Environmental Databases Online
Caribbean MPA
This database is part of the Caribbean Marine Protected Area Management (CaMPAM)
Network and Forum activities and aims at providing detailed and
standardized information of the protected areas located in the coastal
area of the 34 countries and territories that are part of the Wider
Caribbean or Tropical Northwestern Atlantic Coastal Biogeographic
Province.
Website: www.cep.unep.org/caribbeanmpa
INFOTERRA
INFOTERRA is the global environmental information exchange network of the United Nations Environment Programme. Through its network of national focal points INFOTERRA provides the necessary environmental information and information dissemination mechanisms for effective governmental decision-making.UNEP Chemicals
UNEP Chemicals is the center for all chemicals-related activities
of the United Nations Environment Programme. It assists governments in taking the needed
global actions for the sound management of chemicals, promotes the exchange of information
on chemicals, and helps to build the capacities of countries around the world to use
chemicals safely. This office maintains the International
Register of Potentially Toxic Chemicals (IRPTC).
UNEP State of the Environment Reports (SOER)
Formerly referred to as Global Resource Info Database/Global Environmental Monitoring System (GRID/GEMS)
UNEP regularly produces State of the Environment Reports for individual countries and regions. These SOERs provide crucial information on the current status of the environmental health of many different countries. UNEP/GRID Arendal maintains an excellent collection of SOER reports for Central/Eastern Europe and the Newly Independent States.
