current, hard-hitting action alerts that allow you to participate in saving rainforests

a declaration calling on world governments to take urgent action on deforestation in the tropics and sub-tropics; such deforestation causes 18-25% of global carbon emissions, which is more than the world’s entire transport industry

a collective of senior, conservation professionals, profoundly committed to preventing species extinctions; providing a ratings service of projects that protect existing habitats or restore degraded ones and seeking to connect individual donors to NGOs directly

seeks to protect ecosystems and the people and wildlife that depend on them by transforming land-use practices, business practices and consumer behavior; specializes in certifying tropical products

works to harness market forces toward halting tropical deforestation through innovative public and private sector partnerships

report from Rainforest Foundation discussing case studies where tropical rainforest zoning practices have favored timber companies over long term sustainability (pdf)

researchs and demonstrates the economic use of rain forest land using methods that do not destroy the forest ecology

organises and pursues community-based conservation projects; aiming to preserve biodiversity in key areas by promoting a long-term conservation process that integrates development, environmental education and research

fosters policies, technical capacity-building, research, networking, education and international cooperation in the fields of water, ecological and earth sciences for enhancing societal responses

an effort by the Nature Conservancy to plant trees and restore native forests in the biodiversity rich and much threatened Brazilian Atlantic Forest

promotes a regenerative agriculture system using alley cropping with Inga trees as an alternative to intensive slash-and-burn techniques which destroy rainforests

a European Commission (EC) funded initiative providing small grants to enable civil society organizations at country level to implement small forest related projects, which promote sustainable forest use by local stakeholders

a large scale research program that uses a holistic interdisciplinary scientific approach to investigate policies and socio-economic and ecological determinants that stabilize or threaten tropical forest margins

seeks to conserve the World's tropical forests and other biologically important habitats that are threatened by destruction by purchasing land and by initiating sustainable development projects