RESOURCES

Use these as a starting point, then see what else you can find.  Use a search engine such as Yahoo or Google and type in "Latin America" and the name of your issue.

• ISSUE 1: Deforestation

  • European Commission, Joint Research Center, Institute for Environment and Sustainability, Global Vegetation Monitoring Unit, Latin America: http://www.gvm.sai.jrc.it/Forest/Latin_america/latin_america.htm

  • World Rainforest Movement: http://www.wrm.org.uy/index.html

  • Forest Conservation Portal: http://forests.org/

  • Global Forest Watch: http://www.globalforestwatch.org/english/index.htm

  • Rainforestweb.prg (by Rainforest Action Network): http://www.rainforestweb.org/

• ISSUE 2: Water resources & pollution

  • Sustaining Water, Population and the Future of Renewable Water Supplies: http://www.cnie.org/pop/pai/water-21.html

  • American Water Relief: http://www.forcomm.net/awr/AWR_Main.htm

  • UNESCO Latin America Water Links: http://www.unesco.org/water/water_links/Geographical_Scope/Regional/Latin_America_and_the_Caribbean/

  • Global Water Partnership: http://www.gwpforum.org/servlet/PSP

  • Water Policy Briefing: http://www.iwmi.cgiar.org/waterpolicybriefing/index.asp

• ISSUE 3: Natural resource use

• ISSUE 4: Agriculture (including impact on the environment)

  • International Institute for Environment and Development, Latin America: http://www.iied.org/sarl/research/regions/latin.html

  • Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations: http://www.fao.org/

  • Centre for Information on Low External Input and Sustainable Agriculture: http://www.ileia.org/default.asp

  • Planeta.com, Agriculture Guide: http://www.planeta.com/ecotravel/ag/ag.html

  • Rainforest Alliance, Sustainable Agriculture: http://www.rainforest-alliance.org/programs/cap/

  • Northwest Shade Coffee Campaign: http://www.seattleaudubon.org/shadecoffee/

• ISSUE 5: Population growth (including urbanization)

  • Global Change & Urbanization in Latin America: http://www.aag.org/HDGC/www/urban/toc.html

  • Population Action International: http://populationaction.org/

  • Regional and National Population Information - Latin America and the Caribbean: http://www.un.org/popin/regional/latam/lac.htm

  • The Population Council, Latin America and the Caribbean: http://www.popcouncil.org/lac/lac.html

OTHER LINKS:  (feel free to search for more)

• Latin America
  • The Environment: A Global Concern; Latin America and the Caribbean: http://library.thinkquest.org/26026/World_Outlook/latin_america_and_the_caribbea.html
  • United Nations Environment Program, Latin America & Caribbean:
    • http://www.rolac.unep.org/
    • Global Environmental Outlook: http://www.unep.org/geo2000/english/0083.htm
  • Organization of American States: http://www.oas.org/
  • Latin America Network Information Center: http://www.lanic.utexas.edu/
  • Latin American Focus: http://www.latin-focus.com/
  • Oxfam America
    • Central America: http://www.oxfamamerica.org/global/art1459.html
    • South America: http://www.oxfamamerica.org/global/art1461.html
  • Oxfam Great Britain
    • Central America: http://www.oxfamgb.org/camexca/index.htm
    • South America: http://www.oxfamgb.org/southamerica/index.htm
  • USAID, Latin America and the Caribbean Environment: http://www.usaid.gov/regions/lac/environment/index.html
  • Historical Text Archive, Latin America: http://historicaltextarchive.com/sections.php?op=listarticles&secid=14
  • Internet Resources for Latin America: http://lib.nmsu.edu/subject/bord/laguia/
  • Harvard University, David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies, Environment: http://drclas.fas.harvard.edu/programs/environment.html
  • World Wildlife Fund, Latin America and Caribbean: http://www.panda.org/about_wwf/where_we_work/latin_america_and_caribbean/news/news.cfm?uNewsID=7651
  • Global Change Game, Internet Resources Library, Latin America Index: http://www.mts.net/~gcg/resources/latam/index.html
• World & Environment
  • World Resources Institute, Sustainable Development Information Service: http://www.wri.org/wri/sdis/index.html
  • National Council for Science and the Environment: http://www.ncseonline.org/
    • Congressional Research Service Reports: http://www.ncseonline.org/NLE/CRS/
  • Global Change Game, Internet Resources Library: http://www.mts.net/~gcg/resources/index.html
  • World Bank: Environment Strategy: http://lnweb18.worldbank.org/ESSD/envext.nsf/41ByDocName/EnvironmentStrategy
  • Friends of the Earth: http://www.foe.org/index.html
  • International Monetary Fund:  http://www.imf.org/
  • International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources: http://www.iucn.org/
  • Biodiversity Economics Library:  http://biodiversityeconomics.org/index.htm
  • The Pew Research Center (check out the "Global Attitudes Project"):  http://people-press.org/
  • National Geographic Map Machine: http://www.nationalgeographic.com/maps/
  • U.S. CIA World Fact Book: http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/
  • U.S. Library of Congress, country studies: http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/
  • U.S. State Department, background notes: http://www.state.gov/www/background_notes/