FUTURE-LINKS
Signposts to Sustainabitily

Local
Agenda 21
Interaction
for Sustainability
Freedom from misery and suffering
Art-Links
Fair Trade
Equitable Development
Environmentally
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EDUCATION for SUSTAINABILITY
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Bird-Links
Organic Agriculture
Climate
Change
Solar Links
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(Local) Agenda 21 |
“Our biggest challenge in this new century is to take an idea
that seems abstract - sustainable development -
and turn it into a daily reality for all the world's people“
Kofi
Annan

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AGENDA 21
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ASCN
African
Sustainable Cities Network
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Convention on
Biological Deversity
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DSD
Division for Sustainable Development (UN)
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ESDN
European
Sustainable Development Network informal network of public administrators
and other experts dealing with sustainable development (SD) strategies in
Europe
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E3G
Independent
not-for-profit organisation, established in 2004, that works in the public
interest to accelerate the global transition to sustainable development
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ICLEI
Local Governments for Sustainability
International association of local governments and national and regional
local government organizations that have made a commitment to sustainable
development
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www.allAfrica.com
Sustainable
Africa
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Our Common Future
Report of the Word Commission on Environment and Development (1987)
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United Nations Decade of Education
for
Sustainable Development
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Interaction for Sustainability |
WISIONS of
Sustainability
WISIONS
provides consulting support to ensure the potential seen in visions of
renewable energy and energy efficiency can become mature projects through
its Sustainable Energy Project Support:
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BIOTA
AFRICA
BIOdiversity Monitoring Transect Analysis in Africa
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CONCORD
the
European confederation of relief and development NGOs.
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Chico
Mendes Committee
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Envirocare
Building
a society with a clean and safe environment that can benefit all citizens
equally and in a sustainable way
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EU-Africa relations:
Towards a Joint EU-Africa Strategy
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FSC-Watch
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Institute for
Agriculture and Trade Policy
Promotes resilient
family farms, rural communities and ecosystems around the world through
research and education, science and technology, and advocacy
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IJSC
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL FOR SUSTAINABILITY COMMUNICATION
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LDCB
League for the Defence of the Consumer in Benin
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League for Pastoral Peoples and Endogenous Livestock Development
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PELUM
Participatory
Ecological Land Use Management in Central-, East- and southern Africa
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International Decade for Aktion
Water for
Life, 2005 - 2015
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EDUCATION for SUSTAINABILITY |
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Global
Campaign for Education
Promotes
education as a basic human right, and mobilizes public pressure on
governments and the international community to fulfill their promises to
provide free, compulsory public basic education for all people |
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Material |
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Sustainable
development –
an
educational package for the schools |
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Freedom from misery and suffering
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anti-slavery
doday´s
fight for tomorrow's freedom |
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African
Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights |
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Children’s Rights International |
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ECPAT
International
Global
network of organisations and individuals working together for the
elimination of child prostitution, child pornography and the trafficking
of children for sexual purposes. |
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IANSA
International
Action Network on Small Arms |
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ILO
International Labour Organization |
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TalkingITGlobal:
The millennium development goals |
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JHR
Journalists for Human
Rights |
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Social Watch
International NGO watchdog network is monitoring poverty eradication and
gender equality. |
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Equitable Development |
UNGEI
United
Nations Girls' Education Initiative
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BPW-
Africa
Federation
of Business and Professional Women Africa
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WEDO
Women's
Environment & Development Organization
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Environmentally Links |
African Bird Club
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ACB
African Centre for Biosafety The non profit organisation, provides
authorative, credible, relevant and current information, research and
policy analysis on issues pertaining to genetic engineering , biosafety
and biopiracy in Africa
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ACF
African Conservation Foundation
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AmphibiaWeb
Online
system, to search and retrieve information relating to amphibian biology
and conservation.
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Arca-Net
network
of institutions that keep endangered livestock breeds or rare cultivated
plants, making them known to the public
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AEWA
Agreement
on the Conservation of African-Eurasian Migratory Waterbirds
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Biowatch
South Africa
Strives
to prevent biological diversity from being privatised for corporate gain.
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Biofuelwatch
campaigns against the use of bioenergy from unsustainable source
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carbon trade watch
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Climate Action Network
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Club of
Rome
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CMS or Bonn Convention
The Convention on the
Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals is an intergovernmental
treaty, concluded under the aegis of the United Nations Environment
Programme
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COP
Centre for Orangutan Protection
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Convention on
Biological Deversity
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Drynet
Civil
society organisations from all over the world have started working
together to combat land degradation
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Envirocare
Building
a society with a clean and safe environment that can benefit all citizens
equally and in a sustainable way
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EcoKids - Kenya
Environmental
Education for Schoolchildren
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ENVIRONMENT
News
and Forums South Africa
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Environmental Rights Action
(Friends
of the Earth Nigeria)
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European Agrobiodiversity Network
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ESVN
EUROPEAN
STORK VILLAGES NETWORK
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FSC-Watch
Dedicated
to encouraging scrutiny of the Forest Stewardship
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friends
of the earth international
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Fruit-Net
Neglected
and forgotten Fruit and Berries
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Gateway to the UN System's Work on Climate Change
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Green
Belt Movement
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German
Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and
Nuclear Safety
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GRAIN
An
international non-governmental organisation (NGO) which promotes the
sustainable management and use of agricultural biodiversity based on
people's control over genetic resources and local knowledge.
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IGRA
International Green Roof Assoziation
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Life
and Legacy of Rachel Carson
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Monitoring Institute for Rare Breeds
and
Seeds in Europe
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overexploiting
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PAN -
Europe
Pestizide Action Network Europe
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PAN
Africa
Pestizide Action Network Africa
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PAN International
Pestizide
Action Network International
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PLANT FOR
THE PLANET
Children
and youth plant 1 million new trees
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Ramsar
Convention on Wetlands
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SAVE Foundation
Safeguard for Agricultural Varieties in Europe
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Solar Energie Foundation
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United Nations Environment Programme
Division of Technology, Industry, and Economics
Sustainable Consumption & Production Branch
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International Decade for Aktion
Water for
Life, 2005 - 2015
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WEDO
Women's
Environment & Development Organization
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Wetlands
International
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Wetland Action
Supporting the sustainable management of wetlands in an ecologically sound
and socially sensitive manner.
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WORLD
HABITAT SOCIETY
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World Resources
Institute
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World
Toilet Organization (WTO)
A
global non-profit organization committed to improving toilet and
sanitation conditions worldwide.
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Women in Europe
for a Common
Future (WECF).
Network of
women's and environmental organisations in 30 countries throughout Central
Asia and Europe. WECF use women's potential in balancing environment,
health and economy for all.
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www.facts-on-nuclear-energy.info
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WOW (Wings Over Wetlands)
International
wetland and waterbird conservation initiative in the African-Eurasian
region, a partnership among international conservation organizations and
national governments.
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WWF
international
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Climate Change |
CLIMATE -
ALLIANCE
Association
of European cities and municipalities that have entered into a partnership
with indigenous rainforest peoples
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Climate Action Network
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It’s
Getting Hot In Here
Dispatches from the Youth Climate Movement
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IPCC
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
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Gateway to the UN System's Work on Climate Change
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United Nations
Framework Convention on Climate Change
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www.facts-on-nuclear-energy.info
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SOLAR / RENEWABLE LINKS |
ESA
Energy for Sustainable
Development Africa
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ISES
International
Solar Energy Society
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IRENA
International
Renewable Energy Agency
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Solar
Energie Foundation
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WISIONS of
Sustainability
WISIONS
provides consulting support to ensure the potential seen in visions of
renewable energy and energy efficiency can become mature projects through
its Sustainable Energy Project Support:
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WCRE
World Council
for Renewable Energy
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Organic Agriculture |
IFOAM
International
Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements
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ESVN
EUROPEAN
STORK VILLAGES NETWORK
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PELUM
Participatory
Ecological Land Use Management in Central-, East- and southern Africa
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NOGAMU
The National Organic Agricutural Movement of Uganda unites farmers,
producers, processors, exporters and other stake holders in the promotion
of organic agriculture in Uganda.
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Organic Consumers Association (OCA)
A
grassroots non-profit public interest organization which deals with
crucial issues of food safety, industrial agriculture, genetic
engineering, corporate accountability, and environmental sustainability
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Organic
farming
Good
for nature, good for you (EU Comission)
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Organic Trade
Association (OTA)
A
membership-based business association that focuses on the organic business
community in North America
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Organic Exchange
A
charitable organization committed to expanding organic agriculture, with a
specific focus on increasing the production and use of organically grown
fibers such as cotton.
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SAVE Foundation
Safeguard for Agricultural Varieties in Europe
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BIRD-LINKS |
AEWA
Agreement on
the Conservation
of
African-Eurasian Migratory Waterbirds
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African Bird Club
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Bird Life Interational
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CMS or Bonn Convention
The Convention on the
Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals is an intergovernmental
treaty, concluded under the aegis of the United Nations Environment
Programme.
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ESVN
EUROPEAN
STORK VILLAGES NETWORK
Model for
habitat protection The bulls in Extremadura, horses along the Sava, pigs
in the course of the brook in front of the Romanian village of Andrid are
signs of the great pasture lands, feature of traditional agriculture that
offers the white stork good conditions for life
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Ramsar
Convention on Wetlands
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storchennest.de
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storks in
poland
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Smithsonian's National Zoo:
the white Stork
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Wikipedia: White Stork
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WOW (Wings Over Wetlands)
International
wetland and waterbird conservation initiative in the African-Eurasian
region, a partnership among international conservation organizations and
national governments.
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ART-LINKS |
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greenmusemum.org
A
NETWORK for ENVIRONMENTAL ART |
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Fair Trade
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COFTA
Network of
Fair Trade Producer Organisations in Africa
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European Fair Trade Association
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IFAT
Global Network
of Fair Trade Organizations
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Science Links |
Worldwatch Institute
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GENISIS
Institute
A
think-and-do-tank for Social Business issues.
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