Forests.org: South America Links (XML/RSS)
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Amazonia editor's pick popular
http://www.amazonia.org.br/english/
(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
Soy Expansion and its Violent Attack on Local and Indigenous Communities in Paraguay editor's pick
http://www.ramshorn.ca/PARAGUAY_REPORT.pdf#search=%22ABC%20sustainable%20soy%22
(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
Amazon Conservation Team, The popular
(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
(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 updated
(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/
(3 votes)
acquires and protects strategic and invaluable forestlands
Added: Jan. 13, 2001 | Rate It
Andean Botanical Information System popular
(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/
(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/
(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/
(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
(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/index.en.htm
(1 vote)
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/
(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
(2 votes)
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)
(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.cabeceras.org/cabecerasindex.htm
(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
CREES (Research & Education Center in the Jungle)
(9 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)
(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/
(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
(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
(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
Green Progress - Sustainable Rural Development & Reforestation in Ecuador
facilitates reforestation and sustainable rural development in an agricultural area of extreme poverty including over 200 communities in the foothills of the Western Andes in Ecuador
Added: Jun. 22, 2008 | Rate It
Hidrovia Canal Plan and Environment (HIDROVIA Case) updated
http://www1.american.edu/TED/hidrovia.htm
discusses the proposed waterway to link the heart of South America with the Atlantic Ocean, but potentially ruining the Pantanal, the world's largest wetland
Added: Feb. 10, 2001 | Rate It
