Science and Technology Web Links

Agriculture

Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada

BC Agriculture Council

AgAware BC

Investment Agriculture Foundation

Provincial Agricultural Land Commission

Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Fisheries

Urban Agricultural Notes: by City Farmer, based in Vancouver

Construction and Architecture

Architectural Institute of BC

Bids BC Building Industry Database Service

BC Construction Association

Construction Opportunities Online in BC

Environment

BC Environmental Network

BC Facts: the entire government record on the environment

David Suzuki Foundation

Environment Canada

Greenpeace

Nature Serve: includes a database of 50,000 North American species and ecosystems

Pollution Watch

United Nations Environment Programme

US Environmental Protection Agency

West Coast Environmental Law

Fisheries

BC Salmon Farmers Association

BC Shellfish Growers Association

Canadian Sablefish Association

Farmed and Dangerous: from the Coastal Alliance for Aquaculture Reform

Fisheries and Aquaculture: Malaspina University-College

Fisheries and Oceans Canada

Freshwater Fisheries Society of B.C.

Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Fisheries

National Fisheries Institute

Pacific Fisheries Resource Conservation Council

Forestry

Association of BC Professional Foresters

BC Forest Information

Canadian Forest Service

Common Tree Diseases of BC

Council of Forest Industries

Forest Action Network

Forest Investment Account

Forest Management Institute of BC

Forestry Contacts in Canada

Ministry of Forests

Glossary of Forestry Terms

Softwood Lumber

National Forestry Database, includes the Compendium of Canadian Forestry Statistics

Softwood Lumber Issue: from Weyerhaeuser

Treesearch: USDA Forest Service research publications

Mining

Geological Survey of Canada

Glossary of Mining Terms

Mineralogy Database

Minerals Yearbook: from the US Geological Survey

US Geological Survey

Oil, Gas & Energy

Ministry of Energy and Mines - Oil & Gas

Oil and Gas Statistics

Oil and Gas Publications

Centre for Energy: energy news, information and prices

Oil and Gas Commission

Schlumberger Oilfield Glossary

Patents, Trademarks, and Standards

Canadian Intellectual Property Office

Canadian Patent Database: more than 1,400,000 patent documents

Canadian Trademarks Database

CSA International: search for and order standards

European Patent Office

Trademark Law in Canada: an overview

US Patent Database

Transportation

BC Ferries, BC Ferries Terminal Webcams

BC Transit

BC Trucking Association

Ministry of Transportation

Richmond Airport Vancouver Rapid Transit Project

Victoria Transport Policy Institute

Weather

Intellicast:

Kamloops

Kelowna

Prince George

Prince Rupert

Vancouver

Victoria

Weatherbase: British Columbia

Weather Office: from Environment Canada

British Columbia

Kamloops

Kelowna

Prince George

Prince Rupert

Vancouver

Victoria