Web Links - Chapter 3
Resource production and Consumption
Website Description
A very large database of facts and figures from all over the world on each countries use and production of energy. Very easy to navigate.
This site offers basic information on the Aral Sea, as well as providing links and a lot of satellite derived information.
This page provides pictures from space of the Aral Sea.
National Resource Defense Council.
This website provides links to homepages dedicated to Julian Simon. It also provides numerous links to articles written about him, interviews with him and links to sites abut his books and books on topics which he dealt with.
This website provides good up-to-date statistics and figures on international trade. It also provides a few links to websites concerned with current issues, this is coupled with press releases and other articles being published on this website.
The website for the World Bank Group, which is one of the world's largest sources of development assistance. It works in more than 100 developing economies with the primary focus of helping the poorest people and the poorest countries. This website outlines it's current projects and issues faced by many countries.
This website outlines what current projects the World Trade Organization is currently involved with. The Resources page is especially beneficial and takes you to statistics, research, publications and other services offered by the WTO.
The World Resources Institute explores issues at the intersection of environmental protection and economic development and this website reflects that. It offers various links and articles to current global issues and also offers statistics on some of the current trends on earth in the field of resources.
This website offers information on various research topics. For the various research topics such as areas in the environment, natural resources and energy there is a lot on information. This comes in the forms of discussion papers, reports, briefs, articles, summaries of projects, and other lectures and links.
This website acts as a portal to various websites on the internet related to Agriculture and it's surrounding topics.
A comprehensive website containing links to internet resources and online quizzes. It also has vast information and articles on relevant topics and issues.
Statistics and information on the worldwide supply, demand, and flow of minerals and materials essential to the U.S. economy, national security, and protection of the environment.
