- 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.
- Conservation Rainforest Trust
- Nonprofit organization engaged in the acquisition and conservation of critical rainforest. Also includes some rainforest faces, information on projects and photo gallery.
- 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.
- Lost Crops of the Inca
- Open book covering little-known plants of the Andes with promise for worldwide cultivation. Available in pdf format.
- 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.
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