Portal for information on forest destruction, ecology, protection, regions, types and advocacy. Links to current and archived African rainforest news stories.

An initiative by USAID to address the issue of deforestation in the Congo Basin forest zone, and build local capacity to sustainably manage forest resources. CARPE Themes are:
(a) Logging Policies and Practices
(b) Protected Areas With a Live-In Landscape
(c) Environmental Governance
(d) Feasibility of Household Level Interventions
(e) Monitoring of Forest Resources
(f) Building Environmental Information Analysis and Strategic Planning Capacity
(g) Global Climate Change
The web site includes newsletters, downloadable reports, abstracts, briefing sheets and GIS datasets.

Regular reports on humanitarian emergencies are compiled and distributed by the Integrated Regional Information Networks (IRIN), part of the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA). IRIN supports efforts at conflict resolution and reconciliation by countering misinformation and propaganda. Summaries of relevant UN and NGO reports, among others, are often included in IRIN reports with information on how to access the original document. IRIN services are provided free-of-charge and include: analytical reports, fact sheets, interviews, daily country updates and weekly summaries in English, French and Kiswahili. These products are available through the IRIN web site at www.irinnews.org and an e-mail distribution service that includes several management tools aimed at reducing information overload. A growing list of additional products, web specials, audio-visual presentations are also available through the web site including maps, graphics and photographs.

Panos International is an international non-profit institute working with partners world-wide to stimulate informed and public policy debates and build media capacities on developing country issues. Registered in Canada, it has offices in Washington, London and Paris with secondary offices in Dakar, Bamako and Accra. The web-site covers subjects related to WTO, the international trade controversy, CITES, etc. and a weekly news services, Gemini, with articles from a network of some 200 journalists.