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January 1999

Weaving the web conversation with Chris French: Ecotourism by a Mountain Lake - Ron Mader
Latin American Ecotourism - What is it? - Ron Mader
La enseñanza del Español en Ecuador en los ultimos años - Diego Pesánte
Saving A Coral Reef in Baja - E magazine
New Tomb Found At Teotihuacán - Angela Schuster/Archaeology

February 1999

Report from Ecuador - Peter Berg
Choosing a Language School - Robert Levy
ASU explores under Mexican pyramid: Could pyramid be a grave marker of the kings? - Chris Kahn/The Arizona Republic
International Expeditions: Digging in Argentina - Timothy Leland/Boston Globe

March 1999

Machu Picchu: Consecration or Desecration - Carol Cumes
San Luis Potosi Hosts Adventure Tourism Congress - Ron Mader
Tales from the Yucatan: Puerto Morelos: Straddling Two Worlds - Jeanine Kitchel
Environmental Groups formally accuse Exportadora de Sal, S.A. (ESSA) of Environmental Criminal Violations at its Guerrero Negro Saltworks - Mark Spalding
John Noble: Scouting out Mexico's Landscape - Ron Mader
Belize Guidebooks - reviewed by Ron Mader
Mexico Guidebooks - reviewed by Ron Mader
Pura Vida: The Good Life in Costa Rica - Bruce Conord
Doug Tompkins' Pumalin Park (Chile) - Dominic Hamilton
Gringo Madness: Opening A Bookstore In Mexico - Jeanine Kitchel and Paul Zappella
Conscious Choice - Ecotravel Issue
Die-off of Sea Turtles (Mexico) - NRDC
Letters at 3AM: Before a Key's Been Struck (Computers and Being Human) - Michael Ventura/Austin Chronicle
Indigenous Groups versus Big Oil - Living on Earth
Plants and Population: From prehispanic to future conservation alternatives: Lessons from Mexico - Arturo Gomez-Pompa and Andrea Kaus/NAS Colloquium
Birds of the Manu Biosphere Reserve - Barry Walker/GORP
Hieroglyphs and History at Copan - David Stuart/Peabody Museum
Saving the Maya Past for the Future/Peabody Museum
Betting on the Ecotourism Craze...And on Adventure Travel, Too - Elisabeth Malkin/Business Week
Saving the Maya Past for the Future - Barbara Fash/Peabody Museum

April 1999

Planeta.com Wins "Lente de Plata" award from Mexico's Tourism Secretariat
04/15 Ecotourism Meeting in Mexico City - Ron Mader
Visit to Venezuela - Greg Green
Renewal of Life in Guatemala - Susan Hoffman
Real Audio in Latin America - Greg Green
Meet the godfather of ecotourism: Michael Kaye of Costa Rica Expeditions comes clean on truly 'green' - Richard Bangs/MSNBC
Mexico's Museums and Virtual Galleries - Ron Mader/Business Mexico

ised Field Agriculture: Applied Archaeology in the Bolivian Amazon

May 1999

Rockin' The Volcano in Ecuador - Robert Greening
Biodiversity Implications of Growing Coffee in the Sierra de Manantlan's Biosphere Reserve - Santiago Lobeira
Can Communities Take The Lead In Developing Mexico's Eco Travel? - Juan Carlos Ibarra
Mexico's Ejido San Nicolas Totolapan - A Millenium Review - Antonio "Febo" Suárez
Nicaragua's Casita Volcano: The Inevitability of a Natural Disaster - Tom Fletcher
Sustainable Regional Development in Hualulco, Oaxaca - David Barkin and Carlos Pailles
La Observacion de Aves en Celestún - David Bacab
Parque Nacional Cusuco - Suyapa Dominguez Merlo
Chapala se muere... ¿a alguien le importa? - Laura Castro-Golarte
Brief Eco History of Belize and Northern Guatemala - Les Beletsky
Belize and Northern Guatemala: Environmental Threats and Conservation - Les Beletsky
Mike Nelson: Driving in Mexico - Ron Mader
Toasting Tequila: Tours, Books and the Mexico City Connection - Ron Mader
Homage to a Road - Michael Ventura/Austin Chronicle

June 1999

New Resource Page - Green Building in Latin America
Carla and Herb Felsted: Journeying Online Mexico - Ron Mader
Ecotourism and Spirituality in Mexico - Ron Mader
A Guide for Eco Travel - Beatrice Briggs
Making Polluters Pay - E magazine
Certification, accreditation & rating of tourism offers sustainability in Dominican Republic and Haiti - Yacine Khelladi
Lone Rangers: Internet News - Weeklywire.com
Ecotourism's Social Impacts - Eddie Dry/NAMI News
Culture Clash - Paul Kvinta/Outside
Workshop to Lay Plans for Eco-Tourism in North America (Playa del Carmen, Mexico, 27-28 May 1999) - CEC
Composting Toilets in Puerto Morelos, Mexico - Solutions Site

July 1999

August 1999

Adventure in a Desert Ghost Town - Ron Mader
Joe Cummings: The Texas-Mexico-Asian Connection
Visiting El Cielo (Updated!) - Scott Walker
Una ventana para el ecoturismo en Campeche - Margarita Rosa Rosado
Review of "The Tourist"
The Next Industrial Revolution - William McDonough and Michael Braungart/Atlantic Monthly
Natural Capitalism - Paul Hawken/Mother Jones
Love and Death and the Leviathan's Lair - Bruce Barcott/Outside

September 1999

Mexico City Ecotourism Roundtable/Workshop
Potencial del Ecoturismo en Campamentos Tortugueros de Mexico - Angel Nieva
Taller Tarahumara/AMTAVE - Marlene Ehrenberg
Propuesta Amtave Para Llevar A Veracruz A La Vanguardia Del Turismo Alternativo, Ecologico Y De Aventura A Nivel Mundial - Marlene Ehrenberg
Co-mision Jalcomulco/AMTAVE - Marlene Ehrenberg
Upate - Sprawlwatch.org
The Dunes of Samalayuca - Jim Conrad/Earthfoot
International Efforts to Save the Swainson's Hawk in Argentina - Scott Weidensaul/GORP
Costa Rica promociona turismo ecologico en con nuevo sitio en Internet - Nacion
Heroes and Champions: Recognition and Thanks - Frederick W. Stoss/Electronic Green Journal
Environmental Resources on the Web - Flora Shrode/Electronic Green Journal
The Use of the Internet as a Source for Environmental History - Lise F. Sedrez /Electronic Green Journal

October 1999

Birding Two Diverse Rain Forests in Costa Rica - Pamela Conley
The Not-For-Profit EarthFoot Concept - Jim Conrad
Driving in Mexico - Ron Mader
Balam Consultores (Mexico)
Manual para la planeacion de un turismo responsable en areas naturales comunales y ejidales - Balam Consultores
Directorio/Directory - Ecuadoran Ecotourism Assocation
Natural Mexico: Three eco travel picks that add up to real adventure - Ron Mader
Water in Cities: An Artificial Divide - Arid Lands Newsletter

November 1999

Mexico City Ecotourism Roundtable
Copper Canyon: A Travel Agent's Perspective - Elizabeth Malek-Zadeh
International Galapagos Tour Operators Association - Carol Chapman
What is Open Space Technology? - Ron Mader
Bahia de Caraquez, Ecuador Revisited - Peter Berg
Ecotourism: Travel of the Future? - ABC News
Virtual Community - Howard Rheingold/Whole Earth Review
Gulf of Mexico Bioregion - Peter Warshall/Whole Earth Review
World Without End, Amen - Tim Cahill/Outside
Mexico City's Divining Rod - Odile Henault/Architecture Magazine

December 1999

Globalization, Tourism and Indigneous Peoples - Rethinking Tourism Project
Certifying Organic Coffee in Guatemala - Lisa Maldonado
What West Virginia can learn from ecotourism in the Americas - Ron Mader
Museo de Historia Natural de la Ciudad de Mexico - Marco Barrera Bassols
Mexico City's Museum of Natural History - Marco Barrera Bassols
Greening hotels and restaurants
Where to find the Birds in Celestún - David Bacab
Legislative Efforts in Brazil to Regulate Access to Genetic Resources - Jordan Erdos
Plant Life and the Maya - Jordan Erdos
Quinoa: Mother Grain of the Incas - Jordan Erdos
Seattle Showdown - Larry Weiss/Connection to the Americas

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