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Air > Climate > Impacts > Global Warming

Understanding Climate Change: A Primer editor's pick popular

http://www.whrc.org/resources/primer_home.html

8 out of 10 stars (7 votes)

a beginner's guide to understanding the issue of climate change from the Woods Hole Research Center
Added: Jun. 22, 2004 | 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 > Regions and Countries > North America > Canada

Boreal Ecosystem-Atmosphere Study (BOREAS) popular

http://daac.ornl.gov/BOREAS/boreas.shtml

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

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 > Biodiversity > Information > Taxonomic Databases

Endangered Species Program editor's pick popular

http://www.fws.gov/endangered/

information on threatened and endangered species in the United States from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Added: Feb. 01, 2004 | 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 > Forests > Protection > Community Based Development

Climate, Community and Biodiversity Alliance, The editor's pick popular

http://www.climate-standards.org/

3 out of 10 stars (5 votes)

developing and promoting a set of rigorous standards for evaluating climate, community and biodiversity impacts of land-based carbon projects
Added: Jun. 21, 2004 | Rate It

Land > Information > For Kids

Rainforest Heroes editor's pick popular

http://rainforestheroes.com/

4 out of 10 stars (4 votes)

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

Children's Nature Institute popular

http://www.childrensnatureinstitute.org/newsite/

7 out of 10 stars (4 votes)

educating children, parents and teachers in the natural sciences; seeking to improve the quality and scope of education for young children and to inspire a sense of respect and responsibility for the environment
Added: May. 28, 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

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

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 > Tropical Rainforests > Destruction > Agriculture

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

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

Land > Tropical Rainforests > Information > For Kids

Earth Force popular

http://www.earthforce.org/

9 out of 10 stars (4 votes)

engages young people as active citizens who improve the environment and their communities now and in the future
Added: May. 08, 2005 | Rate It

Land > Tropical Rainforests > Organizations

Conservation International editor's pick popular

http://www.conservation.org/Pages/default.aspx

6 out of 10 stars (7 votes)

seeks to conserve the Earth's living natural heritage, our global biodiversity, and to demonstrate that human societies are able to live harmoniously with nature
Added: Feb. 03, 2001 | Rate It

Land > Tropical Rainforests > Organizations > International

Rainforest Action Network editor's pick popular

http://www.ran.org/

3 out of 10 stars (19 votes)

protects the Earth's rainforests and supports the rights of their inhabitants through education, grassroots organizing, and non-violent direct action
Added: Jan. 03, 2001 | Rate It

Land > Tropical Rainforests > Organizations > Networks

Rainforest Portal editor's pick popular

http://www.rainforestportal.org/

8 out of 10 stars (8 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 > Protection

World Rainforest Movement editor's pick popular

http://www.wrm.org.uy/

5 out of 10 stars (6 votes)

an international network of citizens' groups working to defend the world's rainforests, including publication of a regular rainforest bulletin
Added: Jan. 11, 2001 | 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

Sustainability > Information > Blogs

Forest Protection Blog editor's pick popular

http://forests.org/blog/

9 out of 10 stars (28 votes)

news, analysis and brief commentary regarding the latest major forest protection issues by Dr. Glen Barry of Ecological Internet -- the Internet's longest continuous running web blog
Added: Jan. 11, 2001 | Rate It

Water > Information > For Kids

Water on the Web editor's pick popular

http://www.waterontheweb.org/

6 out of 10 stars (6 votes)

helps college and high school students understand and solve real-world environmental problems using advanced technology, providing two sets of curricula and other resources and tools
Added: May. 12, 2004 | Rate It
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