Latin America

Andean Botanical Information System, The (ABIS)
Links to the oceanic-climatic phenomenon El Nino are found on this site principally devoted to information from the floristic and systematic investigations of the phanerogams (flowering plants) of Andean South America.
http://www.sacha.org/

Bank Information Center, The (Washington, D.C.)
The Bank Information Center (BIC) is an independent, non-profit, non-governmental organization that provides information and strategic support to NGOs and social movements throughout the world on the projects, policies and practices of the World Bank and other Multilateral Development Banks (MDBs). BIC advocates for greater transparency, accountability and citizen participation at the MDBs. Information on MDBs Projects and Policies is organized by the following regions: Africa, Asia, Europe and Central Asia, Latin America, and the Caribbean. In English, with Toolkits español, français and dalam bahasa Indonesia.
http://www.bicusa.org/

Centro de Derecho Ambiental y de los Recursos Naturales (Costa Rica)
El Centro de Derecho Ambiental y de los Recursos Naturales (CEDARENA) es una asociación apolítica, sin fines de lucro y declarada de utilidad pública, cuya sede se encuentra en San José, Costa Rica. CEDARENA fue fundada en 1989, como respuesta a una creciente preocupación por los problemas ambientales y la necesidad de tomar acciones jurídicas al respecto. Está conformado por un grupo de profesionales en Derecho y otras ramas; vinculados por un interés común en la solución de problemas.
http://www.cedarena.org

Comision Nacional del Medio Ambiente (CONAMA), Chile
http://www.conama.cl/

El Instituto Nacional de Ecología (INE), Mexico
órgano desconcentrado de la SEMARNAP, tiene a su cargo el diseño de la política ecológica general y la aplicación de sus diversos instrumentos de regulación y gestión ambiental. Sus responsabilidades abarcan temáticas tanto sectoriales como regionales, que se despliegan en diferentes planos de actuación.
http://www.ine.gob.mx/retc/ingles/ingles.html

LAMMP
LAMMP is a non-profit making organization whose fundamental objectives are:
To monitor national and multi-national mining companies active in Latin America
To support NGOs and local groups affected by, or interested in, these activities
LAMMP provides assistance to affiliated organizations without regard to race, religion, culture, philosophy or politics.
http://www.zeldweb.demon.co.uk/index.htm

Malaria Network, The
WHO/World Bank
The Malaria Network is expected to be a global network with a focused clientele of malaria control programme managers, Ministry of Health officials, and other health workers with specific responsibilities for implementation of malaria control. It will provide information both of a technical and managerial nature relevant for malaria control activities in the field, and function as a forum for discussion for participating programme managers and with technical staff at WHO and other institutions.
http://www.malarianetwork.org/

Nature Conservancy, The
The Nature Conservancy's International Program works to preserve plants, animals and natural ecosystems in Latin America, the Caribbean, Asia and the Pacific Islands through partnership with local communities and like-minded conservation organizations.
http://www.tnc.org/

Organization for Tropical Studies (OTS), The
OTS is a not-for-profit consortium of 58 universities and research institutions in the United States, Brazil, Costa Rica, Peru and Australia. OTS operates with the mission of providing leadership in education, research, and the responsible use of natural resources in the tropics, and to increase understanding of and slow the destruction of tropical forests. OTS maintains "Tropical Stations Online Datasets", including the National Bibliography in Tropical Biology; Arthropods of La Selva; La Selva, meteorological data from the Las Cruces and Palo Verde Research Stations, and research sets on lichens and fungi. In English and Spanish.
http://www.ots.ac.cr

Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), The
An international public health agency working to improve health and living standards of the countries of the Americas. It serves as the specialized organization for health of the Inter-American System. It also serves as the Regional Office for the Americas of the World Health Organization and enjoys international recognition as part of the United Nations system. Includes searchable databases.: ADOLEC - Adolescent Health; AGING; PAHO/WHO Collaborating Centers; Health Legislation; PAHO HQ Library Online; and SIMUS. In English, Spanish and Portugese.
http://www.paho.org/

Profepa - Mexico
The Environmental Protection Agency of Mexico homepage.
http://www.profepa.gob.mx/

Rainforest Information Centre
A volunteer, non-profit organisation dedicated to protecting rainforests, the womb of life and home to over half the Earth's species. Features maps of rainforests in Brazil, Cameroon, Canada, Chad, Ecuador, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, and Venezuela.
http://forests.org/ric/

TOMS Global Aerosol Hot Spots
Total Ozone Mapping Spectrometer (TOMS)
National Space and Aeronautics Administration, U.S.
TOMS provides global measurements of total column ozone on a daily basis. TOMS Global Aerosol Hot Spots page shows the location of smoke from global fires in near real-time. The site also contains a complete data set of daily ozone from November 1978 - December 1994. Continuous observation of the global ozone past the year 2000 will monitor the expected recovery of ozone as levels of chloroflourocarbons (CFCs) decrease from their current maximum as a result of the Montreal Protocol limits. Data products include Ozone, Aerosols, Erythemal UV, and Reflectivity. With map image files, quicktime videos of the Antarctic Ozone Hole, and its historic expansion from 1979-1997. With additional educational material.
http://toms.gsfc.nasa.gov/
http://toms.gsfc.nasa.gov/aerosols/today_plus.html