assists in the promotion of economic justice across the South (third World) by helping to maximize control by poor communities and sectors over their own development in the face of impositions from the North

promotes national and international action for the effective conservation, sustainable management and efficient utilization of forest and related resources as an integral element of land use systems

bi-annual report from the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations that reports on the status of forests, recent major policy and institutional developments and key issues concerning the forest sector

a Southern African network that promotes food, agriculture and natural resources policies through research, analysis and dialogue at the national, regional and global levels

International Institute for Sustainable Developmenta provides a resource for environment and development policy makers, emphasizing multi-national conferences

the Sierra Club provides a resource for activists to help secure strong safeguards for fracking

a UNEP program that provides a scientifically based communication tool for mapping, at large scale, the likelihood of human impacts on the biosphere resulting from increasing growth in resource utilization

an interactive system for sharing information and knowledge about participatory natural resource management in the Lower Mekong Basin

from Indigenous Peoples - Issues and Answers, an article that describes the actions of the Papuan government that favors the dumping of mine wastes

a strategic, performance-based, global partnership, formed in response to the global forest crisis; working to create protected areas and independently certified management of the world's production forests