International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD), Canada
A section on this website is called Sustainable Developments which provides reliable, high-quality independent reporting and information dissemination services for a wide range of initiatives that are advancing the sustainable development agenda. It aims to increase the transparency of the international policy-making process by expanding the volume, breadth and quality of information and providing more comprehensive coverage of environment and development negotiations. It provides either daily summaries of each previous day's events and/or publishes a 8,000-10,000 word summary (depending on the meetings length) at the conclusion of the meeting.
www.iisd.ca/sd/index.html
PORTAL - British Academy’s directory of online resources
The British Academy's directory of online resources in the humanities and social sciences. It is designed as an entry point to available resources for those working in higher education and research. For the area of local knowledge, biodiversity and gender, the subject category of African and Oriental Studies and Social Anthropology and Geography are the most useful ones.
www.britac.ac.uk/portal
CAB International (CABI)
Formerly Centre for Agriculture and Biosciences International. Major UK-based agricultural information service with a database search facilities for online documents within the field of agriculture and international development
www.cabi.orgSD dimensions – Sustainable Development Department-FAO
Website by the Sustainable Development Department (SD) FAO which serves as a global reference centre for knowledge and advice on biophysical, biological, socio-economic and social dimensions of sustainable development. It was established by FAO in January 1995, in response to the need to take a more holistic and strategic approach to development support and poverty alleviation. Its main themes include environment (biodiversity), people (gender, participation, sustainable livelihoods), knowledge (extension and communication) and institutions.
www-data.fao.org/sd/index_en.htm
Community Foresty-FONP
Lessons learnt in relation to gender and community forest management are described, including training materials.
www.fao.org/forestry/FON/FONP/cfu/topics/en/gend-e.stmHIV/AIDS and Food Security Website
This is FAO's official web site on HIV/AIDS and food security and it proposes concrete responses to the epidemic for the agricultural sector. The site brings together for the first time all of FAO's HIV/AIDS-related knowledge and activities, making it a comprehensive resource for researchers, policy-makers, NGOs, and people living with HIV/AIDS, whether they be interested in nutrition, agriculture, forestry, fisheries, gender or other issues.
www.fao.org/hivaidsIntegrated Support to Sustainable Development and Food Security (IP)
IP seeks to promote multidisciplinary collaboration within FAO and with the public sector and civil society in order to enhance sustainable development and food security. Small project activities are used as a mechanism to bring together partners from different sectors to address the issues that underlie poverty and food security. All activities are normative, and include policy support, training, capacity building and awareness raising.
www.fao.org/sd/ip/index_en.htmThe Southern African Regional Poverty Network
SARPN's ultimate goal is to contribute to the sustainable reduction of poverty through effective pro-poor policy, strategy and practice in the SADC region. Its purpose is to deepen and widen debates on policy, strategy, practice and decision-making processes that impact on poverty in the region. SARPN provides platforms that widen participation by bringing people together across the region to exchange ideas, and disseminates information to deepen understanding of poverty issues and improve policy and practice.
www.sarpn.org.za