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Here are links to sources of environmental information for a variety on European countries.  The list is growing all the time.  If you want to suggest a link or recommend information for a countries - click here to tell us!

bulletWestern Europe
bulletCentral and Eastern Europe
bulletIndividual European Countries 
bulletAustria
bulletBelarus
bulletBelgium
bulletBulgaria
bulletCzech
bulletDenmark
bulletFinland
bulletFrance 
bulletGermany 
bulletGreat Britain (United Kingdom)
bulletHungary
bulletIreland
bulletItaly
bulletNetherlands
bulletNorway
bulletPoland
bulletRomania
bulletRussia
bulletSlovakia
bulletSlovenia
bulletSpain
bulletSweden
bulletSwitzerland
bulletUkraine

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WESTERN EUROPE, GENERALLY

bullet Global nature conservation legislation (from European Centre for Nature Conservation)
bullet Guide to European Union Law Materials (from U. Sheffield)
bullet Europa (WWW server run by European Commission)
bullet European Distance-Learning Course in Environmental Law

CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPE, GENERALLY

bullet Central European Environmental Data Request Facility is a repository of environmental data on central and eastern Europe with the purpose of promoting data exchanges. CEDAR acts as a host for a consortium of information providers. 
bullet Regional Environmental Center for Central and Eastern Europe was jointly established by the U.S., European Commission and Hungary to help NGO’s, governments, and businesses through grants and informational exchanges to implement projects and strengthen institutional development in central and eastern Europe. Beneficiaries include Albania, Bulgaria, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Macedonia, Poland, Romania, the Slovak Republic and Slovenia. 
bulletThe UNEP/GRID State of the Environment Reports provide information on a wide variety of country-specific environmental issues. UNEP has produced a series of reports, mostly on eastern European nations and former Soviet republics. 
bullet Public Interest Law in Post-Communist States
bullet 1996 Symposium On Public Interest Law In Eastern Europe And Russia, COLPI
bullet C.E. European Environmental Legislation (REC, 1996)
bullet Strategic Environmental Issues in C.E. Europe (REC, 1994)
bullet Some NGO and government contacts, from European Center for Nature Conservation
bullet Central Europe contacts, incl. EcoDirectory (CEDAR)
bullet Central, Eastern Europe NGO contacts (search), Regional Environmental Center for CEE

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European Countries

AUSTRIA

bullet Selected Environmental Laws from Austria (English, Deutsch, Francais)
(Bundesministerium für Umwelt)
bullet Umweltbundesamt (Federal Environment Agency (German and English))
bullet Federal Environment Agency
bullet International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
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BELARUS

bullet International Sakharov Institute of Radioecology

BELGIUM

bullet Arachnology
bullet Freshwater Biology -The Chironomid

 

BULGARIA

about Bulgaria

bullet Albena Simeonova, 1996 Goldman Environmental Prize winner for Europe
bulletGreen Justice
bullet Gutting of EIA Law (Water under the Bridge?)
bullet Environmental Problems in Bulgaria
bullet Constitution of Republic of Bulgaria
bullet Another version, Constitution of Bulgaria (from Hamburg)
bullet Frequently Asked Questions
bullet Environment and Public Participation, Bulgaria (Stec, REC, 1994)
bullet Status of Public Participation in Bulgaria (Environmental) (Kodjabashev, REC, 1995)

CZECH REPUBLIC

bullet Czech Ministry of Environment
bullet Czech Legislative Regulations (laws, decrees) for Environment (poorly formatted)
bullet Zakony o zivotnim prostredi v Ceske Republice (Ceska) (nicely formatted)
bulletSame laws, in zipped format (big) (English, Czech)
bullet Association for GeoEnvironmental Studies
bullet Environment and Public Participation, Czech Republic (Stec, REC, 1994)
bullet Status of Public Participation in Czech Republic (Environmental) (Kuzvart, REC, 1995)
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DEMARK

bullet Danish Lithosphere Center
bullet Environment
bullet European Environment Agency
bullet European Environment Library Network
bullet European Environmental Agency
bullet GSF Research Center
bullet List of Textbooks in Ecological Modelling
bullet National Environmental Research Institute

FINLAND

bullet Biologist's Guide to Internet Resources
bullet European Forest Institute
bullet Finnish Forest Research Institute
bullet Acta Forestalia Fennica
bullet Geological Survey of Finland

 

FRANCE

bullet L'environnement (from French Environment Ministry)
bullet French Legal Material (Argia, France)
bullet List of WWW Sites of Interests to Ecologists
bullet Marine Geosciences
bullet Project Air (INRA)
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GERMANY

bulletInstitute for Environmental Concerns (UfU)
bullet Umweltrechtsdatenbank (Environmental Law Data Bank) (in German, from German Federal Environmental Agency (described only)).
bullet Umweltverträglichkeitsprüfung (environmental impact assessment law (im Deutsch)).
bullet Deutsche Gesetze (general German law site (im Deutsch)).
bullet Umweltschutz und Natur
bulletFederal Clean Air, Water, and Waste Acts (im Deutsch) (gopher)
(Vermeidung und Entsorgung von Abf&aumlllen)
bullet Roman Law (in Latin)
bullet Roman law (en voce Latina)
bullet Roman law (im Deutsch)
bullet Ecological Modelling
bullet Environment Research Information System
bullet Gaia E.V.
bullet MPI - Biochemie, Martinsried: Cell Biochemistry, Valet
bullet Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research
bullet Constitutional and federal Supreme Court decision abstracts (in English) or im Deutsch
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HUNGARY


bullet Environmental Management and Law Association
bullet Hungary and Environment
bullet Environment and Public Participation, Hungary (Stec, REC, 1994)
bullet Status of Public Participation in Hungary (Environmental) (Fulop, REC, 1995)
bullet MTA SZTAKI
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IRELAND

bullet Irish Law Page

ITALY

bullet Leggi Ambientali / Italian Environmental Law (en Italiano)
bullet Legal Information from Italy via Internet (Istituto per la Documentazione Giuridica).
bullet Italian Law on the Web
bullet Marine Environment Unit Homepage
bullet Informatics and Environmental Law (same; includes Medici environ. law, 1485-1737, in Italian!)
bullet Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei is a research foundation promoting interaction between academic, industrial and public policy players on energy and environmental issues. FEEM’s site makes available numerous working papers, newsletters, and annual reports. There is also a library with on-line public access. 
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NETHERLANDS

bulletStichting Natuur en Melieu
bullet Elsevier Science publishes and disseminates a wide range of scientific literature including a section on environmental science and technology. Publications on technology, regulation, waste minimization, toxicology, ecology and conservation can be found. One recent journal addition is Global Environmental Change: Human and Policy Dimensions which addresses the human ecological and public policy dimensions of environmental processes that threaten the sustainability of life. The journal emphasizes human contributions to worldwide environmental changes and explores the diversity of responses to impacts of global change.
bullet Canopy Research Station Selvatica
bullet Environment Information on the Internet
bullet European Center for Nature Conservation


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NORWAY

bullet Conservation of Arctic Flora & Fauna
bullet Ministry of Environment
bullet State of the Environment

 

POLAND


bullet Polish Environmental Law Association
bullet Polish Ecological Club
bullet Environmental Policy (from Resource Renewal Institute/Green Plan Center/Env. Atlas)
bullet Policy Instruments (Environmental Legislation, from RRI Environmental Atlas)
bullet Environment and Public Participation, Poland (Stec, REC, 1994)
bullet Status of Public Participation in Poland (Environmental) (Jendroska, Jerzmanski, REC, 1995)
bullet Poland: Policy Instruments (description of environmental laws)
bulletIndex to Polish Envir. Laws, Regulations (English; lists, not full text)
bullet Polish Constitution
bullet Poland Multi-Media Servers
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ROMANIA

bullet Constitution of Romania (from government)
bullet US Constitution's Bill of Rights, translated into Romanian
bullet Environment and Public Participation, Romania (Stec, REC, 1994)
bullet Status of Public Participation in Romania (Environmental) (Bartha, REC, 1995)
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SLOVAKIA


Center for Environmental Public Advocacy

bullet Constitution of the Slovak Republic (103k)
bullet Constitutional Court of Slovakia
bullet Environment and Public Participation, Slovakia (Stec, REC, 1994)
bullet Status of Public Participation in Slovakia (Environmental) (Belcakova, REC, 1995)
bullet ENGLISH-SLOVAK Dictionary (with sound files)

SLOVENIA


bullet Environmental Laws in Slovenia/Pravna Posvetovalnica (in Slovenian)
bullet Environment and Public Participation, Slovenia (Stec, REC, 1994)
bullet Status of Public Participation in Slovenia (Environmental) (Mirkovic, Klemenc, REC, 1995)
bullet ECOLAB/LABECO - Center Za Ekoloska Raziskovanja
bullet Slovenia Constitutional Court
bullet Legal Information Center of the Constitutional Court
bullet Constitution of Slovenia
bullet Kazalo Zakonadaje/Slovene Legislation (in Slovenian)
bullet SLOVENIAN language
bullet ENGLISH-SLOVENE dictionary

SPAIN

bullet Database of Spanish Law (en el español)
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SWEDEN

bullet Baltic Sea Environment
bullet Environmental Ethics
bullet Environment Group 1
bullet Environmental Sites on the Internet
bullet Forestry Research Institute of Sweden
bullet Museum of Natural History
bullet Radioecology
bullet Tjarno Marine Biological Laboratory
bullet Youth and Environment Europe


SWITZERLAND

bullet CERN WWW materials
bullet Eco Physics, Inc
bullet Global Terrestrial Observation System
bullet Natural History Museum
bullet Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research

 

This page was updated on May 04, 2004

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