Catch and Release Club Directory for regional, central america, costa rica, science and environment

Guanacaste Province@ (4)
Osa Peninsula@ (4)

Archaeology@ (3)
Environment Change Impacts and Indicators@ (1)
Parks@ (7)
Weather@ (4)

CATIE Tropical Agricultural Research Center@ (1)
Organization for Tropical Studies@ (3)

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Regional: Central America: Science and Environment (11)

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Spanish (23)

http://www.nmnh.si.edu/botany/projects/cpd/ma/ma16.htm

» Braulio Carrillo-La Selva Region - Detailed geographic and ecological information on this area of the country, including indigenous species, environmental threats, bibliography, and photos.

http://www.cluwrr.ncl.ac.uk/research_projects/ongoing_research/prj_costa_rica.php

» Centre for Land Use and Water Resources Research - Project to study socio-economic impacts of land use and hydrological change in tropical montane cloud forest areas of the Lake Arenal watershed. Includes a list of the collaborating institutions and a photo gallery.

» The Cloudbridge Project - A private nature reserve created to preserve biodiversity in the tropical cloud forest adjoining the Chirripó Pacifico river on the slopes of Mt. Chirripó. Describes site ecology and reforestation project.

» Costa Rica Long Term Ecological Research - A network of institutions and field research stations, with bibliography, descriptions and contact info.

» Costa Rica Mineral Assessment - USGS - Geologic maps as well as descriptive and interpretive text covering physiographic, geologic, geochemical, geophysical, and mineral site themes as well as a mineral-resource assessment. Download requires additional software.

http://vulcan.wr.usgs.gov/Volcanoes/CostaRica/framework.html

» Costa Rica Volcanoes and Volcanics - USGS descriptions and location map, eruption histories.

» Costa Rica Wildlife - Information about various rainforest animals, earth science and literature.

http://www.inbio.ac.cr/papers/diptera/ing/twig.htm

» Diptera of Costa Rica - A project organized for collecting, mounting and identification of specimens of flies and mosquitoes. Includes information about the staff and facilities, sampling sites, and publications.

» El Bosque Nuevo - Organization using agro-forestry to preserve tropical rainforests. Describes project of sustainably harvesting butterfly pupae for sale to conservatories with pictures and descriptions of many tropical butterfly species.

http://www.dnr.cornell.edu/edge/Field_guide_main_page.htm

» Field Guide to the Amphibians and Reptiles of Las Cruces - Photos and descriptions to aid in identification of the regional species.

» Finca Loma Linda - San Vito, Coto Brus, Puntarenas. Organization offers research, internships and community assistance with conservation, ecology, marketing and sustainable agricultural development.

» La Gamba Field Station - Research, teaching and education institution located on the edge of the Piedras Blancas National Park. Lists programs and publications, with information on visiting or donating. [English/German]

» Lankester Botanical Garden - Part of the University of Costa Rica, they describe their collections, hours and admission fees, and research and collecting projects.

» Las Nubes Centre for Neotropical Conservation and Research - A joint conservation and research project of York University and the Tropical Science Center.Located on the Pacific slope of the Talamanca Mountain Range

http://www.oas.org/sanjuan/english/documents/dialogue/contents.html

» Procuenca San Juan - Multi-organizational workshop on the climate and socio-economic conditions of the San Juan River Basin. Includes field investigations and technical reports with maps.

http://viceroy.eeb.uconn.edu/ALAS/ALAS.html

» Project ALAS Arthropods of La Selva - A large scale inventory of arthropod diversity in the lowland tropical rainforest of La Selva. Includes a history and description of the laboratory facilities, information management and research publications.

» Proyecto Campanario - Biological conservation and research facilities

» SciELO - Scientific Electronic Library Online - Electronic virtual library covering a selected collection of Costa Rican scientific journals. Includes browsing tools for serials and articles. [English/Spanish/Portuguese]

» Tropical Sierra Foundation - Dedicated to preserving, reforesting, and establishing habitats for endangered species in the tropics. Information about current projects, news, membership and volunteering.

http://insidecostarica.com/travel/costarica_volcanoes_guanacaste.htm

» Volcanoes Guanacaste Range System - Brief descriptions of each of the volcanoes in the Guanacaste Range.

» Volcanoes of Costa Rica - General discussion of volcanic activity in the country, followed by a list of major structures, with photos and descriptions.

http://homepage2.nifty.com/wwgkanda/encr01.html

» World Wildlife Photo Gallery - Photos of birds, animals, and landscapes.

» Charral Project - Report on academic research project on rainforest establishment in abandoned pastures. Discusses birds, plants, and soil. (November 20, 1996)

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