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McCain vows to end 'partisan rancor'
By ADAM NAGOURNEY AND MICHAEL COOPER Fri, 05 Sep 2008 21:25:25 -0000
John McCain sought to move from a convention marked by an effort to reassure the party base to an appeal to a broader electorate.
At McCain's convention, big money still talks
By Michael Luo Thu, 04 Sep 2008 23:29:59 -0000
For all of John McCain's efforts to purge big money from politics, large donors still wielded sizable influence over the RNC.
McCain's challenge: To cast Republican ticket as anti-establishment
By PETER BAKER Fri, 05 Sep 2008 21:25:25 -0000
As John McCain accepted the Republican Party's nomination, he sounded a rousing insurgent's call to topple the establishment - except that he and his party head the establishment.
Foreign policy factions vie for McCain's heart
By David E. Sanger Fri, 05 Sep 2008 17:31:37 -0000
Hidden from view during much of the Republican convention here, a fierce struggle has been under way to mold the foreign-policy approach of John McCain.
To counter Palin, Obama to dispatch female surrogates
By PATRICK HEALY AND JEFF ZELENY Fri, 05 Sep 2008 21:25:25 -0000
With the McCain-Palin team courting female voters, the Obama camp plans to deploy prominent Democratic women.
Canada to hold early elections
Fri, 05 Sep 2008 21:25:25 -0000
Prime Minister Stephen Harper of Canada plans to dissolve Parliament on Sunday and call early elections in hopes of strengthening his minority government's hold on power.

 

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Amigos de El Pilar - 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]
Meta Description: [ Amigos de El Pilar, A community group working to preserve the El Pilar Archaeological Reserve for Maya Flora and Fauna ]

BRASS/El Pilar Program - An interdisciplinary research initiative into the prehistory and ecology of the Belize River Valley. Offers photographs of monuments, maps, field reports, publications, and contact details.

Carr's Web - Researcher's website provides descriptions, photos, and data on Central America's volcanoes.

Central American Ecology and Environment - Annotated directory of online resources.
Meta Description: [ geo.garrobo.org ]

Centres of Plant Diversity - Description of climate, geology, and wildlife of Central America, with links to more detailed information on key areas.

EcoLogic Development Fund - 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 - 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.
Meta Description: [ Exploring Solutions Past: The Maya Forest Alliance is a non-profit organization looking for solutions to the world's conservation crisis by rescuing knowledge out of the past, in the present,for the future. ]

La Amistad Biosphere Reserve - 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 - 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]

Mesoamerican Biological Corridor - NASA and the Central American Commission on Environment and Development (CCAD) project using remote sensing technology to map and monitor land cover of the seven Central American countries. Project descriptions, imagery, maps, training materials, and other information. [English/Spanish]

PRETOMA - Programa Restauración de Tortugas Marinas - 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]
Meta Description: [ PRETOMA - Programa Restauracion de Tortugas Marinas. Costa Rica. ]

PROARCA (Regional Environmental Program for Central America) - US-funded program to improve environmental management in the Mesoamerican Biological Corridor (CBM). Describes projects and past results, with contact information for local offices. [English/Spanish]
Meta Description: [ PROARCA es el Programa Ambiental Regional para Centroamérica, un programa financiado por la Agencia de Estados Unidos para el Desarrollo Internacional (USAID, por sus siglas en inglés). Como un apoyo a la agenda de la Comisión Centroamericana de Ambiente y Desarrollo (CCAD), el objetivo estrat... ]

Siam-SERVIR - 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]

United Nations Environment Program - Regional Office for Latin America and Caribbean. - Acts as the link between the various units and centers of UNEP and the countries in the region, and promotes collaboration and partnerships with organizations active in sustainable development.

Volcanic Hazards -- Northern Central America - Information about the principal volcanoes of El Salvador and Guatemala.