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Biofuel by Decree editor's pick

http://www.terraper.org/file_upload/BiofuelbyDecree.pdf

10 out of 10 stars (1 vote)

report details how the Burmese military’s nation-wide campaign to plant eight million acres of the Jatropha tree for biodiesel production is resulting in human rights abuses including forced labor, land confiscation, loss of income and food insecurity (pdf)

Added: May. 01, 2008 | Rate It

Continental South and South East Asia -- regional forest information popular

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

8 out of 10 stars (2 votes)

maps and information regarding forest types in Continental South and South East Asia by UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre

Added: Feb. 25, 2001 | Rate It

Far East Asia -- regional forest information popular

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

5 out of 10 stars (2 votes)

maps and information regarding forest types in Far East Asia by UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre

Added: Feb. 25, 2001 | Rate It

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

Cuc Phuong Conservation Project .

http://nytts.org/vietnam/.

a community-based conservation education program active in 35 schools and 15 communes surrounding the park.

Added: Jan. 10, 2005 | Rate It

Birds Korea

http://www.birdskorea.org/BK-Startpage.shtml

works for the conservation of wetlands and birds in South Korea and the broader Yellow Sea eco-region

Added: Sep. 09, 2003 | Rate It

Cloud Forests

http://www.sfbotanicalgarden.org/cf/

8 out of 10 stars (1 vote)

Strybing Arboretum Society allows you to learn about biodiversity conservation, tropical cloud forests, and our expeditions to SE Asia

Added: Aug. 11, 2002 | Rate It

Environmental Foundation (EFL)

http://www.efl.lk/index.html

a Sri Lankan organization which supports sustainable development and environmental rights and justice, providing free legal services to communities and individuals

Added: Jan. 04, 2007 | Rate It

Forest Conservation Project

http://www.iges.or.jp/en/fc/

Japan's Institute for Global Environmental Strategies produces materials to support and facilitate the participation of local people in forest management

Added: Jun. 21, 2004 | Rate It

Foundation for Ecological Security

http://fes.org.in/

8 out of 10 stars (3 votes)

works toward the ecological restoration and conservation of land and water resources, in the uplands and other eco-fragile, degraded and marginalised zones of India

Added: Apr. 15, 2004 | Rate It

Global Witness

http://www.globalwitness.org/

4 out of 10 stars (4 votes)

works to expose the link between environmental exploitation and human rights abuses

Added: Jan. 23, 2001 | Rate It

Information by country: ASIA

http://www.wrm.org.uy/countries/Asia.html

from the World Rainforest Movement

Added: Jan. 11, 2001 | Rate It

Insular South East Asia -- regional forest information

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

maps and information regarding forest types in Insular South East Asia by UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre

Added: Feb. 25, 2001 | Rate It

Japan Tropical Forest Action Network (JATAN)

http://www.jca.apc.org/jatan/eng/index-e.html

Japanese NGO that campaigns on behalf of tropical forest conservation

Added: Jan. 12, 2001 | Rate It

Laos and Hydroelectric Power

http://www.american.edu/projects/mandala/TED/laosdam.htm

this case study explores negative effects of the Nam Theun 2 Dam on the ecological integrity of the river ecosystem and surrounding areas, from American University's Trade and Environment Database

Added: Feb. 10, 2001 | Rate It

Mekong Info

http://www.mekonginfo.org/

6 out of 10 stars (1 vote)

an interactive system for sharing information and knowledge about participatory natural resource management in the Lower Mekong Basin

Added: May. 02, 2002 | Rate It

Mekong River Dam

http://www.american.edu/projects/mandala/TED/mekong.htm

a case study that challenges the utility of building hydroelectric dams, from American University's Trade and Environment Database

Added: Feb. 10, 2001 | Rate It

Mining in the Philippines: Concerns and Conflicts

http://www.iucn.org/themes/ceesp/Wkg_grp/Seaprise/Mining%20in%20the%20Philippines%20-%20Concerns%20and%20Conflicts.pdf

a report by CEESP and the Philippine Indigenous Peoples' Links looking at the massive environmental damage and the serious human rights abuses linked to the mining industry in the Philippines (pdf)

Added: Apr. 01, 2008 | Rate It

Nepalese Foresters

http://www.forestrynepal.org

10 out of 10 stars (4 votes)

gateway to news and information in forestry sector of Nepal

Added: Jul. 15, 2006 | Rate It

Palni Hills Conservation Council

http://www.palnihills.org/

promotes sustainable development in the Western Ghats mountain range in the South Indian State of Tamilnadu

Added: Feb. 09, 2002 | Rate It

Philippine Sugar and Environment

http://www.american.edu/projects/mandala/TED/philsug.htm

3 out of 10 stars (3 votes)

an assessment on how sugar has exacted a heavy environmental toll in the Philippines, a case study from American University's Trade and Environment Database

Added: Mar. 08, 2001 | Rate It

Problem with Palm Oil, The - Rainforest Agribusiness

http://theproblemwithpalmoil.org/

10 out of 10 stars (1 vote)

the Rainforest Action Network show how demand for palm oil is on the rise and pristine rainforests are being clear-cut and burned to make way for palm oil plantations

Added: May. 16, 2008 | Rate It