Links

The following links contain reliable information relating to Safety, Environment and Emergency Response.

INTERNATIONAL
	Advisory Committee on Protection of the Sea; ACOPS http://www.acops.org
	ASTM International (formerly the American Society for Testing and Materials) http://www.astm.org
	The Joint Group of Experts on the Scientific Aspects of Marine Environmental Pollution, GESAMP http://www.gesamp.imo.org
	International Association of Independent Tanker Owners, INTERTANKO http://www.intertanko.com
	International Bird Rescue Research Center. IBRRC http://www.ibrrc.org
	International Fund for Animal Welfare, IFAW http://www.ifaw.org
	International Maritime Organisation, IMO http://www.imo.org
	International Oil Pollution Compensation Fund, IOPC Fund http://www.iopcfund.org
	International Petroleum Industry Environmental Conservation Association, IPIECA http://www.ipieca.org
	International Salvage Union, ISU http://www.marine-salvage.com
	International Spill Accreditation Association (Spill Response Contractor Accreditation), ISAA http://www.isaa.org.uk
	International Spill Control Organization; ISCO http://www.spillcontrol.org
	International Tanker Owners Pollution Federation. ITOPF http://www.itopf.com
	Oil Companies International Marine Forum, OCIMF http://www.ocimf.com
	Regional Clean Seas Organization, RECSO http://www.recso.org
	United Nations Environmental Programme, UNEP http://www.unep.org
	U.N. Global Marine Pollution Information Gateway UNEP GPA http://www.oils.gpa.unep.org/about/about.htm
	UNEP Regional Seas Programme http://www.unep.org/regionalseas/
	UNEP - World Conservation Monitoring Centre, WCMC http://www.unep-wcmc.org
	World Wildlife Fund, WWF Global network http://www.wwf.org
Europe
	Baltic Marine Environment Protection Commission. Helsinki Commission, HELCOM http://www.helcom.fi/
	Centre of Documentation, Research and Experimentation on Accidental Water Pollution CEDRE (France) http://www.cedre.fr/index-en.php
	European Maritime Safety Agency, EMSA http://www.emsa.europa.eu
	The Nautical Institute (UK) NI http://www.nautinst.org
	Stiftelsen for industriell og teknisk forskning, SINTEF http://www.sintef.no/Home
	Regional Marine Pollution Emergency Response Centre for the Mediterranean Sea, REMPEC http://www.rempec.org
Russia and CIS
	Russian Federal Ministry of Emergency Situations, Emercom http://www.mchs.gov.ru/
	Russian Federation Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment, MNR. http://www.mnr.gov.ru/
	Federal Industrial Safety Agency, GGTN, (under Ministry of Natural Resources) Russia http://www.gosnadzor.ru/
	Russian Environmental Site to Support Small and Medium Size Businesses http://ecoportal.ru/
	Russian Biodiversity Conservation Site, BIODAT http://www.biodat.ru/index_e.htm
	Greenworld. Russian non-governmental, non-profit environmental charity organization http://www.greenworld.org.ru/
	World Wildlife Fund, Russian Branch, WWF http://www.wwf.ru/
	Ecology and Environment in the CIS Countries http://www.ecologylife.ru/
	Russian Regional Environmental Centre http://rusrec.ru/
	Industrial, Labour and Environmental Safety Russia http://www.hsea.ru/
	Industrial Safety http://www.safety.ru/
	Russian National Labour Safety Association, NACOT http://www.nacot.ru/
	Internet Academy of Safe Work (Industrial and Labour Safety) http://new.safework.ru/
CENTRAL ASIA
	Oil Spill Preparedness Regional Initiative (Caspian Sea – Black Sea – Central Eurasia) http://www.ospri.org
NORTH AMERICA
	American Petroleum Institute http://www.api.org/ehs
	Environment Canada http://www.ec.gc.ca
	Environmental Science and Technology Centre, ESTC http://www.etc-cte.ec.gc.ca/etchome
	National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration (USA), NOAA http://www.response.restoration.noaa.gov
	Texas General Land Office - Oil Spill Response http://www.glo.state.tx.us/oilspill
	US Chemical Safety Board http://www.csb.gov/
	US Coast Guard. http://www.uscg.mil
	US Environmental Protection Agency (US EPA) http://www.epa.gov
South and East ASIA
	Petroleum Association of Japan, PAJ http://www.paj.gr.jp/english/
	Maritime Disaster Prevention Centre, MDPC (Japan) htpp://www.mdpc.or.jp
	Northwest Pacific Action Plan (NOWPAP) www.nowpap.org
Australasia and South Pacific
	Australian Maritime Safety Authority AMSA http://www.amsa.gov.au
	Maritime Safety New Zealand, MSNZ http://www.maritimenz.govt.nz