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Finding Aids to Official Records of the Smithsonian Institution Archives

Accession 92-125

National Museum of Natural History. Biodiversity Program

Program Records, circa 1980-1991

Repository:Smithsonian Institution Archives, Washington, D.C. Contact us at osiaref@si.edu.
Creator:National Museum of Natural History. Biodiversity Program
Title:Program Records
Dates:circa 1980-1991
Quantity:5 cu. ft. (5 record storage boxes)
Collection:Accession 92-125
Language of Materials:English
Summary:

This accession consists of records documenting the activities of the Biological Diversity Program's BIOLAT (Biological Diversity in Tropical Latin America) project. BIOLAT is a joint program between the Smithsonian and Man and the Biosphere (a program of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization), and is concerned with training, research, and public education on biodiversity in the Amazonian rain forest. Materials include budget proposals, resumes of applicants, evaluations from field expedition participants, annual reports, lists of workshop participants, and correspondence (much of it generated by Terry L. Erwin, Director of the BIOLAT program).

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This accession consists of records documenting the activities of the Biological Diversity Program's BIOLAT (Biological Diversity in Tropical Latin America) project. BIOLAT is a joint program between the Smithsonian and Man and the Biosphere (a program of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization), and is concerned with training, research, and public education on biodiversity in the Amazonian rain forest. Materials include budget proposals, resumes of applicants, evaluations from field expedition participants, annual reports, lists of workshop participants, and correspondence (much of it generated by Terry L. Erwin, Director of the BIOLAT program).

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Preferred Citation

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 92-125, National Museum of Natural History. Biodiversity Program, Program Records

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Container List

Box 1

BIOLAT

Box 1 of 5

Documents/Reports/Miscellaneous

Box 1 of 5

Terry, November 1987

Box 1 of 5

Comportamiento de oviposicion de Anastrepha striats (Diptera, Tehpritidae) en Pakitza, 1988

Box 1 of 5

Medical Procedures, March 1982

Box 1 of 5

World Wildlife Fund (WWF)/Tropical Forestry Program, February 1988

Box 1 of 5

Organization for Tropical Studies (OTS)/Reference Material, April 1982

Box 1 of 5

Minimum Critical Size of Ecosystems, April 1988

Box 1 of 5

Yanachaga - Chemillen (Peru), May 1986

Box 1 of 5

Costa Rica/Janzen, 1988

Box 1 of 5

WWF/Systematics & Conservation: The Needs, September 1987

Box 1 of 5

Edge & Other Effects of Isolation on Amazon Forest Fragments, undated

Box 1 of 5

Peru & Bolivia Tourism Information, undated

Box 1 of 5

Peru: Documents, undated

Box 1 of 5

Conserving the World's Biological Diversity/WWF, World Resources Institute/World Bank, October 1988

Box 1 of 5

BIOLAT

Box 1 of 5

Peru/Bolivia Miscellaneous, 1988-1989

Box 1 of 5

Peru/Correspondence

Box 1 of 5

BIOLAT Letters, 1988

Box 1 of 5

BIOLAT Export Permit, 1988

Box 1 of 5

Peru/Smithsonian-Man and the Biosphere (MAB) Expedition, 1987

Box 1 of 5

BIOLAT, 1989

Box 1 of 5

Convenio/Bolivia, undated

Box 1 of 5

BIOLAT Mailing List, 1987

Box 1 of 5

Circular BIOLAT (2), 1988

Box 1 of 5

Inventory of Files, 1987-1989

Box 1 of 5

FY 1987 & 1988 Entomology Expeditions

Box 1 of 5

Peru/BIOLAT, 1988

Box 1 of 5

SI BIOLAT Participants, FY 1988

Box 1 of 5

Peru/BIOLAT, 1988

Box 1 of 5

Peru/Projects, 1988

Box 1 of 5

Peru/BIOLAT, 1989

Box 1 of 5

Convenio/Peru, 1989

Box 1 of 5

FY 1989 BIOLAT Budget Proposals

Box 1 of 5

Peru/BIOLAT, 1988

Box 1 of 5

BIOLAT

Box 1 of 5

Bound Reports

Box 1 of 5

User's Guide to the Bisley Biodiversity Plots/Puerto Rico/SI-MAB, 1991

Box 1 of 5

APECO (Asociacion Peruana para la Conservacion de la Naturaleza, 1987

Box 1 of 5

Profile of Smithsonian Institution Activities, 1985-1986

Box 1 of 5

Box 2

FPCN (Fundacion Peruana para la Conservacion de la Naturaleza Financial Statement (3), December 19/87

Box 2 of 5

Biology International/Rain Forest & Regeneration & Management, 1988

Box 2 of 5

UNESCO/Safeguarding our Yestermorrows, 1988

Box 2 of 5

What is Biosphere Reserve?, January 1987

Box 2 of 5

National Park Service (NPS)/Park Science Bulletin, 1988

Box 2 of 5

Wildlife Conservation International (WCI) News, 1987

Box 2 of 5

UNSAAC (Universidad Nacional de San Antonio Abad del Cusco) - Vision Mundial, August 1988

Box 2 of 5

SI/Biological Conservation Newsletter, January 1988

Box 2 of 5

Ecuador/Editorial (2), 1987

Box 2 of 5

TROPENBOSS, September 1986

Box 2 of 5

World Health Organization (WHO)/The Peruvian Primatological Project, undated

Box 2 of 5

CONAF (Corporacion Nacional Forestal - Chile) Red List of Chilean Terrestrial Vertebrates, 1987

Box 2 of 5

APECO Booklet, undated

Box 2 of 5

Primer Symposio de Ornitologia Neotropical/Peru, 1983

Box 2 of 5

Ecosistemas Criticos En El Peru, 1986

Box 2 of 5

Ecuador/Instituto Geografico Milita, undated

Box 2 of 5

MAPA Areas Naturales/Ecuador, undated

Box 2 of 5

Ecuador/Museo Ecuatoriano De Crencias Naturales, undated

Box 2 of 5

Peru/Institute de Investigaciones de la Amazonia, undated

Box 2 of 5

Decimation of World Wildlife, undated

Box 2 of 5

CONCYTEC/SEPIA, November 1985

Box 2 of 5

SI/MAB Bisley Biodiversity Plots, 1991 Census

Box 2 of 5

Manu Expedition, Peru (4), 1987

Box 2 of 5

Andigona/Organo De La Corporacion Ornitologica Del Ecuador, 1987

Box 2 of 5

BIOLAT

Box 2 of 5

Peru/Bolivia Miscellaneous, 1988-1989

Box 2 of 5

Miscellaneous SI Programs

Box 2 of 5

Est. Biologica Beni, 1986

Box 2 of 5

Bolivia: Documents, 1987

Box 2 of 5

Sandoval Report/Pakitiza, 1987

Box 2 of 5

SI/MAB Peru/Bolivia Workshop, 1988

Box 2 of 5

1989 Fieldwork Awards (2)

Box 2 of 5

Bolivia Correspondence

Box 2 of 5

Projects, 1988

Box 2 of 5

Peru CV's, 1988

Box 2 of 5

BIOLAT (Bolivia), 1988

Box 2 of 5

Ecuador/BIOLAT, 1987-1988

Box 2 of 5

Ecuador/Fund Maquipucuna, 1988

Box 2 of 5

Iquitos, 1987-1988

Box 2 of 5

Other Countries/Individuals

Box 2 of 5

Columbia, 1987

Box 2 of 5

Venezuela, 1987

Box 2 of 5

BIOLAT Peru, FY 1988

Box 2 of 5

Box 3

BIOLAT Peru, FY 1989

Box 3 of 5

BIOLAT/Internal, 1987-1988

Box 3 of 5

Contracts, 1987-1988

Box 3 of 5

BIOLAT Contracts, 1988

Box 3 of 5

State of the World, 1988

Box 3 of 5

Contracts/Peru, 1987

Box 3 of 5

General Contracts/U.S., 1987

Box 3 of 5

Contracts/UNESCO, 1988

Box 3 of 5

BIOLAT, 1987-1988

Box 3 of 5

CV's Peru Participants, 1987

Box 3 of 5

BIOLAT: Flow Charts, undated

Box 3 of 5

History of SI/MAB, undated

Box 3 of 5

History of BIOLAT, undated

Box 3 of 5

National Museum of Natural History (NMNH)/Biodiversity Programs, undated

Box 3 of 5

SI/MAB (Miscellaneous), undated

Box 3 of 5

BIOLAT Final Report/Peru, 1987

Box 3 of 5

BIOLAT: SI, 1988

Box 3 of 5

Shipping: Bolivia - Peru, 1988

Box 3 of 5

Miscellaneous SI Programs

Box 3 of 5

Student Handbook of BIOLAT/SI-MAB, undated

Box 3 of 5

Research Proposal National Institute for the Environment (NIE), undated

Box 3 of 5

Tropical Forest, 1983

Box 3 of 5

Threatened Biotic Systems of Tropical America, undated

Box 3 of 5

Tropical Biology Program Report, undated

Box 3 of 5

Smithsonian Strategic Studies (SSS), undated

Box 3 of 5

Food for Thought Draft, 1980

Box 3 of 5

BIOLAT/Internal, 1987-1988

Box 3 of 5

A.I.D., 1988

Box 3 of 5

BIOLAT/Plan Peru, 1988

Box 3 of 5

Educational Program/Pearson Report (Peru/Bolivia), 1988

Box 3 of 5

BIOLAT: Plan Bolivia, MAB Proposal; SI Advisory Group, 1988

Box 3 of 5

Aquatic Report (Peru), 1988

Box 3 of 5

Francisco Gomez, 1988

Box 3 of 5

Gomez, undated

Box 3 of 5

BIOLAT: Congress, undated

Box 3 of 5

Others/BIOLAT: Institutions/Individuals, 1987-1988

Box 3 of 5

BIOLAT: SI, 1987

Box 3 of 5

Puerto Rico (SI/MAB), 1987-1988

Box 3 of 5

Bolivia: Projects/Application, 1987

Box 3 of 5

Flora of the Guianas, undated

Box 3 of 5

Ideas for BIOLAT, undated

Box 3 of 5

SI/External: Evaluation BIOLAT, 1987

Box 3 of 5

A. Sandoval, undated

Box 3 of 5

Projects/Application Peru, 1987

Box 3 of 5

MacArthur Foundation, undated

Box 3 of 5

SI-CV's Manu, 1987

Box 3 of 5

SI-CV's Beni, 1987

Box 3 of 5

CV's (SI), 1988

Box 3 of 5

Box 4

BIOLAT

Box 4 of 5

Peru/Bolivia, 1987

Box 4 of 5

SI: C.V./W.L., undated

Box 4 of 5

Peru/BIOLAT MINIST/MUSEO, 1987

Box 4 of 5

Bolivia/BIOLAT, 1987

Box 4 of 5

FPCN/Peru, 1987

Box 4 of 5

FPCN/Yauico Report, undated

Box 4 of 5

The Murder of Chico Mendes, undated

Box 4 of 5

Memo from Terry Erwin on visit of International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Representatives, August 1986

Box 4 of 5

Memo from Dr. Gomez on a Meeting, September 1986

Box 4 of 5

Xerox Copy of Newspaper Article on Terry Erwin Heading New Biological Program, undated

Box 4 of 5

Final Report on MAN/UNESCO, 1985-1986

Box 4 of 5

FPCN/Peru, 1987

Box 4 of 5

Critica Al Taller BIOLAT SI/MAB, undated

Box 4 of 5

BIOLAT

Box 4 of 5

Peru/Bolivia, 1987

Box 4 of 5

Peru: Evaluations, 1987

Box 4 of 5

SI Handouts (Manu), 1987

Box 4 of 5

Reynel: BioDiversity, 1987

Box 4 of 5

Reports on the Beni Biological Station & The Biosphere Reserve, undated

Box 4 of 5

Peru, 1987

Box 4 of 5

Terborgh, 1987

Box 4 of 5

Pearson, 1987

Box 4 of 5

S. Maber, 1987

Box 4 of 5

C.V.'s Bolivia (Students), 1987

Box 4 of 5

Boliva/BIOLAT, 1987

Box 4 of 5

Bolivia: Evaluations, 1987

Box 4 of 5

Francisco Gomez, 1986-1987

Box 4 of 5

BIOLAT: Collection Information (Bolivia), 1987-1988

Box 4 of 5

BIOLAT: Collection Information (Peru), 1987-1988

Box 4 of 5

Data: Beni, undated

Box 4 of 5

Xerox Copies of Beni, undated

Box 4 of 5

Xerox Copy of Beni Data-Zone 01, undated

Box 4 of 5

Xerox Copy of Report Arboles De Las Parcelas Del Programa BIOLAT En Zona, Beni, October 1987

Box 4 of 5

Application and Inquiries, undated

Box 4 of 5

BIOLAT Contracts, Travel Vouchers, undated

Box 4 of 5

BENI Plant List, undated

Box 4 of 5

Ecuador, undated

Box 4 of 5

Terry Travel Voucher Material, 1988

Box 4 of 5

Box 5

BIOLAT Reports/Miscellaneous

Box 5 of 5

SI/MAB Training, 1987

Box 5 of 5

SI/MAB Training (Spanish) (2), 1987

Box 5 of 5

BIOLAT

Box 5 of 5

Reports/Miscellaneous, 1988

Box 5 of 5

SI/MAB Peru, 1988

Box 5 of 5

SI/MAB Bolivia, 1988

Box 5 of 5

SI/MAB Bolivia III, 1988

Box 5 of 5

SI/MAB Workshop Puerto Rico, 1988

Box 5 of 5

SI/MAB Peru, 1988

Box 5 of 5

SI/MAB Bolivia IV, 1988

Box 5 of 5

SI/MAB Bolivia II, 1988

Box 5 of 5

SI/MAB Puerto Rico Workshop, 1988

Box 5 of 5

Antologia Ecologica Del Ecuador, 1987

Box 5 of 5

Minimum Critical Size of Ecosystems, 1984-1985

Box 5 of 5

SI/MAB Information System, October 1986

Box 5 of 5

Spanish Brochures of Beni (5), undated

Box 5 of 5