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In August of 2005, scientists conducted a rapid inventory in Sierra del Divisor, a mountain range that rises up dramatically from the lowlands of central Amazonian Peru. This assessment, presented here in English and Spanish, collects their research on the plants and animals of the region as well as the social and cultural assets of local villages and their use and management of natural resources. The report includes recommendations for conservation and management, including steps to safeguard the voluntarily isolated indigenous people living in the region. Corine Vriesendorp is a...

Biographies and bibliographies of members are included in many of the volumes. Lists of members are usually given on covers of the numbers.

Los sistemas de información geográfica (SIG) ofrecen hoy en día una eficiente tecnología, no solo para comunicar datos de manera directa, sino también para comprender la realidad y resolver problemas concretos de manejo de territorio. Cuando los profesionales en el campo de las ciencias ambientales hacen uso de los SIG, desarrollan capacidades técnicas y mejoran sus habilidades para tomar decisiones tendientes a prevenir o remediar los daños que se puedan generar en el ambiente. El documento, dirigido a estudiantes y profesionales de diversas áreas que manejen información ambiental...

The weather on planet Earth is a vital and sometimes fatal force in human affairs. Efforts to control or reduce the harmful impacts of weather go back far in time. In this, the latest National Academies' assessment of weather modification, the committee was asked to assess the ability of current and proposed weather modification capabilities to provide beneficial impacts on water resource management and weather hazard mitigation. It examines new technologies, reviews advances in numerical modeling on the cloud and mesoscale, and considers how improvements in computer capabilities might be...