Forests.org: Central America Links (XML/RSS)
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Instituto Nacional de Biodiversidad Costa Rica editor's pick
(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
(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 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
Butterfly (Papilionoidea and Hesperioidea) Rapid Assessment of a Coastal Countryside in El Salvador
http://tropicalconservationscience.mongabay.com/content/v2/09-03-23_bonebrake-sorto_34-51.pdf
a research article from the open access journal "Tropical Conservation Science" that describes a method for determining the best way to conserve butterfly habitat in El Salvador (pdf)
Added: May. 11, 2009 | 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
(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://www1.american.edu/projects/mandala/TED/coffee.htm
(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://www1.american.edu/projects/mandala/TED/costbeef.htm
(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
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://www1.american.edu/projects/mandala/TED/costtour.htm
(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://www1.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
(1 vote)
from the Rainforest Alliance, a site providing information about conservation projects in the Neotropics
Added: Nov. 26, 2004 | Rate It
EcoLogic Development Fund
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
Environmental and Cultural Implications of Guatemalan Coffee Production
http://www1.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
Monteverde Cloud Forest of Costa Rica
http://www.monteverdeinfo.com/
(11 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
NRDC BioGems - Save Endangered Wild Places
(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
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
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
(5 votes)
Trópico Verde is a Guatemalan organization working to protect Guatemalan temperate and rainforests (in Spanish)
Added: Feb. 06, 2001 | Rate It
Volunteer Peten
http://www.volunteerpeten.org/
(6 votes)
dedicated to sustainable development in Peten, Northern Guatemala by helping international volunteers develop small projects in reforestation, animal husbandry, sustainable agriculture, tourism, and education
Added: Nov. 21, 2001 | Rate It
