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coolforests.org editor's pick popular

http://www.coolforests.org/

1 out of 10 stars (1 vote)

dedicated to highlighting the importance of preserving Australia's old forests in the fight against global warming

Added: Sep. 16, 2007 | Rate It

Partnership for the 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

Biomass Sustainability and Carbon Policy Study editor's pick

http://www.mass.gov/?pageID=eoeeaterminal&L=4&L0=Home&L1=Energy%2c+Utilities+%26+Clean+Technologies&L2=Renewable+Energy&L3=Biomass&sid=Eoeea&b=terminalcontent&f=doer_arra_bscps&csid=Eoeea

the Massachusetts Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs provides access to a white paper about the effects of biomass energy on the state's environment and economy

Added: Jun. 24, 2010 | Rate It

Little REDD Book, The editor's pick

http://www.globalcanopy.org/main.php?m=5&sm=24&ssm=65&sssm=147

a guide by the Forest Canopy Programme to aid understanding of the UN mechanism for Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation (REDD) and halting deforestation in developing countries

Added: Dec. 19, 2008 | Rate It

Moving Ahead with REDD editor's pick

http://www.cifor.cgiar.org/publications/pdf_files/Books/BAngelsen0801.pdf

online book exploring issues associated with the complex process of implementing Reduced Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD) (pdf)

Added: Dec. 19, 2008 | Rate It

REDD-Monitor editor's pick

http://www.redd-monitor.org/

provides analysis, opinions, news and views about Reduced Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD) whereby carbon markets promote forest protection

Added: Oct. 28, 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 (7 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.org/nfp/en/index.html

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

Armenia Tree Project

http://www.armeniatree.org/

conducts vitally important environmental projects in Armenia's impoverished and deforested zones

Added: Feb. 19, 2009 | Rate It

Carbon Positive

http://www.carbonpositive.net/viewarticle.aspx?articleID=2183

provides access to a guide for managing REDD+ projects

Added: Dec. 10, 2010 | Rate It

Carbon, Biodiversity & Ecosystem Services: Exploring Co-benefits

http://www.carbon-biodiversity.net/

describes added benefits to the environment as a result of instituting deforestation reduction measures

Added: Jun. 28, 2011 | Rate It

Climate and Deforestation

http://www.foei.org/en/resources/publications/forests-and-biodiversity/2008/redd-myths

a critical review, by Friends of the Earth, of proposed mechanisms for reducing emissions from deforestation and degradation (REDD) in developing countries (pdf)

Added: Dec. 14, 2008 | Rate It

Easter Island

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

Global Forest Resources Assessment 2005

http://www.fao.org/forestry/fra/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 of and recent trends in global forest extent, condition, use and value

Added: Nov. 17, 2005 | Rate It