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4. Information Systems

bulletBest Practice Environmental Management in Mining Databases
The Case Studies Database provides examples supplied by the Australian mining industry of mine sites where best practice principles are being applied. Each case study sets out the problems faced at that site; how they were overcome; benefits which have resulted; and the lessons learned along the way.
The Technical References Database lists up to five references for each of 70 environmental issues.

bulletDirectory of Environmental Management and Science in the Australian Minerals and Energy Industries
A comprehensive directory of organisations and individuals relevant to environmental management in the Australian minerals & energy industry.  With 500 entries, the directory is very comprehensive.

bulletEnviroNET Australia
EnviroNET Australia has several fully-searchable databases that link people with environmental problems, to people, organizations and technologies that can help solve the problems.

bulletEnvironmental Expert.com
Environmental Expert S.L. is a private company initiative, managed by experienced environmental consultants of different nationalities, operating from a main office in Madrid, Spain. It is a web-based environmental business information center.

bulletNational Institute for the Environment
This site contains links to extensive information (daily news, congressional reports, laws and treaties, educational resources, jobs & careers, meetings, journals, reference materials) and to a wide variety of topics related to the environment, including mining.

bulletSustainable Development Gateway
The Sustainable Development (SD) Gateway integrates information from a network of some of the world's leading sustainable development institutes.

bulletTechKnow
TechKnow contains information on environmentally sustainable technologies generally, including mining.  It is run by the US Department of Energy and the US Environmental Protection Agency.

bulletUNEP GIS, Map and Graphics Database
Based at Arendal in Denmark, the GRID online databases present a host of environmental information.

bulletNational Performance of Dams Program (NPDP)
The NPDP is an effort to establish within the dam engineering and safety community the ability to learn from the in-service performance of dams, supporting improvements in dam design, operation and public policy.