South America Science and Environment

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• Science 

• Amazon River  - Information on the Amazon River, with map, fact file, and image gallery.
• Amazon Watch  - Working to defend the environment and rights of the indigenous peoples of the Amazon basin. With press releases, news clips, and reports.
• Biological Diversity of the Guiana Shield  - Field-oriented program of the National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution to study, document and preserve the biological diversity of the Guiana Shield region.
• Brazil Energy Profile  - Features a country analysis brief, map, data and statistics produced by the US Energy Information Administration.
• Guiana Shield Media Project  - Environmental media project with a focus on the Guiana Shield region of South America, stretching from northeastern Brazil, through French Guiana, Suriname, Guyana, Venezuela and eastern Colombia, up to the Andes.
• Into the Depths of the Amazon  - Offers information on the Amazon, including history, climate, flora and fauna, culture, pollution, and deforestation.
• Matamata  - Article on the Chelus fimbriatus. By William H. Espenshade, III.
• Matamata Turtles  - Article on the turtle that inhabits muddy, sometimes stagnant, shallow pools and streams in northern South America. Written by David T. Kirkpatrick.
• Pilcomayo River Basin Study: Argentina, Bolivia, Paraguay  - Case study to develop a multinational river basin plan for the multipurpose use of the Pilcomayo (Argentina, Bolivia, Paraguay).
• Transport and Fate of Heavy Metals Within the Pilcomayo River Basin, Bolivia  - Study on the environmental effects of mining in Rio Pilcomayo.
• University of Connecticut Patagonia Research Project  - Links to annual expeditions, overview, research and field guide.
• Venezuela Energy Profile  - Features a country analysis brief, map, data and statistics produced by the US Energy Information Administration.
• Volcanoes in South and Central America  - Links to information on volcanoes in different countries in the region.
• Web Earthquakes: South America  - Provides map showing seismicity in South America. From the U.S. Geological Survey National Earthquake Information Center.