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urban ecology. Current projects are active throughout the mainland
and Galápagos Islands.

Fundación Pro-Bosque , Bosque Protector de Cierro Blanco, Km.
15½, Vía a la Costa Guayaquil,

4-872-236, [e-mail].
They manage the protected forest of Cerro Blanco, near Guayaquil.

Jatun Sacha Foundation , Isla Fernandina 4378 and Tomás de
Berlanga, PO Box 17-12-867, Quito,

/fax [phone] and 2451-626,
www.jatunsacha.org, [e-mail]. This group
works to combine scientific research, community development and
environmental protection with ecotourism, primarily through volun-
teer opportunities at the three biological research stations it owns
and manages.

Oilwatch , Casilla 17-15-246-C, Quito, /fax [phone], www.

oilwatch.org.ec, [e-mail], is awatchdog group that fo-
cuses on the petroleum industry.

FundaciónRescate del Bosque Tropical - FURARE (Rainforest
Rescue), Juan León Mera N32-33 and Carrión Edificio Zaldumbide
3er Piso, Quito,

/fax [phone], www.forestgarden.org/frresc.htm,
[e-mail].

Further Reading
Culture & History
Culture and Customs of Ecuador . Michael Handelsman, Greenwood
Press, 2000. A wonderful overview of the people in this magnificent
country, integral to understanding its unique cultural diversity.

The Conquest of the Incas . John Hemming, Pepermac/Harcourt
Brace, 1993. An excellent overall account of this colonial period in
Spanish Americas history.

Ecuador in Focus: A Guide to the People, Politics and Culture . Wilma
Roos, et al. Latin America Bureau/Interlink Books, 1997. Covers all
facets of Ecuadorian Society. A good overview.

Costume and Identity in Highland Ecuador . Laura M. Miller, Ann P.
Rowe (Editor) et al., 1998. Examines costume and adornment of in-
digenous Ecuadorians as related to ethnic identity.

Two-Headed Household: Gender & Rural Development in the
Ecuadorean Andes . Sarah Hamilton, University of Pittsburg Press,