Readings

Suggested Pre-Institute Readings

 * //Overview - Emilo Bruna//**

Kricher, J. 1997. //A Neotropical Companion: An Introduction to the Animails, Plants and Ecosystems of the New World Tropics (2nd ed.)// Princeton University Press, Princeton, NJ. Chapter 1. (Will send PDF by email).

Wildlife Conservation Society in Latin America. Information on ecosystems of 10 Latin America countries - []

WWF's page about the Amazon: []


 * //Jaguars in Ecuador's Amazon - Santiago Espinosa//**

Information about the Waorani indigenous group and their conflicts with oil development within Yasuni National Park and their territory: []

Press release made two years ago, when Santiago Espinosa was conducting fieldwork in Ecuador: []

Sir David Attenborough: The Truth About Climate Change []
 * //Climate Change - Christine Archer//**

Global Climate Change Video by The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) []

Article in Edutopia: Truth and Consequences: Teaching Global Warming Doesn't Have to Spell 'Doom' by Kevin Sweeney []

TEDxAmazonia - Randy Borman | He shows that it is possible to be indigenous and white []
 * //Peoples of Ecosystems - Rosana Resende//**