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Geography 319
Geography
The links below are specific to Geography and should be of great help when completing an assignment
Gapminder
http://www.gapminder.org/world/
World based statistics – Health & Wealth issues
 
Canadian Geographic
http://www.canadiangeographic.ca/
Canadian resources – environment, mapping, water, space, wildlife, etc.

My Footprint
http://www.myfootprint.org/
How big is your ecological footprint?

United Nations
http://www.un.org/millenniumgoals/
The eight Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) – which range from halving extreme poverty to halting the spread of HIV/AIDS and providing universal primary education, all by the target date of 2015 – form a blueprint agreed to by all the worlds countries and the entire worlds leading development institutions.
 
Indices and Data
http://hdr.undp.org/en/statistics/
UN Human development reports

Encyclopedia of Earth
http://www.eoearth.org/
Free, online encyclopedia "about the Earth, its natural environments, and their interaction with society." Nearly 7,000 articles are reviewed and written by "scholars, professionals, educators, practitioners and other experts who collaborate and review each others work."

Encyclopedia of Life
http://eol.org/
In 2007 the Encyclopedia of Life (EOL) began with a vision of providing global access to knowledge about life on Earth. As a project dedicated to serving diverse users

National Geographic
http://education.nationalgeographic.com/education/
Education beta site – activities, mapping, Reference (encyclopedia & dictionary), Multimedia and more.
 
Environment Canada
http://www.ec.gc.ca/education/
Environmental issues facing Canada; Homework help, water, Canadian Hurricane Centre

Earth trends
http://www.wri.org/project/earthtrends/
World resources institute: Environmental information

Plant Information
http://plantinfo.umn.edu/
Use Plant Information Online to discover sources in 1023 North American nurseries for 97248 plants, find 329396 citations to 167618 plants in science and garden literature, link to selected websites for images and regional information about 18101 plants, and access information on 2703 North American seed and nursery firms. Plant Information Online is a free service of the University of Minnesota Libraries.
 
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