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International Centre for Trade and
Sustainable Development
The ICTSD was established in Geneva in September 1996 to contribute to a better
understanding of development and environment concerns in the context of international
trade.
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Organization for Economic Co-Operation and Development
OECD is an international organization helping governments tackle the economic, social and
governance challenges of a globalizes economy.
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Sustainable
Development Networking Programme
SDNP is a catalytic initiative to kick-start networking in developing countries and help
people share information and expertise relevant to sustainable development to better their
lives. Launched in 12 pilot countries in 1992 as one outgrowth of the Earth Summit,
the SDNP currently offers assistance in establishing connectivity to national networks and
the Internet, content aggregation and user training in 39 developing nations and 36 small
island developing states (SIDSnet).
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United Nations Sustainable
Development - The Commission
The Commission on Sustainable Development (CSD) was created in December 1992 to ensure
effective follow-up of UNCED; to monitor and report on implementation of the Earth Summit
agreements at the local, national, regional and international levels.
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The World Bank Group
It consists of five institutions that specialize in different aspects of development, but
use their comparative advantages to work collaboratively toward the same overarching
goal---poverty reduction.
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The World Conservation Union
Founded in 1948, IUCN brings together States, government agencies and a diverse
range of non-governmental organizations in a unique world partnership. As a Union, it
seeks to influence, encourage and assist societies throughout the world to conserve the
integrity and diversity of nature and to ensure that any use of natural resources is
equitable and ecologically sustainable.
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Center for International Earth
Science Information Network
Columbia University's Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN)
works at the intersection of the social, natural, and information sciences. The center
specializes in on-line data and information management, spatial data integration and
training, and interdisciplinary research related to human interactions in the environment.
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Environmental Budgeting
Local Environmental Budgeting is an instrument for environmental management initiated by
the International Council for Local Environmental Initiatives. It's aim is to set up a
system to coordinate the different environmental management instruments like indicators,
impact assessments and quality targets.
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Environmental Performance, Indicators and Outlooks
The Organization for Economic Co-Operation and Development (OECD) uses indicators as a
tool for performance evaluation and public information: Core Environmental Indicators
cover major environmental issues; Sectoral Environmental Indicators focus on specific
sectors e.g. transport, energy; and Key Environmental Indicators are drawn from the Core
Set.
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Environmental Sustainability
Index
The Environmental Sustainability Index (ESI) is a measure of overall progress towards
environmental sustainability, developed for 142 countries. The ESI permits cross-national
comparisons of environmental progress in a systematic and quantitative fashion. It
represents a first step towards a more analytically driven approach to environmental
decision making.
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Genuine Progress Indicator
Redefining Progress created a more accurate measure of progress which starts with the same
accounting framework as the GDP, but then makes some crucial distinctions - It adds in the
economic contributions of household and volunteer work, but subtracts factors such as
crime, pollution, and family breakdown.
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IISDnet Measurement and
Indicators for Sustainable Development
International Institute for Sustainable Development has been working on measurements and
indicators since 1995, with the aim of making significant local, national and
international contributions, and of building the Institute into a world centre of
expertise in this field.
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Indicators of
Community Sustainability
The Sustainability Report's compilation of different community reporting systems from
various communities engaged in reporting. Resources available are used to help a
community select the indicators that are most suited to its needs. The Canadian
Sustainability Report is the work of a collaborative group of experts from government,
industry, the non-government sector and academe.
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Indicators for
Sustainable Development
An easily understood communication tool - the so-called 'dashboard' metaphor, designed by
the academic partners of the Bellagio Forum for Sustainable Development (BFSD).
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Sustainability,
A Choice to Consider
Discussions of sustainability as a choice, measuring well-being, question of direction,
and materials on theories and policies related to attaining sustainability.
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Sustainable
Development – the Government’s Approach
Indicators used by the United Kingdom Government to monitor and report progress towards
sustainable development, developed both at national, regional and local levels.
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Ten Steps
to Sustainability
The Center of Excellence for Sustainable Development, a project of the US Department of
Energy, simplify the task of launching a community sustainability endeavor by breaking the
process down into 10 individual steps.
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Business and Sustainable
Development: A Global Guide
This site explains the strategies and tools that companies can draw on to translate an
aspiration of sustainability into practical, effective solutions. Case studies from around
the world are provided as an example of each measure.
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Ecological
Footprints Accounts
Redefining Progress developed this accounting tool which provides the most complete
comparison of natural resources demand and supply available.
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International
Council for Local Environmental Initiatives' CapaCity
The project CapaCity addresses the problem of unemployment at the local level. The
long-term goal is to promote employment opportunities through a concerted effort between
all key stakeholders in a municipality, with the local government as the initiator and
facilitator of this process.
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Learn for Life
Learning from the world's wetlands. . .a 'one-stop' education site on water, wetlands, and
wetland life.
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Learning
Modules of the World Bank Group
The Development Education Program (DEP) team designs tools and resources to help teachers
and students, principally at the secondary school level, study -- and think critically
about -- the often complex social, economic, and environmental issues of sustainable
development affecting their countries, their regions, and the world.
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On-line Course on Sustainable
Development
World Business Council for Sustainable Development's on-line course on Sustainable
Development
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Project WET
Created by the Center for Environmental Awareness and Education (CEAE) to meet the needs
of every environmental educator who wants to use water as a resource for learning.
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Project Learning Tree (PLT)
An interdisciplinary environmental education program designed by the Center for
Environmental Awareness and Education (CEAE) for formal and non-formal
educators. It uses the forest as a window on the world to increase student's
understanding of the complex environment; stimulate critical and creative thinking;
develop the ability to make responsible action.
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SD
Online
This special information initiative, hosted by the European Foundation for the Improvement
of Living and Working Conditions' Home Page, is currently comprises five online databases
with listings of sustainability-oriented conferences, networks, tools and training
courses.
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SEAMEO Regional Center for
Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture
One of the oldest regional centers in the Southeast Asian Ministers of Education
Organization, SEARCA is committed to strengthening institutional capacity in sustainable
agriculture for a food-secure Southeast Asia through human resource development, research,
knowledge exchange, and policy support.
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Ten Steps
to Sustainability
The Center of Excellence for Sustainable Development provides further information, tools,
or examples useful in carrying out that steps to sustainability.
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UNCTAD-ICTSD Capacity Building
Project on Intellectual Property Rights
A project on intellectual property rights and development to address these areas of
concern and uncertainty, launched by ICTSD and UNCTAD in August 2001. One central
objective of the project is to build capacity among negotiators and other decision-makers
from developing countries to effectively participate in rule-making through research,
information exchange and stakeholder consultations.
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Web-Based Resources for
Teachers
[Department of Education, Philippines]
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Business Action for Sustainable Development
BASD is a comprehensive network of business organizations that have come together under
one banner in the interests of sustainable development. It is a joint initiative of
the International Chamber of Commerce and the World Business Council for Sustainable Development.
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Business and Sustainable Development: A
Global Guide
International Institute for Sustainable Development's global guide is intended to
encourage business people to develop a vision of a sustainable company, translate that
vision into a management action plan and turn sustainability into a competitive advantage.
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European DataBank Sustainable
Development
The DataBank is designed to list institutions, associations, societies and experts
throughout Europe involved theoretically and/or practically in the achievement of
Sustainable Development on an international, national and regional level. Not only experts
in science and related institutions will be registered, but also experts from economy,
politics, trade unions, churches, non-governmental organizations (NGOs), citizen’s
committees, etc.
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European
Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions: Sustainable Development
Theme
The Sustainable Development homepage has been specifically designed to support the needs
of the social partners at all levels in their activities to promote sustainable
development from a practical company level to a policy level.
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International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development
ICTSD was established in Geneva in September 1996 to contribute to a better understanding
of development and environment concerns in the context of international trade.
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Novertis Foundation for Sustainable Development
The Foundation was established some twenty years ago as an institution through which,
while continuing to provide ad hoc aid and relief, cultivates a long-term commitment,
working out, through programs and projects, innovative strategies for sustainable
development.
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Sustainability; a Choice to
Consider
Discussions of sustainability as a choice, measuring well-being, question of direction,
and materials on theories and policies related to attaining sustainability.
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Sustainable
Business
Links and resources compiled by the Center of Excellence for Sustainable Development will
help company and community understand the great challenges and promising solutions for
business and industry in achieving sustainability.
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World
Business Council for Sustainable Development
WBCSD is a coalition of 160 international companies united by a shared commitment to
sustainable development via the three pillars of economic growth, ecological balance and
social progress. Their projects include Sustainability through Market; Corporate Social
Responsibility; Climate Change and Energy; Innovation and Technology; Sustainable
Development reporting; Natural resources: Biodiversity and Access to Water.
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Babilonia Wilner Foundation
BWF, which was founded in the Philippines on August 28, 1995, to increase environmental
awareness and practices by encouraging the exploration of cultural and ecological
relationships through advocacy, outreach, education, arts and media productions, and in
daily living.
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The Bellagio Forum for Sustainable Development
BFSD is an international network of grant-providing institutions striving to attain
environmental balance, economic stability and social progress throughout the world.
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CERES: Network for Change
CERES is... the leading U.S. coalition of environmental, investor, and advocacy groups
working together for a sustainable future Companies that have committed to continuous
environmental improvement by endorsing the CERES Principles, a ten-point code of
environmental conduct, a common ground where groups with widely different backgrounds,
assumptions, and visions find concrete solutions to today's environmental challenges
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The Earth
Network for Sustainable Development
The Earth Council is an international non-governmental organization (NGO) that was created
in September 1992 to promote and advance the implementation of the Earth Summit
agreements.
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EcoNet - Institute of Global
Communications (IGC)
The nonprofit IGC changed the way the progressive community worked by introducing them to
email, online discussions, mailing lists and the Web. Today IGC Internet offers
progressive individuals and groups a place on the Internet to learn, meet and organize.
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Environmental
Defense, Finding the Ways that Work
Environmental Defense is an American nonprofit organization which have linked science,
economics and law to create innovative, equitable and cost-effective solutions to
society's most urgent environmental problems.
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European DataBank on
Sustainable Development
The DataBank is designed to list institutions, associations, societies and experts
throughout Europe involved theoretically and/or practically in the achievement of
Sustainable Development on an international, national and regional level. Not only experts
in science and related institutions will be registered, but also experts from economy,
politics, trade unions, churches, non-governmental organizations (NGOs), citizen’s
committees, etc.
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Foundation for Philippine
Environment
FPE, incorporated on 15 January 1992, aims to reverse the rapid destruction of the
Philippines' natural resources by initiating programs and activities that strengthen the
role of NGOs, peoples' orgranization (POs), and local communities in the responsible
management of the ecosystem.
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Foundation for International Environmental
Law and Development
FIELD taps the tremendous potential of law at the international, regional and domestic
level, to encourage environmental protection and sustainable development. It is an
organization whose advice and assistance are sought by governments, non-governmental
organizations, inter-governmental organizations and industry.
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Haribon Foundation for the Conservation
of Natural Resources
Haribon is a non-profit, non-stock and non-government organization that has been in the
forefront of environmental protection and sustainable resource management. Among its'
major projects are research and publications on biodiversity using birds, and the
Philippine Eagle in particular, as the flagship species.
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International Centre for Trade
and Sustainable Development
ICTSD was established in Geneva in September 1996 to contribute to a better understanding
of development and environment concerns in the context of international trade. As an
independent non-profit and non-governmental organization, ICTSD engages a broad range of
actors in ongoing dialogue about trade and sustainable development.
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International Institute for Environment and
Development
Founded in 1971, as the International Institute for Environmental Affairs in the United
States, IIED is an independent, non-profit organization promoting sustainable patterns of
world development through collaborative research, policy studies, networking and knowledge
dissemination. It work to address global issues such as mining, the paper industry and
food systems.
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International
Institute for Sustainable Development
The IISD meets the challenge of integrating environmental stewardship, economic
development and the well-being of all people by advancing policy recommendations on
international trade and investment, economic policy, climate change, measurement and
indicators, and natural resource management to make development sustainable.
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Jetzt und Morgen
“Jetzt und Morgen” is an independent research group focusing on issues of
structural problems and the transformation of social and economical systems. We are
committed to the concepts of sustainability and intergenerational equity as well as to
holistic approaches.
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National
Councils for Sustainable Development
Since the 1992 Earth Summit, which had recommended the active participation of citizens
along with governments in implementation of the Rio agreements, more than 70 countries
have established some form of a multi-stakeholder participatory body, referred to here as
National Councils for Sustainable Development (NCSDs), to promote and implement
sustainable development at the national level.
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Novertis Foundation for Sustainable Development
A Foundation that was established some twenty years ago as an institution through which,
while continuing to provide ad hoc aid and relief, cultivates a long-term commitment,
working out, through programs and projects, innovative strategies for sustainable
development.
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Philippine Business for the Environment
PBE assists Philippine business address environmental issues and concerns. It is
involved in environmental enhancement projects; education and awareness; promotion of
clean technology and sound environmental management.
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Philippine Federation for Environmental
Concern
The PFEC is a national network of concerned individuals, non-governmental organizations
and people's organizations concerned with environmental issues.
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Philippine Institute for
Development Studies
PIDS was established to develop and implement a comprehensive and integrated research
program that will provide the research materials and studies required for the formulation
of Philippine development plans and policies.
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Philippine Sustainable Development Network
PSDN is a Foundation composed of organizations which are actively involved in the pursuit
of sustainable development. It provides services to improve information networking
among SD advocates.
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Redefining Progress
RP is a public policy organization that creates policies and tools to encourage accurate
market prices, to protect our common social and natural assets, and to foster social and
economic sustainability.
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Sustainable Development International
Sustainable Development International is part of the official media roadmap in the lead up
to the World Summit on Sustainable Development in Johannesburg where world leaders will
meet to discuss how far we have come since Rio in 1992 and what we need to do to move
forward.
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Sustainable
Development Research Institute
SDRI of the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada is committed to undertake
research on sustainable development which to them requires an integration of the
ecological imperative to stay within the carrying capacity of the planet, the economic
imperative to provide an adequate standard of living for all, and the social imperative to
develop forms of governance that promote the values people want to live by.
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SEAMEO Regional Center for
Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture
One of the oldest regional centers in the Southeast Asian Ministers of Education
Organization, SEARCA is committed to strengthening institutional capacity in sustainable
agriculture for a food-secure Southeast Asia through human resource development, research,
knowledge exchange, and policy support.
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WWF Global Network
WWF is one of the world's largest and most effective independent organizations dedicated
to the conservation of nature. Its mission is to stop the degradation of the
planet's natural environment and to build a future in which humans live in harmony with
nature.
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World Business Council for Sustainable
Development
WBCSD is a coalition of 160 international companies united by a shared commitment to
sustainable development via the three pillars of economic growth, ecological balance and
social progress. Their projects include Sustainability through Market; Corporate Social
Responsibility; Climate Change and Energy; Innovation and Technology; Sustainable
Development reporting; Natural resources: Biodiversity and Access to Water.
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World
Watch Institute
Worldwatch is a non profit public policy research organization dedicated to informing
policymakers and the public about emerging global problems and trends and the complex
links between the world economy and its environmental support systems.
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