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PICTURE	NAME	E-MAIL	WEB-PAGE	RESEARCH
	Jean Marie Downing	jdowning@mit.edu	http://web.mit.edu/12.000/www/m2006/teams/jdowning	Chemistry of the rainforest:: medicinal agents in plants in the amazon rainforest. Dependence of plants on various nutrients. Monitoring: literfalls.
	George Eng	georgeng@mit.edu	http://web.mit.edu/12.000/www/m2006/teams/georgeng	Canopy. Rainforest biomass. Monitoring: satellites and mapping. Reforestation.
	Tanzeer Khan	tanzeer@mit.edu	http://web.mit.edu/12.000/www/m2006/teams/tanzeer	Major threats: logging, agriculture, mining and large dams. Preservation: methods already used.
	Sarah Newman	sarahn@mit.edu	http://web.mit.edu/12.000/www/m2006/teams/sarahn	Major threats: El niño, flooding. Epiphytes. Monitoring: landsacpe surrogates, understory density.
	Juliana Perez	julipe@mit.edu	http://web.mit.edu/12.000/www/m2006/teams/julipe	Structure of the rainforest Major threats: Deforestation. Monitoring: CO2 cycle
	Shan Riku	luxiang@mit.edu	http://web.mit.edu/12.000/www/m2006/teams/luxiang	History of the rainforest. Forestypes of the Amazon Rainforest.
	Catherine Yao	cyao@mit.edu	http://web.mit.edu/12.000/www/m2006/teams/cyao	Characterization: Biological aspects of the rainforest Inthis page you can also find the minutes of our meetings.