|
Home >> Regional >> South America >> Peru >> Science and Environment |
|
Amazon River Dolphins An extensive, well presented study on Amazon River Dolphins in the northern Peruvian Amazon, incorporating background information, field notes, graphics, maps and scientific research. Prepared by educators, students and grad students. Lesson plans available. Coca Trade and Environment Case study from the Trade Environment Database, part of the Mandala Projects at American University. Explores the ecological impact of drug trafficking on the Amazon. Trade and Environment: Peru Mining Case study from the Trade Environment Database, part of the Mandala Projects at American University. Examines the impact of globalization on people. Spatial Hydrology of the Urubamba River System in Peru Francisco Olivera (Center for Research in Water Resources, University of Texas at Austin) gives a didactic exercise in Geographic Information Systems (GIS) to examine an Andean watershed. Includes maps and graphics. US Geological Survey P 1386-I A detailed study of glaciation in Peru by BenjamÃn Morales-Arnao with sections on the Cordillera Blanca on landsat imagery and Quelccaya Ice Cap by Stefan L. Hastenrath. Life and Times of J. Francis Macbride Information about the U.S. botanist (1892-1976) and his ground-breaking Flora of Peru series. Excerpts from his travel journal with photos (1922-3). Rainforest Conservation Fund RCF informs about efforts to raise funds for and manage the 800,000 acre Tamshiyacu-Tahuayo Community Reserve near Iquitos. Lost Crops of the Inca Little-Known Plants of the Andes with Promise for Worldwide Cultivation (1989), an online manuscript that covers research about exotic cereales, fruits, roots and tubers. Plants of the Machiguenga A combination travelogue and scientific inquiry into medicinal uses of rain forest plants. Neurologist Ethan Russo examines the ethnobotany, anthropology, and wildlife of this Amazonian tribe in Parque Nacional del Manu. The Living Edens: Manu, Peru's Hidden Rain Forest Supplements information in PBS program, including flora, fauna, history, links and classroom resources. The Manu Biosphere Reserve lies in the Peruvian Amazon. |
|
© 2005 GeneralAnswers.org