The following are links to websites of relevance to integrated coastal and ocean management (ICOM).
Hyperlinks to non-ACZISC websites do not imply any official endorsement of or responsibility for the opinions, ideas, data or products presented at these locations, or guarantee the validity of the information provided. The sole purpose of links to non-ACZISC websites is to indicate information available on related topics.
The websites are organized as follows:
ATLANTIC PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENTS
GOVERNMENT OF CANADA
FIRST NATIONS AND ABORIGINAL PEOPLE
COMMUNITY GROUPS, NETWORKS AND PROGRAMS
PARTNERSHIPS, ASSOCIATIONS AND OTHER
RESEARCH AND EDUCATION
RESOURCES FOR STUDENTS AND TEACHERS
OTHER GOVERNMENTS
INTERNATIONAL AGENCIES
LIST SERVERS, DIRECTORIES AND SOURCE PAGES
DOCUMENTS AND BIBLIOGRAPHIES
MAPS AND IMAGERY ONLINE
ATLANTIC PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENTS:
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GOVERNMENT OF CANADA:
- Government of Canada and Departments and Agencies
- Publications, single access point to locate and/or order Government of Canada publications
- Science.gc.ca, science and technology information from across the Government of Canada and its partners
- ACOA, Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency
- Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
- Agri-Geomatics Programs and Services, Providing geographic-based information and knowledge online to improve decision making and risk management for agriculture and the environment
- Canada Treaty Information, includes the environmental agreements to which Canada is a party
- Canadian Biodiversity Information Facility, a member of the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
- C-CIARN Archives, the Canadian Climate Impacts and Adaptation Research Network
- CEAA, Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency
- CFIA, Canadian Food Inspection Agency
- COSEWIC, Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada
- CSA, Canadian Space Agency
- Environment Canada
- Environment and Sustainable Development, Office of the Auditor General of Canada
- Fisheries and Oceans Canada
DFO Regions:
- Health Canada
- Indian and Northern Affairs Canada
- Industry Canada
- National Defence
- Natural Resources Canada
- NRTEE, National Round Table on the Environment and the Economy
- Parks Canada
- Public Safety Canada
- Public Works and Government Services Canada
- CGSB, Canadian General Standards Board
- RCMP, Royal Canadian Mounted Police
- Species at Risk Public Registry
- Statistics Canada
- Transport, Infrastructure and Communities
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FIRST NATIONS AND ABORIGINAL PEOPLE:
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COMMUNITY GROUPS, NETWORKS AND PROGRAMS
- ACAP Cape Breton Inc., Nova Scotia
- ACAP Humber Arm Environmental Association Inc., Newfoundland
- ACAP Saint John Inc., New Brunswick
- BBEMA, Bedeque Bay Environmental Management Association Inc., Prince Edward Island
- Bluenose Coastal Action Foundation, Lunenburg/Mahone Bay, Nova Scotia
- CARP, Clean Annapolis River Project, Nova Scotia
- Coastal Coalition of Nova Scotia
- Coastal Communities Network of Nova Scotia
- Community Access Program, connecting Canada's rural communities to the Information Highway, Industry Canada
- Community Profiles, Statistics Canada
- Newfoundland and Labrador's Community Accounts, an information systemr that provides community, regional, and provincial data
- Nova Scotia's Community Counts, socio-economic and other data that illustrate the unique nature of each community
- Community Programs Resource Materials - Environment Canada, including Developing a Project, Fundraising, Health and Environment and Tools for Building Sustainable Communities
- CRP, Canadian Rural Partnership
- Eastern Charlotte Waterways Inc., New Brunswick
- Hunter-Clyde River Watershed Group, Prince Edward Island
- Littoral et vie à Cap-Pelé, Nouveau-Brunswick
- MREAC, Miramichi River Environmental Assessment Committee, New Brunswick
- Northeast Avalon ACAP, Newfoundland
- Regional Development Authorities in Nova Scotia
- Sable Island Preservation Trust, Nova Scotia
- SARMLT, Société d'aménagement de la rivière Madawaska et du lac Témiscouata, Nouveau-Brunswick
- SEA, Southeast Environmental Association, Cardigan Bay, Prince Edward Island
- Southwest New Brunswick Marine Resources Planning
- ZIP Program and Committees along the St. Lawrence River
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PARTNERSHIPS, ASSOCIATIONS AND OTHER:
- AAC, Aquaculture Association of Canada
- AANS, Aquaculture Association of Nova Scotia
- ACCESS, Atlantic Canada Coastal and Estuarine Science Society
- APICS, Atlantic Provinces
Council on the Sciences
- Atlantic Planners Institute
- Australian Coastal Society
- BOFEP, the Bay of Fundy Ecosystem Partnership
- Canada-Newfoundland and Labrador Offshore Petroleum Board
- Canada-Nova Scotia Offshore Petroleum Board
- Canadian Aquaculture Industry Alliance
- CANARIE Inc., Canada's Internet Development Corporation
- CCME, Canadian Council of Ministers of the Environment
- CCNB, Conservation Council of New Brunswick
- Centre for Marine Biodiversity, a non-profit society established to enhance scientific capacity in support of the protection of marine biodiversity
- Centre for Sustainable Watersheds
- CERF, Coastal & Estuarine Research Federation
- Clean Nova Scotia
- Coastal Coalition of Nova Scotia, dedicated to the preservation, restoration and sustainable use of the physical, biological and cultural heritage of Nova Scotia's coastal ecosystems
- Coastal Society
- Coastal States Organization
- Council of Atlantic Premiers
- CPAWS, Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society
- CZCA, Coastal Zone Canada Association
- ECELAW, East Coast Environmental Law Society
- Ecology Action Centre's Coastal Issues Committee
- ESANS, Environmental Services Association of Nova Scotia
- fishingnet.ca, the Canadian Commercial Fishing Online Resource Centre
- FPEIM Federation of Prince Edward Island Municipalities
- GIAC, Geomatics Industry Association of Canada
- Global Aquaculture Alliance, an international, nonprofit trade association dedicated to advancing environmentally responsible aquaculture
- Island Nature Trust
- Municipalities Newfoundland and Labrador
- NAIA, Newfoundland Aquaculture Industry Association
- NATI, Newfoundland and Labrador Association of Technology Industries
- Nature's Legacy,Newfoundland and Labrador Legacy Nature Trust
- NBEIA, New Brunswick Environment Industry Association
- NBEN, New Brunswick Environmental Network
- NEIA, Newfoundland and Labrador Environmental Industry Association
- NOIA, Newfoundland and Labrador Oil & Gas Industries Association
- NSEN, Nova Scotia Environmental Network
- NSNT, Nova Scotia Nature Trust
- NTNB, Nature Trust of New Brunswick
- Ocean-Resources.com, a source of information on oil, gas and energy for Eastern Canada
- One Ocean, a liaison organization established by the fishing and petroleum industries of Newfoundland and Labrador
- OTANS, Offshore/Onshore Technologies Association of Nova Scotia
- Petitcodiac Environmental Impact Assessment, information on the Petitcodiac River Causeway, its effects on the Petitcodiac River and its ecosystem, and the proposed modifications to the Causeway
- Prince Edward Island Aquaculture Alliance
- Prince Edward Island Eco-Net
- RQGE, Réseau québécois des groupes écologiques
- Society for Conservation GIS, working to assist conservationists worldwide in using GIS
- Southern Gulf of St. Lawrence Coalition on Sustainability
- St. Lawrence Vision 2000
- The Sustainable Development Institute and the Atlantic CoastWatch newsletter
- UMNB, Union of Municipalities of New Brunswick
- UNSM, Union of Nova Scotia Municipalities
- WWF Canada, World Wildlife Fund Canada
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RESEARCH AND EDUCATION:
- Acadia University
- ACER, Acadia Centre for Estuarine Research
- ACWERN, Atlantic Cooperative Wildlife Ecology Research Network
- Atlantic CDC, Atlantic Canada Conservation Data Centre
- Canadian Coast Guard College
- Canadian Healthy Oceans Network (CHONe)
- Cape Breton University, formerly the University College of Cape Breton
- Centre of Geographic Sciences
- AGRG, Applied Geomatics Research Group
- Coastal CURA, Coastal Community University Research Alliance
- Coasts under Stress, a collaborative research initiative
- Dalhousie University
- CMEP, Centre for Marine Environmental Prediction
- MAP, Marine Affairs Program
- OTN, Ocean Tracking Network
- Fishermen and Scientists Research Society
- GEOIDE, Geomatics for Informed Decisions Network
- Holland College
- Huntsman Marine Science Centre
- IDRC, International Development Research Centre, and the IDRC Library
- MASC, Maritime Awards Society of Canada
- Memorial University of Newfoundland
- Mount Allison University
- NRC, National Research Council of Canada
- NSERC, Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council
- Neptune, an ocean observatory for interactive, real-time, long term ocean and earth studies covering the entire Juan de Fuca tectonic plate in the Northeast Pacific
- Nova Scotia Agricultural College
- OMRN, Ocean Management Research Network, networking all those across Canada with an interest in research relating to the management of ocean uses
- Ouranos, a Consortium on regional climatology and adaptation to climate change
- PRAC, Petroleum Research Atlantic Canada, a partnership among oil and gas industries and public sector institutions
- Saint Mary's University
- Simon Fraser University
- SSHRC, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council
- St. Francis Xavier University
- Université de Moncton
- University College Cork
- University of Aberdeen
- University of New Brunswick
- University of New Hampshire
- University of Prince Edward Island
- University of Rhode Island
- University of Victoria
- World Resources Institute
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OTHER GOVERNMENTS:
Australia: Agencies and Programs
- Coasts and Marine, State of Victoria, Australia
- Coasts and Oceans, information and guidance on action to understand and care for Australia's coasts and oceans and to promote the wise use of our marine resources, Government of Australia
United States: Federal Government Agencies and Programs
United States: State Government Agencies and Programs
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INTERNATIONAL AGENCIES:
- CEC, Commission for Environmental Cooperation
- COML, Census of Marine Life, a global network of researchers in more than 70 nations engaged in a ten-year initiative to assess and explain the diversity, distribution, and abundance of marine life in the oceans -- past, present, and future
- Convention on Biological Diversity
- Convention on Wetlands of International Importance, signed in Ramsar, Iran in 1971
- EUCC, the Coastal and Marine Union
- CoastLearn, a website for distance learning on Integrated Coastal Zone Management (ICZM) in Central and Eastern Europe
- Europa, Gateway to the European Union - Integrated Coastal Zone Management and Maritime Affairs
- FAO, the Food and Agriculture Organization
- FIG, the International Federation of Surveyors
- Global Aquaculture Alliance, an international, non-profit trade association dedicated to advancing environmentally responsible aquaculture
- GOE, the intergovernmental Group on Earth Observations which is leading an effort to build a Global Earth Observation System of Systems (GEOSS)
- GoM, Gulf of Maine Council on the Marine Environment
- ICA, International Cartographic Association
- ICES, International Council for the Exploration of the Sea
- ICSU, International Council for Science
- IGU, International Geographical Union
- IHO, International Hydrographic Organization
- IISD, International Institute for Sustainable Development
- Canada/US IJC, International Joint Commission
- IMO, International Maritime Organization
- IOI, International Ocean Institute
- ISO, International Organization for Standardization
- IUCN, World Conservation Union
- Large Marine Ecosystems of the World
- LOICZ, Land-Ocean Interactions in the Coastal Zone (LOICZ) is a core project of the International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme (IGBP) and the International Human Dimensions Programme on Global Environmental Change (IHDP).
- NAFO, North Atlantic Fisheries Organization
- The Ocean Project, an international network of aquariums, zoos, museums, and conservation organizations
- RARGOM, Regional Association for Research on the Gulf of Maine
- UNEP, United Nations Environment Programme
- UNESCO, United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation
- Wetlands International
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LIST SERVERS, DIRECTORIES AND SOURCE PAGES:
- ECOLEX, a gateway to international and national environmental law via IUCN and UNEP
- ENTRI, Environmental Treaties and Resource Indicators Service
- The Fascinating World of Maps and Mapping, Oddens's Bookmarks
- FishBase, a Global Information System on Fishes
- Global Forum on Oceans, Coasts, and Islands, devoted to developments and advances in ICM at the international, regional, and national levels
- Global Islands Network, a hub that connects and coordinates efforts to help ensure a healthy and productive future for islanders
- Intute: Health and Life Sciences, (formerly BIOME) offering access to a searchable catalogue of websites and resources covering the health and life sciences
- SaltNet, a scientific resources network for saltwater intrusion and coastal aquifers
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