Global Resource Information Database (GRID)
Base de données mondiale d'information sur les ressources
Base de Datos de Recursos Mundiale
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Contact Details
Main Website: https://www.unep.org/about-un-environment-programme/why-does-un-environment-programme-matter/global-resource-information
GRID Geneva: https://unepgrid.ch/
GRID Arendal: https://www.grida.no/
GRID Sioux Falls: https://na.unep.net/
GRID Warsaw: https://www.gridw.pl/pl/
Founded
1985
History
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Underpin UNEP's environmental early warning activities, big data processing and its efforts to support global and regional environmental decision-making by improving access to high-quality data about the state of the world's environment.
Events
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As well as UNEP and its regional offices, cooperates in programmes with:
(1) within UNEP - Post-Conflict and Disaster Branch; Regional Office for Europe; Regional Office for Africa; Regional Office for West Asia; Regional Office for Asia and Pacific; T-XT7392 - Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES); T-XT8909 - Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and Their Disposal (UNCRTD); F-XF2335 - Global Environment Facility (GEF) / Biosafety; Joint UNEP/OCHA Unit; UN Environment Chemicals; Minamata Convention; Barcelona Convention; Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD); Ramsar Convention. (2) Other UN Agencies - B-XB0971 - FAO; F-XF1393 - International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD); International Strategy for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR); UNDP's Bureau of Crisis Prevention and Recovery (BCPR); E-XE3242 - United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA); B-XB3383 - UNESCO; E-XE4176 - United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE); E-XE6809 - United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat); E-XE3387 - United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR); E-XK0972 - United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS); B-XB3548 - WHO.
(3) Other agencies: E-XE4468 - CGIAR System Organization (CGIAR).
Cooperates with: E-XK0713 - Conservation of Arctic Flora and Fauna (CAFF). Links with: E-XE2032 - Centre for Environment and Development for the Arab Region and Europe (CEDARE); F-XF1615 - Global Climate Observing System (GCOS); F-XF2537 - Global Ocean Observing System (GOOS); E-XE2417 - International Rice Research Institute (IRRI); E-XE8372 - UN Environment Programme World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC).
Relations with Non-Governmental Organizations
Instrumental in setting up: U-XF5582 - Cities Environment Report on the Internet (CEROI); International Science Initiative in the Russian Arctic (ISIRA). Partner of: E-XJ3012 - Many Strong Voices (MSV); F-XJ0668 - ProAct. Links with: F-XF4954 - Asian Institute of Technology (AIT); F-XM3153 - Caucasus Environmental NGO Network (CENN); G-XG5507 - Centre for Global Environmental Research, Ibaraki (CGER); E-XE2467 - International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD); A-XA2654 - International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN); F-XF4714 - InterRidge (IR); E-XE1495 - World Resources Institute (WRI); F-XF3608 - World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF).
Publications
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- Resources → Resources
- Resources → Minerals
- Information → Information
- Information → Data, Codes
- Classification → Informatics
- Environment → Environment
UN Sustainable Development Goals **
UIA Org ID
XF2721
** UN SDGs are linked to the subject classification.
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