Below are compiled lists of agencies in most countries primarily responsible for environmental issues at the national level. Many countries organize their environmental monitoring and regulatory systems differently. Some create a separate environmental agency while others house environment in a Ministry or Sub-Ministry.
Australia
The Department of Environment has a well developed website with a great deal of information available at http://www.ea.gov.au. It includes annual reports, budgetary allocations, the full report of its 1996 State of the Environment, comprehensive policy statements, full texts of major environmental legislation, media statements from key policymakers. Austria
The Federal Environment Agency has an interesting feature which allows visitors to learn about air and water quality throughout Austria daily. For air quality, a map of the country is provided. Visitors then choose an air pollutant (at present available: Ozone, Sulphur Dioxide or Nitrogen Dioxide) and a time span (last day, last three days, last week, last month) and then point to a monitoring site for obtaining a chart with an up-to-date representation of the air quality data requested (all data are half hour mean values). Monitoring done for water quality information is also online. Complete time series of maps of the biological quality of running waters are available.The agency home page is at http://www.ubavie.gv.at. Estonia
The Ministry of Environment has some atmospheric data online on several major air emissions and greenhouse gas sources. There is also data on wastewater loads and water effluent discharges, and solid waste generation. All the statistics are 1992 through 1995. The information is at http://www.envir.ee/ 
Japan
The Environment Agency has put the complete texts of several key environmental laws and action plans on its website. The Basic Environment Law, The Air Pollution Control Law, The National Action Plan for Agenda 21, and The National Strategy on Biological Diversity can all be found at the home page at http://www.eic.or.jp/eanet/index-e.html. Latvia
The Latvian Environment Data Centre, a division within the national Ministry of Environmental Protection and Regional Development, has a number of interesting items available on its site. The State of the Environment is a document which provides brief summaries of environmental conditions in all media. Each section is accompanied with graphs, charts showing trends and ambient conditions. More comprehensive data on water pollution loads by annual tonage, and wastewater discharges can also be found - http://www.varam.gov.lv/. Malaysia
The Ministry of Science, Technology and the Environment (MOSTE) makes available a daily air pollution index report (API) documenting monitoring results from sites throughout the country. MOSTE notes that particulate matter is the dominate pollutant, though measurements are taken for SO2, NO2, O3, and CO. http://www.mastic.gov.my/ New Zealand
The Ministry for the Environment has made a number of full text publications and documents available. Philippines
The Department of Environment and Natural Resources has posted its "brown" annual report from 1997, as well as reports for "green" (forest issues) and "blue" (coastal protection). In the brown report, cited as the agency’s priority sector, DENR describes its efforts for air, water and solid waste management from urban and industrial sources. DENR has also made available a series of statistics and graphs comparing the nation’s environment in 1991 to 1996 in a several green sector areas. These include forest cover, timber production, and forest-based trade. http://www.denr.gov.ph/brown97.htm
Taiwan
The EPA has set up an air quality monitoring network with air quality stations throughout the country. The stations focus on ambient conditions, industrial areas, traffic concentrations and national parks. Quality conditions are updated daily, and also available is information of pollutant trends since 1994. http://www.epa.gov.tw/english.new/air.htm Thailand
The Pollution Control Department provides a search engine that will tell you how many industrial factories are in each province, and provide comparative rankings between provinces for hazardous waste generation. If you would like to learn about air quality in Bangkok and Southern Thailand, data is updated and made available on a daily basis. To access either file, go to the Information link on the sidebar. National water and air quality standards are also online, as is the full text of the nation’s cornerstone environmental law, the Ehancement and Conservation of National Enviromental Quality Act. The Regulations link on the sidebar will provide access to information on standards and legislation.
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