SEARCH ENGINES

• AltaVista (ability to limit search by country domain and/or language, and includes instant translation service)
• Google
• FindLaw:
  • Index of Country Pages
  • LawCrawler International
• HotBot (ability to search by continent, country domain and language)
• Internet Legal Resource Guide (ILRG): LawRunner: Global Index
• Northern Light (ability to search by country and language)
• Yahoo!:
  • Business and Economy
  • Government: Countries
  • Government: Int'l Organizations

TREATY RESEARCH PATHFINDERS

• ASIL Guide to Treaty Research
• E.B. Williams Library, International Environmental Law Research Guide
• George Washington University Law Library, A Guide to Treaty Research
• Stanford University
• United Nations:
• United Nations Treaty Collection
• Definition of Key Terms Used in the UN Treaty Collection
• Glossary of Terms Relating to Treaty Actions
• United Nations Documentation: Research Guide

COMPREHENSIVE SITES FOR FOREIGN/INTERNATIONAL LAW INFORMATION

• American Society of International Law
• International Law Springboard
• Research Guide to International Environmental Law
• Cornell Law School and Legal Information Institute, International Law Materials
• ECOLEX
• Emory Electronic Reference Desk
• Law by Subject
• Law by Country
• European Environmental Law Homepage
• FindLaw
• Globelaw: Multilateral Convention Sources
• New York University Law Library: Guide to Foreign and International Legal Databases
• United Nations: International Law Page
• University of Chicago D'Angelo Law Library: Foreign and International Law
• U.S. Department of State: Private International Law
• U.S. Library of Congress: Guide to Law Online
• ENTRI Portal
• Harvard Law School, Research Guides
• UNEP Environmental Instruments

FOREIGN LAW (BY COUNTRY)

• ENTRI Country Explorer
• FindLaw
  • Country Links
  • World Constitutions

INTERNATIONAL COURTS, TRIBUNALS, AND ARBITRATION

• Arbitration
• International Centre for Settlement of Investor Disputes
• International Court of Arbitration of the International Chamber of Commerce
• International Council for Commercial Arbitration
• Links to National Arbitration Bodies
• Permanent Court of Arbitration
• European Court of Human Rights
• International Court of Justice
• International Criminal Court

SELECTED TOPIC SITES

Access to Information

• Convention on Access to Information, Public Information in Decision-Making and Access to Justice in Environmental Matters

• Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer
• US Environmental Protection Agency
• Vienna Convention for Protection of the Ozone Layer

• Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety
• Convention on Biological Diversity (Secretariat)
• Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (Secretariat)
• Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals
• Convention on Wetlands of International Importance (Ramsar Convention Secretariat)
• UNESCO Convention Concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage
• World Bank on Biodiversity

• Climate Policy Center
• Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
• International Energy Agency
• National Oceanic and Atmospheric Organization (US)
• United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
• United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, Kyoto Protocol
• US Environmental Protection Agency

• Convention on Environmental Impact Assessment in a Transboundary Context
• Protocol on Strategic Environmental Assessment

• The Freshwater Society
• International Year of Freshwater
• Pacific Institute for Studies in Development, Environment, and Security
• US Environmental Protection Agency

• Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and Their Disposal (Secretariat)
• Rotterdam Convention on the Prior Informed Consent Procedure for Certain Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides in International Trade
• Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants
• U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
• Chemicals
• Waste

Marine Resources and Pollution

• Baltic Marine Environment Protection Commission
• Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources
• Indian Ocean Tuna Commission
• International Baltic Sea Fishery Commission
• International Pacific Halibut Commission
• International Whaling Commission
• North Atlantic Salmon Conservation Organization
• North-East Atlantic Fisheries Commission
• North Pacific Anadromous Fish Commission
• North Pacific Marine Science Organization
• Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organization
• OSPAR Commission for the Protection of the Marine Environment of the North-East Atlantic
• Pacific Salmon Commission
• US Environmental Protection Agency

Oceans

• Center for Leadership in Global Diplomacy
• International Maritime Organization (incl. Conventions)
• United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea
• US Environmental Protection Agency

Security

• Center for Security Policy
• Demographic, Environmental, and Security Issues Project
• Global Environmental Change and Human Security Project
• Nautilus Institute
• North Atlantic Treaty Organization
• Pacific Institute for Studies in Development, Environment, and Security
• Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, Environmental Change and Security Project

Sustainable Development

• Agenda 21
• Commission on Sustainable Development
• Declaration of the United Nations Conference on the Human Environment
• Doha Declaration
• Earth Summit +5
• Millennium Declaration
• Monterrey Consensus
• Rio Declaration
• US Environmental protection Agency
• World Summit on Sustainable Development (2002)
• Declaration
• Plan of Implementation

COUNTRY INFORMATION

• CIA World Fact Book
• Governments on the Web
• Library of Congress Country Studies
• Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development

RELATED FINANCE AND INTERNATIONAL SITES

Academia

• Yale Center for the Study of Globalization

Banks

• Environmental Bankers Association
• Finance Institute for Global Sustainability
• UNEP Finance Initiative

Finance and Development

• Financial Institutions
• African Development Bank
• Asian Development Bank
• Environmental Policy
• Operations Manual
• European Bank for Reconstruction and Development
• Environmental Policy
• Environmental Procedures
• Inter-American Development Bank
• Operational Policies
• North American Development Bank
• The World Bank
• World Bank & the Environment
• Environmental Strategy
• Country Environmental Analysis
• Strategic Environmental Assessment
• International Finance Corporation
• Environmental, Health and Safety Guidelines
• Safeguard Policies
• Operational Manual
• Pollution Prevention and Abatement Handbook
• Safeguard Policies
• Export-Import
• Export-Import Bank of the United States
• Overseas Private Investment Corporation (US)
• Equator Principles
• Global Environment Facility (GEF)
• International Monetary Fund

Trade & the Environment

• Cornell Law School and Legal Information Institute, International Trade Law Materials
• Doha Declaration
• Environmental Information System: Trade and Environment
• Institutions and Organizations
• Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation
• Association of Southeast Asian Nations
• CEISIN Thematic Guide: Trade Policy and Global Environmental Change
• European Free Trade Association
• Harvard University, Center for International Development
• International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development
• National Law Center for Inter-American Free Trade
• North American Commission for Environmental Cooperation
• UNEP, Economics and Trade Unit
• World Trade Organization
• Trade & Environment
• International Institute for Sustainable Development, Environment and Trade: A Handbook
• National Trade Data Bank (subscription service)
• Selected Governmental Sites
• Canadian Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade
• European Commission (Trade)
• Trade & Environment
• Sustainability Impact Assessment
• US Trade Representative
• Environment
• Environmental Reviews of Trade Agreements
• Trade and Environment Database
• Trade-Environment.org
• Tradeandenvironment.com

Transparency

• Coalition for Environmentally Responsible Economies
• Global Reporting Initiative
• Transparency International

Journals, Newsletters & Indexes

• American Journal of International Law
• American University International Law Review
• Berkeley Journal of International Law
• Bridges Monthly Review
• Bridges Weekly Trade News Digest
• Canada-United States Law Journal
• Colorado Journal of International Environmental Law and Policy
• Corporate Environmental Strategy
• Duke Environmental Law & Policy Forum
• Duke Journal of Comparative & International Law
• Environmental & Energy Law & Policy Journal
• East European Constitutional Review
• Emory International Law Review
• Environmental Law and Management
• Environmental Liability
• European Journal of International Law
• Foreign Affairs
• Georgetown International Environmental Law Review
• Global Environmental Politics
• Harvard Environmental Law Review
• Index to Foreign Legal Periodicals
• Indiana International & Comparative Law Review
• Indiana Journal of Global Legal Studies
• International Environmental Agreements: Politics, Law and Economics
• Linkages
• Pace Environmental Law Review
• RAVE: Research of Articles & Decisions in Public International Law and European Law (1995-)
• Review of European Community and International Environmental Law
• Stanford Environmental Law Journal
• Sustainable Development Law & Policy
• World Policy Journal

Statistical Sources of Foreign and International Information

• Center for International Earth Science Information Network Data Portal
• Environmental Sustainability Index
• Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development Statistics Portal
• U.S. Census Bureau (International)
• The World Bank Statistics Portal
• Worldwatch

ORGANIZATIONS

Associations

• Air & Waste Management Association (US)
• American Chemistry Council
• Business Council for Sustainable Energy
• Confederation of British Industry
• Emissions Marketing Association
• European Chemical Industry Council
• European Partners for Energy & the Environment
• European Recovery and Recycling Association
• International Association for Impact Assessment
• International Chamber of Commerce
• International Council of Chemical Associations
• International Emissions Trading Association
• International Solid Waste Association
• Marine Stewardship Council
• U.S. Council for International Business

Business/Business-Related (see also “Associations” above)

• Auditing Roundtable
• The Conference Board
• European Partners for the Environment
• Global Environmental Management Initiative
• Greening of Industry Network
• International Chamber of Commerce
• International Network for Environmental Management
• International Organization for Standardization
• Prince of Wales Business Leaders Forum
• World Business Council for Sustainable Development
• World Environment Center

Environmental NGOs

• Center for International Environmental Law
• Conservation International
• Earth Island Institute
• Earthjustice
• EarthRights International
• Environmental Defense Fund
• The Environmental Working Group
• Forest Stewardship Council
• Foundation for International Environmental Law and Development
• Friends of the Earth International
• Global Climate Coalition
• Global Environment Facility
• Greenpeace International
• International Institute for Sustainable Development
• International Rivers Network/IRN
• International Union for the Conservation of Nature (or World Conservation Union)
• League of Conservation Voters
• National Audubon Society
• National Wildlife Federation
• Natural Resources Defense Council
• The Nature Conservancy
• Oceana
• The Ocean Conservancy
• Pacific Institute for Studies in Development, Environment and Security
• Pew Center on Global Climate Change
• Pew Center for Sea Change
• Rainforest Action Network
• Sierra Club
• Wilderness Society
• World Wildlife Fund
• Wilderness Society/WS

Environmental Policy and Foreign Relations

• Asia-Pacific Centre for Environmental Law
• The Aspen Institute
• The Brookings Institution/BI
• Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
• Center for Clean Air Policy
• Center for International Policy
• Center for Environmental Science and Policy, Stanford Institute for International Studies
• Center for Strategic and International Studies
• Council on Foreign Relations
• Environmental Law Institute
• Institute for European Environmental Policy
• Institute for International and European Environmental Policy
• International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis
• International Institute for Environment and Development
• Progressive Policy Institute
• Resources for the Future
• Royal Institute for International Affairs
• Stockholm Environment Institute
• Yale Center for Environmental Law & Policy
• World Resources Institute

Governmental

• Environmental Ministries
• Environmental Protection Agencies/Councils
  • United States
    • Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
    • Department of Energy
      • Climate Change
      • Environment
    • Department of State, Bureau of Oceans, International Environmental and Scientific Affairs
    • Environmental Protection Agency
      • Office of General Counsel, International Environmental Law Office
      • Office of International Affairs
    • White House Council on Environmental Quality

Legal

• American Bar Association
  • Section of Environment, Energy & Resources
  • Section of International Law and Practice
  • Standing Committee on Environmental Law
• American Society of International Law
• Canadian Bar Association, National Environmental, Energy and Resources Law Section
• Center for American and International Law
• Inter-Pacific Bar Association (IPBA)
• Inter-American Bar Association (IABA)
• International Environmental Law Moot Court Competition
• International Law Association, American Branch
• International Law Students Association
  • Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition
• IUCN Commission on Environmental Law
• Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation
• United Kingdom Environmental Law Association (UKELA)

Media

• BNA International Environmental Reporter
• CNN
• ENDS Report

United Nations

• Commission on International Trade Law
• Conference on Trade and Development
• Development Programme
• Division for Ocean Affairs and the Law of the Sea
• Division for Sustainable Development
• Economic & Social Council
• Economic & Social Development
• Environment Programme
• General Assembly
• Global Compact
• International Law Commission
• Locator
• Office of Legal Affairs