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Canadian Boreal Initiative editor's pick popular

http://www.borealcanada.ca/index-e.php

1 out of 10 stars (1 vote)

works with conservationists, First Nations, industry and others to link science, policy and conservation activities in Canada's boreal region

Added: Dec. 07, 2004 | Rate It

Obama2Canada editor's pick

http://www.obama2canada.org/

advocates action to prevent Canadian tar sand development from being sheltered from the greenhouse gas emission reductions to which other energy production are subjected

Added: Feb. 11, 2009 | Rate It

Boreal Ecosystem-Atmosphere Study (BOREAS) popular

http://daac.ornl.gov/BOREAS/boreas_home_page.html

4 out of 10 stars (10 votes)

an intensive remote-sensing and field study in the northern boreal forests of Canada, investigating exchanges of energy, water, heat, CO2, and trace gases between the boreal forest and the atmosphere

Added: Feb. 08, 2001 | Rate It

Boreal Forest Network popular

http://www.borealnet.org/main.html

7 out of 10 stars (7 votes)

works for protection, restoration and the sustainable use of the boreal forest throughout the globe, the North American affiliate of the Taiga Rescue Network

Added: Feb. 11, 2001 | Rate It

Europe -- regional forest information popular

http://www.unep-wcmc.org/forest/eur_region.htm

2 out of 10 stars (2 votes)

maps and information regarding Europe's forest types by UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre

Added: Feb. 25, 2001 | Rate It

Far East Asia -- regional forest information popular

http://www.unep-wcmc.org/forest/fet_region.htm

5 out of 10 stars (2 votes)

maps and information regarding forest types in Far East Asia by UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre

Added: Feb. 25, 2001 | Rate It

North America -- regional forest information popular

http://www.unep-wcmc.org/forest/nam_region.htm

6 out of 10 stars (4 votes)

maps and information regarding North America's forest types by UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre

Added: Feb. 25, 2001 | Rate It

Taiga Biome, The popular

http://www.mbgnet.net/sets/taiga/index.htm

7 out of 10 stars (3 votes)

general background information regarding taiga (boreal) biomes, part of Missouri Botanical Garden's biomes of the World program for kids

Added: Feb. 08, 2001 | Rate It

Taiga Photo Gallery popular

http://www.taiga.org/

6 out of 10 stars (5 votes)

photographs capturing the nature of boreal forests during spring, summer, fall, and winter

Added: Mar. 23, 2001 | Rate It

Temperate and Boreal Forests and Protected Areas popular

http://www.unep-wcmc.org/forest/boreal/

6 out of 10 stars (6 votes)

a set of maps produced by the UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre that shows forests and protected areas in eleven different temperate and boreal forest regions

Added: Feb. 25, 2001 | Rate It

Alberta Centre for Boreal Studies, The updated

http://www.borealcentre.ca/

1 out of 10 stars (1 vote)

provides information to the public about the ecology and management of boreal forests in western Canada

Added: Jun. 01, 2004 | Rate It

Boreal Songbird Initiative

http://www.borealbirds.org/

a network of groups dedicated to educating birdwatchers and naturalists throughout the United States about the importance of the boreal forest to migratory birds

Added: Oct. 27, 2004 | Rate It

Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society

http://www.cpaws-southernalberta.org/

8 out of 10 stars (4 votes)

Calgary/Banff Chapter works to preserves the integrity of Alberta's parks and wilderness

Added: Feb. 01, 2001 | Rate It

Greenpeace Russia

http://www.greenpeace.org/russia/en/

10 out of 10 stars (1 vote)

Russian office of this global environmental organization - including major forest protection campaign

Added: May. 12, 2004 | Rate It

International Boreal Conservation Campaign

http://interboreal.org/

an initiative of The Pew Charitable Trusts dedicated to public education and advocacy on behalf of protection of the world's boreal forests, with a special focus on the Canadian Boreal Forest

Added: Feb. 03, 2009 | Rate It

supports establishment of protected areas in Manitoba, with a special focus on our boreal forest regions, and provides regional, national, and international climate change, forest protection, and land use planning information

Added: Jul. 20, 2007 | Rate It

Russian Federation -- regional forest information

http://www.unep-wcmc.org/forest/rus_region.htm

1 out of 10 stars (1 vote)

maps and information regarding Russia's forest types by UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre

Added: Feb. 25, 2001 | Rate It

Saskatchewan Environmental Society

http://www.environmentalsociety.ca/

1 out of 10 stars (1 vote)

committed to maintaining the integrity of Saskatchewan's forests, farmlands and natural prairie landscapes and building sustainable communities including promoting renewable energy

Added: Feb. 11, 2001 | Rate It

Save Ontario's Species

http://www.environmentaldefence.ca/sos/

a campaign by Environmental Defence calling on the provincial government to live up to its commitment to renew Ontario's outdated Endangered Species Act in order to avoid a province-wide extinction crisis

Added: Mar. 02, 2006 | Rate It

Survey of Illegal Forest Felling Activities in Russia

http://www.forest.ru/eng/publications/illegal/

8 out of 10 stars (5 votes)

the Russian NGO forest club summerizes data on illegal forest felling operations in violation of forestry legislation, and the forms and methods of illegal cutting

Added: Feb. 24, 2001 | Rate It

Taiga Biological Station

http://www.wilds.mb.ca/taiga/

research station of the University of Manitoba, Canada, dedicated to the study of the organisms of the taiga (the northern coniferous forest or "boreal forest") and their ecology

Added: Dec. 16, 2001 | Rate It