Useful Links

Click on the following links to find out more about our area and activity

Photos of Iracambi are in the Iracambi group on Facebook www.facebook.com/iracambi

Iracambi on YouTube:

• Iracambi by Cédric Chaveroche
• Iracambi: Doing our Part - Kari Iskowitz
• Iracambi  experience – Cédric Chaveroche
• Iracambi:GIS enabling rainforest conservation - Geoenable
• Forest Futures – Verity White
• Iracambi Herbal Medicine  - Yingzi Yang
• Iracambi High Trail Jinks
• Sunrise at Iracambi to the sound of music

About Minas Gerais and Rosário da Limeira

• www.almg.gov.br/munmg/m56452.asp
• www.citybrasil.com.br/mg/rosariolimeira
• www.asminasgerais.com.br/Zona%20da%20Mata/UniVlerCidades/Cidades/rosario_limeira/area.htm
  

Maps and Geo-referenced satellite images of Minas:

• www2.siam.mg.gov.br/webgis/zee/viewer.htm

Rainforests

• Rainforest Alliance - you can also visit the Iracambi page on the site!
• The Prince's Rainforest site supports rainforest conservation around the word, under the patronage of H.R.H. the Prince of Wales. Don't miss the video clip - it's cool!
• Iwokrama is an international center for Rainforest conservation and development situated in Guyana.
• Directory Science has a lot of rainforest links and lots of other useful science links too.
• European Tropical Forest Research Network seeks to promote the involvement of European research expertise towards the conservation and wise use of forests and woodlands in tropical and subtropical countries.
• The International Society of Tropical Foresters is a 50+ year old, non-profit membership organization, dedicated to the exchange of information, science and technology in the tropical forest regions of the world. Their membership is available to groups of individuals and organizations from around the world working in or interested in the management, protection and wise use of tropical forests and natural resources. ISTF members work in such diverse fields as entomology, agroforestry, economics, sociology, community forestry, forestry, silviculture and engineering. They welcome members from across the spectrum of fields and disciplines and from around the world. Any interested person may join. A membership form can be found on their web site. Please feel free to contact them at: istf.bethesda@verizon.net

Atlantic Rainforest Sites

• www.bioatlantica.org.br/geoatlantica has an excellent up-to-date database on the Mata Atlântica
• www.sosma.org.br (SOS Mata Atlântica) also has a lot of information as well as maps of the biome
• www.mongabay.com has this great page on the Mata Atlântica
• www.socioambiental.org.br
• www.biodiversityhotspots.org
• www.conservation.org.br
• www.biodiversitas.org.br
• www.bioatalantica.org.br
• www.valornatural.org.br
• www.institutoterra.org

Funding for International Study

• Institute of International Education: www.iie.org;
• US Dept of Education - Fund for the Improvement of Post-Secondary Education (FIPSE);
• US Program for International Research and Studies;
• Harry S. Truman Good Neighbor Award Foundation grants scholarships for international studies and promotes the values of Harry S. Truman: www.truman.gov;
• Advice on study overseas: www.studyoverseas.com

Useful research documentation sources

• periodicos.capes.gov.br
• www.socioambiental.org/nsa/index_html
• www.ibama.gov.br (click on "Acervo Bibliográfico" on the left hand bar)
• www.ipef.br/biblioteca
• www.cnpf.embrapa.br

Information about Birds at Iracambi (and lots of other places as well)

• www.birdingsiteguide.com

Our Paraguayan Partners

• www.faunaparaguay.com/ecosarahome.html

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