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Canadian Organization for Tropical Education and Rainforest Conservation (COTERC)

Conservation Agency

Pickering, Ontario, Canada

Canadian Organization for Tropical Education and Rainforest Conservation (COTERC) (Established 1991)
Box 335 , Pickering , Ontario L1V 2R6 Canada
Director: Marilyn Cole Phone: 1 (905) 831 8809 Fax: 1 (905) 831 4203 E-mail: info@coterc.org

Mission: To provide leadership in education, research, conservation, and optimal use of natural resources in the tropics. COTERC provides environmental education programs for use in public schools in Ontario. It also administers a field research station located in Costa Rica.

Principal Research Programs: Behavioral and other noninvasive research; Plant census survey; Meteorological data collection; Developing community projects, e.g. butterfly farming and exhibit

Training Opportunities: Educational opportunities not available; Field work opportunities available; Program emphasis: Ecology and conservation; Behavior; Research; Financial support rarely available; Note: COTERC is a nonprofit organization registered as a charity in Canada.

Number of Staff: Total (3)

Key Personnel: Marilyn Cole, Chair; Malcolm Enright, Vice-Chair; Dr. William Rapley, Director of Research & Conservation, E-mail: info@coterc.org; June Enright, Executive Director, info@coterc.org

Species Supported: "Alouatta palliata" (feral); "Ateles geoffroyi" (feral); "Cebus capucinus" (feral)

Associated Field Sites: Cano Palma Biological Station, Tortuguero, Costa Rica; Mailing address: SJO 1881, Box 025216, Miami, FL 33102-5216; Phone: 506-709-8052; E-mail: canopalm@racsa.co.cr

Web Site: http://www.coterc.org

Publications: "Raphia" (quarterly)

Entry created: 1998-03-30
Review requested: 2006-02-02
Entry last reviewed: 2007-02-25


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