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Tropical Forest Margins - Alternatives to Slash-and-Burn (ASB) editor's pick popular

http://www.asb.cgiar.org/

8 out of 10 stars (4 votes)

working across the world’s tropical forest margins to raise the productivity and income of poor rural households without increasing deforestation or undermining essential environmental services
Added: Aug. 05, 2004 | Rate It

coolforests.org editor's pick updated

http://www.coolforests.org/

dedicated to highlighting the importance of preserving Australia's old forests in the fight against global warming
Added: Sep. 16, 2007 | Rate It

Carving up the Congo Report new

http://www.greenpeace.org/international/campaigns/forests/africa/congo-report

4 out of 10 stars (1 vote)

Greenpeace exposes that logging in the Congo rainforest is out of control, falls short of calling for an end to industrial logging in Congo's ancient primary rainforest (pdf)
Added: Apr. 01, 2008 | Rate It

The Demon in Democracy - Zeitgeist in the Forest new

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=24XnEswKnBQ

a short documentary on a water crisis in the Yarra Ranges, Australia
Added: Apr. 07, 2008 | Rate It

Central African Regional Program for the Environment popular

http://carpe.umd.edu/

5 out of 10 stars (4 votes)

addresses the issues of deforestation and biodiversity loss in the Congo Basin forest zone
Added: Jan. 31, 2001 | Rate It

Landsat NASA Pathfinder Humid Tropical Deforestation Project popular

http://www.geog.umd.edu/tropical/

4 out of 10 stars (6 votes)

maps global deforestation in the humid tropics, focusing on the Amazon Basin, Central Africa, and Southeast Asia
Added: Feb. 04, 2001 | Rate It

National Geographic: Eye in the Sky - Deforestation and Desertification popular

http://www.nationalgeographic.com/eye/deforestation/deforestation.html

6 out of 10 stars (6 votes)

an interactive site from National Geographic which includes photos, causes, and impacts of deforestation and desertification
Added: Oct. 13, 2001 | Rate It

New Forests Project popular

http://www.newforestsproject.com/

4 out of 10 stars (3 votes)

effort to initiate reforestation and reduce deforestation in "developing countries" by providing training and materials necessary to begin successful reforestation projects
Added: Feb. 01, 2001 | Rate It

Tropical Forest Conservation and Development: A Bibliography popular

http://forestry.lib.umn.edu/bib/trps.phtml

4 out of 10 stars (4 votes)

a searchable subject index of tropical forest resources, deforestation, conservation, indigenous peoples, management, policy and other tropical forest related topics
Added: Jan. 26, 2001 | Rate It

Underlying causes of deforestation popular

http://www.wrm.org.uy/deforestation/indirect.html

5 out of 10 stars (4 votes)

analysis and articles published in the World Rainforest Movement bulletin; including unsustainable agriculture, land tenure policies, consumption and the role of the military
Added: Feb. 24, 2001 | Rate It

Easter Island updated

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FuIxDMj3DNA

music video recounts the history of the Polynesian tribes who settled this remote island about one thousand years ago and the destruction they inflicted on themselves through abuse of their environment
Added: Feb. 20, 2008 | Rate It

Ecoforestry Institute Society

http://www.ecoforestry.ca

10 out of 10 stars (1 vote)

dedicated to promoting ecologically, socially and economically responsible forest use that maintains and restores the complexity and diversity of our forests
Added: Jan. 28, 2005 | Rate It

Forest Service Employees for Environmental Ethics

http://www.fseee.org/

5 out of 10 stars (2 votes)

provides news and information on forest management, issues affecting the Forest Service, and a point of dialogue for environmentally responsible forestry
Added: Apr. 14, 2005 | Rate It

Generating Carbon Finance by Maintaining Forest Benefits

http://journals.royalsociety.org/content/kq13503333tqvk62/fulltext.pdf

scientific journal article suggesting that trading credits for reducing emissions from deforestation is economically feasible (pdf)
Added: Mar. 03, 2008 | Rate It

Global Forest Resources Assessment 2005 updated

http://www.fao.org/forestry/site/fra2005/en/0/

5 out of 10 stars (4 votes)

report by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations which evaluates current status and recent trends in global forest extent, condition, use and value
Added: Nov. 17, 2005 | Rate It

Zero Deforestation

http://www.zero-deforestation.org/index-english.php

10 out of 10 stars (1 vote)

the Shiwiar Indians from Ecuador Amazonian territories call for Restitution and Preservation for their ancestral heritage, and for zero deforestation
Added: Nov. 24, 2007 | Rate It

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