seeks to to ensure the conservation and availability of crop diversity for food security worldwide

presents outputs from publications, projects and web-products that has been produced by the United Nations Environment Programme throughout the years including the popular Vital Graphics series of publications and GLOBIO human impact maps

United Nations University program which focuses on the interactions between human activities and the natural environment and their implications for the sustainable management of natural resources

an information exchange mechanism established by the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety to assist parties to implement its provisions and to facilitate sharing of information on, and experience with, living modified organisms

of the Organization of American States supports the goals of sustainable development

at the forefront in providing research-based support for the development and implementation of European environmental policies

the European Commission provides various documents from the economic unit of the Environment Directorate-General

UNEP provides an overview of the main environmental developments over the past three decades, and how social, economic and other factors have contributed to the changes that have occurred; timed to contribute to the World Summit on Sustainable Development in Johannesburg (pdf)

a multimedia resource for environment and development policy makers, providing an electronic clearing-house for information on past and upcoming international meetings related to environment and development policy

an international association of various levels of government that have made a commitment to sustainable development

leading, uniting and assisting the organic movement in its full diversity

promotes and supports research in Organic Agriculture by facilitating global co-operation in research, methodological development, and knowledge exchange

uses interactive maps to show how countries are progressing in their efforts to achieve the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)to relieve extreme poverty

the UN Development Programme outlines the ways these internatinally agreed upon goals to reduce extreme poverty may be achieved

a United Nations program to identify methods to reduce poverty, hunger, disease, illiteracy, environmental degradation, and discrimination against women by 2015

Website and GeoNetwork portal of the Netherlands Coordination Office of the United Nations Spatial Data Infrastructure (UNSDI)

outlines all of the projects and programs run by the FAO that relate to organic agriculture

an international organisation helping governments tackle the economic, social and governance challenges of a globalised economy

committed to the elimination of nuclear and other weapons of mass destruction, the achievement of a sustainable environment, and the reduction of violence and its causes

independent policy advocacy group working to strengthen public awareness and political and financial support worldwide for population programs grounded in individual rights

focuses upon collecting and disseminating information on all types of technology and processes used in promoting global economic, industrial, and societal sustainable development

site for the Sustainable Development Department of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) provides a global reference centre for knowledge and advice on biophysical, biological, socio-economic and social dimensions of sustainable development

an organization that has been the steward of planting trees throughout the world since the early 70's

a blueprint to meet the needs of the world's poorest that has been agreed to by all the world’s countries and leading development institutions