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Listed below is a
selection of some of the best websites
from SEJ's fully searchable
Useful Links Database, referenced
above.
Know of an essential, front-line
resource we should add directly to the
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Border
issues
Borderlands Guide
Information on the ecosystems and local
environmental priorities in the border
region shared by the United States and
Mexico. Includes Resource Guides to the
Sonoran Desert, the Chihuahuan Desert,
the Gulf of Mexico, Sea of Cortez and
Copper Canyon, as well as a comprehensive
directory of links to other
border-specific websites.
Southwest Consortium for
Environmental Research and Policy
(SCERP)
A binational consortium of US and
Mexican universities researches and
analyzes current and emerging
environmental, ecological, and human
health issues in the border region such
as air, water, and hazardous waste
problems. Also in Spanish.
Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
TCEQ's Border page defines the
U.S.-Mexico border region, lists border
activities, offers links to other
border-related websites, covers
pollution prevention and international
waste, and provides a section of FAQs.
Available in English and Spanish.
Government
links
Commission for Environmental
Cooperation
Information about environmental laws
and enforcement in Mexico, United
States, Canada. Commission formed by
the three countries to complement
NAFTA, the North American Free Trade
Agreement. In Spanish, English and
French.
Federal Institute of Access to Public Information, Mexico (IFAI)
The IFAI is the agency in charge of guaranteeing the right to access public governmental information, protecting the personal data that is in the hands of the federal government, and ruling on denials of access to information from the agencies and entities of the federal government.
Large Scale
Biosphere-Atmosphere Experiment in
Amazonia (LBA)
Huge international scientific
coalition, led by Brazil, including
NASA/GSFC, University of New Hampshire,
and many others. The project is
studying the effects of deforestation
on climate, species, nutrient cycling
and other natural systems.
UCLA's Latin America Institute
Includes Program on Argentina, Program on Brazil, Program on Mexico, Quechua Teaching and Research, and more.
Mexico Online:
Government and Politics
Information on politics and elections,
various institutes, the Mexican
cabinet, transportation, trade
commission, embassies and consulates
(including in the U.S and Canada),
tourism offices, the Constitution of
Mexico, the Presidential home page,
government agencies and private
organizations.
National Institute of Amazon
Research
Premier research arm in Western Amazon
region. (Note: Known in Brazil as INPA,
or Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da
Amazonia.
Secretaría de
Medio Ambiente y Recursos Naturales
(SEMARNAT)
Home page of Mexico's environment
ministry. News releases, program plans,
statistics and other materials. Spanish
with an English section of translated
current Ministry documents, such as the
Mexican Environmental Law, the National
Program for Environment and Natural
Resources 2001-2006 and more.
Media
links
Amandala
Belize newspaper. English
language.
Daily Earth: Mexico
Newspapers
Links to Mexican newspapers and the CIA
World Factbook on Mexico. The Factbook
provides a map and info on the
country's geography, people,
government, economy, communications,
transportation, military and
transnational issues.
El Universal
Mexico news in Spanish, plus selected
articles in English via partnership
with The Miami Herald.
Journalism 2.0: How to Survive and Thrive; A digital literacy guide for the information age
The result of an initiative from the J-Lab at the University of Maryland, and the Knight Citizen News Network, this book can be downloaded in PDF format for free from The Knight Center for Journalism in the Americas at the University of Texas at Austin. Author, US journalist Mark Briggs, describes the book as "a practical manual, although it contains enough theoretical elements to serve as an introduction to digital journalism." Available in English, Spanish and Portuguese.
NewsLink: Mexican
newspapers
Links to newspapers from Baja
California to Zacatecas.
Novedades de Quintana
Roo
Cancun newspaper. Offers an automatic
site language translator.
Reforma
Mexico City newspaper. Spanish
only.
Tierramérica
An IPS (Inter Press Service), UNEP
(United Nations Environment Programme)
and UNDP (United Nations Development
Programme) joint initiative, which
includes associated media in Latin
America, for the production of a weekly
page on environment and sustainable
development, written and edited by IPS.
Tierramérica stories are published
by a growing number of leading national
newspapers in the region, and on the
Tierramérica web
site, appearing in Spanish, English
and Portuguese. The project includes
the development of other products,
among them a radio programme, CD-ROMs
and educational materials.
Private
organizations
Amazonia
Extensive data on the Brazilian Amazon,
including the structure of public and
private agencies, both Brazilian and
foreign, that are active in the region.
Specific information on federal
conservation reserves such as their
areas, date and reason of creation,
vegetation, fauna, topography,
associated conflicts. Offers a free,
weekly newsletter.
Brazil
Environment
Brazilink's broad collection of
Internet links to research,
e-libraries, international sources,
maps, media, government and political
institutions, NGOs, water, forestry,
law, climate change, and much more
relating to Brazil's environment.
Edited by Professor Joseph Domask of
American University in Washington,
D.C.
BrazilMax
"The hip gringo's guide to Brazil"
features immersion travel, geotourism,
cultural tourism and ecotourism in
South America's largest and most
diverse country. Acclaimed in The
Guardian of London, the
SonntagsZeitung of Zurich and
on the Travel Channel website. Edited
by Bill Hinchberger, former
correspondent in Brazil for The
Financial Times and Business
Week.
Comisión Nacional Para El
Conocimiento y Uso De La Biodiversidad
(Conabio)
Home page of Mexico's National
Biodiversity Commission, in Spanish.
Includes a biodiversity database and
outlines of the commission's structure
and major programs.
Eco-Index
This searchable almanac of current and
past conservation projects in
Mesoamerica is a project of the
Rainforest Alliance with support from
the Critical Ecosystem Partnership
Fund, CR-USA Foundation, Overbrook
Foundation, Spray Foundation, Mexican
Nature Conservation Fund, U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service, Trust for
Conservation in Guatemala, and the
Global Environment Facility-Small
Grants Program of Costa Rica. English
and Spanish.
Embrapa (Empresa
Brasileira de Pesquisa
Agropecuária)
AKA Brazilian Agriculture Research
Corporation. Working to transfer
sustainable farming methods to
Brazilian operations. Site is in
Portuguese; available in English and
Spanish.
Investigative Reporters
and Editors en Español
Located at the Missouri School of
Journalism, IRE was formed in 1975 to
help journalists throughout the world
help each other by sharing story ideas,
newsgathering techniques and news
sources. The group launched this
Spanish-language
version of its home page in 2005.
IRE has had a Mexico program since 1996
— Periodistas de
Investigación.
Mexico's Right-to-Know Reforms: Civil Society Perspectives
This 2007 book is a joint publication of the Woodrow Wilson Center's Mexico Institute and Fundar, Center for Analysis and Research. A joint trinational project examining Mexico's challenges in FOIA application provides state-of-the-art analysis from dozens of experts. Available in English and Spanish, in free downloadable PDFs by section or hard copy.
Planeta.com
Environmental news about and resources
for Latin America. A small
sampling:
Red de Comunicación
Ambiental de América Latina y el
Caribe
Environmental Communication Network for
Latin America and the Caribbean —
a network to promote cooperation and
the interchange of information between
environmental journalists and
communicators in Latin America and the
Caribbean.//La Red Calc tiene por
finalidad promover la cooperación
y el intercambio de información
entre periodistas y comunicadores
ambientales de América Latina y el
Caribe.
Universities
Periodismo Ambiental En
Línea (Environmental
Journalism On Line)
A resource of the Knight Center for
Environmental Journalism at Michigan
State University, this Spanish language
web site provides links and information
about environmental coverage in Mexico
and Latin America.//Periodismo
Ambiental en línea es un recurso
del Centro Knight de Periodismo
Ambiental en la Universidad Estatal de
Michigan, programa que entrena a
estudiantes y periodistas para cubrir
temas ambientales en los medios de
comunicación.
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