Environmental Resources
General Environmental Resources
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Commission for Environmental
Cooperation - An organization created by Canada, Mexico, and the United
States "to address regional environmental concerns, help prevent potential trade
and environmental conflicts, and promote the effective enforcement of environmental
law." Includes news and publications. Available in English, Spanish, and French.
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Planeta.com - "A clearinghouse for
practical ecotourism around the globe." See the "World Guides" links on the left
to limit the region. English.
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Ecoweb - News on environmental
legislation in Latin America. In Spanish.
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InfoNatura: Birds and Mammals of Latin America
- Conservation status, taxonomic, and distribution
information for 5,500 bird and mammal species in Latin America and the
Caribbean. Sponsored by NatureServe, a non-profit biodiversity organization.
English.
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Forest Conservation Portal - Recent worldwide news about forest conservation, as
well as archives by region. Sponsored by forests.org, Inc. English.
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Volcanoes
in South and Central America - Stats and pictures on volcanoes by country,
from Volcano World, "the web's premier source of volcano info." Hosted by
the University of North Dakota. English.
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Greenpeace Global Presence
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A map of Greenpeace locations throughout the world, with links to their
websites. Currently the Latin American presence includes Mexico, Brazil,
Chile, and Argentina. English.
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Central America Ecology and Environment -
"Data and information about ecological, environmental, Earth Science, and
related topics pertaining to Central America." Created by a group of "young
Central American and North American scientists." Available in English and
Spanish.
Brazil
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Base de Dados Tropical
(BDT) - A portal of Brazilian environmental information, including the Species
Database. A department of the André Tosello Foundation. Available in English and Portuguese.
Costa Rica
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Conservation
- An article on deforestation, conservation, and national parks in Costa Rica. From the
online version of the Costa
Rica Handbook by Christopher Baker. English.
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Ecosytems -
An article on dry forests, rain forests, mangroves, and orchids in Costa Rica.
From the online version of the Costa
Rica Handbook by Christopher Baker. English.
Ecuador
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Charles Darwin
Foundation - An organization "dedicated to the conservation of the Galapagos
ecosystems." Includes news and a database of articles and publications.
Available in English,
Spanish, and
French.
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Jatun Sacha Foundation -
"The largest non-profit conservation organization in
Ecuador." Available in English and Spanish.
Guatemala
Mexico
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Centro de Calidad Ambiental
(CCA) - An educational center for the analysis, evaluation, prevention, and
solution of environmental problems. Part of the Tecnológico de Monterrey campus
system. In Spanish.
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A
Dying Sea - A special report from 1999 on the status of the Sea of Cortez by
the Sacramento Bee. English.
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Instituto Nacional de Ecología
- Scientific and technical information about environmental problems. Includes
news and publications. In Spanish (with some publications available in
English).
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Parques
Nacionales de Mexico - A list of Mexico's national parks by region, based on
books published by Mexico's National Institute of Ecology. From planeta.com. In
Spanish.
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