The National Council for Science and the
Environment (NCSE) is pleased to announce the
formal launch of the Earth Portal
(<http://www.earthportal.org/>www.EarthPortal.org).
Earth Portal is a comprehensive, free and dynamic
resource for timely, objective, science-based
information about the environment built by a
global community of environmental experts:
educators, physical, life, and social scientists,
scholars, and professionals who have joined
together to communicate to the world.
In contrast to information from anonymous sources
with no quality control, the Earth Portal is
created and governed by individuals and
organizations who put their names behind their
words and where attribution and expert-review for accuracy are fundamental.
The Earth Portal includes:
<http://www.eoearth.org/>Encyclopedia of
Earth (www.eoearth.org) has an initial 2,300
articles from over 700 experts from 46 countries,
as well as such content partners as the World
Wildlife Fund and the United Nations Environment
Programme. The Encyclopedia is a means for the
global scientific community to come together to
produce the first free, comprehensive
expert-driven information resource on the
environment. The Encyclopedia includes articles,
e-books and reports, interactive maps, and
biographies, and will eventually be published in
other major languages. Environmental scholars and
experts are invited to become contributors to the
Encyclopedia. <http://www.eoearth.org/eoe/contribute>Click here.
<http://www.earthportal.org/news/>Earth
News
(<http://www.earthportal.org/news/>www.earthportal.org/news)
includes breaking news updates from many sources,
with links from key words to Encyclopedia
articles, enabling readers to learn about the science behind the headlines.
<http://www.earthportal.org/forum/>Earth
Forum (www.earthportal.org/forum) allows the
public to engage in discussions with experts, ask
questions and get answers, and to participate in
community debates about issues that matter to them.
<http://www.earthportal.org/?page_id=70>Environment
in Focus (www.earthportal.org/?page_id=70)
provides an exploration of a major issue each
week energy, climate change, environmental
economics and other topics led by a prominent
expert in the subject and involving articles,
news, places, discussions, Q&A, interesting facts, and more.
The National Council for Science and the
Environment
(<http://www.ncseonline.org/>www.NCSEonline.org)
is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to
improving the scientific basis for environmental
decision-making. The NCSE specializes in programs
that foster collaboration among diverse
institutions, communities and individuals. The
NCSE serves as secretariat for a growing
Environmental Information Coalition of
environmental experts and organizations, which is
building the Earth Portal. ManyOne Networks, an
innovative IT firm based near San Jose,
California, has provided engineering and vision for the Earth Portal.
