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Amigos de El Pilar  www.interconnection.org/elpilar A community group based in Bullet Tree Falls working to preserve the El Pilar Archaeological Reserve. Describes ecotourism and other economic development activities. [English/Spanish]

Carr's Web  www-rci.rutgers.edu/~carr/index.html Researcher's website with descriptions, photos, and data on Central America's volcanoes.

Centres of Plant Diversity  www.nmnh.si.edu/botany/projects/cpd/ma/macentral.htm Description of climate, geology, and wildlife of Central America, with links to more detailed information on key areas.

EcoLogic Development Fund  www.ecologic.org US organization conserving threatened wildlife and wildlands by advancing community-based development and natural resource management in Mexico and Central America. Includes project descriptions.

Exploring Solutions Past: The Maya Forest Alliance  www.espmaya.org Fundraising for El Pilar Reserve and for other development activities in the area. Lists advisors and completed projects, with overview of their goals of combining traditional and modern scientific approaches to preservation.

La Amistad Biosphere Reserve  www.nmnh.si.edu/botany/projects/cpd/ma/ma17.htm Located in south-east Costa Rica and north-west Panama in the Talamanca range, including Pacific and Caribbean slopes and highest mountain in each country. Describes vegetation and conservation efforts.

Mesoamerican Barrier Reef Systems Project  www.mbrs.org.bz Works to protect ecosystem extending from the southern half of the Yucatan Peninsula to the Bay Islands of Honduras. Describes training and government capacity building programs. [English/Spanish]

PRETOMA - Programa Restauración de Tortugas Marinas  www.tortugamarina.org Protects and conserves the populations of sea turtles that use the marine environment of Costa Rica. Describes environmental issues, action programs, and opportunities to participate. [English/Spanish]

Procuenca San Juan  www.oas.org/sanjuan Project for management of the San Juan River Basin in Costa Rica and Nicaragua.

Siam-SERVIR  servir.nsstc.nasa.gov Uses space-based observation and knowledge of local ecosystems to prepare maps and information products relating climate and physical environment. Describes conferences, visualizations, and other resources. [Spanish/English]

Volcanic Hazards -- Northern Central America  www.geo.mtu.edu/volcanoes/hazards.html Information about the principal volcanoes of El Salvador and Guatemala.