Wikis for sustainable development
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Information about wikis for sustainable development.
There are many wikis related to sustainable development. This page provides a guide to some of these useful wiki websites, organized by topic.
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Appropriate technology
- Appropedia - Addresses appropriate technology. Includes some information in Bahasa Indonesia. Incorporates predecessor wikis WikiGreen, Village Earth and How to Live Wiki.
- Lead sponsor(s): Appropedia Foundation, International Rivers Network, Practical Action, Demotech.
- Status: Active as of 13 December 2007; 3696 pages.
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Biodiversity information
- Biodiversity Information Standards (TDWG) wiki - "an international not-for-profit group that develops standards and protocols for sharing biodiversity data."[1]
- Lead sponsor(s): Global Biodiversity Information Network (GBIF), Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, Natural History Museum (UK), Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC), others.
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Bioenergy
- BioenergyWiki - Addresses bioenergy.
- Phyco.org - "a knowledge base for the purpose of advocating and advancing both public knowledge of renewable fuels and practical applications of algae as a method of creating renewable fuels for a sustainable future"[2]
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Biofuel
- OBEDwiki - Open Biofuel Engine Development wiki
"OBEDWiki was created to provide a space for information about the use of biofuels in engines."
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Climate change
- Emissions Wiki - Addresses greenhouse gas emissions trading.
- Lead sponsor(s): Carbon360
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Climate change adaptation
- WikiADAPT - Addresses adaptation to climate change.
- Status: Active as of 13 December 2007; 195 pages.
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Climate change science
- U3A Climate Study wiki - "an online study group which will sift through the evidence and the latest developments to try to build a better picture for the general public" concerning climate change.
- RC Wiki - Addresses climate change science.
- Lead sponsor(s): RealClimate.org
- Status: Inactive as of 13 December 2007; 37 pages.
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Coastal zone management
- Coastal Wiki
- Lead sponsor(s): ENCORA Consortium and Flanders Marine Institute.
- Status: Active as of 13 December 2007; 619 pages.
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Communities
- Sustainable Community Action
- Status: Active as of 13 December 2007; 1031 pages.
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Development
- Participatory Impact Pathways Analysis (PIPA) Wiki - a wiki about Participatory Impact Pathways Analysis (PIPA), "a project planning and monitoring and evaluation approach."
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Environmental Impact Assessment
- Environmental Impact Assessment wiki - Sponsored by the United Nations University, UNEP and the Global Virtual University.
- Strategic Environmental Assessment wiki - Sponsored by the United Nations University, Oxford Brookes University and the Global Virtual University.
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Forest products
- Global NTFP Partnership wiki - created by the Global NTFP (Non-Timber Forest Products) Partnership. (Themes: non-timber forest products)
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Gender
- WikiGender - "Wikigender is a project initiated by the OECD Development Centre to facilitate the exchange and improve the knowledge on gender-related issues around the world."[3]
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General
- Wikipedia - General encyclopedia wiki. Non-encyclopedic content is excluded.
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Household energy
- HEDON Knowledge Bank - Addresses household energy use. It is not immediately evident that this website is built on a wiki platform (i.e., it is a "partially obscured" wiki).
- Lead sponsor(s): HEDON Household Energy Network
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Information technology
- First Mile First Inch wiki - To support "Social and technical innovation on service delivery models in different contexts of communities with low-density telecommunications."
- Lead sponsor(s): Acacia, Connectivity Africa, IDRC, others.
- OLPC Wiki
- Lead sponsor(s): One Laptop Per Child project
- Status: Active as of 13 December 2007; 4520 pages.
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Knowledge management
- The Knowledge Management for Development (KM4Dev) Wiki
- Lead sponsor(s): KM for Development community
- Status: Active as of 13 December 2007; 235 pages.
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Public Health
- Flu Wiki - "The purpose of the Flu Wiki is to help local communities prepare for and perhaps cope with a possible influenza pandemic."
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Research
- Scholarpedia - General encyclopedia written by academic experts.
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Scenario planning
- ScenarioThinking.org - addresses "scenario thinking and scenario planning."
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Sustainability standards
- AccountAbility AA1000 Wiki - Addresses the development of the AA1000 Sustainability Assurance Standard.
- Lead sponsor(s): AccountAbility, openDemocracy
- Status: Open for public editing on 28 January 2008.
- BioenergyWiki (See above)
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Tourism
- Sustainable Tourism Wiki - "a knowledge bank of updated theory, agreements & declarations, reports & guides, best practices, useful links and multimedia resources related to sustainable tourism". Sponsored by the Pacific Asia Tourism Association (PATA).
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Water
- Akvopedia - Addresses appropriate technology for water and sanitiation.
- Lead sponsor(s): GreenOcean, IRC International Water and Sanitation Centre, Movement Design Bureau, NWP, UNESCO Institute for Water Education, PRACTICA Foundation, Agromisa, Aqua for All Foundation.
- Innovations: "Advantages/Disadvantages" comparisons for technologies. See Example
- Status: Active as of 13 December 2007; 46 pages.
- Water Wiki - Addresses water governance in Eastern Europe, the Caucasus and the former Soviet Union.
- Lead sponsor(s): United Nations Development Programme
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Other internet websites
The following useful websites, while not wikis, are also of potential interest:
- cvitae.org - a website for sharing academic research.
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