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The Charles Darwin Foundation for the Galapagos Islands - Information about the Foundation, a scientific research organization.
Galapagos.org - The Charles Darwin Foundation is a non-profit organization dedicated to promoting conservation, education, and scientific research. Discover publications, FAQ, contacts and membership details.
Bugbios Entophiles - Stunning insect macrophotography from California, Ecuador, and Brazil with informative descriptions.
Fernandina Volcano, Galapagos Islands - Slide set compiled by Pete Mouginis-Mark, University of Hawaii.
Maquipucuna Reserve - The Maquipucuna Reserve is at the core of the Choco-Andean Conservation Corridor. Close to 400 species of birds can be observed. Lodging & other travel details are described.
The Galapagos Islands at the Rochester Institute of Technology - Find details and photos of expeditions led by Dr. Robert Rothman of the Department of Biological Sciences. Features slide show and information on the natural history of the islands.
Archaeologists Find Coastal Ties Reach From Panama to Peru - Early Ecudor people were maritime adapted. Mammoth Trumpet 14(2) 1999.
Archaeological Investigations at Hacienda Zuleta - A Late Period Caranqui Chiefdom in the Northern Highlands of Ecuador. Abstract Internet Archaeology 10.
Human settlements already existed in the Amazon Basin 4000 years ago - An important discovery by IRD archaeologists reveals that, more than 4000 years ago, early Andean civilizations had become established in a tropical environment where they were not hitherto known to have existed.
Galapagos Conservation Trust - Provides information on both organization and the Islands and features news of activities, events and issues.
Hagen, Edward H. - A biological anthropologist at the University of California, Santa Barbara conducting research with the Shuar people of Ecuador.
Under the Sea - Deborah Jones of Penn State University provides information on the influence of the physical environment and fisheries on the marine diversity of the islands. Find information on management, photos, references and links.
The Lopez Viejo Project - This site describes an archaeological project at the site of López Viejo, in the southern Manabí region of coastal Ecuador.
Galapagos Giant Tortoise - Facts, photos, and videos of the largest tortoise on earth.
Drew University, Madison - Offers an undergraduate minor in archaeology and a field school in Ecuador.
Tristerix sp. - Habit of plant
Ceiba Foundation for Tropical Conservation - Nonprofit organization dedicated to the preservation and rehabilitation of tropical habitats, and the conservation of their plants and animals. Site includes details on four projects in Ecuador.
Paleontological Investigation on South America - Research into climatic, environmental and biological changes in marine and continental Neogene-Quaternary deposits of South America.
Gasteranthus From Ecuador - Images of six newly described species by Martin Freiberg.
Fundacion Jocotoco - Information about rainforest reserves in Ecuador.
Pearsall, Deborah - Profile of this head the American Archaeology Division Paleoethnobotany Laboratory at the University of Missouri. Research is in evolution of agricultural systems in Ecuador and on refining phytolith classification and processing procedures.
Jonathan Greenberg: Canopy and Emergent Trees - Photographs of and from the canopy walkway at the Tiputini Biodiversity Station, Ecuador.
Los Cedros Biological Reserve - Information about volunteering, visiting and doing research at a non-profit biological reserve in the cloud forest of Andean mountains.
World Twitch Ecuador - Report on the proposed OCP pipeline, financed by Chase, Citibank and Deutsche Bank, which would bisect and destroy critical Andean cloud forest habitat in Ecuador.
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