IAI Newsletter 34/2004

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Contents

1. Editorial &ndash Gustavo V. Necco
2. Institutional Information 
   • Activities of the IAI Directorate
   • New Access to the IAI Data and Information System (DIS)
   • 20th Meeting of the IAI Scientific Advisory Committee (SAC)
3. Scientific Achievements 
   • IAI News
   • Observing the Plata influence on the western South Atlantic shelf &ndash Alberto R. Piola, Edmo J.D. Campos, C.M. Martinez, Osmar O. Möller, Jr. and Joel Wesson
   • Connecting Satellites to the Human and Ecological dimensions: Sustaining Tropical Forests for the Future &ndash Arturo Sánchez-Azofeifa, Margaret Kalacska, Julio Calvo and Mauricio Quesada
   • Adapting to Market Shocks and Climatic Variability in Mesoamerica: The Coffee Crisis in Mexico, Guatemala, and Honduras &ndash Edwin Castellanos, Cecilia Conde and Hallie Eakin and Catherine Tucker
4. Training and Education
   • IAI Institute on Urbanization Associated with Global Change in Latin America
   • IHDP-IAI 2004 Global Environmental Change Institute on Globalization and Food Systems
5. IAI-Projects &ndash Programs 
   • The IAI Initial Science Program: Enhancing Regional Knowledge and Bridging Programs &ndash Thelma Krug
6. IAI Related programs 
   • LAND Project Open Science Conference &ndash Alejandro Castellanos and Pep Canadell
7. Miscellaneous 
   • Climate change threatens one million species &ndash Katie Mantell
8. Calendar of Events