between Communication at the grassroots level, the
exchange of Information, two-way Media, and nonformal Education.
This online book presents the conceptual framework that led to the
articulation of the CIME program.
http://www.idrc.ca/acb/showdetl.cfm?&DID=6&Product_ID=497&CATID=15
African Forestry Policy Forum
Proceedings, summaries and case studies: August, 1996.
http://www.worldbank.org/afr/afr_for/toc.htm
Arid Climate, Adaptation and Cultural Innovation in Africa
Research on the historical development of the African continent and
its people during the last 12,000 years in light of the complex
interrelation between Man and changing environmental conditions.
http://www.uni-koeln.de/phil-fak/afrikanistik/sfb389/
Centre for Environment Information and Knowledge in Africa
CEIKA's objective is to build African capacity for environmental
management through the provision of relevant training and
multi-media information and knowledge products.
http://easd.org.za/Ceika.org/in.htm
Scientific African
An African-located institute hoping to enhance the worldwide
accessibility to scientific publications from Africa.
http://www.scientific-african.com/
Sustaining the Future: Economic, Social, and Environmental Change in
Sub-Saharan Africa
UNU Press online book. The authors were given the objectives of
analysing the trends and processes of environmental change in
Sub-Saharan Africa, and of identifying key issues for reaching
sustainable environmental and resource management in the region
within the medium-term future until around the year 2005.
http://www.unu.edu/unupress/unupbooks/80918e/80918E00.htm
Chemistry in Africa
A resource for African Chemistry Departments, research and other
organizations, plus databases for retrieval of the continent's
scientific information.
http://home.wanadoo.nl/ghirma.moges/cheminafrica.html
Natural Resources Development in the Sahel: The Role of the United
Nations System
UNU Press online book. Focuses on the problems of socio-economic
development, environmental conservation, and the application of
scientific knowledge and technological resources in the Sahel.
http://www.unu.edu/unupress/unupbooks/80422e/80422E00.htm
African Journals Online
Tables of contents and abstracts of articles from journals in
agricultural sciences, science and technology, health and social
sciences, published in Africa.
http://www.inasp.info/ajol/
Protected Area Conservation Strategy (PARCS)
A cross-regional summary of the Protected Area Conservation Strategy
(PARCS) project's assessments of training needs among protected area
managers in eastern, central, and southern Africa.
http://www.bsponline.org/bsp/publications/africa/parcs/contents.html
Science in Africa
A monthly magazine containing popular articles, research findings,
events, scientific developments, and resources about science in
Africa.
http://www.scienceinafrica.co.za/
Basel Convention Regional Centre Pretoria
Aims to assist in building the legal, institutional and
technological capacity of English-speaking African countries,
enabling the management of hazardous waste in an environmentally
sound manner as provided in the Basel Convention.
http://www.baselpretoria.org.za
Africa Journals On Line (AJOL)
Offers the contents and abstracts from journals published in Africa
in order to promote the awareness and use of African journals in the
fields of agricultural sciences, arts, culture and literature,
health, science and technology, and social sciences.
http://www.inasp.org.uk/ajol/
UNESCO Nairobi Office
United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization's
Regioanl Office for sub-Saharan Africa. Information about programs,
staff, online journals.
http://www.unesco-nairobi.org/
Environmental Information System on the Internet
Environmental information management tools for implementing legal
instruments related to the environment in Africa. Includes text of
environmental legal instruments, training modules (in PDF format),
portals for West Africa, Benin, Mali, Senegal, Uganda, North Africa,
Morocco.
http://www.sisei.net/
Arid Lands Information Network
A network of Community Development Workers involved in drylands
development. Information about activities, partners, publications,
technologies.
http://www.alin.or.ke/
Food Supply Situation & Crop Prospects in Sub-Saharan Africa
Report of the Global Information and Early Warning System (GIEWS)
that provides an assessment of the current food supply situation in
sub-Saharan Africa. Articles in PDF format.
http://www.fao.org/WAICENT/FAOINFO/ECONOMIC/GIEWS/ENGLISH/EAF/eaftoc.htm
FEWS Net
United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Famine
Early Warning System. Features articles and reports on drought and
food shortages.
http://www.fews.net/
Community Animal Health Network
Network of practitioners, institutes, donor agencies, international
and regional organizations from nine African countries. Includes
distance learning resource and newsletter.
http://www.cahnet.net/
Africa Resources Trust
Campaigns for the right of rural communities to benefit from
sustainable use of their natural resources -- newsletter, projects,
publications.
http://www.art.org.zw/
Sustainable Africa
Resources and links on water, energy, health, agriculture and
biodiversity in Africa.
http://allafrica.com/sustainable/
