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History
EarthMatters.Org was founded by a small, international team of specialists
with decades of practical experience in multidisciplinary programs. Since the
early 1990’s, EM.Org has been involved in conservation programs in Venezuela
and Panama. EM.Org is now expanding into Peru and Colombia.
In 1991, our experts pioneered the use of the satellite based Global Positioning
Systems (GPS) to survey and map Harpy Eagle nests for conservation management in
the dense rainforests of Latin America. We implemented the use of
Geographic Information Systems (GIS) to update and merge regional and detailed
views of eagle distribution and human encroachment on their habitat. NASA
and Microwave Telemetry Inc. provide satellite transmitters that we mount on the
eagles to track the movements of breeding pairs and follow the dispersal of
their fledglings.
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Awards
In 1997 The Harpy Eagle Conservation team received
the ComputerWorld/Smithsonian Award for
innovative use of technology, Environment, Energy &
Agriculture category: Entry # 97400 archived at the Smithsonian
- National Museum of American History.
To go to the Smithsonian website, click
here.
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Articles & References
Several articles have been written about harpy eagles by EarthMatters.Org representatives and associates, and others.
- 1998, National Geographic (194) 5, November. Earth Almanac: Harpy
Eagles have friends in high places
- 1998, GeoConvergencia 1:(2) 8-19. Al rescate del aguila-Poniendo a
la Harpia en el mapa de Venezuela. By Eduardo Alvarez & Peter Kung
- Global Response Action (GRA) Newsletter, 3, 1998. Protect
Imataca Forest Reserve / Venezuela
- 1998, Wildlife Conservation (101)1:42-47, February. Where
Eagles dare. By Ron Magill
To go to
the Wildlife Conservation website, click here.
- 1998, El Universal, Caracas, Venezuela. Octubre 29. Desde
hace 8 meses veterinarios de Profauna la entrenan en el zoologico de
Caricuao El aguila harpia sera liberada dentro de dos semanas
- 1998, El Universal, Caracas, Marzo 09. Guardia
Nacional rescato un aguila harpia
- 1998, BBC Wildlife (16)2:10-16, February. Queen of the Rainforest.
By Bob Sinclair
- 1997, GPS World (8) 7: 22-32, July. Raptor
rescue: Mapping Venezuela's Harpy Eagle habitat. By Peter Kung
& Eduardo Alvarez
- 1997, August, Review
in Bird Banding Lab, Patuxent [page 9]
Click here to go to the Patuxent
Wildlife Center website.
- 1997, The Miami Herald, May 25. The
Eagle has landed. By Ron Magill, Miami MetroZoo
- 1997, El Universal, Caracas, Venezuela Julio 16. Gracias al
Aguila Harpia premian a Venezolanos
- 1996, Natura (105):50-56. Aguila Harpia- Su ecologia y conservacion
en la Guayana Venezolana. By Gustavo Martinez
- 1995, National Geographic (187) 2: 40-49,
February. Remote World of the Harpy Eagle. By Neil Rettig
- 1994, WildBird (8) 1: 30-33, January. Harpy Eagles - The world's
largest raptors. By Eduardo Alvarez
- For more information, go to Harpy
Eagle and Related Links on the EM.Org Kid's page.
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Videos & Films
EarthMatters.Org has also been featured on TV and films.
- EM.Org was featured the week of May 3rd, 1999 on
Wild Things TV of Paramont Pictures.
- On January 30th, 2000 EM.Org was one of a few
programs featured on a National Geographic special dedicated to
research in the rainforest canopy. The special was entitled,
Exploring the High Frontier. For more information, click
here to go
to the National
Geographic web site.
For more info contact:
Mr. Peter Kung
EM.Org President
info@earthmatters.org
346 North 400 West
Logan, UT 84321 USA
Phone 435.752.6025
FAX 435.787.2847
EarthMatters.Org is a 501 (c) 3 non-profit organization
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