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Soy Expansion and its Violent Attack on Local and Indigenous Communities in Paraguay new editor's pick

http://www.ramshorn.ca/PARAGUAY_REPORT.pdf#search=%22ABC%20sustainable%20soy%22

1 out of 10 stars (1 vote)

report details the environmental destruction which results from soy monocultures in Paraguay, as well as human rights abuses against local and indigenous people, and also provides a critique of the Round Table for Sustainable Soy model promoted by WWF (pdf)
Added: Apr. 01, 2008 | Rate It

Amazonia editor's pick popular

http://www.amazonia.org.br/english/

10 out of 10 stars (1 vote)

provides information on the Amazon region and its environment, compiled by Friends of the Earth - Amazonia Program
Added: Feb. 08, 2001 | Rate It

Amazon Conservation Team, The popular

http://www.ethnobotany.org/

6 out of 10 stars (3 votes)

pioneers new conservation strategies by combining indigenous knowledge with Western science to understand, document and preserve the biological and cultural diversity of the Amazon
Added: Feb. 05, 2001 | Rate It

Amazon Interactive popular

http://www.eduweb.com/amazon.html

4 out of 10 stars (7 votes)

learn about the rainforest, the Quichua people and the geography of the Ecuadorian Amazon through online games and activities; includes and ecotourism simulation game
Added: Mar. 23, 2001 | Rate It

Amazon Watch popular

http://www.amazonwatch.org/

5 out of 10 stars (9 votes)

works with indigenous and environmental organizations in the Amazon Basin to advance indigenous peoples' rights and defend the environment from large-scale industrial development
Added: Jan. 12, 2001 | Rate It

Ancient Forest International popular

http://www.ancientforests.org/

9 out of 10 stars (3 votes)

acquires and protects strategic and invaluable forestlands
Added: Jan. 13, 2001 | Rate It

Andean Botanical Information System popular

http://www.sacha.org/

10 out of 10 stars (2 votes)

provides information concerning the floristic and systematic investigations of the flowering plants of Andean South America
Added: Feb. 08, 2001 | Rate It

Gondwana Forests Sanctuary popular

http://www.nativeforest.org/campaigns/gondwana/

6 out of 10 stars (2 votes)

the Native Forest Network seeks to protect and restore the life of Gondwana by creating an international sanctuary of the Earth's southernmost forests in South America, Australia, New Zealand and elsewhere
Added: Jul. 29, 2001 | Rate It

Journey Into Amazonia popular

http://www.pbs.org/journeyintoamazonia/

9 out of 10 stars (2 votes)

a well designed overview covering the region's flora and fauna, the life in the forest canopy, the waterways and other aspects of the Amazon rainforest, this PBS website also includes teaching resources
Added: Mar. 17, 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

South America -- regional forest information popular

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

10 out of 10 stars (2 votes)

maps and information regarding South America's forest types by UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre
Added: Feb. 25, 2001 | Rate It

Amazonia

http://www.amazonia.org/

research in sustainable development, biodiversity, conservation, ecology, and permaculture in the Xixua -Xiparinã Reserve, the Jauaperí Region and Amazonia in general
Added: Jan. 26, 2001 | Rate It

Amazonia News

http://www.amazonia.org.br/english/noticias/

5 out of 10 stars (2 votes)

makes breaking news regarding natural resource management in the Amazon region available to the public, compiled by Friends of the Earth - Amazonia Program
Added: Feb. 08, 2001 | Rate It

APECA Peru

http://www.apecaperu.org/english.html

10 out of 10 stars (1 vote)

dedicated to the promotion of Education and Conservation in the Peruvian Amazon rain forest
Added: Aug. 16, 2001 | Rate It

Biodiversity & Environmental Resource Data System of Belize (BERDS)

http://www.biodiversity.bz.

10 out of 10 stars (2 votes)

a comprehensive biodiversity and environmental data warehouse and research system built to enhance collaborative research and conservation efforts in Belize
Added: Aug. 31, 2005 | Rate It

Cabeceras Aid Project

http://www.onr.com/cabeceras/

10 out of 10 stars (1 vote)

provides humanitarian aid to geographically isolated indigenous peoples of the Amazon Basin
Added: Feb. 08, 2001 | Rate It

Chile's Forests in Brief

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

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

Coffee, Conservation, and Commerce in the Western Hemisphere

http://www.nrdc.org/health/farming/ccc/cptinx.asp

how individuals and institutions can promote ecologically sound farming and forest management in Latin America by the Natural Resources Defense Council and the Smithsonian Migratory Bird Cente
Added: Mar. 08, 2001 | Rate It

CREES (Research & Education Center in the Jungle)

http://www.crees-manu.org

8 out of 10 stars (8 votes)

a Peruvian group that designs, develops and implements education and research programmes that promote improved sustainable natural resource management practices and co-operative conservation strategies in tropical environments
Added: Jul. 25, 2005 | Rate It

Defensa y Conservacion Ecolgica de Intag (DECOIN)

http://www.decoin.org/

7 out of 10 stars (3 votes)

battles what they see as the greatest threat to the forests in Ecuador: mining companies that have thousands of acres of government-granted concessions
Added: Feb. 06, 2001 | Rate It

Eye on the Rainforest

http://www.eyeontherainforest.org/

9 out of 10 stars (10 votes)

researchs and demonstrates the economic use of rain forest land using methods that do not destroy the forest ecology
Added: May. 21, 2006 | Rate It

Fundacion Jatun Sacha

http://www.jatunsacha.org/sub1sub2_regiones.php?id_menu=3

7 out of 10 stars (3 votes)

dedicated to the conservation, investigation, management of ecologically important habitats, and environmental education and community development, in Ecuador
Added: Feb. 01, 2001 | Rate It

Fundacion ProAves

http://www.proaves.org/sommaire.php?lang=en

seeks to protect birds of conservation concern and their habitats across Colombia through research, direct conservation action and community outreach
Added: Dec. 23, 2007 | Rate It

Fundacion Zoobreviven

http://www.zoobreviven.org

7 out of 10 stars (3 votes)

works to preserve cloud forests in Ecuador in the Alto Choco bioregion near Quito by offering community projects that teach the sustainable us of natural resources
Added: Mar. 11, 2004 | Rate It

Guiana Shield Media Project

http://www.gsmp.org/ENGLISH/INDEX-UK.HTM

produces information about environmental issues in the Guiana Shield territory; a geologically ancient, biologically rich and culturally important area
Added: Jan. 20, 2001 | Rate It
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