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No Aluminum Smelters in Cedros, Trinidad Rainforests editor's pick

http://www.nosmeltertnt.com/

5 out of 10 stars (4 votes)

protest against plans on the Island of Trinidad that calls for the forced industrialization of South Western Trinidad with two aluminum smelters, one from Alcoa, which would destroy many acres of rainforest and displace local peoples

Added: May. 21, 2006 | 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

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

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

Eye on the Rainforest

http://www.eyeontherainforest.org/

9 out of 10 stars (10 votes)

researchs and demonstrates the economic use of rain forest land using methods that do not destroy the forest ecology

Added: May. 21, 2006 | 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

Information by Country: AMERICA

http://www.wrm.org.uy/countries/America.html

from the World Rainforest Movement

Added: Jan. 11, 2001 | Rate It

Institute for Tropical Ecology and Conservation

http://www.itec-edu.org/

a non-profit, education, research and conservation corporation, which operates the Bocas del Toro Biological Station in Panama

Added: Jan. 10, 2004 | Rate It

Jaguar Hunting and Trade

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

6 out of 10 stars (3 votes)

an examination of a Venezualan proposal to allow limited sport hunting of jaguars for export from American University's Trade and Environment Database

Added: Mar. 30, 2001 | 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

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

Pan-American Highway and the Environment (PANAM)

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

2 out of 10 stars (1 vote)

examines the threat posed by the Pan-American Highway to the lush rainforest in the Darien Gap between Colombia and Panama, a case study from American University's TED database

Added: Feb. 10, 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

RedLAC

http://www.redlac.org/english/default.asp

to set up an effective system of learning, strengthening, training, and cooperation through a network of environmental funds aimed at the conservation and sustainable use of nature

Added: Feb. 10, 2005 | 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

Volunteer Peten

http://www.volunteerpeten.com

8 out of 10 stars (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