Rainforest Organizations:
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www.ran.org
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Rainforest Action Network campaigns to break America’s
oil addiction, reduce our reliance on coal, protect
endangered forests and Indigenous rights, and stop
destructive investments around the world. ***
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www.rainforest-alliance.org
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Rainforest Alliance works to conserve biodiversity and
ensure sustainable livelihoods by transforming land-use
practices, business practices and consumer behavior. ***
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www.worldwildlife.org
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World Wildlife's Rainforest site and initiative to protect
the Amazon's rainforests by eliminating deforestation of
the Brazilian Amazon by 2015.
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www.wrm.org.uy
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World Rainforest Movement is an international network of
citizens' groups of North and South involved in efforts to
defend the world's rainforests. Some of their programs
include- Network against Monoculture Tree Plantations,
Stop GE Trees and the Carbon Sinks Watch.
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www.savetherainforest.org
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Save the Rainforest Old Site. Not updated, but some good
info here.
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www.amazonwatch.org
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Amazon Watch works to protect the rainforest and
advance the rights of indigenous peoples in the Amazon
Basin. We partner with indigenous and environmental
organizations in campaigns for human rights, corporate
accountability and the preservation of the Amazon's
ecological systems.
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www.rainforestsos.org
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The Prince’s Rainforests Project works with governments,
businesses and non-profit organisations around the world to
find solutions to deforestation. Their two aims: to raise
awareness of the damaging effects of deforestation, and
second to identify appropriate incentives that will encourage
rainforest nations to stop burning down vast areas of
valuable trees.
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www.amazonconservation.org
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Amazon Conservation Association a nonprofit organization
that is active in Peru and Bolivia with a mission to conserve
the biological diversity of the Amazon.
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www.rainforestweb.org
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Rainforestweb- information about rainforests. Created by
Rainforest Action Network and offers a comprehensive and
informative view of the state of our world's rainforests
through postings and many links.
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academic.evergreen.edu
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International Canopy Network (ICAN), non-profit, is
devoted to facilitating the continuing interaction of people
concerned with forest canopies and forest ecosystems
around the world. Interesting outreach projects !
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www.rainforestkid.com
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Rainforestkid.com is a project to raise funds to help support
the Children's Eternal Rainforest in Costa Rica. The funds
are used for programs such as reforestation, environmental
education, protection, and scientific research.
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rainforests.mongabay.com
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Mongabay Bay. The rainforest section of mongabay.com is
based on A Place Out of Time: Tropical Rainforests - Their
Wonders and the Perils They Face, a project by Rhett Ayers
Butler. Lots of Rainforest info here.
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