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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

Amazon Rainforest popular

http://www.amazon-rainforest.org

9 out of 10 stars (18 votes)

information about the Amazon rain forest, its people, places of interest, and how you can help the rainforest
Added: Jan. 02, 2005 | 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

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

Amazonian Indians Native Tribes Photos and Videos

http://www.amazon-indians.org/

8 out of 10 stars (1 vote)

provides photos, videos and maps of native indigenous people from the cultures of Amazon native tribes from the South American Amazon River Basin
Added: May. 12, 2007 | Rate It

Greenpeace: Amazon Crimes File

http://activism.greenpeace.org/amazon/index.php

7 out of 10 stars (2 votes)

pictorial, text and action items regarding "a war in the Amazon jungle" being perpetuated by powerful loggers, farmers and companies
Added: Dec. 17, 2003 | Rate It

Hydroelectric Dams on the Madeira River

http://www.foei.org/en/get-involved/take-action/RIO_MADEIRA.pdf

a report by Friends of the Earth International about the social and environmental threats posed by planned hydro-damns on the Madeira River -- the Amazon's largest tributary -- in Brazil (pdf)
Added: Apr. 01, 2008 | Rate It

Keep the Amazon Rainforest Off the Chopping Block

http://action.foe.org/campaign.jsp?campaign_KEY=5183

1 out of 10 stars (1 vote)

alert from Friends of the Earth regarding the Bush administration efforts to approve a free trade agreement that will promote harmful trade and allow large-scale illegal logging in the rainforest
Added: Oct. 06, 2006 | Rate It

Partners in mahogany crime: Amazon at the mercy of 'gentlemen's agreements'

http://archive.greenpeace.org/forests/forests_new/html/content/reports/Mahoganyweb.pdf

7 out of 10 stars (3 votes)

Greenpeace report reveals that the mahogany trade is driving the destruction of the Brazilian Amazon rainforest and is run by a corrupt industry that is undermining traditional cultures (pdf)
Added: Nov. 04, 2001 | Rate It

Plant a Billion Trees

http://www.plantabillion.org/

an effort by the Nature Conservancy to plant trees and restore native forests in the biodiversity rich and much threatened Brazilian Atlantic Forest
Added: Apr. 29, 2008 | Rate It

Vitae Civilis - Development, Environment and Peace

http://www.vitaecivilis.org.br/default.asp?idiomaId=2

10 out of 10 stars (1 vote)

Brazilian NGO website campaigning against deforestation, but in favor of effective climate change mitigation and environmental sustainability in general
Added: Sep. 24, 2006 | Rate It

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