Rain Forest
| More than half of the world's estimated 10 million species of plants, animals and insects live in the tropical rainforests. |
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| Rainforest Organizations: | |
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www.ran.org |
Rainforest Action Network campaigns to break America’s oil addiction, reduce our reliance on coal, protect endangered forests and Indigenous rights, and stop destructive investments around the world. *** |
www.rainforest-alliance.org |
Rainforest Alliance works to conserve biodiversity and ensure sustainable livelihoods by transforming land-use practices, business practices and consumer behavior. *** |
www.worldwildlife.org |
World Wildlife's Rainforest site and initiative to protect the Amazon's rainforests by eliminating deforestation of the Brazilian Amazon by 2015. |
www.wrm.org.uy |
World Rainforest Movement is an international network of citizens' groups of North and South involved in efforts to defend the world's rainforests. Some of their programs include- Network against Monoculture Tree Plantations, Stop GE Trees and the Carbon Sinks Watch. |
www.savetherainforest.org |
Save the Rainforest Old Site. Not updated, but some good info here. |
www.amazonwatch.org |
Amazon Watch works to protect the rainforest and advance the rights of indigenous peoples in the Amazon Basin. We partner with indigenous and environmental organizations in campaigns for human rights, corporate accountability and the preservation of the Amazon's ecological systems. |
www.rainforestsos.org |
The Prince’s Rainforests Project works with governments, businesses and non-profit organisations around the world to find solutions to deforestation. Their two aims: to raise awareness of the damaging effects of deforestation, and second to identify appropriate incentives that will encourage rainforest nations to stop burning down vast areas of valuable trees. |
www.amazonconservation.org |
Amazon Conservation Association a nonprofit organization that is active in Peru and Bolivia with a mission to conserve the biological diversity of the Amazon. |
www.rainforestweb.org |
Rainforestweb- information about rainforests. Created by Rainforest Action Network and offers a comprehensive and informative view of the state of our world's rainforests through postings and many links. |
academic.evergreen.edu |
International Canopy Network (ICAN), non-profit, is devoted to facilitating the continuing interaction of people concerned with forest canopies and forest ecosystems around the world. Interesting outreach projects ! |
www.rainforestkid.com |
Rainforestkid.com is a project to raise funds to help support the Children's Eternal Rainforest in Costa Rica. The funds are used for programs such as reforestation, environmental education, protection, and scientific research. |
rainforests.mongabay.com |
Mongabay Bay. The rainforest section of mongabay.com is based on A Place Out of Time: Tropical Rainforests - Their Wonders and the Perils They Face, a project by Rhett Ayers Butler. Lots of Rainforest info here. |
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