Directory of Science and Environment Resources

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Subcategories

• Archaeology
• CATIE Tropical Agricultural Research Center
• Environment Change Impacts and Indicators
• Guanacaste Province
• Organization for Tropical Studies
• Osa Peninsula
• Parks
• Weather

Resources in This Category

• Costa Rica Long Term Ecological Research

  http://crlter.ots.ac.cr/
  A network of institutions and field research stations, with bibliography, descriptions and contact info.

• Costa Rica Mineral Assessment - USGS

  http://pubs.usgs.gov/dds/dds19/
  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.

• Costa Rica Volcanoes and Volcanics

  http://vulcan.wr.usgs.gov/Volcanoes/CostaRica/framework.html
  USGS descriptions and location map, eruption histories.

• Costa Rica Wildlife

  http://www.costarica-homeschool.com/
  Information about various rainforest animals, earth science and literature.

• Diptera of Costa Rica

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

  http://www.elbosquenuevo.org/
  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.

• GVI Wildlife Expedition in Costa Rica

  http://gvicostarica.blogspot.com/
  Field updates from a team if volunteers helping a wildlife conservation project for Global Vision International.

• La Gamba Field Station

  http://www.lagamba.at/
  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]

• Las Nubes Centre for Neotropical Conservation and Research

  http://www.yorku.ca/lasnubes/
  A joint conservation and research project of York University and the Tropical Science Center.Located on the Pacific slope of the Talamanca Mountain Range

• Procuenca San Juan

  http://www.oas.org/sanjuan/english/documents/dialogue/contents.html
  Multi-organizational workshop on the climate and socio-economic conditions of the San Juan River Basin. Includes field investigations and technical reports with maps.

• Project ALAS Arthropods of La Selva

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

  http://www.campanario.org/
  Biological conservation and research facilities

• The Cloudbridge Project

  http://www.cloudbridge.org/
  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.

• Volcanoes Guanacaste Range System

  http://insidecostarica.com/travel/costarica_volcanoes_guanacaste.htm
  Brief descriptions of each of the volcanoes in the Guanacaste Range.

• Volcanoes of Costa Rica

  http://kostaryka.org/wulkany2489/
  General discussion of volcanic activity in the country, followed by a list of major structures, with photos and descriptions.

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