Selected
Rainforest Links
The Ecotourism
Society
Find
out information about tours that could be taken to sites
around the
world that are endangered or that house endangered species.
http://www.ecotourism.org/
The Environmental
Defense Fund Worldwide: the web of life
Deals with many topics but includes information
on endangered species, global change, etc.
http://www.edf.org
Rainforest Alliance
An international, non-profit
environmental organization dedicated to tropical forest
conservation. Students can go on an interactive jungle
journey.
http://www.rainforest-alliance.org/
The Rainforest Action Network
Lists
every possible group or source that you want to access
for updated information on the rainforest. Contains stories,
campaigns,
activists corner, a kid's corner, and more.
http://www.ran.org/
Rainforestweb.org
This
is a portal that gives information on every aspect of the
rain forest. It
is searchable.
http://www.rainforestweb.org/
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All About Rainforests
Easy
to read and to understand source of much information about
the rain
forest.
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/rainforest/Allabout.shtml
Amazon
Contains a map, video, sounds,
email and much more.
http://www.smm.org/greatestplaces/book_pages/amazon2.htm
The Amazon Expedition
Contains
journal entries from Helen and Bill Thayer. They write
about the village, the insects, the rain, the plants and
much more.
http://www.goals.com/thayer/Amazon/Amazonfm.htm
CNN.com
Development
outpaces conservation in Amazon rain forest.
http://www.cnn.com/2001/NATURE/01/22/amazon.forest.enn/
Help with Rainforest School
Reports
Contains
hotlists on what are where, current events, maps,
images, statistics and facts, causes of destruction, why
it's
bad, solutions, animals, plants, indigenous people, and
what you can do to help.
http://rain-tree.com/schoolreports.htm
Journey into Amazonia: Play Amazon Explorer!
http://www.pbs.org/journeyintoamazonia/explorer.html
Jungle Photos
Hundreds
of images of animals, plants, scenery and people from the
rain forest.
http://www.junglephotos.com/
Latin Focus
Gives current
information on economics, statistics, news, media and much
more on seven
Latin American countries. A reference section is
also included
http://www.latin-focus.com/
Rainforest Facts
Lots
of facts and figures.
http://www.rain-tree.com/facts.htm
Research Topics on the Rainforest
http://www.stemnet.nf.ca/CITE/rforest.htm
Tropical Poison
This
site deals with slash and burn agriculture, from the seat
of the bulldozer,
regrowth of a tropical rainforest, data collection in the
Amazon, Coloniztion of the Rainforest, Loving the rainforest
to
death, frogs in the rainforest, tropical deforestation
and habitat destruction, the importance of forests
and
the perils of deforestation.
http://www.cotf.edu/ete/modules/troppois/tpcolonization.html
The Truth About Rainforest
Destruction: The Underlying Causes
Deals
with the economic issues of wealth and debt
http://geocities.yahoo.com/cgi-bin/hood/geo?hood=Rainforest
The Wild Ones
Clever
introduction to endangered species. Includes stories
of scientists working with endangered species
http://www.thewildones.org/
World Atlas: Brazil map and information page http://worldatlas.com/webimage/countrys/samerica/brlarge.htm
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Amazon Interactive-Making
a Living
Traditionally
slash and burn has been done without harming the
environment
http://www.eduweb.com/agriculture/ag1.html
Deforestation: Tropical Forests
in Decline
A
summary and then lots of details about deforestation
http://www.rcfa-cfan.org/english/issues.12.html
Forest World
A list of forest news,
the industry in general, photos and other information about
the forests of the world
http://www.forestworld.com
Logging in the Amazon
Contains
pictures of logging in the Amazon
http://www.rain-tree.com/figure2.htm
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Amazon Interactive: Coffee
and Conservation
Tells
about one family and their farming efforts (price, yield,
etc.)
http://www.eduweb.com/agriculture/comag.html
Coffee Contact
Forum
for issues concerning coffee production.
http://www.geocities.com/RainForest/Canopy/1290/
Conservation International
Go
to CI News and then select Spring, 1999 to find coffee
article
http://www.conservation.org/
Starbucks soon to have
it made in the shade
Ecofriendly
coffee to be grown with no sun (in the rainforest)
http://www.seattle-pi.com/local/star03.shtml
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Research to Broaden Knowledge
About Cattle Ranching at Crucial Time
Deals
with cost aspects of cattle ranching and the
difficulty of operating a
a low cost.
http://www.napa.ufl.edu/98news/cows2.htm
Witness Statement
Tells how McDonalds
uses beef from poor countries and environmental and social
impact of cattle ranching (1993)
http://www.enviroweb.org/mcspotlight-na/people/witnesses/environment/monbiot_george.html
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Carajás Mining
in the Amazon Region
http://www.ctc.puc-rio.br/icee-98/carajas.htm
Gold Mining in the Amazon
http://www.fiu.edu/~acaten01/minas2.html
South American Gold and
Copper Company Limited
Company
engaged in locating, developing and acquiring mineral
properties in Peru and Chile
http://www.sagc.com
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Poaching
of Amazons Has Its Effect Down the Road
The
effect of taking birds from the rainforest
http://www.realmacaw.com/pages/poach.html
Amazon River
Dolphins
Travel with the Oceanic
Society to Pacaya-Samaria National Reserve in northern
Peru to study fresh water dolphins.
http://www.virtualexplorers.org
bugbios
A
colorful, visually stunning site that’s perfect for
kids and curious adults.
It’s broken down into four sections — Entophiles
(photographs and information), cedigest (examines the
roles insects play in our lives), insecta (educational
resources), and entolinks (related links).
http://www.bugbios.com
Table of
Contents of Funny Farm Exotics Web Page
Students
can learn about the brightly plumed macaw, the endangered
parrots of the rainforest. Visitors learn about conservation
efforts.
http://www.funnyfarmexotics.com/tableof.htm
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Amazon Medical Project, Inc.
This is the
site of Dr. Linnea Smith.
http://www.amazonmedical.org/
The Ethnobotanical Dictionary
Students select
the letter for the plant for which they are looking.
http://www.ars-grin.gov/duke/dictionary/tico/index.htm
Introduction to Herbal
Secrets of the Rainforest
Leslie
Taylor talks about the marriage of traditonal and
modern medicine
http://www.rain-tree.com/intro.htm
Powerful Plants
http://www.pbs.org/journeytoamazonia/plants.html
Welcome to the wealth of the
rainforest: pharmacy to the world
Designed to educate people about
rainforest conservation and speaks of the medicinal plants,
fruits, nuts, oils and other resources of the rainforest.
http://rain-tree.com/index.html
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Amazon Interactive Who
Lives in the Amazon
Talks
about Mestizos, aborigines, and gringos.
http://www.eduweb.com/rainforest/wholives.html
Indigenous Ecotourism
and Sustainable Development: The
Case of Rio Blanco, Ecuador
Gives a case
history of developments occurring in Rio Blanco.
http://www.eduweb.com/schaller/RioBlancoSummary.html
Indigenous Peoples of
Amazonia
Gives
a hot list of tribes of Amazonia.
http://www.biopark.org/peopleofamericas.html
The Tagaeri
The
last uncontacted tribe in the Amazon (Ecuador).
http://www.ecuadorexplorer.com/html/body_rainforest_people_tagaeri.html
The Truth About Rainforest
Destruction
Deals
with the conflict of progress vs. tradition.
http://www.geocities.com/RainForest/3950/ri.html
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Amazon Conservation Team:
The Amazon Teacher’s
Guide
http://www.amazonteam.org/kids/kids6.html
Journey into Amazonia — Teacher
Resources
http://www.pbs.org/journeytoamazonia/teacher.html
Rain Forest Rally
A lesson is given that
uses the Internet to have students do research about rainforest
products and physical features of the rainforest.
http://www.wnet.org/wnetschool/origlessons/rally/b.html
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Amazon Interactive Where's
the Amazon
Get
a map that shows the rainforests of the world.
http://www.eduweb.com/rainforest/worldmap.html
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An Index of Rainforest Related
Sites On the Web
http://rain-tree.com/links.htm
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