Weather Forecasts

• ACMAD: Centre africain pour les applications de la météorologie au développement = African Centre of Meteorological Applications for Development (Niamey, Niger)
  • "L'objectif est de contribuer au développement durable des différents secteurs socio-économiques du continent africain à travers ses domaines d'investigation, la Météorologie et le Climat. Les activités de ACMAD sont la prévision du temps à courte et moyenne échéances, la veille climatique, la prévision saisonnière, et la formation des métérologistes Africains aux nouvelles techniques et technologies." A ce site, on peut trouver entre autres choses: un bulletin climatique, image satellite, plan stratégique, et liens météos.
  • Institutions météorologiques internationales et nationales
• Africa (PBS Online, Public Broadcasting Corporation, Alexandria, Virginia)
  Promotional site for "Africa" the 8 part television series co-produced by WNET/Thirteen's Nature and The National Geographic Society, which begins airing in September 2001. The site includes excerpted texts, photos, "teacher tools", and other resources. See also, the National Geographic website below.
• Africa: atlas of our changing environment. -- Nairobi, Kenya: United Nations Environment Program-UNEP, 2008. PDF format in English or French
  
• Africa's lakes: atlas of our changing environment. -- Nairobi, Kenya: United Nations Environment Progam--UNEP, 2006. PDF format
  
• African Academy of Sciences (Nairobi, Kenya)
  'The African Academy of Sciences was conceived on the 6th day of July 1985 when 22 prominent scientists met in Trieste, Italy, at the inauguration of the Third World Academy of Sciences TWAS) and devised the concept of the African Academy of Sciences (AAS). Under the leadership of Prof. Thomas R. Odhiambo as the first elected President of the AAS, membership has grown rapidly from the initial 33 members in 1985 to 107 in 1995, representing 24 African countries and 5 countries overseas.'
• African Agriculture: news, views about agriculture in Africa and beyond (Africa News Network, Dakar, Senegal)
  Since 2007, a blog for agricultural news and opinions which include commentary and new articles from US, European, and African news sources.
• African Conference of Ministers in Charge of Environment on Climate Change for Post 2012, 19-20 November 2008, Algiers, Algeria: Resource Pack. Produced by the International Institute for Sustainable Development, Reporting Services: African Regional Coverage (Winipeg, Manitoba, Canada)
  
• African Conservation Foundation (Africawebsites.Net, UK)
  • A portal site of information about conservation organizations working all over Africa. The site is searchable by country, organization, etc.
    
• African Crop Science Society (El-Minia, Egypt)
  • African crop science journal. (Online) via Bioline International. -- Campinas, Brazil: Published for the African Crop Science Society by Centro de Referência em Informação Ambiental ; Toronto, Canada: University of Toronto, 1995-2003.
  • 9th African Crop Science Society Conference "Science and Technology Supporting Food Security in Africa," September 28-October 1, 2009, Cape Town, South Africa
  • 8th African Crop Science Society Conference, October 27-31, 2007, El-Minia, Egypt
• African Flowering Plants Database (See below)
  
• African Marine Atlas (ODINAFRICA Program, International Oceanographic Data and Information Commission, United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization, Paris, France)
  This web site --under construction--includes continental and coastline maps--with potential for regional, country, and local areas, various graphs, and numerical data. "The purpose of the African Marine Atlas is to identify, collect and organize available geospatial datasets into an atlas of environmental themes for Africa..."
• African Ministerial Conference on the Environment (AMCEN) (via United Nations Environment Programme, Regional Office for Africa, Nairobi, Kenya)
  • 4th Special Session of AMCEN, Bamako, Mali, September 12-16, 2011
  • 13th Session of the AMCEN, Bamako, Mali, June 23-25, 2010
    --Bamako Declaration, June 25, 2010 8 pages in PDF format
  • 12th Session of the AMCEN, June 7-12, 2008, Johannesburg, South Africa
• AMCOW--African Ministers' Council on Water (Abuja, Nigeria)
  • "...formed in 2002 in Abuja Nigeria, primarily to promote cooperation, security, social and economic development and poverty eradication among member states through the effective management of the continent’s water resources and provision of water supply services...AMCOW has also being accorded the status of a Specialised Committee for Water and Sanitation in the African Union."
  • Africa water atlas: summary for decision-makers 38 pages in PDF format
  • 2012 Status Report on the Application of Integrated Approaches to
    Water Resources Management in Africa 98 pages in PDF format
• African Scientific Network (via Dept. of Physics, North Carolina A&T State University, Greensboro)
  This website offers links to science-related programs, conferences, institutions, and fora among African scientists in and outside of Africa.
• African Wildlife Conservation Societies -- International and Local NGOs (Dr. John Bock, Department of Anthropology, California State University, Fullerton, California)
  This web page offers links to the home pages of African and international wildlife societies and foundations.
• Africapolis: étude de l'urbanisation en Afrique de l'Ouest (1950-2020) = Urbanization study in West Africa par Catherine Chatel, Eric Denis, Dominique Harre, François Moriconi-Ebrard, Marion Séjourné, et Ousmane Thiam. (Paris: Agence française de développement, 2009)
  A geostatistical study produced by a team of researchers at SEDET--Université Paris Diderot for AFD. The site includes the final analytical report, atlas, country sheets, executive summary, and brief results summary --- in French or English.
• AfricaRice: Africa Rice Center = Centre du Riz pour l'Afrique (Cotonou, Benin)
  In September 2009, the West Africa Rice Development Association was renamed "Africa Rice Center".
  [The Center]...is a leading pan-African research organization with a mission to contribute to poverty alleviation and food security in Africa through research, development and partnership activities. It is one of the 15 international agricultural research Centers supported by the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR)...created in 1971 by 11 African countries. Today its membership comprises 24 countries, covering West, Central, East and North African regions..."
  --Bibliography of AfricaRice publications, 1991-2009 ; conference proceedings ; technical reports
• AFRISTAT: Observatoire économique et statistique d'Afrique Subsaharienne (Bamako, Mali)
  Sur ce site, on peut trouver les données statistiques des états membres de l'organisation: démographie, education, activités économiques, échanges extérieurs, prix, transports, tourisme et environnement, etc. 'AFRISTAT est une organisation internationale créée par un traité signé le 21 septembre 1993 à Abidjan par les pays de la Zone Franc.'
• Conference and Exhibition on Agricultural Biotechnology in Africa: Fostering Innovation, May 13-15, 2011, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (Co-sponsored by Addis Ababa University--Institute for Science and Sustainable Development, Addis Ababa; Harvard University--Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Cambridge, Massachusetts)
  
• AGIS-Agricultural Geo-Referenced Information System: South Africa (Pretoria, South Africa)
  This site offers free data and maps of South African agriculture, natural resources, climate, and land use--from the South African National Dept. of Agriculture, Provincial Depts. of Agriculture, and the Agricultural Research Council; information about various projects; and contact information for experts.
• AIACC--Assessment of Impacts and Adaptations to Climate Change in Multiple Regions and Sectors (Washington, DC ; Nairobi, Kenya)
  • Eleven of the AIACC projects and a substantial number of reports are on Africa. "AIACC is a global initiative developed in collaboration with the UNEP/WMO Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and funded by the Global Environment Facility to advance scientific understanding of climate change vulnerabilities and adaptation options in developing countries."
  • AIACC Regional Studies -- project summaries
  • AIACC Publications: Final Reports & Working Papers
• ALIN: Arid Lands Information Network -- Eastern Africa (Nairobi, Kenya)
  • "ALIN--Eastern Africa is a network of Community Development Workers who are involved in drylands development...ALIN members are drawn from government departments, non-governmental organisations and community-based organisations."
    The site includes a few newsletters and information about community center programs.
• All Africa Foundation: "Sustainable Africa" Internet Channel (AllAfrica Global Media, Washington, DC)
  • A portal site for news stories and public domain documents relating to "sustainable development" issues in Africa: environment, trade, debt, population, water, climate change, forests, agriculture, etc.
  • Directory of organizations (International, regional, national, and community-based)
• American Museum of Natural History: American Museum Congo Expedition 1909-1915 (New York)
  A multi-media web presentation (photographs, audio narrative, sound recordings, maps, related texts) on the expedition of Herbert Lang and James Chapin begun in 1909 in what was northeastern Belgian Congo. "Five and a half years later, they had collected tons of precious zoological and anthropological specimens representing one of the most comprehensive collections of the day."
• ARID Afrique: Association Régionale pour l'Irrigation et le Drainage en Afrique de l'Ouest et du Centre (Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso)
  • "L'ARID est une association à but non lucratif créée en 1996 pour répondre à la demande des professionnels de l'irrigation du drainage et de la maîtrise des crues, en attendant que des comités nationaux de la Commission Internationale des Irrigations et du Drainage se mettent en place. En effect, elle couvre géographiquement 23 pays qui n'étaient pas représentés sur la scène internationale à la création de l'association."
  • Voir aussi, le site en anglais.
• Atlas of Natural and Agronomic Resources of Niger and Benin (L. Herrmann et al., "Special Research Programme 308: Adapted Farming in West Africa," University of Hohenheim, Germany)
  At this site, one can read online or download the data. There are full text summaries, map images, and analytical reports. See also, the French version.
• "Bibliography on the Management of the Environment and Development in the West African Sahel 1985-1999," by Han van Dijk and Elvire Eijkman. (2002) Electronic journal of Africana bibliography. (Online). Vol. 8 (2002) -- Iowa City, Iowa: The University of Iowa Libraries, 2002.
  
• Bioline Publications Abstracts, Full Text, and Document Service (Centro Referência Informação Ambiental, Brazil ; Electronic Publishing Trust for Development, UK)
  • Twelve African studies journals in the medical, food, and biological sciences from Kenya, Zimbabwe, Uganda, and South Africa. View the abstracts without charge; view online full texts from selected journals; and receive full texts for others with paid registration. Titles include:
  • African crop science journal. (Online) -- Kampala, Uganda: Makerere University, Faculty of Agriculture and Forestry ; African Crop Science Society, 1995-
  • African journal of biotechnology. (Online) -- Nairobi, Kenya: Academic Journals, Inc, 2002-
  • African journal of food and nutritional security. (Online) -- Nairobi, Kenya: Quest and Insight Publishers ; Friends-of-the Book Foundation, 2001-
  • African population studies. (Online) -- Dakar, Senegal: Union for African Population Studies, 2002-
  • Ichthyological bulletin. (Online) -- Grahamstown, South Africa: J.L.B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology, 1995-
  • Insect science and its application. (Online) -- Nairobi, Kenya: International Centre for Insect Physiology and Ecology (ICIPE), 1997-
  • Journal of food technology in Africa. (Online) -- Nairobi, Kenya: Innovative Institutional Communications, 2001-
• BirdLife International on African Birds (Cambridge, UK)
  "Almost 10% of the bird species in Africa are globally threatened. BirdLife International works to secure a future for birds and people across Africa through the BirdLife Africa Programme. Most of BirdLife’s work entails the identification and conservation of threatened species and IBA sites; and the development of appropriate policies and advocacy plans related to global processes and conventions for priority habitats and ecosystems."
• Birds of Africa on the Internet (Karen Fung, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, California)
  
• Cairo Demographic Center, Egypt
  "The Cairo Demographic Center (CDC) is a training and research institute established in 1963 by the mutual assistance between the United Nations and the Egyptian Government ... In January 1992 the Egyptian Government took full responsibility for the Center. CDC is an interregional Center serving the developing countries of Africa, Asia and Latin America."
• CARPE--Central African Regional Program for the Environment (University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland ; United States Agency for International Development, Washington, DC)
  • "The strategic objective of CARPE is to reduce the rate of forest degradation and loss of biodiversity in the Congo Basin by increasing local, national, and regional natural resource management capacity."
  • CARPE Home Page
  • CARPE Documents
  • CARPE Data/Map Library
• Centre de Suivi Ecologique pour la Gestion des Ressources Naturelles (CSE) (Dakar, Sénégal)
  "... CSE est créé par les pouvoirs publics sénégalais, avec l'assistance du Programme des Nations Unies pour la Région soudano-sahélienne (UNSO) ... La création de ce Centre entre dans la panoplie de mesures mises en oeuvre depuis les années 70 pour maîtriser les problèmes de la sécheresse et de la désertification ... L'application de techniques de pointe a permis au CSE d'effectuer depuis 1987 le suivi différents paramètres liés à la végétation, aux feux de brousse, à la pluviométrie, à l'agriculture et au sylvo-pastoralisme. De même, le CSE se positionne de plus en plus dans la fourniture de produits et services de systéme d'information géographique basés sur la cartographie de l'occupation du sols, la création de bases de données environnementales, etc."
• CeSPI--Centro Studi Politica Internazionale on Africa, Climate, and International Migration (Rome, Italy)
  • "Climate Change and Human Mobility on Africa: Dialogue for a Strategic Cooperation between Italy and Africa," (2009) Rome, Italy, 21 April 2009.
  • "New Migration Trends and Policy Challenges in the Mediterranean: A Dialogue between European and North African Experts," (2008) Tripoli, Libya, 18-19 June 2008.
  • CeSPI Programmi Africa Sub-Sahariana
• Chad-Cameroon Petroleum Pipeline Project
  • Chad/Cameroon--Doba Basin Project Web Page (Exxon-Mobil Corporation, USA)
    A publicity website about the planned oilfield pipelines project in Chad and Cameroon; includes news and links to useful online articles, photos, and even a video.
  • Environmental Defense Fund on the Chad/Cameroon Oil and Pipeline Project (New York)
    -- Chad Cameroon Oil and Pipeline Project: A Call for Accountability (June 2002) (PDF)
    -- Chad Cameroon Oil and Pipeline Project: Putting People at Risk = "Projet pétrolier et d'oléoduc au Tchad et au Cameroun peuples et environnement en danger" par Korinna Horta (1999)
    -- EDF Library -- General Search
  • The World Bank: Chad-Cameroon Petroleum Development and Pipeline Project, 1998-- (Washington, DC)
    An overview of the Bank's role in the project.
• Federation of African Societies of Chemistry Established in 2006 (Addis Ababa, Ethiopia)
  
• Clean Air Initiative in Sub-Saharan Africa (See The World Bank on Africa (via "International Organizations on Economic Development...", Columbia University Libraries)
  
• United Nations Climate Change Convention Meetings in Cancun, Mexico, November 29-December 10, 2010 and Copenhagen, Denmark, 7-18 December 2009
  (See UN Framework Convention on Climate Change below)
  
• Climate Information Project: RANET -- African Digital Radio Satellite Broadcast (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration--Office of Global Programs, Silver Spring, Maryland ; US Agency for International Development--Office of Foreign Disaster Assistance, Washington, DC)
  • 'RANET is an effort [by NOAA-OGP & USAID-OFDA] to make climate and weather-related information more accessible to rural populations and communities.' This website offers links to impact summaries and other reports in PDF or HTML formats.
  • African country reports
  • CIP Home Page (General)
• CILSS--Comité permanent inter-états de lutte contre la sécheresse au Sahel (Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso)
  Ce site offre les informations sur les diverses activités du CILSS et par les neuf état-membres de la zone sahelienne, une liste des publications qui ont paru, avec quelques rapports en ligne.
  --Bases de données: pesticides, technologies, et institutions
  --Le Fond documentaire sahélien = Sahelian scientific publications
• CLIVAR VACS--Climate Variability and Predictability: Variability of the African Climate System
  World Climate Research Programme. (Southampton, UK)
  -- African Climate Atlas
  --See also: CLIVAR publications (All areas)
• Club du Sahel et de l'Afrique de l'Ouest = Sahel and West Africa Club (Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development on West Africa = Organisation de coopération et de développement économiques; Paris, France)
  • "Le Club du Sahel: c'est un réseau informel mais structuré au sein duquel les donateurs et les administrations sahéliennes ont pris l'habitude de communiquer, afin d'augmenter l'efficacité de leurs actions communes. La fondation du Club fut entérinée par les hauts représentants des donateurs et, au même moment, par les ministres sahéliens réunis à Dakar en 1976. Dès lors que ce regroupement incluait tout aussi bien les donateurs que les Sahéliens eux-mêmes, on ne parla plus que du "Club du Sahel". La résolution portant création du Club prévoyait que celui-ci devrait sensibiliser la communauté internationale sur les besoins et les perspectives de développement du Sahel, et faciliter la mobilisation de ressources."
  • "Le Coton" dans l'Atlas de l'intégration régionale en Afrique de l'Ouest (août 2006) -et- Coton en Afrique de l'Ouest (novembre 2006)
    Voir aussi:
    -- Oxfam International on US cotton subsidies and the impact on Africa (2002) --via "International Organizations on Economic Development...", Columbia University Libraries.
    -- abcBurkina -- Actualités sur le coton (SEDELAN--Le Service d'Edition en Langues Nationales, Koudougou, Burkina Faso)
    -- European Union--Africa Cotton Forum, July 2004 --via "International Organizations on Economic Development...", Columbia University Libraries.
    -- International Cotton Advisory Committee (Washington, DC)
• Columbia University, The Earth Institute: The International Research Institute for Climate and Society -- Africa Regional Program (New York)
  See also: IRI Map Room--Search for Africa
• Conserve Africa Foundation (London, UK)
  A non-profit, UK-based NGO seeking to promote "traditional" medical knowledge, conservation, and sustainable development for Africa; with information on conferences and a few downloadable reports.
• Cornell University Geoscience Information System: Cornell Morocco Project (Institute for the Study of Continents and the Department of Geological Sciences, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York)
  "The Morocco project is a collaborative effort between Cornell University and institutions in Morocco and Spain to improve the understanding of the geodynamics of the western Mediterranean (Alboran) region and the intracontinental development of the Atlas system, using geophysical and geological methods. On these pages you will find information about the research conducted including abstracts and figures from recent investigations." See also, the larger Cornell GIS web site.
• Drylands Research (2008) (Somerset, UK)
  • The website provides summary information and abstracts of on-going research in 4 African countries; order information only for full texts. "[For more than ten years] Drylands Research writes and co-ordinates policy-related research on rural livelihoods and environmental management in semi-arid tropical countries."
  • Kenya
  • Niger
  • Nigeria
  • Senegal
• Earth Summit 2002, Johannesburg, South Africa (See "Johannesburg Summit 2002" below)
  
• Earthquake Information for Africa (via United States Geological Survey--Earthquake Hazards Program, Reston, Virginia ; and National Earthquake Information Center, Denver, Colorado)
  See: "Magnitude 6.8 --Lake Tanganyika Region, Congo-Tanzania" (December 5, 2005) Part of Earthquake news & highlight archives.
• East African Development Library -- Paris, France: UNESCO Direction de l'Information et de l'Informatique, 1999. --via New Zealand Digital Library, University of Waikato, New Zeland.
  A small archive of digitized documents furnished by the World Bank, FAO, UNDP, and other UN agencies on East African development.
• ECOFAC: Conservation et utilisation rationnelle des Ecosystèmes Forestiers d'Afrique Centrale (2004)(Programme régional de l'Union européenne, Bruxelles, Belgique)
  • "ECOFAC intervient actuellement dans six pays (Cameroun, Congo, Gabon, Guinée Equatoriale, Republique Centrafricaine São Tomé et Principé). Dans chacune de ses composantes, le programme contribue à la gestion d'une ou de plusieurs aire(s) protégée(s)."
  • Canopée: bulletin sur l'enivronnement en Afrique centrale. (Online)--Archive -- Bruxelles : ECOFAC, 1994-2004
  • Veuillez voir aussi: RAPAC--Réseau des Aires Protégées d'Afrique Centrale ci-dessous
• ELDIS: Electronic Development and Environment Information System (Institute of Development Studies, University of Sussex, Brighton, UK)
  • An indexing service provided by IDS. Papers are selected from all over the Internet based on topics in African, Asian, and Latin American studies. Documents are produced by research institutes or international organizations. Some documents are electronic versions of printed works, while others are full online documents--with citations and bibliographies. Note: Some documents listed in the search are only accessible at the IDS library, University of Sussex.
  • ELDIS Home Page. USE: "Pick a topic", "search page" or "issues page".
  • ELDIS on Sub-Saharan Africa -and- Middle East/North Africa
  • Agriculture & Food -- Country Profiles (Search by country)
  • Climate Change -- Country Profiles (Search by country)
  • HIV & AIDS -- Country Profiles (Search by country)
  • ICTs for Development -- Country Profiles (Search by country)
• Energy in Africa (Compiled by Columbia University Libraries)
  A set of links to reports by international and US organizations, research institutes, e-news, e-journals, and official web sites of African Ministries of Energy and related sectors.
• Environment Information Systems in Sub Saharan Africa (The World Bank, UN Environment Program, The Government of Norway, et al.; via Norway)
  • "The Program on Environment Information Systems (EIS) in Sub-Saharan Africa was initiated by the World Bank in conjunction with other donors and international agencies in early 1990. The term 'environment information system' (EIS) is used in the context of this Program to cover any organized system for environmental data management, including geographic information systems (GIS) containing environmental data sets. The objective of the Program is to promote the implementation of effective environmental information systems (EIS) to support the process of sustainable development in sub-Saharan Africa."
  • EIS-SSA Home Page
  • EIS News
  • Full text publications: case studies on Zimbabwe & Senegal; and on Africa in general.
• The Environmental History of Africa -- An Internet/CD Course (Prof. James C. McCann, Department of History and African Studies Center, Boston University, Boston, Massacusetts)
  This website includes the course syllabus, thematic maps and photographs, other images, and related information.
• Environmental Law Institute: African Environmental Law & Policy (Washington, DC)
  This site offers downloadable research papers and project reports on various African countries, plus country-specific links to environmental law and general information. "...Partnering with activist African NGOs, ELI drafts and advances pragmatic and effective environmental laws and policies, analyzes and identifies options to improve the implementation of existing environmental law, and builds the capacity of local institutions and citizens in Africa to carry out these tasks independently."
• Festival international de géographie de Saint-Dié-des-Vosges, France (L'Académie de Reims, Reims, France)
  Voir surtout << Les Actes du FIG >> pour trouver les copies des présentations prononcées aux colloques...un certain nombre porte sur l'Afrique.
• FEWSNET: Famine Early Warning System Network on Africa via USAID on Africa, compiled by Columbia University Libraries.
  
• African Flowering Plants Database (Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques de la Ville de Genève, Switzerland; South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria, South Africa)
  A searchable database of statistics, standards of names, distribution maps of plants on the African continent, bibliographic references, and information about publications and links to organizational websites.
• Food and Agriculture Organization (Rome):
  • Aquastat Programme on Africa (2005)
    
    The site contains water resource profiles for 53 African countries, in English or French, compiled from data for each country up to 2005. "The 'thirst' for water data is ever increasing and there is indeed considerable demand for data on rural water use from national governments and development agencies. The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations initiated an activity in 1993 to meet this demand with particular focus on irrigation. This resulted in the AQUASTAT Programme, the objective of which is to generate rural water use data at country level in a systematic manner."
  • FAO Corporate Document Repository = Archives de documents
    
  • FAO on Sahel Crisis, 2012-2013
  • GIEWS--Global Information and Early Warning System
    • GIEWS Home Page
    • GIEWS Country Briefs
      "...information on current agricultural season and the harvest prospects for main staple food crops and livestock situation."
    • Rainfall Estimates for Africa
    • Sahel weather and crop situation. (2007). -- Rome: FAO/GIEWS, 1995-2007.
      SWCS was issued by the FAO Global Information and Early Warning System every month throughout the growing season (June to October). The report 'describes weather conditions, pest infestations and crop prospects in the Sahel, a drought-prone zone'. Current and back issues.
  • Sustainable Development Dimensions Program on Africa: Environmental Information (Compiled by Columbia University Libraries)
  • FAO information on Africa (All publications) (Compiled by Columbia University Libraries)
• "Genetically Modified Food in the Southern Africa Food Crisis of 2002-2003". By Steven Hansch ...[et al.]. -- Washington, DC: Institute for the Study of International Migration, Georgetown University School of Foreign Service. PDF format
  
• Forestry Research Institute of Ghana (Kumasi, Ghana)
  The website provides general and contact information on research and activities of the institute [founded in 1963]. "The Mission of the Forestry Research Institute of Ghana is to conduct high quality, user-focused research that generates scientific knowledge and appropriate technologies which enhance the sustainable development, conservation and efficient utilization of Ghana's forest resources; and also to disseminate the information for the improvement of the social, economic and environmental well-being of the Ghanaian people."
• Commission des Ministres en charge des Forêts d'Afrique Centrale (Belgique)
  --Veuillez voir surtout: Plan de Convergence -et- COMIFAC Publications
• FARA--Forum for Agricultural Research in Africa (Accra, Ghana; Entebbe, Uganda)
  • FARA Knowledge Base: project and organizational directories, plus news
  • FARA Strategic Plan, 2007-2016
• Institut de la Francophonie pour le développement durable (Québec, Canada)
  • "...organe subsidiaire de l'Organisation internationale de la Francophonie, est né en 1988..[et] dénommé jusqu'au 31 janvier 2013 l'Institut de l'énergie et de l'enivronnement de la Francophonie.
  • IFDD Publications
• Friends of the Earth International (Amsterdam, The Netherlands)
  • Press release: "Failing the Challenge: The Other Shell Report" (April 2003) [South Africa]
  • FOEI Campaign Home Page
• African Frogs (Robert C. Drewes, Department of Herpetology, California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco, California)
  This illustrated site summarizes research carried out by the author since 1986...in East Africa: Uganda, Kenya, and Tanzania.
• Geological Survey of Namibia (Windhoek, Namibia)
  Recent reports and related links on soils, coastline, and environment in southwestern Africa.
• GCOS--Global Climate Observing System: ClimDev Africa (Geneva, Switzerland)
  • "Climate for Development in Africa Programme is an integrated, multi-partner programme addressing climate observations, climate services, climate risk management, and climate policy needs in Africa."
  • Climate observations and African development, November 2011 Conference paper, 16 pages in PDF format
  • Climate information for development needs: an action plan for Africa, report and implementation strategy, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 18-21 April 2006 99 pages in PDF format
  • Regional workshop programmes, 2001-2005: Eastern & Southern Africa; Western & Central Africa; Mediterranean Basin
    
• Global Water Partnership -- Southern Africa (In association with the IUCN--The World Conservation Union, Regional Office for Southern Africa. (Pretoria, South Africa)
  The website features news and reports from various projects and major conferences on water resource management in the member countries of the Southern African Development Community (SADC), plus the Democratic Republic of Congo. "The Global Water Partnership [headquartered in Stockholm, Sweden] is a working partnership among all those involved in water management: government agencies, public institutions, private companies, professional organizations, multilateral development agencies and others committed to the Dublin-Rio principles."
• The Green Belt Movement of Kenya (Nairobi, Kenya)
  • "The GBM is a grassroots non-governmental organization based in Kenya that focuses on environmental conservation, community development and capacity building. Prof. Wangari Maathai established GBM in 1977, under the auspices of the National Council of Women of Kenya." See also:
  • BBC News -- "Kenyan collects Nobel peace prize" (December 10, 2004)...and related stories. (British Broadcasting Corporation, London, UK)
  • Friends of the Green Belt Movement, North America (New York)
• HAPEX Sahel Information Service (1996-97) (IRD--L'Institut de recherche pour le développement; CESBIO; and, CNES; Paris)
  "HAPEX-Sahel (Hydrological and Atmospheric Pilot Experiment in the Sahel) is an international land-surface-atmosphere observation program that was undertaken in western Niger, in the west African Sahel region. The overall aims were to improve our understanding of the role of the Sahel on the general circulation, in particular the effects of the large interannual fluctuations of land surface conditions in this region and, in turn, to develop ideas about how the general circulation is related to the persistent droughts that have affected the Sahel during the last 25 years."
• Le Hub Rural: Appui au développement rural en Afrique de l'Ouest et du Centre =
  The Rural Hub: Supporting rural development in Western and Central Africa (Dakar, Sénégal)
  • Ce site met à la disposition du public des bases de données sur le développement rural--en format PDF; un annuaire des agences gouvernementales, des organismes privés, et des centres de recherche; en plus, un recueil des liens aux sites Web.
  • Ressources en ligne = Resources online
    
  • See also: Sahel point DOC below
• Institut de recherche pour le développement (IRD, Paris, France; Dakar, Sénégal)
  Anciennement: ORSTOM
  • Ressources documentaires -- Horizon/Pleins textes (Paris, France)
  • IRD au Senegal
    
• ISRA--Institut sénégalais de recherches agricoles (Dakar, Sénégal)
  "[ISRA est un]...établissement public à caractère scientifique, il a été créé en 1974 pour concevoir, organiser et mener à bien toutes les recherches relatives au secteur rural au Sénégal."
  Veuillez voir surtout: Bibliothèque numérique de publications (1974-1999) Greenstone Digital Library Software
• IAALD--International Association of Agricultural Information Specialists, Africa Chapter (Nairobi, Kenya)
  Established in May 2006, the IAALD Africa Chapter sponsors annual conferences, fora, and a news blog.
  --See also: 2nd Conference, "Towards Opening Access to Information & Knowledge in the Agicultural Sciences and Technology in Africa," 13-17 July 2009, Accra, Ghana
• International Centre for Insect Physiology and Ecology (Nairobi, Kenya)
  The site offers information about on-going research by this international organization in human, animal, plant, and environmental health; plus a list of publications. "[Founded in 1970]...ICIPE is a tropical organisation: tropical insect science for development."
• International Institute for Environment and Development on Africa (London, UK)
  General information and reports on various projects are available from this site; plus order information. "IIED is an independent, non-profit organization promoting sustainable patterns of world development through collaborative research, policy studies, networking and knowledge dissemination ... [Founded in 1971 in the United States] the institute comprises a multicultural, multilingual staff of over 70 people from 18 countries ... with offices in Edinburgh, Scotland and Dakar, Senegal."
  • IIED Home Page (General)
  • Haramata. (Online) -- London: IIED, 2001-PDF format
    The official bulletin of the IIED Drylands Programme--in English or in French.
  • Natural Resources Group (Special focus on West Africa/Sahel zones and Eastern Africa; includes former "Drylands Programme")
  • Drylands issue papers (292+ papers in PDF format)
  • Environment and Urbanization Research -- Selected reports (2000--)
  • Forestry and Land Use
  • Regoverning Markets Program (IIED, in association with International Farming Systems Research Methodology Network, and the Royal Tropical Institute--The Netherlands)
    "This collaborative research project analyses the growing concentration in the processing and retail sectors of national and regional agri-food systems and its impacts and implications on rural livelihoods and communities. The project also examines the role of primary producers and their economic organisations in negotiating market access and improving terms of trade in specific agricultural supply chains. The aim is to analyse and improve the strategies..."
    -- Regoverning Markets in East Africa
    -- Regoverning Markets in Southern Africa
  • Africa: up in smoke?. The Second Report from the Working Group on Climate Change and Development (June 2005). By Andrew Simms, with support from Hannah Reid. via Practical Action--Intermediate Technology Development Group (UK). 44 pages in PDF format.
• International Institute of Tropical Agriculture, Ibadan, Nigeria (via Lambourn & Co., Croydon, UK and CGIAR--Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research, Washington, DC)
  General information, research activities, conferences, and online publications (available in HTML or PDF); see also, full catalog). "IITA aims to enhance the food security, income and well-being of resource-poor people primarily in the humid and sub-humid zones of sub-Saharan Africa by conducting research and related activities to increase agricultural production, improve food systems, and sustainably manage natural resources, in partnership with national and international stakeholders."
• International Lake Environment Committee (ILEC) Foundation for Sustainable Mangement of World Lakes & Reservoirs (Shiga-ken, Japan)
  • The ILEC is "an international environmental NGO established in February 1986. Its objecive is to promote environmentally sound sustainable management of lakes and reservoirs."
  • ILEC Home Page
  • World Lakes Database --maintained by ILEC, United Nations Environment Program, and the Environment Agency of the Government of Japan-- with links to data files (many with full details, charts, statistics, and bibliographies.).
    Selected Files on African Lakes [Excerpts from "World Lakes Database"] :
  
  
  

  Lake Albert, Uganda & D.R.C.	Aswan High Dam Reservoir, Egypt -and- Sudan	Lake Abaya -and- Lake Awassa, Ethiopia	Lake Bogoria, Kenya	Cabora Bassa Reservoir, Mozambique
  Lake Chad, Chad, Cameroon, & Nigeria	Lake Edward, Uganda	Lake Elmenteita, Kenya	Lake George, Uganda	Lake Guiers, Sénégal
  Hartbeespoort Dam Reservoir, South Africa	Lake Kariba, Zambia & Zimbabwe	Lake Chivero (McIlwaine), Zimbabwe	Lake Naivasha, Kenya	Lake Nakuru, Kenya
  Lake Nasser, Egypt	Lake Nubia, Sudan	Lake Malawi (Nyasa), Malawi & Mozambique	Lake Oguta, Nigeria	Lake Tana, Ethiopia
  Lake Tanganyika, Tanzania, D.R.C., Burundi, & Zambia	Lake Turkana, Kenya & Ethiopia	Lake Victoria, Uganda, Kenya, & Tanzania	Volta Lake, Ghana	Lake Ziway, Ethiopia