Geography
AGB. Associação dos Geógrafos Brasileiros (http://www.cibergeo.org/agbnacional/)
Association of Brazilian Geographers. Links to information on
the association and its members, news, agendas and events,
geography news and links, a cartography portal, educational
links, publications, and more. In Portuguese.
Geografia do
Brasil (http://www.geobrasil2001.hpg.ig.com.br)
Information on geography of Brazil, natural landscapes, animals
in danger of extinction, geography relief, environment, hydrography,
regional divisions, and urbanization. In Portuguese.
IBGE: Instituto Brasileiro
de Geografia e Estatistica (http://www.ibge.gov.br)
Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics –IBGE provides
various statistical indicators and information on population,
geoscience, and economy. Includes links to the IBGE catalog,
the 2000 census, and several databases. Mostly in Portuguese,
some English and Spanish.
National Geographic:
Maps and Geography (http://www.nationalgeographic.com/maps/)
Search by country in their MapMachine Atlas for maps and in their
Country
profiles for other information.
National
Geographic Brasil (http://www.uol.com.br/nationalgeographic/)
National Geographic Brasil–a publication of the National
Geographic Society. In Portuguese.
Perry-Casteñada
Library Map Collection: Brazil Maps (http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/brazil.html)
The University of Texas at Austin's Perry-Casteñada Library Map Collection
ncludes CIA maps of country, city, and thematic maps.
Portal
da Cartografia (http://www.uel.br/projeto/cartografia/direita.htm)
Site includes a chronology of Brazilian cartography, glossaries,
maps, atlases, and annotated bibliographies on such topics
as: cartography and the environment, agriculture, cities, climatology,
geography, geology, geomorphology, hydrology, planning, transports,
population, and tourism. In Portuguese.
Environment
BDT: Base de Dados Tropical. Fundação André Tosello (FAT) (http://www.bdt.fat.org.br/)
Tropical Data Base Web site, a department of the Fundação Tropical de
Pesquisas e Tecnologia André Tosello seeks to contribute towards a more
sustainable use of Brazil's biodiversity. Links to scientific and general information
on topics such as biology, geographic classification, biomes, legislation,
conservation, sustainable development, specific ecosystems, diversity of species,
bibliographical references, and publications. In Portuguese and English.
CNN Weather.com (http://www.cnn.com/WEATHER)
Select region (South America) and country (Brazil). Search by city.
Embrapa: Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisa
Agropecuária (http://www21.sede.embrapa.br/)
Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation's (Embrapa) mission is to provide
feasible solutions for the sustainable development of Brazilian agribusiness
through knowledge and technology generation and transfer. Links to information
about Emprapa–including its organization, divisions, research centers
and researchers; programs and projects; technologies; publications, and online
libraries. In English, Spanish, and Portuguese.
IBAMA: Instituto Brasileiro do Meio Ambiente
e dos Recursos Naturais (http://www.ibama.gov.br)
Brazilian Institute for the Environment and Natural Renewable Resources. A
wide range of environmental information including: environmental protection,
government regulation and authorities, ecosystems, educational resources,
fauna and flora, wildlife protection, sustainable development; information
resources; products and services; projects; units and programs; environmental
quality; forest, hydric, and fishery resources; healthy environmental technologies;
units for conservation, and more. In Portuguese.
Imazon: Instituto do Homem e Meio Ambiente
da Amazônia (http://www.imazon.org.br/)
Brazilian Amazon Institute of People and Environment. Imazon is a nonprofit
research institution whose mission is to promote sustainable development
in Amazonia through research, dissemination of information, and professional
capacity-building. Includes links to information on the institution, its
activities and research projects, "mulheres da mata,” publications,
and PDF files. In Portuguese and English.
IPAM - Instituto de Pesquisa Ambiental da
Amazônia (http://www.ipam.org.br/)
Describes their research programs, such as: forest ecology, forests
and communities, Várzea management, and environmental policy. Includes
information on the Avança Brasil Program
to develop the Amazonia region and presents an analyses of some of the environmental
effects. Also features the institute's publications
and news. In Portuguese.
Jornal do Meio Ambiente (http://www.jornaldomeioambiente.com.br)
The Journal of Environment, edited by Vilmar Berna, includes information on
Brazilian environmental law, articles about environment for free download,
environmental volunteers, services, news, past issues, links, and much more.
In Portuguese.
Ministerio do Meio Ambiente (http://www.mma.gov.br)
Ministry of Environment. The site features information on: the ministry,
environmental quality, biodiversity and forests, water resources, sustainable
development,
management of Amazonia, educational resources on environment. In Portuguese.
World Climate.com (http://www.worldclimate.com)
Search by city or town name.
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