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These are just a few of the sites that address issues of poverty and vulnerability. The sites included here were selected because they provide a rich set of resources or they offer unique access to specialized topics bridging both poverty and vulnerability.
ADPC (http://www.adpc.net/) - The Asian Disaster Preparedness Center is a non-profit organization supporting the advancement of safer communities and sustainable development, through implementing programs and projects that reduce the impact of disasters upon countries and communities in Asia and the Pacific
CBIK (http://www.cbik.org/cbik-en/index.htm) - The Centre for Biodiversity and Indigenous Knowledge (CBIK) is a participatory learning organization, dedicated to biodiversity conservation and community livelihood development, as well as documentation of indigenous knowledge and technical innovations related to resource governance at community and watershed levels, which is supplementary for government works.
CTM (http://www.ctm.su.se/) - The Centre for Transdisciplinary Environmental Research (CTM) aims to catalyze environmental research and promote environmental education across the faculties. CTM is part of Stockholm University and complements the activities of the different academic departments. CTM is also in close cooperation with other Stockholm-based organisations and institutes conducting reserach in the environmental and sustainable development field.
The Development Gateway (http://www.developmentgateway.org/) - This site is hosted by an independent not-for-profit organisation and allows the viewer to locate and share resources with others on a range of development topics. It also features a database on development projects, tender notices for projects and links to 58 local Country Gateways.
DEWA Europe/GRID Geneva (http://www.grid.unep.ch/) - The site of the United Nations Environment Programme Division for Early Warning and Assessment and the Global Resource Information Database, handling global and regional environmental data.
ECSP (http://www.wilsoncenter.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=topics.home&topic_id=1413) - The website of The Environmental Change and Security Project at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, featuring among other things publications of the center.
EDSP (http://www.sustainable-peace.org/content/fr_act.html) - Website of the Environment, Development, and Sustainable Peace Initiative which is concerned to bring together North and South perspectives on environmental security. The site features among other things policy briefs, conference proceedings and other literature, as well as links to peace and conflict study institutions.
FACT (http://www.fact.org.kh/english/english.htm) - Fisheries Action Coalition Team (FACT) is a NGOs coalition with the goal to promote sustainable management of fisheries resources in Cambodia.
FIVIMS (http://www.fivims.net/) - The Food Insecurity and Vulnerability Information and Mapping Systems (FIVIMS) is a UN inter-agency initiative to promote information and mapping systems on food insecurity and vulnerability.
FSN (http://www.foodsecurity.net/) - The Food Security Network is concerned with addressing solutions to global foodsecurity through sustainable agricultural practices. The site features among other things the fsn newswire and the fsn opinionwire.
GRID Arendal (http://www.grida.no/) - The mission of UNEP/GRID-Arendal is to provide environmental information, communications and capacity building services for information management and assessment.
HSRC (http://www.hsrc.ac.za/) - The Human Sciences Research Council of South Africa conducts large-scale, policy-relevant, social-scientific projects for public-sector users, non-governmental organisations and international development agencies, in partnership with researchers globally, but specifically in Africa.
IFPRI (http://www.ifpri.org/) - Website of the International Food Policy Research Institute which works to identify and anlayse policies for sustainably meeting the food needs of the developing world.
IFRC (http://www.ifrc.org/) - The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies is the world's largest humanitarian organization, providing assistance without discrimination as to nationality, race, religious beliefs, class or political opinions. The Federation's mission is to improve the lives of vulnerable people by mobilizing the power of humanity.
IGU (http://www.igu-net.org/) - The International Geographical Union (IGU) Task Force on Vulnerability has a joint work on a systematic review (meta-analysis) of vulnerability case studies.
IHED (http://www.ihdp.uni-bonn.de/) - The International Human Dimensions Programme is an international, interdisciplinary and non-governmental science organization, dedicated to promoting, catalyzing and coordinating research, capacity-building and networking on the human dimensions of global environmental change.
IIED (http://www.iied.org/index.html) - the International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED) is an international policy research institute and non governmental body working for more sustainable and equitable global development.
Livelihoods Connect (http://www.livelihoods.org/) - DFID's learning platform for creating sustainable livelihoods. It includes among other things: case studies and project summaries, emerging areas of livelihood policy and practice, and an enquiry desk and a page for sharing experiences and views on sustainable livelihoods.
NAFRI (http://www.nafri.org.la/) - The National Agriculture and Forestry Research Institute in Laos aims to contribute to the goals of the Government of Laos by focusing on adaptive research in order to provide technical options, recommendations and results to support agriculture, forestry and fisheries development and strategic formulation of policies and programmes in accordance with the government policy.
NCAR (http://www.ucar.edu/) - The National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) and the UCAR Office of Programs provide research, facilities, and services for the atmospheric and Earth sciences community.
NHRAIC (http://www.colorado.edu/hazards/) - The National Hazard Research Application Information Centre collects and shares research on disasters from a social science and policy perspective.
PEP (http://www.undp.org/pei/aboutpep.html) - The Poverty-Environment Partnership is an informal network of development agencies that aims to address key poverty-environment issues within the framework of international efforts to achieve the Millennium Development Goals.
PIK (http://www.pik-potsdam.de/) - the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) is an international and independent research institute working on questions of climate change, climate impact and sustainable development.
ProVention Consortium (http://www.proventionconsortium.org/) - A site maintained by the World Bank Group, collecting resource materials for conducting various types of disaster-related assessments and for reducing risks.
Radix (http://www.radixonline.org/) - This website is set up to bring together scientists, human right activists, development workers, government officials, business executives, environmentalists, media and popular culture workers. The site collects material on root causes of disasters. Gender and Disaster Network Website of an educational network concerned with gender relations in disasters.
The Resilience Alliance (http://www.resalliance.org/) - The homepage of the Resilience Alliance, a research group focusing on resilience in complex socio-ecological systems. The site includes links to resources as well as a threshold database and information on workshops and courses.
The Ring (http://www.ring-alliance.org/) - A site maintained by the Regional and International Networking Group (RING), a global network of research and policy organisations that promote and develop collaborative work in support of sustainable development.
SDU (http://www.albaeco.com/sdu/) - The Sustainable Development Update is produced by Albaeco in cooperation with the Centre for Transdisciplinary Environmental Research (CTM) and the Department of Systems Ecology, both at Stockholm University; the Beijer International Institute of Ecological Economics; the Resilience Alliance; and SEI.
Sida (http://www.sida.se/) - The goal of Swedish development cooperation is to contribute to making it possible for poor people to improve their living conditions.
START (http://www.start.org/) - the System for Analysis, Research, and Training (START) fosters regional networks of collaborating scientists and institutions in developing countries to conduct research on regional aspects of environmental change, assess impacts and vulnerabilities to such changes, and provide information to policy-makers.
The Strategic Environmental Assessment Information Service (http://www.sea-info.net/) - The site works for the integration of vulnerability assessment into Environmental Impact Assessment, Strategic Environmental Assessment and Sida's Country Assistance and Regional Strategies.
Sumernet (http://www.sumernet.org/) - Sumernet (the Sustainable Mekong Research Network) is a research network set up formally to catalyse the transition to sustainability in the Mekong region through collaboration in applied policy research, network development, fundraising, outreach and dissemination, and capacity building on key aspects of sustainable development and a particular focus on the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).
UCT (http://www.uct.ac.za/) - The website for the University of Cape Town and the Department of Environmental and Geographical Science which is characterised by an integrated approach to the study of human-environment relations.
UNDP Millennium Development Goals (http://www.undp.org/mdg/) - This is a site dedicated to the work towards the Millennium Goals. These goals are an agenda for reducing poverty and improving life to which world leaders agreed in 2000.
UNEP (http://www.unep.org/) - the site for the United Nations Environment Programme.
UN FAO SPFS (http://www.fao.org/spfs) - Website of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation Special Programme on Food Security, featuring among other things best practices and case studies.
UNISDR (http://www.unisdr.org) - The site of the United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction.
UNU (http://www.unu.edu/) - The site of the United Nations University.
VARIP (http://www.clarku.edu/departments/marsh/vulnerability/) - As an integral part of the Sustainability Science and Technology Project, VARIP (Vulnerability and Resilience in Practice) seeks to help maintain and even accelerate the momentum of the sustainability science initiative over the two years between mid-2004 and the launch of the next phase of the program in mid-2006
The World Bank Poverty Net (http://www.worldbank.org/poverty/index.htm) - A site maintained by the Poverty Reduction Group at the World Bank, providing broad introductions to poverty as well as more detailed analysis and data for researchers and practitioners.
WHO (http://who.org/) - The website of the World Health Organisation provides information on health issues across the globe. It also features more specialised sites, among others on Protection of the human environment and Health and development policy.