The Ecolegis environmental legal access facility is the result of a cooperative effort between the Regional Environmental Center (REC) for Central and Eastern Europe and FARN, Fundacion Ambiente y Recursos Naturales, Argentina.  It is funded by the International Development Research Centre (IDRC), Canada, through the Sustainable Development Communications Network.  The Facility includes two searchable bibliographic databases which offer access to environmental legislation from both organisation's respective countries and regions. FARN's database also offers full-text access to principle Argentine legislation, while REC's database offers related items such as draft legislation, inventories and reviews.   The available data includes Title, Rank, Number, Year, Country, and Implementing Authority.  A summary Abstract, thesaurus-based Keyword field, and a selection of Topic Categories are also included.  As part of this legal facility, access to other principle collections is also offered, for example to EU legislation, US, and international conventions and treaties. Compiled on an on-going basis by REC, since 1995, and FARN, since 1993, with the assistance of Rami Ramel of the University of Heidelberg, the database resources were launched online on the eve of the millenium. Both are updated on a continuing basis. Copies of this legislation are available from the REC.  A directory listing of national contact points from whom legislation may be obtained in each country is also available online. Suggestions for inclusion of other legal database collections or submissions of legislation are welcomed and can be addressed to  Jerome Simpson - JSimpson@rec.org (REC), or  Patricia Aizerstein - biblio@farn.org.ar (FARN).

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