Open Directory - Science: Environment: Forests and Rainforests
See also: - A world rainforest information portal with well organized links and descriptions of thousands of rainforest related websites. Plus rainforest news, and actions. - Multi-disciplinary project sponsored by the European Community which aims to investigate and document the future of the peoples of the rainforest. Involves over 30 researchers in the Caribbean, central Africa and the southwestern Pacific. Site is for the use of anthropologists and others to promote wider access to information concerning the earth's rainforests and its people. - Information about this rainforest, its people, places of interest, and how everyone can help maintain it. - Information and research about Ontario's remaining old-growth forest ecosystems, including where to see them and how to help conserve them. - 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). - The Maine Forest Service, shares your vision for beautiful, healthy and productive woodland. We respect your decisions, and can help put your decisions into action. - Scientific review disseminating knowledge on tropical forest in French, English and Spanish. - An official government site about forest policy in British Columbia. Site also includes facts and data. - Guide to the native trees of Britain, plus links to other web resources on forestry and conservation of British Native trees, including forest conservation organizations. - Guide to the Daintree region of Tropical North Queensland, Australia. Covers threats, ecological and Aboriginal history, flora and fauna, climate and news. - 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. - California forest inventory data, GIS. - Carrifran Wildwood Project-begun on January 1st, 2000- is recreating an ancient woodland in 1600 acres of Southern Scottish upland valley - 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. - Fosters research and public education. Features list of projects, information on workshops, funding opportunities and contacts. - United Nations, Forests and forestry global portal. - Describes issues facing forests today. Aimed at 11-14 year olds studying for Keystage 3. - Bulletin Board on Forestry and the Environment. Forums on Environment, Land Use, Technology, Forestry, Funding, Research, Deforestation, policy, Economics, Poverty, Modeling, News ,Books, etc.. - 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. - Contributes to the debate about sustainable forest management by collating and disseminating information on companies operating in the forestry sector around the world. - Information about rainforest reserves in Ecuador. - Contains reports on certification, sustainable forest management, silviculture, zoning, mangroves and social aspects of forestry based on the Guyana experience. - 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. - Research in sustainable management, ecology and conservation of the Atlantic Brazilian Rainforest. - 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. - Las Nubes Neotropical Research and Conservation Center is located in southern Costa Rica. It is a joint project of the Faculty of Environmental Studies of York University in Toronto and the Tropical Science Center in San Jose. Its objectives are biodiversity protection, local community development, and environmental education. - Project to restore a tropical rainforest in Sri Lanka in a scientific manner, through the active support and involvement of local communities. Provides information on the project, programs, biodiversity and eco-tourism. - The Mamirau Project in Brazil, a non-profit NGO combining research and sustainable development. - Restoring Europe's ancient woods, heaths, wetlands and associated wildlife. Project based in the New Forest, Hampshire England. - Site promoting the sustainable development and enjoyment of NTFPs, including databases of businesses and information resources. - FPEG seeks to inform the processes of policy change in tropical forestry in ways which improve the livelihoods and well-being of the forest-dependent poor, whilst also securing the long-term future of forest resources. - Promotes an internationally credible framework for forest certification schemes and initiatives in European countries. - Provides video clips telling the rainforest story and provides information on the Paradise Earth Project, a tropical rainforest habitat, educational center, and conference facility in Arizona. - Research on insects and their relationship to plants of the rainforests of Papua New Guinea. - A private rainforest preserve in Costa Rica. - 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. - Resource database of rainforest plants including medicinal properties, preservation options, articles, and clinical trial data. - The Royal Forestry Society is based in the UK and caters for all who care about forestry, forests, woodlands and trees, their husbandry and their future. - This English language site gives an overview of Russian forests, and the threats facing them. 22% of the world's forests are in Russia. - Educational site explaining that rainforests are the lungs of the world and are being destroyed at an alarming rate, and asking what we can do about it. - A multi-agency evaluation of the status of forest resources of the southern U.S., their productivity, ecological diversity and sustainability. Led by the USDA Forest Service. - Information on conservation and the ethnographic and social features of the Sundarbans virgin forest region, Bangladesh. - Describes the controversy about conservation-enhancing sustainable forest management in the beech and rimu forests of West Coast New Zealand. Contains prime scientific papers, letters to politicians, Press Releases, links to other sites. - A network linking community forestry groups from across North America with consumers interested in sustainably sourced products and with woodland owners seeking to manage their land better. - Provides material that largely supports a proposal to sustainably manage beech forests on 0.1 million hectares in New Zealand. - About the First Spanish-Tropical Forest Biology-Archeology Workshop, in Guatemala in 1995. Site has information about rainforests and interactions of culture and environment. - Brief information on the CELOS Forest Management System, Wood technology research and Forest Classification; based in Suriname. - 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. - Protect a piece of Rain Forest for free. - Biological reserve, visitor facilities and lodge offering tropical science education, founded by the Milwaukee Public Museum. Also includes photo gallery. - A Scottish conservation charity dedicated to the regeneration and restoration of the Caledonian Forest in the Highlands of Scotland - International tree planting project, working through education around the world. - Blog discussing tree biology and plant science in a human-dominated world. - Tropical forest research for nature conservation and sustainable use of rain forests in Cameroon, Colombia, Guyana, Ghana, Indonesia, Ivory Coast, Vietnam. - Tropical forest research for nature conservation and sustainable use of rain forests in Cameroon, Colombia, Guyana, Ghana, Indonesia, Ivory Coast, Vietnam - Conservation and development information on commercial, recreational, and subsistence extraction of non-timber forest products (NTFP) in the United States with regards to cultural, ecological, economic, geographic, and political considerations. - An online resource for identification of specimens of tree species of the Guianas that are considered to be able to reach sizes over 10 cm DBH. Contains over 4000 specimens digitized at the Utrecht Herbarium and organised by genus and family (under APG-1 classification). - The Network is committed to producing and purchasing forest products from well-managed forests and to supporting independent certification. - Organization dedicated to purchasing environmentally sensitive land, planting trees, and making the land wild again. - This is a clearinghouse for techniques to reduce wood consumption and alternatives to virgin forest products, such as recycled, kenaf, hemp, agricultural residues and other biobased products. - Scientific research projects on socio-economic and cultural aspects of forest use in tropical forests. - An international consortium of governments, private foundations, and development banks created to develop a network of harvest centers in the developing world. Purpose of group is to help restore soil fertility, create commercial cultivation, use trees to enhance the environment and support research in this area. Page gives news and list of projects. - FFI is a five year, multi-disciplinary effort to promote stewardship in and around the world's last major frontier forests by influencing investment, policy, and public opinion. - Journal article discusses current status of low-access forests and possible threats to some of them in the near future. Includes abstracts. (January 01, 2002)
