Peru Science and Environment

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• Amazon Center for Environmental Education and Research  - Promoting conservation through education and research in the Peruvian Amazon rainforest. With information on facilities, programs and research.
• Anchovy Depletion and Trade  - Explores the issue of anchovy trading, harvesting and depletion.
• CREES: Rainforest Education and Research Center  - Peruvian not-for-profit organization that develops education and research programs for sustainable natural resource management practices and cooperative conservation strategies in tropical environments.
• El Nino/Enso: Short- and Long-Term Effects  - Explores the environmental effects of El Nino on army tactical decision aids.
• Guano Trade  - Case study from the Trade and Environment Database, focusing on the impact of the natural fertilizer on trade and environment.
• Ilzro Raps Peru (IRP)  - Non-profit engaged in providing clean and renewable energies to rural communities outside the national grid system. With information on Remote Area Power Supply systems, publications, maps and images.
• Information Technology in Peru  - Covers information technology in the country, with information on the telecommunications infrastructure, government policies, legal environment, and related sources and links.
• International Potato Center - CIP  - Conducts scientific research and related activities on potato, sweet potato, and other root and tuber crops. Links to news, research, training and publications.
• Life and Times of J. Francis Macbride  - Biography of Machbride, who led the Flora of Peru program. Includes information on Macbride's expeditions, species included in Flora of Peru, and link to Macbride's travel journal.
• The Living Edens: Manu, Peru's Hidden Rain Forest  - Provides information about the flora and fauna in Peru's hidden rainforest. Includes links to history, conservation, classroom resources, trivia and related links.
• Medical Geography and Cholera  - Project mapping the spread of cholera throughout Peru during the January 1991 epidemic.
• Peru, Coca Trade, and Environment  - Case study from the Trade and Environment Database, concerning the serious ecological problem due to the slash and burn method used in planting coca.
• Peruvian Cactus and Succulent Society  - Non-profit association conducting studies and promoting conservation of cacti and succulents, focusing on native and little-known species.
• Plants of the Machiguenga  - Ethnobotanical study of Eastern Peru. Includes photos, botanical and medicinal information on the plants.
• Rainforest Conservation Fund  - Working to conserve rainforests at the Reserva Comunal Tamshiyacu-Tahuayo in the Department of Loreto, Peru. Includes articles and news.
• Spatial Hydrology of the Urubamba River System in Peru  - Hydrologic study of the Urubamba River system using geographic information system (GIS).
• US Geological Survey P 1386-I  - Study of the glacierized areas of Peru, with maps and description of the occurrence of glaciers.
• Virtual Explorers  - Group of educators sharing their explorations and discoveries to teachers and students everywhere. With information on expeditions, research opportunities and on how to become a member.