Created in 1999 by non-governmental organizations seeking to implement the Principles of the Aarhus Convention (described on-site), the Interactive Health Ecology Access Links (IHEAL) metasite is "an international service network dedicated to improving the presentation of information about health and the environment to the general public and non-governmental communities." The IHEAL Website offers links to over 600 electronic databases and other resources that fall within the environmental and health information fields. Resources may be located directly via an internal search engine, or by browsing via theme/ subject, organization, tool, or geographic location.