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La Soja Mata - Soy Kills

http://www.lasojamata.org/

provides information about the direct impacts of large scale monocultures, specifically soy, on people's lives and the environment in Paraguay
Added: Oct. 30, 2008 | Rate It

Movement in the Amazon for Tribal Subsistence and Economic Sustainability (MATSES)

http://www.matses.org/

offers assistance to the Matsés indigenous communities so that this native Amazonian tribe can conserve their native culture and indigenous communal reserve in a sustainable and autonomous manner
Added: May. 12, 2007 | Rate It

Native Americans and the Environment

http://cnie.org/NAE/

articles and online resources regarding the relationship between the environment and North America's indigenous and first nations communities
Added: May. 28, 2001 | Rate It

Native Planet

http://www.nativeplanet.org/

10 out of 10 stars (1 vote)

sensitizes and educates people about native cultures, and helps promote organizations and projects assisting local communities with education, health, cultural and environmental preservation, and human rights
Added: Mar. 01, 2001 | Rate It

NativeWeb

http://www.nativeweb.org/

resources for indigenous cultures around the World
Added: Jan. 17, 2001 | Rate It

Pachamama Alliance, The

http://www.pachamama.org/

10 out of 10 stars (1 vote)

seeks to preserve the Earth's tropical rainforests by empowering the indigenous people who are its natural custodians, and to contribute a new global vision of equity and sustainability for all
Added: Feb. 06, 2001 | Rate It

People and Plants International

http://www.peopleandplants.org/

a programme of capacity-building in ethnobotany applied to conservation and the sustainable use of plant resources
Added: Jan. 10, 2005 | Rate It

Rainforest Saver

http://www.rainforestsaver.org/html/home/

9 out of 10 stars (2 votes)

promotes a regenerative agriculture system using alley cropping with Inga trees as an alternative to intensive slash-and-burn techniques which destroy rainforests
Added: May. 21, 2006 | Rate It

Shinai

http://www.shinai.org.pe/en/

5 out of 10 stars (2 votes)

works with the indigenous people of the Amazon in S.E. Peru to help secure their future and to conserve the region's stunning biodiversity
Added: Nov. 23, 2001 | Rate It

The Peoples of The World Foundation

http://www.peoplesoftheworld.org/

10 out of 10 stars (1 vote)

work with indigenous peoples to document their traditional and modern life, sponsor their education and help them adapt to the challenges they face in a changing world
Added: Nov. 08, 2004 | Rate It

Traditional Herbal & Plant Knowledge, Identifications

http://www.kstrom.net/isk/food/plants.html

ethnobotanical information regarding herbs used for teas, flavorings and foods by the Anishinaabeg people in the US
Added: Feb. 15, 2001 | Rate It

Tropical Rainforest Coalition

http://www.rainforest.org/

seeks to preserve tropical rainforest ecosystems, their indigenous people and cultures
Added: Jan. 11, 2001 | Rate It

Unahi (United Association of Higaonon tribes in Mindanao)

http://www.unahi.org/

10 out of 10 stars (2 votes)

an Indigenous Peoples organization dedicated to the protection and preservation of the largest remaining virgin rainforest in the Philippines and its inhabitants
Added: Oct. 03, 2004 | Rate It

Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization

http://www.unpo.org/

an international organization created by nations and peoples around the world, who are not represented as such in the world’s principal international organizations, such as the United Nations
Added: Mar. 01, 2001 | Rate It

Warriors of the Amazon

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/shaman/

focuses upon the Yanomami people who live in a remote part of the Amazon in forest in Venezuela, South America; supplement to a NOVA television program
Added: Mar. 23, 2001 | Rate It

Yasuni Green Gold

http://www.yasunigreengold.org/

10 out of 10 stars (1 vote)

international campaign that aims to raise awareness Ecuador's rich rainforest biodiversity and create a network of support for the conservation of the park and protection of the local people of the Yasuní
Added: Oct. 28, 2008 | Rate It

Zero Deforestation

http://en.zero-deforestation.org/index.php

10 out of 10 stars (1 vote)

the Shiwiar Indians from Ecuador Amazonian territories call for restitution and preservation for their ancestral heritage, and for zero deforestation
Added: Nov. 24, 2007 | Rate It
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