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Association for Forest Development and Conservation
About this Resource: The Association for Forest Development and Conservation (AFDC) website features information on the divisions of the organization as well as information on programs conducted by the AFDC. Publications and links to other resources are also available.

Appalachian Forest Resource Center
About this Resource: A home page link for the Appalachian Forest Resource Center (AFRC). The Center addresses the needs of forests and communities throughout the Central and Southern Appalachian region. AFRC fosters community forestry activity. The website sponsors a listserv and is a source for regional maps. A bibliography is online - The Appalachian Forest Research Bibliography. AFRC offers organizational background and points to a number of external links.

Tropical Forest Resource Group
About this Resource: The Tropical Forest Resource Group's website discusses information about the Group such as members, consulting, and background. The site also provides information about training courses run by the Group, projects the Group is working on, and publication information for the Group.

International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD)
About this Resource: This site is for the ICIMOD which is a regional institution that promotes and facilitates research and knowledge about the ecosystem and living standards in the Hindu Kush and Himalayan mountain ranges. The site presents extensive information about the area's agriculture, environment, living conditions, and societies, with a focus on sustainable development in the Hindu Kush mountains of Afghanistan and Pakistan. Includes documents, annual reports, photos, program information, a library/database, and newsletters.

Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisa Agropecuaria
About this Resource: This link features the home page for Empresa Brasileria de Pesquisa Agropecuaria (EMBRAPA). Also known as the Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation, EMBRAPA's mission is to provide feasible solutions for the sustainable development of Brazilian agribusiness through knowledge and technology generation and transfer. Portions of the site are in English, Portugese and Spanish; details are provided with regard to Embrapa's organization: it's central divisions, research centers, researchers; programs and projects. The site also features details on a variety of publications and furnishes links to online libraries.

CIRAD
About this Resource: The CIRAD website offers information about the organization, countries in which it works, research operations, and services and products provided.

Farmland Information Center (FIC)
About this Resource: This web resource offers information on laws, research tools, general literature and other information included within the topic of saving agricultural lands, stewardship, and sustainable development.

Ecology and Society - A Journal of Integrative Science For Resilience and Sustainability
About this Resource: A journal that explores ecological systems and issues that involve sustainability. The inagural issue began in 1997, an archive of all of the regular issues of the journal are openly accessible; special issues are also provided from the website.

GOFC- GOLD Global Observation of Forest and Land Cover Dynamics
About this Resource: This website gives an overview of the GOFC/GOLD project including the strategy, organization, news and calendar. The site also gives information about the teams in the organization and what is focused on; forest cover, fire monitoring, and biophysical processes. There is data and documents from research completed as well.

Bureau of Land Management | U.S. Department of Interior
About this Resource: The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) manages 264 million acres of public lands located primarily in the 12 Western States, including Alaska. The Agency manages an additional 300 million acres of below ground mineral estate located throughout the country. Originally, these lands were valued principally for the commodities extracted from them; today, the public also prizes them for their recreational opportunities and their natural, historical, and cultural resources they contain. This Home Page features a link to the Bureau's electronic reading room - which houses BLM directives, handbooks and manuals. BLM publications are also a part of the site. Titles cover matters like: sustainable development, resource management, natural resources, public lands, statistical data on public lands and environmental education. The site also is a source for identifying, and linking to, BLM offices.

Andean Community. Comunidad Andina 2003.
About this Resource: Comunidad Andina (the Andean Community) is a subregional organization endowed with an international legal status. Comunidad Andina is made up of: Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Venezuela and the bodies and institutions comprising the Andean Integration System (AIS). This site is expansive with regard to policy matters; policies related to sustainablity and biodiversity. It can be viewed in either English or Spanish.

AIDEnvironment
About this Resource: This consultancy agency's webpage provides an overview of the organization such as the people, services provided, topics covered, and strategy. There is also a portfolio of partners, clients, and projects.

The Conservation Fund
About this Resource: This website gives users information about the Fund and the conservation programs that are in place. There is also a section on the services provided by the fund, publication information and news releases, and links to other related sites.

Rural Information Center, National Agricultural Library
About this Resource: The Rural Information Center (RIC) provides information and referral services to local, state, tribal, and federal government officials; community organizations; libraries; businesses; and, rural citizens working to maintain the vitality of America's rural areas.

West Coast Environmental Law
About this Resource: West Coast Environmental Law works towards providing people information and resources to help protect the environment. the site provides news and issues that the organization is involved with and information about what the organization does. The site also discusses the services provided and offers links to other resources and a publication search.

Vascular Plant Image Gallery : Digital Flora of Texas
About this Resource: An extensive collection of color jpeg images of vascular plants. Plants are listed by family in alphabetical order. Specific species images are selected from a family submenu.

Entomology Index of Internet Resources:Electronic Publications
About this Resource: From Iowa State University this is an extensive collection of links to sites on specific insect problems and solutions.

UF Book of Insect Records
About this Resource: Provides information about insect records. Members of the University of Florida Department of Entomology & Nematology Insect Ecology class propose categories for new chapters with the final list being determined by class vote. Each student chooses a topic from the approved list solicits nominations for champions searches the secondary and primary literature and writes a chapter of no more than 5 pages including a brief abstract. The instructor/editor and two class members review each chapter. The authors revise their chapters on the basis of the reviews. They then submit new versions of their chapters to the editor for final review and acceptance for publication. Currently available are such chapters as: Fastest Flier Greatest Host Range Longest Diapause Most Tolerant of Cold and Most Tolerant of Desiccation.

Rural Policy Research Institute | University of Missouri-Columbia
About this Resource: A home page link to the Rural Policy Research Institure, a Research Center that is affiliated with the University of Missouri-Columbia. This link features editorials and updates from the Institute. A banner (at the top page) and indexes (left side) will connect to Centers, various programs and policy partners. There is a section for editorials (The Rural Monitor) and a Directory listing of staff. The Institute is devoted to conducting objective policy analysis and facilitating dialogue - assisting policymakers with an understanding regarding rural impacts emerging from public policy and programs. The Institute also produces email updates for interested subscribers. On-Line Resources include external links identifying policy resouces for rural America; a calendar of events; and "rural policy context" which provides relevant terminology, data and a review of the importnace of "place" in public policy.

Wildlife Publications : Florida Extension Service
About this Resource: A link to the Florida Cooperative Extension Service publications on the topic of wildlife. A listing from the Electronic Data Information Source (EDIS) is supported by the University of Florida's Institute of Food and Animal Science (UF/IFAS).

National Community Forestry Center - Northern Forest Region
About this Resource: In 1997, the U.S. Department of Agriculture issued a call for proposals to develop regional centers providing technical services for rural communities. The National Network of Forest Practitioners (NNFP) - whose members share a commitment to rural community development based on sustainable forestry and a conviction that healthy communities and healthy ecosystems are interdependent - responded. The NNFP proposed a center to support community-based, participatory research addressing a wide range of economic, environmental, and social concerns among communities with forest land. Their proposal was selected from among hundreds of others, one of only six to receive funds to cover startup and operation for a four-year period. The National Community Forestry Center, Northern Forest Region, serves the States of Maine, Vermont, New Hampshire, and Central & Northeastern New York. The Centers' core purpose is to help rural people conduct and use research to make informed decisions about forest resources. The Centers' goal is to add value to the work of individuals and organizations fostering healthy communities and working forests that are both dynamic and diverse. The other three centers are located in the Pacific West; Southwest and Appalachian areas. The web site supports the Centers' goals.

Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs
About this Resource: The Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs (OES), within the U.S. Department of State, coordinates a portfolio of issues related to science, the environment, and the worlds' oceans. This links connects to OES, which includes an index to the Bureau's various Directorates. The link also includes a variety of pointers to web locations throughout the Department of State and highlights OES's programs and iniatitives.

Idaho National Laboratory - Energy Efficiency Technologies - Bioenergy
About this Resource: The Idaho National Laboratory describes its' vision for cost-effective utilization of waste biomass. An explanation is offered on how the U.S. Department of Energy and the U.S. Department of Agriculture have created a range of renewable energy sources. Links are furnished to two documents.

Economies of size in local government: an annotated bibliography.
About this Resource: Abstract: The bibliography contains a listing and annotations for 133 papers, reports, and books which test for size or scale economies in producing local government goods and services. Size economies refer to the set of phenomena that cause average costs of providing a good or service to decline with increasing size of the government unit. This deals solely with the supply side costs of providing services and therefore excludes research on such topics as expenditure determinants of local governments and optimal city size. Research applying to size economies results is generally omitted. An appendix lists some research on these omitted topics.

Stockholm Environment Institute
About this Resource: SEI is an international research institute specializing in sustainable development and environment issues. The website gives information about the SEI including information about the different centers around the world. There is also information on the areas of expertise and research programs. Publications are available online as well.

Center for Social and Economic Research on the Global Environment (CSERGE)
About this Resource: CSERGE is the leading interdisciplinary research center in the field of environmental and sustainable development, linking natural and social science theories, tools and methods. The website gives information about the Center including its people, publications, partners, projects, and events.

Multispectral detection of organic residues on poultry processing plant equipment based on hyperspectral reflectance imaging technique
About this Resource: Diluted organic residues, such as feces, ingesta and other biological substances on poultry processing plant equipment surfaces, not easily discernible by human eye, are potential contamination sources for poultry carcasses. Development of sensitive detection methods for diluted organic residues is essential to ensure safe production of poultry carcasses. Hyperspectral imaging techniques have shown good potential for detecting the presence of fecal and other biological contaminants on food and processing equipment surfaces. In this study, the use of high spatial resolution hyperspectral reflectance is presented as a tool for selecting a few multispectral bands to detect diluted organic residues on the surface of materials used for manufacturing processing equipment. Reflectance imaging methods were explored for use in the detection of a range of diluted organic residues for both wet and dry conditions. Results showed that low concentrations of wet and dry residues, diluted up to 1:100 by weight with double distilled water, could be differentiated from stainless steel background with accuracies of 94.0 and 99.7%, respectively. Spectral bands determined in this study could be used for developing a multispectral inspection system for sanitation monitoring of poultry processing plants.

International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD)
About this Resource: The IISD contributes to sustainable development by advancing policy recommendations on international trade and investment, economic policy, climate change, measurement and assessment, and natural resources management. The website contains a calender of events, newsletters, sustainability report, employment and internship listings, information about the innovation campaign, sustainable development information and research, and a research library with publications available.

Alberta Centennial - Sustainable Resource Development
About this Resource: Sustainable Resource Development (SRD) works to ensure a balance between the economic, environmental and social values of Alberta. Among other things, SRD fights forest fires, manages wildlife and the use of public lands, and oversees the development of Alberta’s forests. Their website provides quick links to Forest Management Agreements (FMAs), weather, wildlife updates, and employment. They also provide access to information about managing Alberta's forests, forest health, enforcement and compliance, research and education, and wildfires. There is also a list of emergency contacts and information about forestry law.

Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific
About this Resource: This website is for the Asia-Pacific office for the FAO. The site includes news, information about the FAO's impact in the area, conference information, and publication information. There is also information on regional commissions, and groups including: agriculture, economics, nutrition, and statistics, fisheries, forestry, sustainable development, policy assistance, field projects, and information management.

Natural Resource Perspectives
About this Resource: Natural Resource Perspectives papers present accessible information on current development issues and are sent to a wide audience of policy makers, researchers and people working in the non-governmental sector. This site contains numerous articles on varying topics that are available for viewing online in pdf format.

Research Press
About this Resource: The National Research Council Canada has established this link as a location for journals and e-books. Canadian access is provided, in full text, for sixteen journals. These are available through the Depository Services Program. Conference Proceedings are described and can be ordered online. The journals cover: applied physiology, nutrition and metabolism; biochemistry and cell biology; geo technical research; botany; chemistry; civil engineering; the earth sciences; fisheries and aquatic sciences; forest research; microbiology; physics; physiology and pharmacology; zoology; environmental reviews; genomics; and environmental engineering.

International Institute for Environment and Development
About this Resource: With headquarters in London, the International Institute for Environment and Development seeks to develop sustainable patterns of world development; principally through reserach, study, networking and through the diffusion of knowledge. Established in 1971 by author Barbara Ward, the Institute's website provides background on its' history and provides details on its' research, activities, and networks. Geographically, attention tends to focus on Asia, Latin America, Africa and southern developing counties.

Sustainable Communities Network
About this Resource: A website that was established for the purpose of promoting information exchange - allowing for community sustainability, both in urban and rural areas. The Sustainable Communities Network addresses a broad range of issues and makes web resources to those concerned with: community; growth; sustainable economics; the protection of natural resources (water; energy; air and climate; biodiversity; land; forests and ecosystems).

FAS Online
About this Resource: The Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) of the United States Department of Agricultural (USDA) is charged with improving foreign market access for U.S. products and bears the primary responsibilty for USDA's overseas activities. FAS represents U.S. agriculture abroad and also coordinates and directs international trade policy. FAS collects the data which could affect U.S. agricultural exports and also analyzes production and trade. FAS Promotes U.S. products abroad and even provides U.S. agricultural exporters with short- and intermediate-term commercial financing support through Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) export credit guarantee programs.

National Sunflower Association
About this Resource: The National Sunflower Association (NSA) is a non-profit commodity organization. Membership in the NSA includes growers and the support industry. There are four general categories of NSA activities: market development and promotion; the NSA investigates new markets and products and conducts aggressive promotion activities directed at the food trade and consumers in the U.S. and around the world. With regard to education, production and marketing information is made available to producers and industry members through the Sunflower Magazine, newsletters, media releases and meetings. An annual Research Forum is held for researchers to present papers and exchange information. The NSA also participates in legislative and policy development issues that may affect members. Issues can vary from U.S. farm legislation to international trade. The site provides details on seed suppliers and buyers - which can be identified by subcategories (for example: birdfood; meal exporters; oilseed; processing equipment manufacturers; refiners and bottlers). Statistical information describes: prospective plantings; production; harvesting data; oil production information within both the U.S. and the world. An online version of the U.S. Sunflower Crop Quality Report contains information about the quality of sunflower crops: providing insight into oil content; fatty acid composition; supply and demand tables; growing conditions. The research section of the site is a source for pdf files: articles detail research studies on predation issues; breeding and genetics; disease; insects; and weeds. The Association's magazine, The Sunflower, is also online.

National Agri-Marketing Association
About this Resource: The National Agri-Marketing Association (NAMA) has a vital interest in the marketing, public relations/media elements of agricultural business. NAMA provides educational and professional development opportunities through 25 chapters, nationwide. The website features a Membership Directory (available only to members) and NAMA supports the "Agricultural Speakers Network" - a forum connecting speakers with audiences. An events calendar is a source of detail on state fairs, farm shows and industry events. The "AgriMarketing Magazine" is a full text resource. External links connect to NAMA's chapters, NAMA member companies, links to agribusiness companies, marketing and communications firms, media based associations and other marketing links.

Flora Danica Online
About this Resource: Provided by the Danish National Library of Science and Medicine (DNLB) this site will consist of digitized images of 3240 copper-engraved plates from the Flora Danica - a collection of folio-sized pictures of all wild plants in Denmark that was compiled between 1761 and 1874. The database is searchable by keyword or browseable by plate number or date and returns display the plates as thumbnailed images with limited information. The thumbnail pages also offer links to images of related plants.

Thoreau Institute
About this Resource: The Thoreau Institute seeks ways to protect the environment without regulation, bureaucracy, or central control. The website provides information and links about the book, "The Vanishing Automobile and Other Urban Myths", and publications about public land research and anaylsis, fire, endangered species, urban growth and transportation, and environmental movement. There is a publications order form as well as information about the conference, and links to other sites.

Damselflies of Texas
About this Resource: Offers a checklist and distribution maps for damselflies (Protoneuridae Calopterygidae Lestidae Coenagrionidae) found in Texas. The checklist is also available as a Word Perfectfile.

Hemicellulose bioconversion.
About this Resource: Various agricultural residues, such as corn fiber, corn stover, wheat straw, rice straw, and sugarcane bagasse, contain about 20-40% hemicellulose, the second most abundant polysaccharide in nature. The conversion of hemicellulose to fuels and chemicals is problematic. In this paper, various pretreatment options as well as enzymatic saccharification of lignocellulosic biomass to fermentable sugars is reviewed. Our research dealing with the pretreatment and enzymatic saccharification of corn fiber and development of novel and improved enzymes such as endo-xylanase, beta-xylosidase, and alpha-L-arabinofuranosidase for hemicellulose bioconversion is described. The barriers, progress, and prospects of developing an environmentally benign bioprocess for large-scale conversion of hemicellulose to fuel ethanol, xylitol, 2,3-butanediol, and other value-added fermentation products are highlighted.

Moths of North America
About this Resource: Provides distribution maps for moth species. User selects either an overall US presentation or presentation by a particular state; then the particular moth species of interest. The system responds with the appropriate distribution map.

Bee Alert : University of Montana
About this Resource: Describes a system involving bees portable computers and software that assesses through the analysis of hive behavior environmental hazards posed by metals radiation carcinogenic organics and pesticides. Illustrations are provided.

Butterflies of Southeastern Arizona
About this Resource: Provides images of butterflies known to exist in southeastern Arizona.There is a great deal of variation in both the picture and specimen quality. This will (slowly) improve with time as better figures and specimens arise. The images are somewhat large around 70 - 120 kb each. Images are organized by Family and Subfamily. Covers Cochise Pima Graham Santa Cruz and parts of Pinal counties.

General Entomology Course Tutorial | North Carolina State University
About this Resource: An adjunct to a university course on general entomology, this system serves as an introduction to insect taxonomy anatomy and physiology. Topics discussed include: systematics (arthropod phylogeny); external anatomy (exoskeleton, head, antennae, thorax, legs, wings and abdomen); and internal anatomy (endocrine, digestive & excretory, circulatory, respiratory, and reproductive system). When the mouse arrow is hovered over the highlighted name of a anatomical part or physiological system the corresponding element is highlighted in a drawing of the insect a feature brilliantly conceived to assist in learning.

The United States and World Food Security | USDA-FAS
About this Resource: In November 1996, 186 countries adopted the Rome Declaration and World Food Summit Plan of Action, which set the goal of "reducing the number of undernourished by half no later than 2015," and identify actions which nations should take to achieve that goal. The United States Government subsequently adopted the goal as a domestic target as well, and has embarked on the development of a U.S. Action Plan on Food Security to strengthen what the United States - government, the private sector, non-governmental organizations, and other sectors of civil society - is already doing to reduce hunger and malnutrition both at home and abroad. This link is available through the Foreign Agricultural Service of the United States Department of Agriculture.

Physical and combustion characteristics of pellet fuel from cotton gin by-products produced by select processing treatments
About this Resource: Agricultural plant wastes when properly processed into useful commodities can become an economic asset. It has been estimated that over 2.04 million Mg of cotton by-products are generated each year in the United States. On average, disposal of these byproducts costs the cotton gin approximately $ 1.65 (U.S.) per Mg. One means of changing a financial liability into a potential revenue generator is to process the by-products into renewable, compact pellet-type fuel that can be used at the site or transported to the consumer. Furnace and water heaters that can burn pelletized plant materials have become popular and their safety, low pollution, and reasonable operational costs have been demonstrated. Also, the drastic increases in the price of liquified fuel and its uncertain supply place a premium for finding and using alternate, low-cost, cellulose-based fuels. The objectives of our study were to fabricate pellet fuel from cotton gin by-products using select processing techniques, determine its physical properties, and measure the emissions when fired in a commercial pellet stove used for residential heating. By-products from two cotton gins were collected and processed into fuel pellets. A total of seven different pellet fuels were evaluated, six from cotton gin by-products and one from wood. The treatments resulted from using different material streams from the ginning process as well as varying quantities of starch and/or crude cottonseed oil during the fuel pellet manufacturing process. The fuel pellet density from the various treatments ranged from 488 to 678 kg/m3. The various treatments were burned in a conventional pellet stove (four replications) and the gaseous and particulate emissions measured. The average calorific value of the pellets ranged from 17.9 to 20.9 MJ/kg (HHV). The ash content for the various treatments ranged from a low of 4.88% to a high of 9.75%. The sodium content indicated concentration ranges from 91 to 282 ppm depending on the treatment. The emissions from the cotton gin by-product pellets were higher than for a premium grade wood pellet. The emissions measured during testing were CO, NO, NO2, SO2, and particulates. The pellet stove was setup following the manufacturer's recommendation to burn wood pellets, but was not adjusted for the cotton gin fuel pellets. By utilizing various additives and processing techniques, cotton gin by-products could be used to manufacture a pellet fuel that has commercial potential. However, work remains to minimize the ash content and determine the optimal settings for maximizing combustion.

Plant Protection Service (AGPP)
About this Resource: The Plant Protection Service (AGPP) of FAO addresses international aspects of plant protection and closely cooperates with regional and national plant protection organizations and programmes. The programme addresses plant quarantine in the Secretariat to the International Plant Protection Convention, setting standards, exchanging information and fostering cooperation. Concerning pesticide management, the programme promotes the implementation of the International Code of Conduct on the Distribution and Use of Pesticides; it implements with UNEP the PIC procedure on banned and severely restricted pesticides and, with WHO, makes recommendations for maximum residue levels.

Institute for Plant Genomics and Biotechnology | Texas A&M University
About this Resource: The Institute for Plant Genomics and Biotechnology develops upon the sciences of plant biotechnology, genomics, and related technologies in order to facilitate technoilogy utilization and improve crops. This is accomplished through mutidisciplinary approaches, using model plant systems and a variety of crops. The website is a resource that introduces staff and faculty, offering descriptions of the Institutes' laboratories.

Case-control study of factors associated with excessive proportions of early fetal losses associated with mare reproductive loss syndrome in central Kentucky during 2001
About this Resource: Objective--To identify factors associated with excessive proportions of early fetal losses associated with mare reproductive loss syndrome in central Kentucky during 2001. Design--Case-control study. Procedure--Questionnaires were used to collect information on farm-, pasture-, and individual animallevel factors purportedly associated with mare reproductive loss syndrome. Data were collected for 133 farms (97 with excessive proportions of early fetal losses and 36 control farms) representing 6,576 mares. Results--Factors significantly associated with an increased risk of excessive early fetal losses were exposure to moderate to high concentrations of Eastern tent caterpillars, exposure to cherry trees, farm size >or= 50 broodmares, being bred during February 2001, and frequent exposure to waterfowl. Feeding hay to mares outside was associated with a decreased risk of excessive proportions of early fetal losses. Pasture composition and management factors were not significantly different between affected and control pastures. Individual animal-level factors were investigated on 6 farms representing 340 mares, and age, parity, and pre- and postbreeding treatments were not significantly associated with risk of early fetal loss. Conclusions and Clinical Relevance--Results suggest that limiting exposure to Eastern tent caterpillars and cherry trees and feeding hay to mares outside may help decrease the risk of excessive proportions of early fetal losses associated with mare reproductive loss syndrome.