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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 Cattle Footprint editor's pick

http://www.greenpeace.org/raw/content/international/press/reports/amazon-cattle-footprint-mato.pdf

a Greenpeace report that discusses the relationship between cattle ranching and deforestation in Brazil (pdf)

Added: Feb. 03, 2009 | Rate It

Borneo Orangutan Survival Foundation UK editor's pick updated

http://www.savetheorangutan.co.uk/index.php

9 out of 10 stars (22 votes)

U.K. branch of the Balikpapan Orangutan Survival Foundation works to protect the orangutan in its natural habitat, and to promote its long-term welfare in Indonesia

Added: Oct. 19, 2006 | Rate It

Environment Outlook in Amazonia editor's pick

http://www.unep.org/pdf/GEOAMAZONIA.pdf

report provides a complete and integrated assessment of the globally significant ecosystem of the Amazon Basin (pdf)

Added: Mar. 09, 2009 | Rate It

Human Pressure on the Brazilian Amazon Forests editor's pick

http://www.wri.org/publication/human-pressure-brazilian-amazon-forests

9 out of 10 stars (1 vote)

a report from the World Resources Institute which compiles and analyzes a comprehensive set of geospatial indicators of human activities that lead to forest degradation and conversion

Added: May. 21, 2006 | 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

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 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

UFZ Centre for Environmental Research new

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

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 (6 votes)

an interactive site from National Geographic which includes photos, causes, and impacts of deforestation and desertification

Added: Oct. 13, 2001 | Rate It

Carving up the Congo Report

http://www.greenpeace.org/international/campaigns/forests/africa/congo-report

4 out of 10 stars (1 vote)

Greenpeace exposes that logging in the Congo rainforest is out of control, falls short of calling for an end to industrial logging in Congo's ancient primary rainforest (pdf)

Added: Apr. 01, 2008 | Rate It

Climate and Deforestation

http://www.foei.org/en/publications/pdfs/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

Cutting Corners

http://www.fern.org/media/documents/document_4312_4313.pdf

this report by Forests and the European Resource Network (FERN) assesses the effectiveness of country plans for reducing deforestation and how these plans meet the needs of indigenous peoples (pdf)

Added: Dec. 19, 2008 | Rate It

Deforestation Mapping Group

http://www.geog.umd.edu/tropical/africa.html

6 out of 10 stars (2 votes)

focusing on the three regions where most of the tropical deforestation in the world has occurred - the Amazon Basin, Central Africa, and Southeast Asia

Added: Nov. 19, 2004 | Rate It