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| British Antarctic Survey |  |
| Images, research details, weather and related items on Antarctica. Website maintained by The British Antarctic Survey, responsible for almost all of the British Government's scientific research in the Antarctic region. | Key Stage 4 & 5 |
http://www.nerc-bas.ac.uk
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| Gateway to Antarctica | |
| ICAIR - International Centre for Antarctic Information and Research, University of Canterbury, New Zealand. This was an excellent site. Its previous URL is no longer available. | Key Stage 3, 4 & 5 |
http://www.icair.iac.org.nz/
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| Animals of the Rainforest |  |
| Good images and brief fact files on many animals of the rainforest sorted by anuimal types. | Key Stage 2 & 3 |
http://www.animalsoftherainforest.com/
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| Antarctica New Zealand | |
| Website of The New Zealand Antarctic Institute. Useful information and some educational resources. | Key Stage 2, 3 & 4 |
http://www.antarcticanz.govt.nz/
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| Antarctica Online | |
| Australian Antarctic Programme website providing information on Australian science in the Antarctic. | Key Stage 3, 4 & 5 |
http://www.antdiv.gov.au/
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| China - Three Gorges Dam | |
| CNN in depth report on the consruction of the Three Gorges Dam, across the Yangtze River, China - for flood control, navigation, water supply and HEP. | Key Stage 3, 4 & 5 |
http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/1999/china.50/asian.superpower/three.gorges/
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| China begins building worlds largest dam | |
| Report from CNN (November 8, 1997) on the building of the Three Gorges Dam, across the Yangtze in Hubei province, Chinas most ambitious construction project, and one of the most controversial in the world. | Key Stage 3, 4 & 5 |
http://www.cnn.com/EARTH/9711/08/china.3gorges/index.html
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| Kids' Pages on Polar Regions | |
| Information on Antarctica aimed at pupils from Scott Polar Research Institute. | Key Stage 2, 3 & 4 |
http://www.spri.cam.ac.uk/kids/home.htm
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| Rainforest Action Network | |
| Homepage of environmental action charity. Campaigns, information & kids corner. | Key Stage 2, 3 & 4 |
http://www.ran.org/ran/
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| Rainforests | |
| Information and images of rainforest ecosytem, including some activities and print outs to colour. | Key Stage 2 & 3 |
http://www.zoomschool.com/subjects/rainforest/
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| The Yangtze Dam: Feat or Folly? | |
| By Steven Mufson, Washington Post Foreign Service, November 9, 1997. Report on the plans and construction of the hydroelectric power priject on the Yangtze Rive at Three Gorges, China. | Key Stage 3, 4 & 5 |
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/inatl/longterm/yangtze/yangtze.htm
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| Alfred Wegener Institute |  |
| Alfred-Wegener-Institute for Polar and Marine Research, Bremerhaven, Germany. Sea ice tour is useful and is at http://www.awi-bremerhaven.de/Eistour/index-e.html. Gives details of Antarctic ecosystems and conditions. Arctic & Antarctic references. | Key Stage 3, 4 & 5 |
http://www.awi-bremerhaven.de
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| Antarctic Connection | |
| An information and retail site in New Hampshire related solely to Antarctica. Read about South Pole and Antarctic weather, history, converse with others about their travels to Antarctica or purchase books and maps. Information content is limited. | Key Stage 3 |
http://www.antarcticconnection.com
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| Antarctic Photos | |
| Scott Polar Research Institute Picture Library Gallery Index | Key Stage 1, 2, 3, 4 & 5 |
http://www.spri.cam.ac.uk/photo/aaindex.htm
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| Antarctic Tourist Impact | |
| Monitoring and management of tourist landing sites in the Maritime Antarctic (Phd thesis abstract) by Dr Kim Crosbie. | Key Stage 4 & 5 |
http://www.spri.cam.ac.uk/people/kc.htm
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| Gateway to the Arctic | |
| Web directory from contributing countries. | Key Stage 4 & 5 |
http://www.grida.no/add/
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| Population, land management, and environmental change | |
| Papers from The UNU (United Nations University) global environmental Forum IV (edited by Juha I. Uitto and Akiko Ono). It includes 4 chapters on reserach into environmental change in local areas and a chapter on global ecological carrying capacity.
| Key Stage 5 |
http://www.unu.edu/unupress/unupbooks/uu03pe/uu03pe00.htm
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| World Land Trust | |
| Details of campaigns for saving rainforests. (editors note - site already listed) | Key Stage 3 & 4 |
http://www.worldlandtrust.org
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| Africa Online |  |
| News, business & safaris in Africa and Kenya, Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana, Uganda, Zimbabwe, Tanzania. Links to safari tour operators. Africa Online is a provider of internet communications services throughout Africa. | Key Stage 3 & 4 |
http://www.africaonline.com
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| Amazon Interactive | |
| An on-line simulation about making decisions to run an ecotourist development in the Ecuadorian rainforest. | Key Stage 3 |
http://www.eduweb.com/amazon.html
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| Art School On-Line | |
| How to draw rainforest animals - tree frog, macaw and toucan. | Key Stage 3 & 4 |
http://www.drawbooks.com/artschool/rf/
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| EcoAfrica | |
| Safari tour operators in southern Africa. Aimed at tourist market. Limited ecosystem details. SA Tours & Safaris with African Alternatives (Pty) Ltd. | Key Stage 3, 4 & 5 |
http://www.ecoafrica.com/index.htm
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| Alaskan climate & data |  |
| Key Stage |
http://climate.gi.alaska.edu/
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| Yahoo Ecology | |
| Key Stage |
http://www.yahoo.co.uk/science/ecology
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