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Geography and Environment : East Timor

This pathfinder includes information about geography and environment in East Timor.

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Australasian Biogeographic Realm  (http://www.panda.org/about%5Fwwf/where%5Fwe%5Fwork/ecoregions/global200/pages/australasia.htm)
Part of the World Wildlife Federation's web site, this page leads information about ecosystems of Australasia and the Pacific. Users can search by either country or ecoregions and are then led to detailed descriptions of the environment in the chosen area.

Geography and Map Division of the Library of Congress  (http://www.loc.gov/rr/geogmap/)
Information concerning the division and the collections.

BirdLife - Asia  (http://www.birdlife.org/regional/asia/index.html)
Part of BirdLife International's website, this page provides ornithological information about Asia including Borneo where Brunei is located.

Maps of East Timor  (http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/east%5Ftimor.html)
Part of the Perry-Castanada Library Map Collection, this web site provides links to a variety of different maps of East Timor, including historical maps and maps of Dili.

Timor Sea Office  (http://www.timorseaoffice.gov.tp/)
The Timor Sea Office is part of the Office of Timor-Leste (East Timor) Prime Minister Mari Alkatiri. The primary task of the Timor Sea Office is to establish permanent maritime boundaries with Timor-Leste's neighbours, Australia and Indonesia. Its website provides fact sheet,s legal texts, maps and press releases.

Portuguese Historical Expansion in East Timor  (http://www.colonialvoyage.com/timorp.html)
Part of a larger website on Dutch and Portuguese colonialism, this page provides a detailed chronology of Portuguese expansion in East Timor and is illustrated with a series of beautiful maps. In Italian.

Timor Sea Office  (http://www.timorseaoffice.gov.tp/)
The Timor Sea Office is part of the Office of Timor-Leste (East Timor) Prime Minister Mari Alkatiri. The primary task of the Timor Sea Office is to establish permanent maritime boundaries with Timor-Leste's neighbours, Australia and Indonesia. Its website provides fact sheet,s legal texts, maps and press releases.

Timor Net's History, Geography and Anthropology Pages  (http://www.uc.pt/timor/atop.html)
Intended as an introduction to East Timor, this page provides basic historical, geographical and anthropological information about East Timor as well as links to more detailed articles.

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