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- SmartWood - Provides independent, objective evaluation of forest management practices, forest products, timber sources and companies, enabling the public to identify products and practices that do not destroy forests. Certification and use of the SmartWood label provides a commercial incentive for forest managers to adopt sustainable forestry practices.
- Alaska Rainforest Campaign - Coalition of regional and national environmental groups working to protect and restore the last great expanse of temperate rain forest in North America. Site includes information about forests and rainforests.
- The Rainforest Alliance - An international nonprofit organization dedicated to the conservation of tropical forests. Their mission is to develop and promote economically viable and socially desirable alternatives to rainforest destruction through education, research and cooperative partnerships with businesses, governments and local peoples.
- Forests Conservation Archives and Portal - Rainforest, Forest and Biodiversity Conservation News and Information.
- Resources for the Future Library: Forests - Research articles (PDF format) on forest policy and economics. Sample topics include global timber supply and markets; climate, El Nino and eastern U.S. forests; potential for carbon forest plantations; and achieving sustainable forestry through international agreements.
- The Native Forests of New Zealand - Learn about the various types and distinctive character of native forests in New Zealand; their unbroken lineage to the ancient forests of Gondwana and the impact of human activity on these forests. Includes images, references, links and books.
- Amazon Rainforest - Information about the amazon rainforest, its people, places of interest, and how everyone can help the rainforest.
- Russian Forests - This English language site gives an overview of Russian forests, and the threats facing them. 22% of the world's forests are in Russia.
- 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.
- Iwokrama International Centre for Rain Forest Conservation and Development - An autonomous international rain forest conservation, research and development organisation based in Guyana. It is set up to demonstrate how tropical forests can be sustainably managed and the biodiversity conserved. Activities in forest ecology, wildlife management, adventure tourism, carbon sequestration, participatory approaches and the use of technology such as GIS in decision making.
Wikipedia Articles
- Sri Lanka mountain rain forests - Sri lankan mountain rainforests are found above 1000 m in the central Sri Lanka mountain range. These forests once covered more than 8000 square km but now only 8% remains .
- Scandinavian coastal conifer forests - This forest is one of the last remaining conifer rainforests in Europe (No: Kystgranskog).
- Rainforest - Rainforests, or rain forests, are forests characterized by high rainfall, with definitions setting minimum normal annual rainfall between 1750 mm and 2000 mm (68 inches to 78 inches).
- Hoffmann's Two-toed Sloth - The Hoffmann's Two-toed Sloth, Choloepus hoffmanni, is a species of sloth from Central and South America. It is a solitary nocturnal and arboreal animal, found in mature and secondary rainforests and deciduous forests.
- Liana - A liana is a woody climber that starts at ground level, and uses trees to climb up to the canopy where it spreads from tree to tree to get as much light as possible. Lianas are especially characteristic of tropical moist deciduous forests and rainforests.