Mary E. Finn
de Molina
Articles
Some First Impressions and
Musings on Returning to the Ecuadorian Cloud Forest
At precisely six a.m. I´m
awakened by a birdcall that outdoes even the local roosters for
rudely breaking the early dawn silence. A pair of Horneros
(Pacific Ovenbirds) are building their mud nest high in a closeby
Pachaco tree. Construction is apparently still in progress,
as I see the small, orange, thrush-like birds flying back and
forth between ground and nest, beaks loaded with rich brown mud.
Through the course of the day, many more tropical birds appear
around the house. A band of Chestnut-Mandibled Toucans call raucously
from the guava tree, which is in full fruit. Overhead, a flock
of parrots call loudly and constantly to each other as they pass. ... more
Biodiversity Protection through
Community Ecotourism in the Ecuadorian Chocó Promises,
Challenges and the need for Adaptive Management
Community ecotourism offers
significant potential for promoting conservation and protecting
biodiversity, but for this potential to be fulfilled and
sustained in the long term - strategies are needed to address
underlying social issues as well as biological and financial
ones. ... more
Links - Here are some of my favorite sites
relating to the environment, Latin America, ecotourism etc.
Planeta.com - Ron Mader has one of the best (and
longest lived) sites for articles and links in conservation,
ecotourism, community development and much more, not only in
Latin America, but worldwide.
The EcuadorVerde Ecotourism
Network (www.ecuadorverde.com)
...And for Conservation & Sustainability
in the Chicagoland Area
The Conservation Foundation
(www.theconservationfoundation.org)
Bird Conservation Network (www.bcnbirds.org)
Chicago Wilderness Network
(www.chicagowilderness.org)
Center for Sustainable Community
(www.centerforsustainablecommunity.org)
Organic Food Network (www.organicfoodnetwork.net)
¡regresa pronto para
más! (come back soon for more!)
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Last updated February
11, 2005
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