The French consortium for Third World research. The International Arid Lands Consortium is an independent, nonprofit research organization supporting ecological sustainability in arid and semiarid lands worldwide. This site contains its interesting Newsletter, a detailed description of all its projects, as well as an excellent set of links on issues of biodiversity, desertificaion, sustainable development, etc. The World Bank presents information on its projects, policies and publications. Users can now also have access to its important Social Indicators of Development and its Trends in Developing Economies data sets.
Users can also read the most recent Pink Sheet with monthly commodity price data.
The worldwide consortium of agricultural resource institutions funded by the United Nations. The World Sustainable Agriculture Association seeks to promote sustainable agriculture worlwide. Its site contains a series of publications on sustainable agriculture woldwide. Consortium for International Earth Science Information Network. Provides tools and resources for environment related research.