Funding Agencies
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Affiliated Agencies
NASA Large-Scale Biosphere-Atmosphere (LBA) Experiment in Amazonia – The NASA-1 and NASA-2 projects are part of the NASA LBA-ECO program. As part of this program, they contribute to the study of land use & land cover dynamics in the Amazon rainforest.
Centro de Estudios de Población y Desarollo Social (CEPAR) – CEPAR is our collaborating institution in Ecuador. The premier demographic and socio-economic survey institution in Ecuador, they are an NGO that has been responsible for all the national demographic and health surveys since 1985.
Project-Related Links
Project Pages on NASA LBA-ECO Site – NASA LBA-ECO project LC-01 investigation profile. This site contains links to additional details of our NASA-funded projects, including links to downloadable data sets.
Ecuador Links
Lonely Planet’s Online Guide to Ecuador and the Galapagos Islands
Newspaper – Diario El Universo
Other Links
UNC Department of Anthropology
UNC Department of Biostatistics