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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

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

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

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)

presents the Man and the Biosphere Program which aims to set a scientific basis for the improvement of the relationships between people and their environment globally by proposing an interdisciplinary research agenda and capacity building that target the ecological, social and economic dimensions of biodiversity loss and the reduction of this loss

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

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

provides documents describing the development of standards that can be used by governments, NGOs, financing agencies and other stakeholders to design and implement REDD and other forest carbon programs

a report that describes a framework for evaluating the various rainforest protection methods used by non-governmental organizations around the world (pdf)

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

works with people to improve livelihoods and restore degraded lands to sustainable productivity through planting beneficial trees

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