Biological Assessment of the Aquatic Ecosystems of the Caura River Basin, Bolivar State, Venezuela: RAP Bulletin of Biological Assessment 28

For three weeks, in November and December of 2000, Conservation International's Rapid Assessment Program collaborated with a group of fourteen scientists—from Venezuela, Colombia, Brazil, and the United States—to survey the aquatic ecosystem of the Caura River in Venezeula. The area, part of the Guayana Shield, represents one of the most pristine watersheds in South America, due in large part to the excellent stewardship of its principle indigenous group, the Ye'kwana. It nonetheless faces a …