Hot Paper Topics
Migration

Human

• Bureau of Population, Refugees and Migration (PRM) -- from the US State Dept.

• Forced Migration Online -- "a comprehensive web site that provides access to a diverse range of relevant information resources on forced migration. It is a technically and intellectually administered resource, combining specialist subject knowledge with high standards of information management."

• Genetic Anthropology, Ancestry, and Ancient Human Migration -- from the Human Genome Project

• Geographical Mobility/Migration -- Stats from the US Census Bureau.

• Global Migration and Quarantine -- from the CDC

• Growing Global Migration and its Implications for the United States -- a 45 page .pdf file. The "publication by the National Foreign Intelligence Board under the authority of the Director of Central Intelligence."

• Institute for the Study of International Migration -- from Georgetown University

• Migration Policy Institute-- "MPI is an independent, nonpartisan, nonprofit think tank in Washington, DC dedicated to analysis of the movement of people worldwide."

• Rural Population and Migration -- from the ERS/USDA.

• United Nations Population Information Network

• Worldwide Refugee Information--" reports on conditions for refugees and internally displaced persons in 120 countries. It includes the most accurate and comprehensive refugee statistics available." From the US Committee for Refugees.

Bird and Animal, etc...

• Convention on Migratory Species -- "Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals (also known as CMS or Bonn Convention) aims to conserve terrestrial, marine and avian migratory species throughout their range. It is an intergovernmental treaty concluded under the aegis of the United Nations Environment Programme, concerned with the conservation of wildlife and habitats on a global scale."

• Importation of Animals into the United States

• Invasive Species -- neat global interactive map.

• Migration of Birds -- from the US Fish and Wildlife Service

• Migration of the Monarch Butterfly

• Migratory Bird Management Program Fact Sheets

• Whale Migrations

SAU Migration Project 2009/2010
The Migration Project brings the departments of SAU together in a year-long, multifaceted look at a world on the move. Event schedules and learning communities listed.