STINASU (http://www.stinasu.sr) - Suriname's National Park Preservation System
A great web site for learning more about wildlife and habitat presevation in Suriname. Stinasu is the sole agency that runs guest houses for eco-tourism in the country's national parks.

Marco Bleeker has put together a fantastic informational web site on Tropical Rain Forests in Suriname.
At the top of his site, you'll find a neat slide show of Suriname's tropical rain forest. He wrote a great summary of Suriname's rain forest. You can also find out wonderful text and pictures about the interior's inhabitants: the Carib Indians and the Maroons. Bleeker does a great job highlighting some of the plant life in the Rain forest as well.

Nickerie is the western border district of Suriname, a country on the northern shoulder of South America.
Marlon Romeo's Nickerie web site is the best web tour through one of Suriname's districts. I won't tell you much here. Marlon describes his home town in a detailed fashion through text and pictures. This is one of the most enjoyable sites on the web.

Roberto Plomp describes Suriname as a, "A friendly democratic republic, situated just north of the Amazon Basin."
Of course he does, he's a tourist operator in Suriname from the Netherlands! But I'll give him some credit, he did grow up in Suriname and knows a lot about the country, it's people, and it's attractions. Surf through his sight; he has some excellent pictures and information. But keep in mind that he wants YOU to come visit with your $$$.

Sranan is a language that emerged as communication language between European immigrants, African immigrants and the native Indians. It contains elements from English, Portugese, Dutch, and influences from African and Indian languages. The language was used from around 1700.
This is a great site to understand more about the language most commonly used in the streets of the larger coastal towns in Suriname. Try it out. Many of the words sound a lot like their English equivolents. Standard English pronunciation will do for most of the words' vowels and consonants.

Suriname's National Anthem web site.
What a great way to kill some time and annoy the people around you if you're in a library or computer lab. Try crankin' this tune up and see how your friends treat you. On the educational side, the words are printed in English and Sranan Tongo, Suriname's primary creole language used in the capital city, Paramaribo, and along the coast.

www.sr.net hosts a set of links for Suriname.
This list has a few gems like the national anthem and Sranan sites. There are some great links to simple and accurate country information. However, there is a lot of garbage and a few old links to sites that have moved.

Want some interesting offline reading? If so, go to your public library to check out Mark Plotkin's Tales of a Shaman's Apprentice published by Penguin Books in 1993.
Mark Plotkin is chief ethnobiologist for Conservation International. He has concentrated much of his own research in the Amazon Basin of South America. In his book, he describes particular interest in plants' medicinal uses by the Amerindian and Maroon populations. He does a wonderful job describing the local flora and fauna, as well as the interwoven connectedness of ecosystems in the rain forest.

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