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| bdt.org.br/ Information concentrates on issues pertaining to Brazil. Bioinformatics databases and links to information on biodiversity, biotechnology and public health available in Portuguese and English. | |
| pmel.noaa.gov/toga-tao/ The data are then retransmittted worldwide to oceanographic and meteorological centres via the Global Telecommunication System. TAO is a majo Relays oceanographic and surface meteorological data in real time from 70 moorings in the Tropical Pacific Ocean. | ||
| yabae.cptec.inpe.br/lba/ An international research initiative lead by Brazil designed to create the new knowledge needed to understand the climatological, and hydrological functioning of Amazonia, ecological, biogeochemical, the impact of land use change on these functions and hydrological functioning of Amazonia, the impact of land use change on these functions, and t | ||
| fao.org/desertification/default.htm Set of documents dealing with the causes and consequences of desertification, scientific and technical cooperation, action programs and measures to support the study and prevention of desertification. | ||
| ots.ac.cr/ A not-for-profit consortium of universities and research institutions in the United States and Latin America dedicated to providing leadership in education, research, and the wise use of natural resources in the tropics. | ||
| ncl.ac.uk/~nmscmweb/ Departmental information and research projects covering topics such as biogeochemical oceanography, tropical coastal management, and marine ecology. | ||
| ran.org/ Rainforest Action Network, founded in 1985, works to protect the Earth's rain forests and support the rights of their inhabitants through education, grassroots organizing, and non-violent direct action. Includes world rain forest movement contacts by regi | ||
| pmel.noaa.gov/tao/elnino/nino-home.html Includes basic facts, forecasts, climatology, and satellite data. El Nino is a disruption of the ocean-atmosphere system in the tropical Pacific having important consequences for weather around the globe. | ||
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