Links

A collection of internet sites that may be useful or of interest to our visitors.

The Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment does not endorse these sites.

Subject List

Biodiversity back to top
Biodiversity - The World Conservation Union
www.iucn.org
Biodiversity Information Online
www.biodiversity.govt.nz
Environment Australia - Biodiversity
www.ea.gov.au/biodiversity
The Bush Vitality Assessment (a tool for revitalising native bush to maintain its unique biodiversity)
www.iucn.org
Climate Change back to top
CarboNZero (information for New Zealand companies)
www.carbonzero.co.nz
Climate Change (New Zealand)
www.climatechange.govt.nz
EBEX21 (information for New Zealand landowners)
www.ebex21.co.nz
UN Framework Convention on Climate Change
www.unfccc.org
Commissioners for the Environment back to top
Commissioner for Environmental Sustainability, Victoria
www.ces.vic.gov.au
Commissioner for the Environment, Australian Capital Territory
www.envcomm.act.gov.au
Commissioner of the Environment and Sustainable Development, Canada
www.oag-bvg.gc.ca/internet/english/esd_fs_e_46.html
Ontario Environment Commissioner
www.eco.on.ca/eng
Energy back to top
Bioenergy Association of New Zealand
www.bioenergy.org.nz
Building Research Association of New Zealand (BRANZ)
www.branz.co.nz
Centre for Renewable Energy and Sustainable Technology
www.crest.org
Energy Efficiency and Conservation Authority
www.eeca.govt.nz
Helio International - Sustainable Energy Watch
www.helio-international.org
New Zealand Energy Federation
www.energyfed.org.nz
New Zealand Photovoltaic Association
www.photovoltaics.org.nz
New Zealand Wind Energy Association
www.windenergy.org.nz
Rocky Mountain Institute
www.rmi.org
Sustainable Energy Forum (SEF)
www.sef.org.nz
Environmental Agencies (Worldwide) back to top
Environment Australia
www.environment.gov.au
Environment Victoria
www.envict.org.au
Environmental agencies (New Zealand) back to top
Department of Conservation
www.doc.govt.nz
Energy Efficiency and Conservation Authority
www.eeca.govt.nz
Environmental Risk Management Authority
www.erma.govt.nz
MAF Biosecurity
www.biosecurity.govt.nz
Ministry for the Environment
www.mfe.govt.nz
Environmental education back to top
NZ Association for Environmental Education
www.nzaee.org.nz
Environmental history back to top
Environmental history network
fennerschool-associated.anu.edu.au/environhist/newzealand
Environmental news back to top
Environmental News Service
www.ens-news.com
Reuters
www.planetark.org
Forestry back to top
Bush Vitality Assessment, Growing Common Futures (a design tool for indigenous afforestation and ecological silviculture)
www.bushvitality.org.nz
Ecoforestry Institute
ecoforestry.ca
Institute for Sustainable Forestry
www.treesfoundation.org
NZ Farm Forestry Association
www.nzffa.org.nz
General back to top
ecoNET - Christchurch branch of the NZ Association for Environmental Education
environment.org.nz
Environmental Defence Society
www.eds.org.nz
New Zealand Ecological Society
www.newzealandecology.org
New Zealand Society for Risk Management
www.risksociety.org.nz
Royal Society of New Zealand
www.rsnz.govt.nz
Genetic modification back to top
Physicians and scientists for responsible genetics
www.psrg.org.nz
Royal Commission on Genetic Modification
www.mfe.govt.nz/issues/organisms/law-changes/commission
The Life Sciences Network
www.lifesciencesnetwork.com
International organisations back to top
Australian and New Zealand Environment and Conservation Council
www.environment.gov.au/about/councils/anzecc
Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency
www.ceaa-acee.gc.ca/index_e.htm
European Environment Agency
www.eea.europa.eu
European Union On-line
europa.eu.int
International Ecological Engineering Society
www.iees.ch
National Round Table on the environment and economy, Canada
www.nrtee-trnee.ca
Netherlands National Institute of Public Health and the Environment
www.rivm.nl
OECD
www.oecd.org
UK Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
www.defra.gov.uk
United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
www.unep.org
US Environmental Protection Agency
www.epa.gov
World Bank - Environment
www.worldbank.org/environment
World Health Organisation
www.who.int
World Resources Institute
www.wri.org
Wuppertal Institute, Germany
www.wupperinst.org
Law back to top
Environment Court
www.justice.govt.nz/environment
Environmental law
www.nzcel.auckland.ac.nz
International law
www.law.cornell.edu/world
Legislation - NZ Acts, Bills and Regulations
www.legislation.govt.nz
Resoucre Management Act Information
rmalink.org.nz
Local government back to top
Local Councils New Zealand
www.localcouncils.govt.nz
Local Government New Zealand
www.lgnz.co.nz
Local Government Online
www.localgovt.co.nz
Society of Local Government Managers
www.solgm.org.nz
Marine back to top
Oceans policy
www.mfe.govt.nz/issues/oceans
Māori back to top
Indigenous people and the law
www.kennett.co.nz/law/indigenous
Kaitiaki.org.nz
www.kaitiaki.org.nz
New Zealand Government back to top
NZ Government (includes ability to search for government departments and agencies)
www.govt.nz
Parliament back to top
New Zealand Parliament (includes Office of the Clerk, the Parliamentary Service, and Speaker of the House)
www.parliament.nz
UK Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology
www.parliament.uk/parliamentary_offices/post.cfm
Planning back to top
Planning under cooperative mandates
www.waikato.ac.nz/igci/pucm
Quality Planning - the environmental planning resource site
www.qualityplanning.org.nz/index.php
Pollution, wastes & hazards back to top
Hazardous Substances (information on - US site)
toxnet.nlm.nih.gov
Recycling Operators of New Zealand Inc.
www.ronz.org.nz
Waste Management Institute of New Zealand (includes links to other waste-related sites)
www.wasteminz.org.nz
Zero Waste New Zealand
www.zerowaste.co.nz
Research organisations back to top
AgResearch - New Zealand's largest Crown Research Institute
www.agresearch.co.nz
Cawthron Institute
www.cawthron.org.nz
Crop and Food Research
www.crop.cri.nz
HortResearch
www.hortresearch.co.nz
Industrial Research (Crown Research Institute)
www.irl.cri.nz
Institute of Environmental Science & Research
www.esr.cri.nz
Institute of Geological and Nuclear Sciences
www.gns.cri.nz
Landcare Research - Manaaki Whenua
www.landcareresearch.co.nz
National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research
www.niwa.cri.nz
Scientific and Industrial Research - Australia (CSIRO)
www.csiro.au
Scion (formerly Forest Research)
www.scionresearch.com
Sustainable development back to top
Bellagio Principles
www.lisd.org/measure/principles/progress/bellagio_full.asp
Earth Summit 2002, Johannesburg
www.earthsummit2002.org
Environmental Sustainability Index
sedac.ciesin.columbia.edu/es/esi
IISDnet - The International Institute for Sustainable Development
www.iisd.org
National Center for Appropriate Technology (US site)
www.ncat.org
New Zealand Business Council for Sustainable Development
www.nzbcsd.org.nz
New Zealand Landcare Trust
www.landcare.org.nz
Planet 2025 Network
www.planet2025.net
Smart Communities Network (US site)
www.smartcommunities.ncat.org
Sustainable Business Network
www.sustainable.org.nz
Sustainable Development (maintained by the Centre for Economic and Social Studies on the Environment, Belgium)
www.ulb.ac.be/ceese/meta/sustvl.html
United Nations Commission on Sustainable Development
www.un.org/esa/sustdev
United Nations Environment Programme
www.unep.org
Transport back to top
Living Streets Aotearoa
www.livingstreets.org.nz
Ministry of Transport
www.mot.govt.nz
New Zealand Transport Agency - NZTA, brings together the functions of Land Transport New Zealand and Transit New Zealand
www.nzta.govt.nz
Victoria Transport Policy Institute
www.vtpi.org
Water back to top
New Zealand Water and Wastes Association
www.nzwwa.org.nz
Stormwater Directory of New Zealand
www.nzgreenpages.org/nzwerf_swd/cfapp/stormwater_search.cfm
Water New Zealand - a gateway to the New Zealand water industry
www.waternz.co.nz