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close this bookTeaching Conservation in Developing Nations (Peace Corps)
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close this folderChapter 1: The self-contained conservation education center
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close this folderChapter 2: Conservation education in a school
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close this folderA school conservation education outline
View the documentFirst Year: Looking at Your Environment
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close this folderChapter 3: Conservation education in a health center
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close this folderChapter 4: Conservation education in an agricultural extension center
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close this folderChapter 5: Conservation education in a community center
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close this folderAppendix A: Exhibit and study materials
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View the documentConcepts about the ecosystem
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View the documentConcepts about water, soil and air
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close this folderAppendix B: Nature Trails
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close this folderAppendix C: Landscaping
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close this folderAppendix D: Signs, labels and guides
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View the documentA suggested nature trail guide for Guatopo national park, Venezuela
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close this folderAppendix E: Public facilities
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close this folderAppendix F: Live animals
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close this folderAquariums
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close this folderAppendix G: Endangered species
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Source materials - Appendix G

Endangered species of the United States
National Wildlife Federation
1412 16th Street N.W.
Washington, D. C. 20036, USA

Forest interpreter's primer on wildlife
Forest Service
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Washington, D.C. 20036, USA

List of foreign endangered & threatened species
National Wildlife Federation
1412 16th Street N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20036, USA

Red Book of the international Union for Conservation of Nature & Natural Resources
1110 Morges
Switzerland