Useful links > Technical & natural resources

The following sites containing information that may be useful and of interest.

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• Appropriate Technology
  A quarterly magazine directed at communicating new practical technologies, policies and ideas towards the elimination of poverty and hunger.
  
  http://www.researchinformation.co.uk/apte.php
  
  
• CateringJobs
  Bringing the job market directly to your desktop, Cateringjobs is a service for jobseekers looking for catering work across the UK and Europe.
  
  http://www.cateringjobs.co.uk/
  
  
• Center for Empowerment and Resource Development
  The Center for Empowerment and Resource Development (CERD) is a non-government development organization in the Philippines, established to address the needs of the fisherfolks to effectively manage the marine and coastal resources on which they depend on for livelihood.
  
  http://www.cerd.ph/
  
  
• Countryside Jobs Service
  An ethical business publishing free and low cost information to promote countryside careers in the UK and environmental conservation worldwide.
  
  http://www.countryside-jobs.com/
  
  
• Environmentjob.co.uk
  Environmental jobs and volunteering.
  
  http://www.environmentjob.co.uk/
  
  
• The Forestry and Timber Association
  The Forestry and Timber Association is the UK's leading representative body for all those with an interest, or a professional involvement, in the growing and management of trees. The FTA is the independent voice of UK forestry and acts as an information gateway for members and the wider community.
  
  http://www.forestryandtimber.org/index.html
  
  
• Institution of Civil Engineers Online
  Institution of Civil Engineers Online is the leading resource for everyone interested in or involved with civil engineering worldwide.
  
  http://www.ice.org.uk/
  
  
• Marine Conservation Society
  The Marine Conservation Society (MCS) is the UK's national charity dedicated to the protection of the marine environment and its wildlife. MCS involves thousands of volunteers in surveys and projects, has a network of local supporters' groups, and a registered charity.
  
  http://www.mcsuk.org/
  
  
• Reef Check
  Reef Check was developed in 1996 as a volunteer, community-based monitoring protocol designed to measure the health of coral reefs on a global scale.
  
  http://www.reefcheck.org/
  
  
• Reefbase Project
  A global information system on coral reefs.
  
  http://www.reefbase.org/
  
  
• Tropical Agriculture Association (TAA)
  The TAA is a society of professionals and trainees in tropical, mediterranean and arid-zone agriculture, and in rural development.
  
  http://taa.org.uk/