Important links

International organizations

• Global Environment Facility (GEF)

• World Meteorological Organization (WMO)

Research centres and institutes

• Coastal Resources Centre, University of Rhode Island

Important events

• G8-UNESCO World Forum on 'Education, Research and Innovation: New Partnership for Sustainable Development'

Training sites

• UN Atlas of the Oceans

An information system designed for use by policy makers who need to become familiar with ocean issues and by scientists, students and resource managers who need access to underlying data bases and approaches to sustainability.

• OceanTeacher

A training resource for Data&Information management related to Oceanography and Marine Meteorology.