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Air > Climate > Impacts > Global Warming

The Warming of the Earth editor's pick popular

http://whrc.org/resources/online_publications/warming_earth/

8 out of 10 stars (7 votes)

a beginner's guide to understanding the issue of global warming from the Woods Hole Research Center
Added: Jun. 22, 2004 | Rate It

Global Warming: Early Warning Signs popular

http://www.climatehotmap.org/

6 out of 10 stars (4 votes)

maps and information that illustrate direct manifestations and harbingers of global warming
Added: May. 15, 2001 | Rate It

Air > Information > For Kids

EPA Global Warming Kids Page - Flash Animations popular

http://www.epa.gov/globalwarming/kids/animations.html

6 out of 10 stars (9 votes)

animations of how Global Warming occurs and how it is linked to the Carbon and Water cycles
Added: Sep. 24, 2002 | Rate It

Air > Renewable Energy > General

Alternative Energy Institute, Inc. popular

http://www.altenergy.org/

5 out of 10 stars (4 votes)

educates about the impending non-renewable energy crisis and the search for solutions, seeking to improve the climate for development of new energy technologies
Added: Jan. 13, 2003 | Rate It

Land > Forests > Destruction > Commercial Logging

Illegal Logging editor's pick popular

http://www.illegal-logging.info/

5 out of 10 stars (6 votes)

a point of information on all aspects of the current international debate around the control of illegal logging and forest crimes
Added: Sep. 09, 2003 | Rate It

Land > Forests > Destruction > Deforestation

Underlying causes of deforestation popular

http://www.wrm.org.uy/deforestation/indirect.html

5 out of 10 stars (4 votes)

analysis and articles published in the World Rainforest Movement bulletin; including unsustainable agriculture, land tenure policies, consumption and the role of the military
Added: Feb. 24, 2001 | Rate It

Land > Information > Facts

Forest Protection Blog editor's pick popular

http://forests.org/blog/

9 out of 10 stars (27 votes)

news, analysis and brief commentary by Dr. Glen Barry of Forests.org -- the Internet's longest continuous running web blog
Added: Jan. 11, 2001 | Rate It

Land > Information > For Kids

Rainforest Heroes editor's pick popular

http://ran.org/index.php?id=957

4 out of 10 stars (4 votes)

information from Rainforest Action Network regarding what kids can do to save rainforests
Added: Jan. 11, 2001 | Rate It

Land > Information > Maps and GIS

Global Distribution of Current Forests popular

http://www.unep-wcmc.org/forest/global_map.htm

5 out of 10 stars (2 votes)

maps of the World's forests with information on each global forest type by UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre
Added: Feb. 25, 2001 | Rate It

Temperate and Boreal Forests and Protected Areas popular

http://www.unep-wcmc.org/forest/boreal/

6 out of 10 stars (6 votes)

a set of maps produced by the UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre that shows forests and protected areas in eleven different temperate and boreal forest regions
Added: Feb. 25, 2001 | Rate It

Land > Protection and Solutions > Agroforestry

Africa - Forestry, Agroforestry and Environment popular

http://www.afae.org/

7 out of 10 stars (3 votes)

group of Universities that promote the protection, health and sustainability of African forests and forest environments
Added: Jan. 03, 2001 | Rate It

Land > Regions and Countries > Europe

Europe -- regional forest information popular

http://www.unep-wcmc.org/forest/eur_region.htm

2 out of 10 stars (2 votes)

maps and information regarding Europe's forest types by UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre
Added: Feb. 25, 2001 | Rate It

Land > Regions and Countries > North America > Canada

Boreal Ecosystem-Atmosphere Study (BOREAS) popular

http://daac.ornl.gov/BOREAS/boreas_home_page.html

4 out of 10 stars (10 votes)

an intensive remote-sensing and field study in the northern boreal forests of Canada, investigating exchanges of energy, water, heat, CO2, and trace gases between the boreal forest and the atmosphere
Added: Feb. 08, 2001 | Rate It

Canada's Forests popular

http://www.globalforestwatch.org/english/canada/index.htm

7 out of 10 stars (9 votes)

Global Forest Watch provides general data and maps
Added: Jan. 13, 2001 | Rate It

Land > Regions and Countries > North America > United States of America

Alaska Rainforest Campaign popular

http://www.akrain.org/

5 out of 10 stars (8 votes)

works to protect the remaining wildlands of the Tongass and Chugach National Forests from clearcutting and other harmful development
Added: Jan. 12, 2001 | Rate It

Land > Tropical Rainforests > Destruction > Agriculture

Partnership for the Tropical Forest Margins - Alternatives to Slash-and-Burn (ASB) editor's pick popular

http://www.asb.cgiar.org/

8 out of 10 stars (4 votes)

working across the world’s tropical forest margins to raise the productivity and income of poor rural households without increasing deforestation or undermining essential environmental services
Added: Aug. 05, 2004 | Rate It

Land > Tropical Rainforests > Destruction > Deforestation

Landsat NASA Pathfinder Humid Tropical Deforestation Project popular

http://www.geog.umd.edu/tropical/

4 out of 10 stars (6 votes)

maps global deforestation in the humid tropics, focusing on the Amazon Basin, Central Africa, and Southeast Asia
Added: Feb. 04, 2001 | Rate It

Deforestation in the Amazon 2004 editor's pick popular

http://www.mongabay.com/brazil.html

7 out of 10 stars (12 votes)

concise overview of the extent of Amazonian destruction, its causes and what can be done
Added: Jun. 22, 2004 | Rate It

Land > Tropical Rainforests > Information > For Kids

Rain Forest, The popular

http://edtech.kennesaw.edu/web/rforest.html

6 out of 10 stars (9 votes)

a list of links to rainforest information including lesson plans, animals, research and others
Added: Feb. 08, 2001 | Rate It

Land > Tropical Rainforests > Organizations > Networks

Rainforest Portal editor's pick popular

http://www.rainforestportal.org/

8 out of 10 stars (6 votes)

an Internet search engine and portal providing unprecedented rainforest action, news, search and analysis capabilities; and dedicated to protection of the world's remaining tropical rainforests and the rights of their inhabitants
Added: Jan. 22, 2006 | Rate It

Land > Tropical Rainforests > Regions > Central America and the Caribbean

Central America -- regional forest information popular

http://www.unep-wcmc.org/forest/cam_region.htm

2 out of 10 stars (5 votes)

maps and information regarding Central America's forest types by UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre
Added: Feb. 25, 2001 | Rate It

Land > Tropical Rainforests > Regions > South America > Brazil

Brazil's Forests in Brief popular

http://www.globalforestwatch.org/english/brazil/index.htm

7 out of 10 stars (5 votes)

Global Forest Watch provides general information
Added: Jan. 13, 2001 | Rate It

Brazil Gold Mining and Environment popular

http://www.american.edu/ted/BRAGOLD.HTM

4 out of 10 stars (10 votes)

a case study which investigates the environmental and social impacts of gold production in the Amazon region, from the American University's Trade and Environment Database
Added: Feb. 12, 2001 | Rate It

Sustainability > Organizations > University Programs

Environment and Sustainable Development (ESD) popular

http://www.unu.edu/esd/

3 out of 10 stars (4 votes)

United Nations University program which focuses on the interactions between human activities and the natural environment and their implications for the sustainable management of natural resources
Added: Feb. 23, 2002 | Rate It

Water > Protection and Solutions > Conservation

Educating Young People About Water popular

http://www.uwex.edu/erc/eypaw/

7 out of 10 stars (7 votes)

provides materials to help develop community-based, youth water education programs
Added: Jan. 03, 2001 | Rate It
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