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Coalition for Rainforest Nations editor's pick popular

http://www.rainforestcoalition.org/eng/

8 out of 10 stars (8 votes)

a group of forested tropical countries collaborating to reconcile forest stewardship with economic development, including establishment of rainforest protection financed through carbon markets

Added: Apr. 16, 2006 | Rate It

Forest Protection Portal editor's pick popular

http://forests.org/

8 out of 10 stars (39 votes)

ecological science based forest conservation advocacy providing vast rainforest, forest and biodiversity conservation news & information; Forests.org works to end deforestation, preserve primary and old-growth forests, conserve and sustainably manage other forests, and to commence the age of ecological restoration

Added: Jan. 03, 2001 | Rate It

Rainforest Portal editor's pick popular

http://www.rainforestportal.org/

8 out of 10 stars (6 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

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

Borneo Orangutan Survival Foundation UK editor's pick

http://www.savetheorangutan.org.uk/

9 out of 10 stars (22 votes)

U.K. branch of the Balikpapan Orangutan Survival Foundation works to protect the orangutan in its natural habitat, and to promote its long-term welfare in Indonesia

Added: Oct. 19, 2006 | Rate It

Dirty Money editor's pick

http://www.dirtymoney.org/

puts pressure on big banking to adopt environmentally sound principles. A project of the Rainforest Action Network

Added: Mar. 15, 2005 | Rate It

Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) editor's pick

http://www.eia-international.org/campaigns/forests/

works to protect the world’s forests by combining undercover investigations with hard hitting reports and briefings, exposing criminal syndicates and unsustainable markets behind rampant illegal logging, and lobbying governments in timber producing and consuming countries to act

Added: Jul. 20, 2006 | Rate It

International Rivers editor's pick

http://internationalrivers.org/

supports local communities working to protect their rivers and watersheds, working to halt destructive river development projects such as dams

Added: Feb. 10, 2001 | Rate It

No Aluminum Smelters in Cedros, Trinidad Rainforests editor's pick

http://www.nosmeltertnt.com/

5 out of 10 stars (4 votes)

protest against plans on the Island of Trinidad that calls for the forced industrialization of South Western Trinidad with two aluminum smelters, one from Alcoa, which would destroy many acres of rainforest and displace local peoples

Added: May. 21, 2006 | Rate It

Oilwatch editor's pick

http://www.oilwatch.org/

a resistance network that opposes the activities of oil companies in tropical countries, with members in over 50 countries in Asia, Africa and Latin America

Added: Oct. 19, 2006 | Rate It

Rettet den Regenwald editor's pick

http://www.regenwald.org/international/englisch/

English-language website by Rettet den Regenwald e.V. (Save the Rainforest Germany), with regularly updated email action alerts against rainforest destruction and important news about threats faced by rainforests

Added: May. 12, 2007 | Rate It

WALHI - Friends of the Earth Indonesia editor's pick

http://www.eng.walhi.or.id/

5 out of 10 stars (1 vote)

large forum of non-government and community-based organisations in Indonesia that stands for social transformation, peoples sovereignty, and sustainability of life and livelihoods; works to defend Indonesia’s natural world and local communities from injustice carried out in the name of economic development

Added: May. 12, 2007 | Rate It

Wake Up Woolworths! new

http://www.wakeupwoolworths.com/

Australian campaign to encourage retailer Woolworths to reconsider their choice of pulp and paper sourced from Indonesia

Added: Aug. 16, 2008 | Rate It

Climate Alliance

http://www.klimabuendnis.org/

seeks to preserve the global climate by reducing greenhouse gas emissions to a sustainable level in the industrialized countries of the north, and conserving the rainforests in the south of the planet

Added: May. 21, 2006 | Rate It

Cool Earth

http://www.coolearth.org/

8 out of 10 stars (2 votes)

works to control carbon emissions and halt climate change by tackling tropical deforestation, purchasing rainforests for their carbon ecosystem services

Added: Oct. 10, 2006 | Rate It

Forest Programme -- Friends of the Earth International forest campaigns

http://www.foei.org/en/campaigns/forests/index.html

committed to the conservation and restoration of forest ecosystems by addressing the underlying causes of forest destruction and developing global and local guidelines for their preservation

Added: Mar. 16, 2008 | Rate It

Forest Protect Action Alerts

http://forests.org/shared/alerts/

10 out of 10 stars (2 votes)

Forests.org's cyberactions which allow you to send protest emails on behalf of global forests from the Forest Protection Portal

Added: Jan. 12, 2001 | Rate It

Forests Monitor

http://www.forestsmonitor.org/

7 out of 10 stars (3 votes)

investigates the forest industry to empower forest-dependent people, raise public awareness, increase transparency and accountability of the sector

Added: Feb. 03, 2001 | 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

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

Madagascar Wildlife Conservation

http://www.mwc-info.net/en/index.html

organises and pursues community-based conservation projects; aiming to preserve biodiversity in key areas by promoting a long-term conservation process that integrates development, environmental education and research

Added: Dec. 30, 2006 | Rate It

Malaysian Nature Society

http://www.mns.org.my/

provides a gateway to the state of Malaysia's environment, working for the protection of key habitats as national and state parks

Added: May. 21, 2006 | Rate It

Papua New Guinea Country Programme

http://www.wwfpacific.org.fj/where_we_work/png/

3 out of 10 stars (6 votes)

WWF's campaign to protect this remarkable island and the life support systems it provides for Papua New Guinea’s people and the planet

Added: Mar. 07, 2003 | Rate It

Problem with Palm Oil, The - Rainforest Agribusiness

http://theproblemwithpalmoil.org/

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

Protecting acient forests in China

http://www.greenpeace.org/china/en/campaigns/forests

Greenpeace China's campaigns to protect ancient forests, including "save the paradise forests", exposing illegal logging and the non-disposable chopsticks project

Added: Apr. 25, 2008 | Rate It