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Instituto Nacional de Biodiversidad Costa Rica editor's pick

http://www.inbio.ac.cr/en/

8 out of 10 stars (3 votes)

a private research and biodiversity management center, established in 1989 to support efforts to gather knowledge on the country’s biological diversity and promote its sustainable use
Added: Nov. 09, 2004 | Rate It

Central America -- regional forest information popular

http://www.unep-wcmc.org/forest/cam_region.htm

2 out of 10 stars (5 votes)

maps and information regarding Central America's forest types by UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre
Added: Feb. 25, 2001 | Rate It

InfoNatura - Birds & Mammals of Latin America popular

http://www.natureserve.org/infonatura/

5 out of 10 stars (5 votes)

a source for conservation information on the birds and mammals of Latin America and the Caribbean; more than 5,500 common, rare, and endangered species in 44 countries and territories
Added: Mar. 07, 2001 | Rate It

ACERCA: Action for Community and Ecology in the Rainforests of Central Amer

http://asej.org/ACERCA/

1 out of 10 stars (3 votes)

develop strategies on behalf of the rainforests, environment and human rights of Central America, with an emphasis upon Southern Mexico and Nicaragua
Added: Jan. 20, 2001 | Rate It

Caribbean -- regional forest information

http://www.unep-wcmc.org/forest/car_region.htm

maps and information regarding Caribbean forest types by UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre
Added: Feb. 25, 2001 | Rate It

Cloudbridge Nature Reserve

http://cloudbridge.org/

10 out of 10 stars (3 votes)

established to preserve and reforest an important gap in the cloud forest adjoining the Chirripó Pacifico river on the slopes of Mt Chirripó, the highest mountain in Costa Rica
Added: Feb. 11, 2003 | Rate It

Coffee Exports from Costa Rica

http://www.american.edu/projects/mandala/TED/coffee.htm

6 out of 10 stars (1 vote)

discusses the impacts of increasing production including river pollution, soil erosion, and deforestation; a case study from American University's Trade and Environment Database
Added: Mar. 08, 2001 | Rate It

Costa Rica Beef Exports

http://www.american.edu/projects/mandala/TED/costbeef.htm

1 out of 10 stars (1 vote)

a discussion of deforestation due expressly to cattle ranching with special attention paid to Costa Rica, a case study from American University's Trade and Environment Database
Added: Mar. 08, 2001 | Rate It

Costa Rica Canopy Tour

http://www.canopytour.com/

provides access to the rainforest canopy - the top of the Costa Rica rainforest - and uses the profits to promote conservation education and reforestation
Added: Mar. 31, 2001 | Rate It

Costa Rica Eco-Tourism

http://www.american.edu/projects/mandala/TED/costtour.htm

8 out of 10 stars (1 vote)

an examination of Costa Rica's promotion of ecotourism as a sustainable development and conservation strategy, from American University's Trade and Environment Database
Added: Mar. 31, 2001 | Rate It

Costa Rica Shade Coffee and the Environment

http://www.american.edu/projects/mandala/TED/shadecof.htm

a look at the benefits provided by growing coffee under a shade canopy, a case study from American University's Trade and Environment Database
Added: Mar. 08, 2001 | Rate It

Eco-Index

http://www.eco-index.org/new/index.cfm

10 out of 10 stars (1 vote)

reference of conservation projects in the Neotropics, with goals, achievements, lessons learned, interviews, reports, and more
Added: Nov. 26, 2004 | Rate It

EcoLogic Development Fund

http://www.ecologic.org/

works to preserve the biodiversity of tropical ecosystems and promote the well-being of threatened local habitats through small scale, community-based development, with a Central American emphasis
Added: Feb. 15, 2001 | Rate It

Environment TOBAGO

http://www.scsoft.de/et/et2.nsf

learn how traditional practices, uncontrolled development, scarce resources and other factors threaten the environment of this southern Caribbean island
Added: Feb. 04, 2001 | Rate It

Environmental and Cultural Implications of Guatemalan Coffee Production

http://www.american.edu/TED/guatcoff.htm

a case study focusing on Guatemalan coffee and the benefits of shade grown coffee, from American University's Trade and Environment Database
Added: Mar. 08, 2001 | Rate It

Herps of Panama

http://home.earthlink.net/~itec/Herps.html

a species list of the Amphibians and Reptiles of Panamá by various biologists and students. It includes a current species list, photographs and some species descriptions
Added: Jan. 10, 2005 | Rate It

Jamaica Forestry Department

http://www.forestry.gov.jm/home.htm

describes the activities of the Jamaica Forestry Department and the forests of Jamaica
Added: Jun. 08, 2001 | Rate It

Monteverde Cloud Forest of Costa Rica

http://www.monteverdeinfo.com/

8 out of 10 stars (10 votes)

information regarding the Monteverde Costa Rica rain forest, and famous ecotourism opportunities in its outstanding wildlife refuges
Added: Feb. 06, 2001 | Rate It

Monteverde: Ecology and Conservation of a Tropical Cloud Forest

http://192.211.16.13/n/nadkarnn/monteverde/mvhome.html

links to datasets, ecological and conservation information about the Monteverde, Costa Rica cloud forest
Added: Jan. 17, 2002 | Rate It

NRCD BioGems - Save Endangered Wild Places

http://www.savebiogems.org/

6 out of 10 stars (3 votes)

enables you to take fast and effective action in defense of our planet's most endangered wild places, focusing mostly upon North and Central America
Added: Mar. 23, 2001 | Rate It

PROEVAL RAXMU Guatemala

http://www.proeval-raxmu.org/english/

carries out nature conservation projects in Alta Verapaz, Guatemala, including sustainable agriculture, environmental education and bird monitoring
Added: Mar. 14, 2004 | Rate It

Programme for Belize

http://www.pfbelize.org/

promotes conservation of the natural heritage of Belize and wise use of its natural resources, and maintains Belize's largest private reserve and second largest single protected area
Added: Jan. 26, 2001 | Rate It

Protected Areas Conservation Trust, Belize

http://www.pactbelize.org/

promotes the conservation and management for sustainable use of Belizean natural and cultural resources, to enhance and sustain the quality of life for all Belizeans
Added: Feb. 11, 2001 | Rate It

Sky Island Alliance

http://www.skyislandalliance.org/

dedicated to the preservation and restoration of native biological diversity in the sky islands, mountain ranges isolated by intervening valleys, in the southwestern US and northwestern Mexico
Added: Feb. 15, 2001 | Rate It

Trópico Verde

http://www.tropicoverde.org/

7 out of 10 stars (5 votes)

Trópico Verde is a Guatemalan organization working to protect Guatemalan temperate and rainforests (in Spanish)
Added: Feb. 06, 2001 | Rate It
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