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Global Terrestrial Observing System -- GTOS
This is an evolving U.N. Food and Agricultural Organization project that plans to index socioeconomic and environmental datasets, satellite imagery and related information through a single interface.  The GTOS home page is http://www.fao.org/GTOS/default.htm
GTOS Secretariat
c/o U.N. FAO
Viale della terme di Caracalla
Rome 00100
Italy
Tel:    +39 06 5705-2586
Fax:   +39 06 5705 3369
email: GTOS@fao.org
 

United Nations Environment Programme
This site, located at http://www.unep.org/unepnet/, serves the UNEP offices in Nairobi, Geneva, New York, Bangkok, Mexico City, Bahrain and Osaka.
 

UNEP Global Resource Information Database - GRID
The GRID uses geographic information systems (GIS) and satellite image processing tools for environmental analysis. GRID is coordinated from the Program Activity Center in Kenya, and has centers in Brazil, Japan, Nepal, Norway, Poland, Switzerland, Thailand, Canada and the United States. This site offers a high quality tutorial and data on Remote Sensing applications in Brazil's Amazon rain forest.   GRID includes contact addresses and links to data sets.
Address: Facility Manager
UNEP/GRID-Geneva
6 rue de la Gabelle
CH-1227 Carouge
Geneva
Switzerland
Tel:+0041-22-343-8660
Fax:+0041-22-343-8862
 

United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs
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The United Nations promotes international cooperation in use of space technology for monitoring the earth, and works to ensure that space activities do not damage space or Earth environments.