Latin America Environment Links
BRAZIL: Destruction of the Amazon Rainforest |
ECUADOR: Galapagos Islands – Fishing and Ecotourism (consider bias of each source) |
Burning Amazon (importance of rainforests) |
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World Wildlife Fund – Amazon check links on right |
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MongoBay: Amazon Rainforest (more links at bottom) |
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EL SALVADOR: Cash Crop: Coffee |
Nicaragua: Deforestation |
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PARAGUAY: Itaipu Dam (also in Brazil) |
MEXICO: Expansion of Mexico City (include impacts of urbanization and pollution ) |
American University: Itapu Dam see: 1,5,9,25,26 |
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PANAMA: Deforestation and the Panama Canal |
PERU: Mining and the Environment |
Forest Cover and Deforestation |
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BBCNews: Gold Mine Sparks Battle in Peru (mercury) |
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Peru Mining: (issue & description sections only) |
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Melting Mountains (video) |
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VENEZUELA: Oil and the Environment |
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| Venezuela- Energy Overview |
GUATEMALA: World’s Second Largest Rainforest |
CHILE: Deforestation and Pollution |
USAID – Environment Summary |
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Santiago Pollution #1, 5, 23, 24, 26 |
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HONDURAS: Poverty and the Environment |
COSTA RICA: Deforestation and Biodiversity |
Case Study #1, 2, 12, 16, 25, 27 |
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TED Coffee Study #1, 2, 5, 7, 16, 21, 22, 23, 24 |
Colombia: Biodiversity at Risk and Deforestation |
Cuba: Pollution |
| Cuba Facts | |
| Air and Water Pollution in Cuba | |
| Cuban Environment | |
Project Titi - conservation |