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Deforestation in the Amazon 2004 editor's pick popular

http://www.mongabay.com/brazil.html

7 out of 10 stars (12 votes)

concise overview of the extent of Amazonian destruction, its causes and what can be done
Added: Jun. 22, 2004 | Rate It

Amazon Rainforest popular

http://www.amazon-rainforest.org

9 out of 10 stars (19 votes)

information about the Amazon rain forest, its people, places of interest, and how you can help the rainforest
Added: Jan. 02, 2005 | Rate It

Brazil Gold Mining and Environment popular

http://www1.american.edu/TED/bragold.htm

4 out of 10 stars (10 votes)

a case study which investigates the environmental and social impacts of gold production in the Amazon region, from the American University's Trade and Environment Database
Added: Feb. 12, 2001 | Rate It

Brazil's Forests in Brief popular

http://www.globalforestwatch.org/english/brazil/index.htm

7 out of 10 stars (5 votes)

Global Forest Watch provides general information
Added: Jan. 13, 2001 | Rate It

2010 Amazon Drought, the

http://www.sciencemag.org/content/331/6017/554.abstract

a Science Magazine article that analyzes satellite data to compare the effects of the 2005 drought to the 2010 drought
Added: Jul. 19, 2011 | Rate It

Amazonian Indians Native Tribes Photos and Videos

http://www.amazon-indians.org/

8 out of 10 stars (1 vote)

provides photos, videos and maps of native indigenous people from the cultures of Amazon native tribes from the South American Amazon River Basin
Added: May. 12, 2007 | Rate It

Chico Mendes

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chico_Mendes

a Wikipedia article about Chico Mendes, a Brazilian labor leader concerned about the rubber plantation workers and the Amazonian forests, who was killed for his activist role
Added: Jan. 04, 2009 | Rate It

Greenpeace: Amazon Crimes File

http://activism.greenpeace.org/amazon/index.php

7 out of 10 stars (2 votes)

pictorial, text and action items regarding "a war in the Amazon jungle" being perpetuated by powerful loggers, farmers and companies
Added: Dec. 17, 2003 | Rate It

Hydroelectric Dams on the Madeira River

http://www.foei.org/en/get-involved/take-action/pdfs/RIO_MADEIRA.pdf

a report by Friends of the Earth International about the social and environmental threats posed by planned hydro-damns on the Madeira River -- the Amazon's largest tributary -- in Brazil (pdf)
Added: Apr. 01, 2008 | Rate It

Keep the Amazon Rainforest Off the Chopping Block

http://action.foe.org/campaign.jsp?campaign_KEY=5183

1 out of 10 stars (1 vote)

alert from Friends of the Earth regarding the Bush administration efforts to approve a free trade agreement that will promote harmful trade and allow large-scale illegal logging in the rainforest
Added: Oct. 06, 2006 | Rate It

Partners in mahogany crime: Amazon at the mercy of 'gentlemen's agreements'

http://archive.greenpeace.org/forests/forests_new/html/content/reports/Mahoganyweb.pdf

7 out of 10 stars (3 votes)

Greenpeace report reveals that the mahogany trade is driving the destruction of the Brazilian Amazon rainforest and is run by a corrupt industry that is undermining traditional cultures (pdf)
Added: Nov. 04, 2001 | Rate It

Plant a Billion Trees

http://www.plantabillion.org/

an effort by the Nature Conservancy to plant trees and restore native forests in the biodiversity rich and much threatened Brazilian Atlantic Forest
Added: Apr. 29, 2008 | Rate It

UFZ Centre for Environmental Research

http://www.mata-atlantica.ufz.de/biocapsp.html

a project called the Biodiversity conservation in fragmented landscapes at the Atlantic Plateau of São Paulo intends to analyze which factors determine, in fragmented landscapes, the diversity patterns and the distribution of bird, mammal and amphibian species
Added: May. 11, 2009 | Rate It

Vitae Civilis - Development, Environment and Peace

http://www.vitaecivilis.org.br/default.asp?idiomaId=2

10 out of 10 stars (1 vote)

Brazilian NGO website campaigning against deforestation, but in favor of effective climate change mitigation and environmental sustainability in general
Added: Sep. 24, 2006 | Rate It

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