Forests and Rainforests
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- Amazon Rainforest
- Information about this rainforest, its people, places of interest, and how everyone can help maintain it.
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- Ancient Forest Exploration and Research
- Information and research about Ontario's remaining old-growth forest ecosystems, including where to see them and how to help conserve them.
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- BIOTA-AFRICA
- A German-supported (mega)transect study of the Biodiversity of West Africa (Ivory Coast, Burkina Faso, Benin), East Africa (Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda), and Southern Africa (Namibia and South Africa).
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- British Columbia Ministry of Forests
- An official government site about forest policy in British Columbia. Site also includes facts and data.
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- Daintree Rainforest
- Guide to the Daintree region of Tropical North Queensland, Australia. Covers threats, ecological and Aboriginal history, flora and fauna, climate and news.
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- Decoding the Silent Lyrics of Rain Forests
- The "Tree of Life" shows that animals and plants have a common primordial ancestor. A Nigerian scientist, Philip Emeagwali, argues that the rain forests are the untapped technological gold mines of the 21st century.
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- Ecological restoration of Scottish Wildwood
- Carrifran Wildwood Project-begun on January 1st, 2000- is recreating an ancient woodland in 1600 acres of Southern Scottish upland valley
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- Economics of Forest Protection and Management
- Find out about the economics of forests in the Southern U.S. and beyond, including measuring the sustainability of forestry, valuing nonmarket benefits, estimating the response of landowners to policy and incentive programs, projecting future timber supplies, modeling land use changes and forest fragmentation, and the understanding the potentials of ecotourism and agroforestry.
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- European Tropical Forest Research Network
- Fosters research and public education. Features list of projects, information on workshops, funding opportunities and contacts.
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- Focus on Forests
- Describes issues facing forests today. Aimed at 11-14 year olds studying for Keystage 3.
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- Forest & Environment Forum
- Bulletin Board on Forestry and the Environment. Forums on Environment, Land Use, Technology, Forestry, Funding, Research, Deforestation, policy, Economics, Poverty, Modeling, News ,Books, etc..
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- Forestry in the Appalachian Hardwoods of Kentucky
- Information about forestry practice and forest conservation in this US state. Includes a sample timber cruise report, forest management workshop manual and measurements, state forest history, and ecology links.
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- Guyana Forestry Commission
- Contains reports on certification, sustainable forest management, silviculture, zoning, mangroves and social aspects of forestry based on the Guyana experience.
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- International Union of Forestry Research Organizations
- IUFRO Vienna Office site. IUFRO is a non-profit, non-governmental international network of forest scientists. Its objectives are to promote international cooperation in forestry and forest products research.
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- Jungle Photos
- Educational site with a wide range of Amazon rainforest information and hundreds of photos: animals, plants, native people, scenery, space images, conservation, travel, art, related links, news updates.
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- Non-timber Forest Products, Scotland
- Site promoting the sustainable development and enjoyment of NTFPs, including databases of businesses and information resources.
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- PEFC - Pan European Forest Council
- Promotes an internationally credible framework for forest certification schemes and initiatives in European countries.
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- Plant-It 2020 Foundation
- Founded by singer John Denver, Plant-It 2000 is a nonprofit foundation dedicated to properly planting, maintaining and protecting as many indigenous trees as possible worldwide.
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