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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.

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Rainforestweb.org

- A world rainforest information portal with well organized links and descriptions of thousands of rainforest related websites. Plus rainforest news, and actions.

Trees, Climate and People - Blog discussing tree biology and plant science in a human-dominated forests and rainforests world.
The Native Forests of New Zealand - Learn about the various types and distinctive character science of native forests and rainforests forests in New Zealand; their unbroken science lineage to the ancient forests and rainforests forests of Gondwana and science the impact of human activity on forests and rainforests these forests. science Includes images, references, links and books.
Ancient Forest Exploration and Research - Information and research about Ontario\\'s remaining old-growth forest science ecosystems, including where to see them and how science to help conserve them.
Bois et forets des tropiques - Scientific review disseminating knowledge on tropical forest in French, English and Spanish.
Working group socio-economics of forest use in the tropics and subtropics - scientific research projects on socio-economic and cultural aspects environment of forest science use in tropical forests
Seek the Rainforest Path - Educational site explaining that rainforests are the lungs forests and rainforests of the world and are being destroyed at forests and rainforests an alarming rate, and asking what we can forests and rainforests do about it.
British Columbia Ministry of Forests - An official government site about forest policy in forests and rainforests forests and rainforests British Columbia. Site also includes facts and data.
Tropenbos International - Tropical forest research for nature conservation and sustainable use of science rain forests in Cameroon, Colombia, Guyana, Ghana, Indonesia, Ivory Coast, science Vietnam.
Focus on Forests - Describes issues facing forests today. Aimed at 11-14 year olds studying for Keystage 3.
Mamirau Sustainable Development Reserve - The Mamirau Project in Brazil, a non-profit NGO combining research and sustainable development.
The Rainforest Site - Protect a piece of Rain Forest for free.
Southern Forest Resource Assessment - A multi-agency evaluation of the status of forest science resources of the southern U.S., their productivity, ecological science diversity and sustainability. Led by the USDA science Forest Service.
Iracambi - Research in sustainable management, ecology and conservation of environment the Atlantic Brazilian Rainforest.
ODI Forest Policy and Environment Group - FPEG seeks to inform the processes of policy science change in tropical forestry in ways which improve science the livelihoods and well-being of the forest-dependent poor, science whilst also securing the long-term future of forest science resources.
APFT - Multi-disciplinary project sponsored by the European Community which science aims to forests and rainforests investigate and document the future of science the peoples of the forests and rainforests rainforest. Involves over 30 science researchers in the Caribbean,
Wild Again Reforestation Trust - Organization dedicated to purchasing environmentally sensitive land, planting trees, and environment making the land wild again.
RainTree - Resource database of rainforest plants including medicinal properties, environment preservation options, forests and rainforests articles, and clinical trial data.
Daintree Rainforest - Guide to the Daintree region of Tropical North science Queensland, Australia. environment Covers threats, ecological and Aboriginal history, science flora and fauna, climate environment and news.
Be Woods Wise! - The Maine Forest Service - The Maine Forest Service, shares your vision for science beautiful, healthy and productive woodland. We respect your science decisions, and can help put your decisions into science action.
Trees for the Future - International tree planting project, working through education around science the world.
Rainforest live - Educational resource on rainforest especially for junior students and teachers. Includes some teaching ideas and plans, and notes from researchers. Created by Paignton Zoo, UK. Includes some Realplayer and Flash items.
Cloud Forest Alive - Live cams of nesting quetzals and hummingbirds from environment the cloud forest of Costa Rica. Learn environment about the importance of preserving the biodiversity of environment the meso-American biological corridor.
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.
Mahausakande - Project to restore a tropical rainforest in Sri science Lanka in a scientific manner, through the active science support and involvement of local communities. Provides information science on the project, programs, biodiversity and eco-tourism.
Sustainable Beech Forestry -- Maruia Forest - Describes the controversy about conservation-enhancing sustainable forest management science in the forests and rainforests beech and rimu forests of West science Coast New Zealand. forests and rainforests Contains prime scientific papers, science letters to politicians, Press Releases, links forests and rainforests to other science sites.
FAO Forestry Department - United Nations, Forests and forestry global portal.
Paradise Earth - 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.
Trees for Life - A Scottish conservation charity dedicated to the regeneration science and restoration science of the Caledonian Forest in the science Highlands of Scotland
Forest & Environment Forum - Bulletin Board on Forestry and the Environment. Forums forests and rainforests on Environment, Land Use, Technology, Forestry, Funding, Research, forests and rainforests Deforestation, policy, Economics, Poverty, Modeling, News ,Books, etc..
Forest Puzzles - Pacific Northwest forests education site. At Oregon Museum environment of Science science and Industry.
Wood Consumption and Resource Conservation Alliance - This is a clearinghouse for techniques to reduce science wood consumption science and alternatives to virgin forest products, science such as recycled, kenaf, science hemp, agricultural residues and science other biobased products.
Ecological restoration of Scottish Wildwood - Carrifran Wildwood Project-begun on January 1st, 2000- is environment recreating an science ancient woodland in 1600 acres of environment Southern Scottish upland valley
SmartWood - Provides independent, objective evaluation of forest management practices, environment forest products, science timber sources and companies, enabling the environment public to identify products science and practices that do environment not destroy forests. Certification science environment and use of the SmartWood labe
BIOTA-AFRICA - A German-supported (mega)transect study of the Biodiversity of West Africa forests and rainforests (Ivory Coast, Burkina Faso, Benin), East Africa (Kenya, Tanzania and forests and rainforests Uganda), and Southern Africa (Namibia and South Africa).
The Man of the Trees - Ecologist Richard St. Barbe Baker, (1889-1982), was the world\\'s greatest forester. He was responsible for the planting of more trees than anyone else in history.
PEFC - Pan European Forest Council - Promotes an internationally credible framework for forest certification schemes and science initiatives in European countries.
PEFC Watch - Finnish watchdog group focusing on the activities of forests and rainforests science Pan-European Forest Certification. Informs consumers of wood forests and rainforests science products on the ecological and social credibility of forests and rainforests science the PEFC-certificate from the perspective of Finnish environmental forests and rainforests science organizations.
Las Nubes Neotropical Research Center - Las Nubes Neotropical Research and Conservation Center is forests and rainforests environment located in southern Costa Rica. It is a forests and rainforests environment joint project of the Faculty of Environmental Studies forests and rainforests environment of York University in Toronto and the Tropical forests and rainforests environment Science Center in San Jose. Its objectives are forests and rainforests environment biodivers
Tirimbina Rainforest Center - Biological reserve, visitor facilities and lodge offering tropical science education, science founded by the Milwaukee Public Museum. Also includes photo gallery.
Decoding the Silent Lyrics of Rain Forests - The "Tree of Life" shows that animals and plants have science a common primordial ancestor. A Nigerian scientist, Philip Emeagwali, argues science that the rain forests are the untapped technological gold mines science of the 21st century.
The-Tree.org.uk - Explores knowledge about trees, woodlands and forests and encourages action science to preserve and increase tree-cover, sustainable lifestyles and economy. Special science areas of focus are promoting UK tree-cover and community forestry, science as well as researching British
The Centre for Agricultural Research in Suriname - Brief information on the CELOS Forest Management System, science Wood technology environment research and Forest Classification; based in science Suriname.
Pax Natura a Costa Rica Rainforest - A private rainforest preserve in Costa Rica.
World Resource Institute- Forest Frontiers Initiative - FFI is a five year, multi-disciplinary effort to environment environment environment promote stewardship in and environment around the world\\'s last environment major frontier forests by influencing investment, environment policy, and environment public opinion.
Forestry in the Appalachian Hardwoods of Kentucky - Information about forestry practice and forest conservation in forests and rainforests forests and rainforests this US state. Includes a sample timber cruise forests and rainforests forests and rainforests report, forest management workshop manual and measurements, state forests and rainforests forests and rainforests forest history, and ecology links.
Economics of Forest Protection and Management - Find out about the economics of forests in the Southern science U.S. and beyond, including measuring the sustainability of forestry, valuing science nonmarket benefits, estimating the response of landowners to policy and science incentive programs, projecting future timber suppl
Non-timber Forest Products, Scotland - Site promoting the sustainable development and enjoyment of NTFPs, including databases of businesses and information resources.
Eastern Old-Growth Clearinghouse - News, announcements/alerts, summaries of selected scientific and general environment interest articles, and other information about old-growth forests environment in the eastern United States.
Forests Monitor - Contributes to the debate about sustainable forest management forests and rainforests environment by collating and disseminating information on companies operating forests and rainforests environment in the forestry sector around the world.
World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF) - 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 t
Sustainable Forestry & Certification Watch - SFCW aims at enhancing the understanding of forest certification, particuarly forests and rainforests regarding sustainable forest management, international forest policy, trade in forest forests and rainforests products and consumer choice.
WWF - Global Forest and Trade Network - The Network is committed to producing and purchasing forests and rainforests forest products from well-managed forests and to supporting forests and rainforests independent certification.
European Tropical Forest Research Network - Fosters research and public education. Features list of forests and rainforests environment projects, information on workshops, funding opportunities and contacts.
Virtual Tree Guide of the Guianas - An online resource for identification of specimens of forests and rainforests tree species of the Guianas that are forests and rainforests considered to be able to reach sizes over forests and rainforests 10 cm DBH. Contains over 4000 specimens digitized forests and rainforests at the Utrecht Herbarium and organised by genus forests and rainforests and family (under APG-1
New Forest Life Project - Restoring Europe\\'s ancient woods, heaths, wetlands and associated environment wildlife. Project environment based in the New Forest, Hampshire environment England.
U.S. Non Timber Forest Product Website - Conservation and development information on environment environment environment environment environment environment environment environment environment environment environment environment environment environment environment environment commercial, recreational, and subsistence extraction of non-timber environment environment environment environment environment environment environment environment environment environment environment environment environment environment environment environment forest environment pro
The Encyclopedia of Southern Appalachian Forest Ecosystems - Information on the ecology and management of southern environment Appalachian forest science ecosystems. We have synthesized literature environment from thousands of sources science to provide resource managers, environment land owners, researchers, students, and the science public easy environment access to scientific knowl
Parataxonomist Training Center - Research on insects and their relationship to plants science of the rainforests of Papua New Guinea.
An analysis of Access to Central Africa's Rainforests - Journal article discusses current status of low-access forests environment and environment possible threats to some of them environment in the near future. environment Includes abstracts.
Tropenbos International; Tropical forest research - Tropical forest research for nature conservation and sustainable use of environment rain forests in Cameroon, Colombia, Guyana, Ghana, Indonesia, Ivory Coast, environment Vietnam
Amazon Rainforest - Information about the amazon rainforest, its people, places forests and rainforests science of interest, and how everyone can help the forests and rainforests science rainforest.
Good Wood - Webguide - Guide on how to buy, sell and trade forests and rainforests environment timber responsibly. Information on how consumers, traders, retailers, forests and rainforests environment forest managers, governments and financial institutions can help forests and rainforests environment stop bad practices like illegal logging and trade.
Jungle Photos - Educational site with a wide range of Amazon science rainforest information and hundreds of photos: animals, plants, science native people, scenery, space images, conservation, travel, art, science related links, news updates.
The Bioesfera Project - About the First Spanish-Tropical Forest Biology-Archeology Workshop, in Guatemala in forests and rainforests 1995. Site has information about rainforests and interactions of culture forests and rainforests and environment.
International Union of Forestry Research Organizations - IUFRO Vienna Office site. IUFRO is a non-profit, non-governmental international environment network of forest scientists. Its objectives are to promote international environment cooperation in forestry and forest products research.
Ecoforestry Notes - Journal dedicated to the art, science, philosophy, and practice of forests and rainforests sustainable forestry in healthy forests. Selected contents of past issues.
East-West Forestry Associates, Inc. - California forest inventory data, GIS.
Guyana Forestry Commission - Contains reports on certification, sustainable forest management, silviculture, zoning, mangroves and social aspects of forestry based on the Guyana experience.
Sustainable Woods Network - A network linking community forestry groups from across forests and rainforests North America with consumers interested in sustainably sourced forests and rainforests products and with woodland owners seeking to manage forests and rainforests their land better.
Amazon Tree Diversity Network - Biodiversity mapping and modeling of the pan-Amazon (Amazonia and the science Guyana Shield). Developing spatial model of tree á-diversity of the science area. With diversity maps, discussion and methods.
Fundacion Jocotoco - Information about rainforest reserves in Ecuador.
Royal Forestry Society of England, Wales and Northern Ireland - The Royal Forestry Society is based in the UK and forests and rainforests caters for all who care about forestry, forests, woodlands forests and rainforests and trees, their husbandry and their future.
British Trees - Guide to the native trees of Britain, plus forests and rainforests links to other web resources on forestry and forests and rainforests conservation of British Native trees, including forest conservation forests and rainforests organizations.
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.
Sundarbans - Information on conservation and the ethnographic and social environment features of environment the Sundarbans virgin forest region, Bangladesh.

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