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Wealth of the Rainforest - Pharmacy to the World from Raintree ...
Resource database of rainforest plants including medicinal properties, preservation
options, articles, and clinical trial data.
The Amazon Rainforest is the world's greatest natural resource - the most powerful and bio-actively diverse natural phenomenon on the planet
Yet still it is being destroyed just like other rainforests around the world
The problem and the solution to rainforest destruction are both economic
Rainforests are being destroyed worldwide for the profits they yield - mostly harvesting unsustainable resources like timber, for cattle and agriculture, and for subsistence cropping by rainforest inhabitants
However, if land owners, governments and those living in the rainforest today were given a viable economic reason NOT to destroy the rainforest, it could and would be saved
Many organizations have demonstrated that if the medicinal plants, fruits, nuts, oils and other resources like rubber, chocolate and chicle, were harvested sustainably - rainforest land has much more economic value than if timber were harvested or if it were burned down for cattle or farming operations
The latest statistics show that rainforest land converted to cattle operations yields the land owner $60 per acre and if timber is harvested, the land is worth $400 per acre
Tropical Plant Database
Searchable list of plants from the Amazon rainforest, by common or botanical
name, action, ailment, properties or ethnic uses.
Raintree's Rainforest Mission Other Links Free Service Raintree is dedicated to providing accurate and factual information on the important plants of the Amazon Rainforest, therefore this section of the Raintree web site is the most extensive
This Tropical Plant Database is continuously under construction as we continue to add more rainforest plants which are under research and update the information on the plants in the database
World Rainforest Information Portal - Amazon, South America, Asia ...
A comprehensive world rainforest information portal with well organized links
and descriptions of thousands of rainforest related websites. Plus rainforest news ...
Welcome to the Rainforest web, Your Gateway to Rainforest Information and Resources
Jungle Photos - Tropical Wilderness Photos and Information
Educational site with a wide range of Amazon rainforest information and hundreds
of photos: animals, plants, native people, scenery, space images, conservation, ...
| Welcome to Jungle Photos! Here you can see hundreds of images of animals, plants, scenery and people from the Amazon rainforest in tropical South America, the Galapagos Islands and Africa
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Rainforest Biomes
All about the tropical rainforest biome. Includes description, global position,
climate, and information on specific plants and animals of this biome.
F.A.O The tropical rain forest is a forest of tall trees in a region of year-round warmth
Rain forests belong to the tropical wet climate group
The temperature in a rain forest rarely gets higher than 93 °F (34 °C) or drops below 68 °F (20 °C); average humidity is between 77 and 88%; rainfall is often more than 100 inches a year
Almost all rain forests lie near the equator
Rainforests now cover less than 6% of Earth's land surface
Scientists estimate that more than half of all the world's plant and animal species live in tropical rain forests
Tropical rainforests produce 40% of Earth's oxygen
A tropical rain forest has more kinds of trees than any other area in the world
Seventy percent of the plants in the rainforest are trees
About 1/4 of all the medicines we use come from rainforest plants
All tropical rain forests resemble one another in some ways
Despite these differences, each of the three largest rainforests--the American, the African, and the Asian--has a different group of animal and plant species
Save the Amazon Rainforest | Amazon River - Rainforest Animals
Information about the amazon rainforest, its people, places of interest, and how
everyone can help the rainforest.
Save the Amazon Rainforest The Amazon rainforest is the biggest forest in the world and is also the last big space covered with tropical plants and animals
The Amazon forest territory is a tropical rainforest that is located in the north side of the South American continent and is shared by 9 countries: Brazil, Bolivia, Peru, Colombia, Venezuela, Suriname, French Guiana and Guiana
Travel through the forest can be difficult, and a guide or a river tour are the best options to see the natural wonders of the rain forest
The space covered with the forest is 5.5 million square kilometers (3.4 million square miles )
The Portuguese explorers that colonized Brazil believed that somewhere in that huge forest they would find the "Eldorado", an entire city made of gold that has an almost intangible value
The "Rain" forest is a nickname that describes the humidity that you find in tropical and equatorial forests, but it doesn't rain all the time
Tropical rainforests are always located near the equator, and are very hot
The forest also helps to retain water in their branches, roots and soil
THE RAIN FOREST GUIDE JUNGLE TOURS - AMAZON - BRAZIL
Amazon information and tours. Flora and fauna descriptions and images included.
Discover Amazonia - Amazon Rain Forest - Brazil, Ecuador and Peru ...
A guide to travel, tours, nature tours, cruises, treks, jungle lodges, birding
and rafting in the Amazon rainforest of Ecuador, Peru and Brazil...
Amazon Jungle Cruises Inti Travel and Tours and our South American associates are proud to present you with an opportunity to travel to the Amazon to experience this spectacular rainforest with its abundant wildlife and friendly people
Journey with us for an amazing trip of a lifetime! We offer Amazon rainforest tours and expeditions, Amazon jungle lodges, backbacking, trekking, birding and other great vacation packages
The southern part has a topography of low hills and it bellows to the humid rainforest or Yungas
It has many and diverse habitats, from mountain forest, to lowland savannas and tropical forest
Features include beach and forest camping, canoeing, trekking, fishing, and wildlife photography
Trips on Tucano are not luxury cruises! But at the same time you can be comfortable and focus on the forest and its magnificent wildlife
18 people), trained naturalist guides, and thoughtful itineraries, we offer a genuine, thrilling experience with the REAL Amazon rainforest
Part the Napo Pleistocene Refuge, Kapawi is a center of high endemism with an amazing diversity of animals, plants and ecosystems: dry and flooded forest, lakes, swamps and an extraordinary system of rivers
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The Creative Connections Project: Amazon Rain Forest, Africa ... A 500 page multimedia interactive site that takes students on learning adventures
to various regions of the globe. Also provides teachers with curriculum pages
... travel2learn Learn about the tropical
rainforest first hand.
Amazon lodges: Rainforest Expeditions Combines tourism with environmental education and research. Specializes in the
Bahuaja-Sonene National Park, Tambopata area. Operates Posada Amazonas and
... TAMBOPATA The Tambopata National Reserve (TNR) is part of a 3.7 million acre conservation unit in southeastern Amazonian Peru created in 1990 by the national government working in partnership with local grassroots and international conservation organizations, including Rainforest Expeditions
The staff all show a genuine concern for the guest and speak passionately about the rainforest and Peru
The lodge's beautiful and we felt that we were as close as we could be to the forest
Well done!! About Us Rainforest Expeditions is a Peruvian ecotourism company founded in 1992 by Eduardo Nycander and Kurt Holle with the purpose of providing authentic educational experiences that support the conservation of the areas where we operate
We hope you will join us at our Amazon lodges and share our passion for the rain forest and its natural history in an experience that may change your life
/ All Rights Reserved Rainforest Expeditions 2004
Amazon tours and cruises with GreenTracks.
Travel service offering tours to the Amazon, Cuzco, and Machu Picchu.
Description: Rainforest tours with GreenTracks
This content belongs to By George Ledvina Amazon tours and cruises - An exciting journey deep into the Amazon rainforest
While on your Amazon cruise you will spend your days hiking through the Amazon rainforest, exploring by small boat, viewing Amazon wildlife, fishing for piranha, relaxing in comfort on the upper deck, all while surrounded by sights and sounds most people have only imagined
Experience up close Amazon rainforest from the Amazon riverboat on your Amazon cruise, the cry of colorful tropical birds, the lush smell of the rainforest, countless flowers, towering trees, pink dolphins playing alongside your boat, incredible reptiles and amphibians, iridescent butterflies, and captivating monkeys
Amazon Tours, Amazon Cruises, Amazon rainforest tours, adventure travel and Amazon eco-travel with GreenTracks
Tours of the Amazon Rainforest with leading naturalists
Amazon Lodges Amazon Cruise Costa Rica tours Amazon tours of Madidi National Park, Bolivia Amazon tours of Manu National Park, Peru Pantanal of Brazil Take an Amazon tour or an Amazon cruise and experience new cultures, incredible wildlife and the magical scenery of the Amazon rainforest
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EO Library: Tropical Deforestation Fact Sheet
Explains why deforestation happens, and the rate at which forests are disappearing.
By Gerald Urquhart, Walter Chomentowski, David Skole, and Chris Barber The clearing of tropical forests across the Earth has been occurring on a large scale basis for many centuries
This process, known as deforestation, involves the cutting down, burning, and damaging of forests
The loss of tropical rain forest is more profound than merely destruction of beautiful areas
If the current rate of deforestation continues, the world's rain forests will vanish within 100 years-causing unknown effects on global climate and eliminating the majority of plant and animal species on the planet
Why Deforestation Happens Deforestation occurs in many ways
Intensive, or modern, agriculture occurs on a much larger scale, sometimes deforesting several square miles at a time
Large cattle pastures often replace rain forest to grow beef for the world market
Commercial logging is another common form of deforestation, cutting trees for sale as timber or pulp
Commercial logging uses heavy machinery, such as bulldozers, road graders, and log skidders, to remove cut trees and build roads, which is just as damaging to a forest overall as the chainsaws are to the individual trees
Galapagos and Amazon Cruises Latin America Rain Forest Peru Chile ...
Offers programs to the Amazon Rain Forest, Galapagos Islands and Patagonia.
Also, tour packages to Ecuador, Peru and Chile.
Since 1980 HOME GALAPAGOS M/V Xpedition Eric, Letty, Flam M/V Explorer Economic Boats S.Cruz-Isabela QuasarNautica -Evolution -Lammer Law -Mistral, Alta -Parranda AMAZON Peru Brazil Ecuador SPECIAL DEALS Tour programs to the Amazon Rain Forest and Galapagos Islands
Amazon International Rainforest Reserve (AIRR)
A non-profit organization set up exclusively to buy land in the Amazon and protect
it with forest rangers for the purpose of preserving the rainforest.
Rainforest Concern - conserving and protecting threatened natural ...
Conserving and protecting threatened natural habitat, particularly rainforests
and the biodiversity they contain in Ecuador, Sri Lanka, the Amazon, ...
15 September 2006 Tel: +44 (0) 20 7229 2093 (UK) Registered Charity no 1028947 Rainforest Concern operates in for more detail about our projects
The worlds tropical rainforests are the richest and most diverse habitats on earth
Rainforest Concern was established as a registered charity in 1993 to protect the worlds tropical rainforests and the incredible biodiversity they contain, together with the indigenous people who still depend on them for their survival
(Click here for more details and how to help) One of our most urgent priorities is to complete our Choco-Andean Rainforest Corridor Project in north west Ecuador
This project will ultimately create a vital link between Andean cloud forests and the lowland forests of the Awa Ethnic Reserve
In doing so it will ensure continuity of forest between the three largest reserves in western Ecuador
The rainforests here are among the most threatened in South America and form part of the world's most biodiverse region: the Tropical Andes
Rainforest destruction is one of the leading causes of greenhouse gas emissions
Much of what Rainforest Concern does helps to reduce these emissions by preventing the cutting and burning of rainforests from occurring in the first place
AMAZONIA Sustainable Development, Health, Education, Biodiversity ...
Ecology and environment of the Xixuaú-Xiparinã Reserve, the Jauaperí Region and
Amazonia in general.
amazonia.org , in the Xixuaú-Xiparinã Reserve, the Jauaperí Region and the Amazon in general - - Slide Show Applet (Java Enabled Browser Required) The Amazon Rainforest Written by the pupils of the Xixuaú-Xiparinã School Sustainable Development on the Rio Jauaperí The Amazonia Association and the Reserve Xixuau-Xiparina Amazonia Association Websites Website in Italian maintained by the Associazione Amazonia ONLUS - Italia presents up to date and complete information on the Amazonia Association, the Xixuaù-Xiparinà Reserve, projects and ecotourism - Website in Danish maintained by the Danish section of the Amazonia Association
Ecuador Rain Forest Conservation - Sustainable Development
Works with local communities of the Amazon to improve their education, provide
medical care, and develop environmentally sustainable micro-businesses to support ...
The Foundation for Integrated Education and Development (FUNEDESIN) is the only organization to represent Ecuador in this international seminar and will send four students (two Quichua indigenous and two mestizo) from the Amazon rainforest who are enrolled at the Yachana Technical High School
At the Foundation for Integrated Education and Development (FUNEDESIN) , we are dedicated to finding sustainable solutions in the struggle between the ideals of rain forest preservation and the realities of life in the Ecuadorian Amazon
We work with local communities to develop community-based medical care and ecotourism programs, establish sustainable agricultural practices, improve education, provide environmentally sustainable economic alternatives, and conserve the rain forest
The non-profit Foundation has created two for-profit companies, and, to finance its fight against poverty and disease and the destruction of Ecuador's imperiled rain forest
One hundred percent of the profits from both companies support FUNEDESIN's rain forest conservation, poverty reduction, healthcare, and community development projects, guaranteeing their long-term financial sustainability
Rainforest Canopy—Introduction
Overview, history of access methods, photographs, trees, ephiphytes, vines and
lianas, and animals.
Rainforest Canopy - Introduction TROPICAL RAINFORESTS The Canopy THE CANOPY An estimated 70-90% of life in the rainforest exists in the trees, above the shaded forest floor
Primary tropical rainforest is vertically divided into at least five layers: the overstory, the canopy, the understory, the shrub layer, and the forest floor
The shrub layer is characterized by shrubby species and juvenile trees that grow only 5-20 feet off the forest floor
The forest floor is the ground layer of the forest made up of the trunks of trees, fungus, and low growing vegetation
These layers are not always distinct and can vary from forest to forest, but serve as good model of the vegetative and mechanical structures of the forest
The billions of leaves of the canopy, acting as miniature solar panels, provide the source of power for the forest by converting sunlight to energy through photosynthesis
In addition to collecting solar energy and regulating the climate, the canopy shields the understory from harsh and intense sunlight, drying winds, and heavy rainfall, and retains the moisture of the forest below
Thus the forest interior is a far less volatile environment than the upper parts of the canopy ceiling
Rainforest Conservation Fund
A non-profit organization that is dedicated to preserving the world's tropical forests.
WELCOME The Rainforest Conservation Fund is an all-volunteer non-profit organization (501)(c)(3), that is dedicated to preserving the world's tropical forests
Neise Digital Communication There is still life in the Peruvian Amazon! And the Rainforest Conservation Fund is engaging in new initiatives to keep it there
Since 1993, RCF has been working to conserve rainforests at the Reserva Comunal Tamshiyacu-Tahuayo (RCTT) in the Department of Loreto, Peru
We have concentrated on creating a conservation ethic through community development, mainly by means of assistance with agroforestry projects
But the atmosphere is changing in Peru, and 2006 will be an exciting and challenging year for RCF and for this part of the Amazon rainforest
For RCF, these are the people who live in the villages near the RCTT and who exploit forest resources
It is essential that they understand the basic biology and ecology of their home, the Amazon tropical rainforest, or they will not feel any need to preserve it
Keep watching rainforestconservation.org for more news on the progress of our new projects! Rainforest Conservation Fund 2038 North Clark Street Suite 233 Chicago, IL 60614 773/975-7517
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