Resources for International Users
EPA provides technical assistance to its partner countries and to multilateral organizations through training courses, technology transfer, sharing of environmental data and information, and environmental education initiatives.
Categories on this page:
- Environmental Governance
- International Import and Export
- Air Quality
- Toxics and Waste
- Environmental Finance
- Water
- Smart Growth
Environmental Governance
- Public Participation Guide: Tools for effective public particpation
- Environmental Impact Assessment Technical Review Guidelines (on mining, tourism, and energy - available in English and Spanish)
- Model Law and Guidance for Regulating Lead Paint (from UN Environment) Exit
- Additional information about EPA leadership in the Lead Paint Alliance
- Additional resources from UN Environment:
- International Network for Environmental Compliance and Enforcement Exit
International Import and Export
- EPA Requirements for Importers and Exporters
- The Border Center Exit
- Import and Export of Pesticides
- Information about Transboundary Shipments of Hazardous Wastes
Air Quality
- Introduction to Managing Air Quality (for International Audiences)
- Air Quality Action Planning: Template and Video Training Modules (for International Audiences)
- Transboundary Air Pollution
- International Toxics Release Inventory (TRI)
- Air Now International
- Air Sensor Toolbox, offering the latest science on the performance, operation and use of air sensor monitoring systems
- Videos on Air Sensor Measurements, Data Quality, and Interpretation (available in English and Spanish)
Toxics and Waste
Reducing Mercury from Gold Shops:
Environmental Finance
Water
- Online Introduction to the Clean Water Act, translated into Spanish (PDF)
- EPA Programs
- Vessel General Permit Fact Sheet (PDF, 2 pages, in various languages)
- Interactive games (for children)
- International Programs
- Water Safety Portal Exit (from the World Health Organization and International Water Association)
- International Wetland Restoration Links
- World Water Monitoring Day
- International Coral Reef Initiative
- World Health Organization Efforts on Pharmaceuticals in Drinking Water
Marine Litter
- EPA Trash Free Waters webinar series
- Marine Debris Campus Toolkit - United States EPA (English)
- Turning the Tide on Trash: A Learning Guide on Marine Debris (English, from NOAA)
- NOAA posters and fact sheets on marine debris (English)
- UNEP Sustainable Events Guide: Give Your Large Event a Small Footprint (English) (118 pp, 3.35 M, About PDF) Exit
- Creating a Sustainable Materials Management (SMM) Program for Festivals (English, from Puerto Rico Recycling Partnership) (10 pp, 1.25 M, About PDF) Exit
- How to Organize an Event Cleaning Rivers, Ponds and Beaches (Spanish, from Puerto Rico Recycling Partnership) (6 pp, 501 K, About PDF)Exit
Smart Growth
- About Smart Growth
- Examples of Smart Growth Communities and Projects
- Smart Growth Tools
- Smart Growth Publications
- Spanish Publications:
- Así es el Desarrollo Inteligente
- Cómo Alcanzar el Desarrollo Inteligente:
- 100 Políticas Para Su Implementación
- 100 Polticas Adicionales Para Su Implementacin