A collection of useful environmental and environmental law links:

1. Australian Commonwealth Government
2. New South Wales Government
3. Local Government
4. Australian Environmental Organisations
5. Environmental Activist Support
6. International Environmental Law Resources

1. Australian Commonwealth Government Environmental Information

Environment in government

• Australian and New Zealand Environment and Conservation Council
  
• Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry - Australia
  
• Australian Greenhouse Office
  
• Australian Maritime Safety Authority - Marine Environment Protection 
  
• Australian Antarctic Division
  
• Australian and New Zealand Minerals and Energy Council
  
• The Australia New Zealand Land Information Council
  
• Australian Heritage Council Home Page
  
• Commonwealth Ombudsman
  
• Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO)
  
• CSIRO Earth Observation Centre
  
• Environment Australia
  
• EnviroNET Australia
  
• Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority
  
• National Environment Protection Council
  
• National Heritage Trust, the

Policies, Strategies, Program Areas

• Australian Biological Diversity
  
• Australian Genetic Manipulation Advisory Committee
  
• Australian Natural Heritage Charter
  
• Australian & World Heritage
  
• Climate Change
  
• Commonwealth Coastal Policy
  
• Environmental Impact Assessment
  
• National Bush Care Program
  
• National Endangered Species Program
  
• National Environmental Health Strategy
  
• National Greenhouse Strategy
  
• National Pollutant Inventory
  
• National Strategy for Ecologically Sustainable Development
  
• National Wetlands Program
  
• Ozone Protection
  
• State of the Environment Reporting (including State link

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2. New South Wales Government Environmental Information

• Catchment Management Authorities (NSW)
  
• Environment Protection Authority of New South Wales
  
• NSW Fisheries
  
• NSW Heritage Office
  
• NSW Land and Environment Court

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3. Local Government Environmental Information

• Australian Local Government Association
  
• Australian Local Government Information Service
  
• Environs Australia: The Local Government Environment Network 
  
• Green Web
  
• International Council for Local Environmental Initiatives
  
• Local Government Tree Resources Association

New South Wales

• Blacktown Environmental Information
  
• Canterbury Council Environmental Health Green Page
  
• Great Lakes Council Environment Page
  
• Hornsby Shire Council Environmental Page
  
• Lismore City Council Environment Page
  
• Local Councils in NSW (including email addresses)

• Lake Macquarie City Council Environmental Information
  
• Maitland City Council Environment Page
  
• Mosman Council Environment Page
  
• Muswellbrook Shire Council Environment Page
  
• Newcastle City Council Environment Page
  
• Penrith City Council Environment Page
  
• Pittwater Council Coastal Environment Centre
  
• Port Stephens Council Environment Page
  
• Ryde City Council Environment Page
  
• Singleton Shire Council Environment Page
  
• South Sydney Council
  
• Warringah City Council Natural and Built Environment Page
  
• Western Sydney Regional Organisation of Councils

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4. Australian Environmental Organisations

Australian Environment Directories 

• EcoDirectory
  
• The Green Pages
  
• GreenNet Australia (an Australian environment organisation network)

• Alternative Technology Association of Australia
  
• Association of Societies for Growing Australian Plants
  
• Australian Chemical Trauma Alliance Inc
  
• Australian Conservation Foundation
  
• Australian Koala Foundation
  
• Australian Network for Plant Conservation
  
• Australian Rainforest Conservation Society
  
• Australian Student Environment Network
  
• Sustainable Population Australia (formerly ASEP)
  
• Birds Australia: BA Nest
  
• Clean Ocean Foundation
  
• Clean Up Australia
  
• Earth Repair Foundations
  
• Earthshare
  
• Ecological Society of Australia Inc.
  
• Environment Business Australia
  
• Environmental Planning and Law Association
  
• Friends of the Earth Australia
  
• Greening Australia
  
• Greenpeace Australia
  
• Humane Society International
  
• Indigenous Flora and Fuana Association (I.F.F.A.)
  
• International Riverfoundation
  
• Landcare Australia
  
• Marine and Coastal Community Network
  
• Mineral Policy Institute
  
• The Oceania Project: Caring for Whales, Dolphins and the Oceans
  
• OzGreen: Global Rivers Environmental Education Network (Australia) Inc.
  
• RSPCA Australia Inc.
  
• Urban Ecology Australia
  
• Waterwatch Australia: Communities Caring for Catchments
  
• Western Conservation Alliance
  
• The Wilderness Society (Australia)
  
• The Wildlife Preservation Society of Australia
  
• WWF Australia

State Organisations

• Animal Liberation NSW
  
• Confederation of Bushwalking Clubs NSW 
  
• Critical Mass Sydney 
  
• Friends of the Earth - Sydney 
  
• National Parks Association of New South Wales (NPA) 
  
• Nature Conservation Council of New South Wales 
  
• Total Environment Centre

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• Armstrong Legal
  
• Australian Community Legal Centre WWW Resources
  
• Australian Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission
  
• Directory of Community Legal Centres
  
• Fitzroy Legal Service - Activism Links
  
• Law for You (NSW and Victoria Plain English Legal Information)
  
• Legal Aid Office (ACT)
  
• National Association of Community Legal Centres Complete Activist Site
  
• NSW Attorney General's Department Lawlink
  
• NSW Legal Aid Commission - Offices
  
• NSW Legal Information Access Centre

Letting Politicians Know Your Mind (Contact Details) 

• Government On-Line Directory
  
• Members of the House of Representatives
  
• Members of the Senate
  
• Members of the Legislative Assembly (NSW)

Global Non-Violent and Direct Action Networks and News 

• O-ACTION (Church of Deep Ecology)
  
• Idealist (links to over 14,000 campaign groups)
  
• Index on Censorship
  
• Progressive Internet Resources Directory
  
• M.K. Ghandi Institute for Nonviolence
  
• National Environmental Trust (formerly Environmental Information Center)
  
• Nonviolence International
  
• The Nonviolence Web
  
• One World
  
• WebActive

Keeping Tabs on Industry and Developers

• Australian Gas Industry Association
  
• Australian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy
  
• Australian Institute of Petroleum
  
• Australian Securities and Investments Commission
  
• Australian Financial Service Directory
  
• Ethical Investment Information
  
• Forestry Australia: The National Association of Forest Industries
  
• Mineral Policy Institute (monitoring the mining industry)
  
• Minerals Council of Australia
  
• National Farmers Federation
  
• American Civil Liberties Union
  
• Corporate Watch
  
• EDGAR (US Security and Exchange Commission Database)
  
• Environmental Background Information Center
  
• International Chamber of Commerce
  
• Probe International
  
• Project Underground
  
• SEDAR (Canadian Securities Administrator's Database)
  
• Third World Network
  
• The CATO Institute

The Green Backlash

• Anti-Environmental Myths

• The Public Eye: Challenging the Rightwing Backlash
  
• California Anti-SLAPP Project
  
• The Infamous UK McLibel Trial

Environmental Justice

• EcoJustice Network
  
• Environmental Justice Resource Center
  
• Indigenous Environmental Network
  
• The Good Neighbor Project for Sustainable Industries

Fund Raising

• Conservation Alliance
  
• Council on Foundations (US)
  
• Foundation Center (US)
  
• Greenpeace Australia guide to fundraising
  
• Philanthropy Australia
  
• Probono Australia

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6. International Environmental Law

International Environmental Directories and Indices

• Amazing Environmental Organization Web Directory
  
• Best Environmental Directories
  
• Central European Environmental Data Request Facility (CEDAR)
  
• eNet Digest
  
• EcoNet
  
• Envirolink: the Online Environmental Community
  
• Environment & Society Internet Resource Guide
  
• Environmental Data Index (US)
  
• WWW Virtual Library

International Legal Directories and Indices

• CataLaw
  
• Find law
  
• Foreign and International Law
  
• Heiros Gamos
  
• International Legal Website Appendix
  
• Law Runner: World Index
  
• Lillian Goldman Library at Yale Law School International Law Page
  
• Rominger Legal
  
• Union of International Associations

International Environmental and Legal News

• Cable News Network (CNN)
  
• E - The Environmental Magazine
  
• Earth Negotiations Bulletin
  
• The Earth Times
  
• Electronic Green Journal
  
• ENDS Environment Daily
  
• Environmental News Network
  
• International Herald Tribune
  
• Living on Earth (National Public Radio US)
  
• Our Planet - UNEP Environmental News
  
• Society of Environmental Journalists

Guides to International Environmental Law

• American Society of International Law: Guide to International Environmental Law
  
• Global Law: International and Transnational Law
  
• Pace (Law School) Virtual Environmental Law Library

Environmental Treaties, Instruments and Secretariats

• Agenda 21 (listed by chapter title)
  
• The Bureau for the Convention on Wetlands of International Importance (Ramsar Convention)
  
• Earth Summit +5: Special Session of the General Assembly to Review and Appraise the Implementation of Agenda 21
  
• Environmental Treaties and Resource Indicators (for accessing Environmental Treaty Data)

• The Rio Declaration
  
• Secretariat for the Convention on Biological Diversity
  
• Secretariat for the Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and Their Disposal (Basel Convention)
  
• Secretariat for the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES Convention)
  
• Secretariat for the Convention Concerning the Protection of World Cultural and Natural Heritage
  
• Secretariat for the Vienna Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer and the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer

International Environmental and Legal Information Resources

• Environmental Law Alliance Worldwide (public interest environmental lawyers around the world)
  
• Environment News Service
  
• Asia Pacific Centre for Environmental Law
  
• Asia Pacific Regional Environment Network
  
• Center for Global and Regional Environmental Research
  
• Center for International Environmental Law (CIEL)
  
• On Earth Journal (previously Amicus Journal)

• Environmental Law Institute
  
• Environmental Periodicals Bibliography
  
• The European Environmental Law Homepage
  
• European Environmental Information and Observation Network
  
• Foundation for International Environmental Law (FIELD)
  
• International Council on Environmental Law
  
• International Institute for Sustainable Development
  
• International Institute for Industrial Environmental Economics
  
• International Network for Environmental Compliance and Enforcement
  
• Research Centers in International Relations by Country
  
• Sustainable Development Networking Program (United Nations)
  
• Sustainable Ecosystem Institute
  
• Trade and Environment Database (TED)
  
• UNEP - Global Resource Information Database (Arendal)
  
• United Nations Sustainable Development Web Site
  
• World Conservation Union (IUCN) - Environmental Law Program
  
• World Federation of National Associations for Environmental Managment

Intergovernmental Organisations

• Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN)
  
• Centre on Integrated Rural Development for Asia and the Pacific
  
• European Union
  
• Food and Agricultural Organisation of the United Nations
  
• Global Environment Centre Foundation (UNEP)
  
• Global Environment Facility
  
• IDEA: The Electronic Directory of European Institutions
  
• Indian Ocean Commission
  
• International Boundary and Water Commission
  
• International Council for the Exploration of the Sea
  
• International Maritime Organisation
  
• International Tropical Timber Organization
  
• Inter-Parliamentary Union
  
• North American Free Trade Agreement Commission for Environmental Cooperation
  
• North American Plant Protection Organization
  
• Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)
  
• South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation
  
• Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center
  
• Pacific Islands Forum
  
• United Nations
  
• United Nations System of Organisations (Agencies, Programmes & Funds)
  
• United Nations Commission on Sustainable Development
  
• United Nations Development Programme
  
• United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (Environment and Natural Resources Management Division)
  
• United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
  
• United Nations Environment Programme (Headquarters)
  
• United Nations Environment Programme (Executive Centre)
  
• United Nations Development Programme
  
• United Nations Environment Programme Division of Technology, Industry and Economics
  
• World Conservation Union (IUCN)

International Environmental NGOs

• BASEL Action Network
  
• Conference on Sustainable Development and the Environment in East Timor
  
• Conservation International
  
• Defenders of Wildlife
  
• Earth Council: Earth Network for Sustainable Development
  
• Earth Island Institute
  
• Earth Summit Watch
  
• Earthwatch Institute
  
• Environmental Working Group (US)
  
• European Environmental Bureau
  
• European Partners for the Environment
  
• For Mother Earth International
  
• Friends of the Earth International
  
• Global Energy Network
  
• Global Futures
  
• Global Policy Forum
  
• Greenpeace International
  
• Institute of Environmental Assessment
  
• Institute of Environmental Management
  
• International Council for Local Environmental Initiatives
  
• International Institute for Sustainable Development
  
• International Rivers Network
  
• International Society for Environmental Ethics
  
• International Wildlife Coalition
  
• Natural Resources Defense Council
  
• Nature Conservancy, the
  
• Rainforest Action Network
  
• Wilderness Society, the
  
• World Conservation Monitoring Centre
  
• World Resources Institute
  
• World Watch Institute

International Parliamentary Organisations

• Asia Pacific Parliamentary Forum
  
• Commonwealth Parliamentary Association

• Inter-Parliamentary Union

International Courts and Tribunals

• International Court of Arbitration
  
• International Court of the Environment Foundation
  
• International Court of Environmental Arbitration and Conciliation Project
  
• International Court of Justice
  
• International Criminal Court

Diplomatic, Political, and Government Links

• Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade

• Asia Pacific Government Agencies
  
• CIA World Fact Book, the
  
• Governments on the Web
  
• Governments around the World on the WWW
  
• International Green Parties Index
  
• Political Resources on the Net
  
• World Political Parties
  

Global Business and the Environment

• Coalition for Environmentally Responsible Economies

• International Corporate Environmental Reporting Site
  
• World Business Council for Sustainable Development

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