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Amazon River Dolphins
An extensive, well presented study on Amazon River Dolphins in the northern Peruvian Amazon, incorporating background information, field notes, graphics, maps and scientific research. Prepared by educators, students and grad students. Lesson plans available.
http://www.virtualexplorers.org/
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Coca Trade and Environment
Case study from the Trade Environment Database, part of the Mandala Projects at American University. Explores the ecological impact of drug trafficking on the Amazon.
http://www.american.edu/projects/mandala/TED/PERUCOCA.HTM
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Guano Trade
Analyses the history and impact of guano mining and commerce in the 19th and early 20th century, as part of the Trade Environment Database (TED) at American University.
http://www.american.edu/projects/mandala/TED/GUANO.HTM
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Lost Crops of the Inca
Little-Known Plants of the Andes with Promise for Worldwide Cultivation (1989), an online manuscript that covers research about exotic cereales, fruits, roots and tubers.
http://books.nap.edu/books/030904264X/html/
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Medical Geography and Cholera
Makes a case study of the epidemic outbreak in 1991, with graphics and geographic information system data files. University of Colorado's Department of Geography
http://www.colorado.edu/geography/gcraft/warmup/cholera/cholera_f.html
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Plants of the Machiguenga
A combination travelogue and scientific inquiry into medicinal uses of rain forest plants. Neurologist Ethan Russo examines the ethnobotany, anthropology, and wildlife of this Amazonian tribe in Parque Nacional del Manu.
http://www.montana.com/manu/
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