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	The Rainforest Site URL: http://www.therainforestsite.com/ ODP description: Founded to help protect the environment. Visitors can save a free area of rainforest with a mouse click. Page title: Preserve Endangered Land @ The Rainforest Site
	Trees for Life URL: http://www.treesforlife.org.uk/ ODP description: A Scottish conservation charity dedicated to the regeneration and restoration of the Caledonian Forest in the Highlands of Scotland Page title: Welcome to Trees for Life - Restoring the Caledonian Forest Page description: Trees for Life is an award-winning charity based in Findhorn, Scotland, whose remit is to restore the razed Caledonian Forest to a 600-square-mile area of the Scottish Highlands.
	RainTree URL: http://www.rain-tree.com/ ODP description: Resource database of rainforest plants including medicinal properties, preservation options, articles, and clinical trial data. Page title: Wealth of the Rainforest - Pharmacy to the World from Raintree Nutrition, Inc. Page description: Raintree's extensive website on the Amazon Rainforest features 100's of pages and pictures and facts on rainforest plants, preservation and destruction
	FAO Forestry Department URL: http://www.fao.org/forestry/index.jsp ODP description: United Nations, Forests and forestry global portal. Page description: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations: essential documents, statistics, maps and multimedia resources
	Cloud Forest Alive URL: http://www.cloudforestalive.org/ ODP description: Live cams of nesting quetzals and hummingbirds from the cloud forest of Costa Rica. Learn about the importance of preserving the biodiversity of the meso-American biological corridor. Page title: Cloud Forest Alive Homepage Page description: Visit the Monteverde Cloud Forest Preserve in Costa Rica through this live, interactive website. View the world's first and only live webcam images of the endangered Quetzal nesting in the wild cloud forests, view fourteen species of tropical hummingbirds through ColibriCam, view daily natural history lessons in the Guide Center, and view the weekly Identify that Insect contest. Learn and participate in science, research, and educational pr...
	Southern Forest Resource Assessment URL: http://www.srs.fs.usda.gov/sustain/ ODP description: A multi-agency evaluation of the status of forest resources of the southern U.S., their productivity, ecological diversity and sustainability. Led by the USDA Forest Service. Page description: an assessment of the sustainability of forest resources in the Southern United States, led by the USDA Forest Service's Southern Region and Southern Research Station plus USEPA, TVA, Fish and Wildlife, and various state forestry agencies
	Mamirau Sustainable Development Reserve URL: http://www.mamiraua.org.br/ ODP description: The Mamirau Project in Brazil, a non-profit NGO combining research and sustainable development. Page title: MamirauÃ¡
	ODI Forest Policy and Environment Group URL: http://www.odifpeg.org.uk/ ODP description: FPEG seeks to inform the processes of policy change in tropical forestry in ways which improve the livelihoods and well-being of the forest-dependent poor, whilst also securing the long-term future of forest resources. Page title: FPEP Home
	Fazenda Iracambi URL: http://www.iracambi.com ODP description: Works with the local community on seeking solutions to conservation and development problems. They invite the participation of researchers and volunteers with an interest in rainforest conservation. Page title: Iracambi
	East-West Forestry Associates, Inc. URL: http://www.forestdata.com ODP description: California forest inventory data, GIS. Page title: Welcome to East-West Forestry Associates
	Guyana Forestry Commission URL: http://www.forestry.gov.gy/ ODP description: Contains reports on certification, sustainable forest management, silviculture, zoning, mangroves and social aspects of forestry based on the Guyana experience. Page title: Home Page
	Sustainable Forestry & Certification Watch URL: http://sfcw.org ODP description: SFCW aims at enhancing the understanding of forest certification, particuarly regarding sustainable forest management, international forest policy, trade in forest products and consumer choice. Page title: Forest News Watch -- Leading-Edge Information for Forest & Paper Sector Decision Makers - . Page description: Forest News Watch -- All the critical forest and paper sector sustainability news at your finger tips.
	Royal Forestry Society of England, Wales and Northern Ireland URL: http://www.rfs.org.uk ODP description: The Royal Forestry Society is based in the UK and caters for all who care about forestry, forests, woodlands and trees, their husbandry and their future. Page title: Royal Forestry Society of England, Wales and Northern Ireland Home Page
	Amazon Rainforest URL: http://www.amazon-rainforest.org ODP description: Information about the amazon rainforest, its people, places of interest, and how everyone can help the rainforest. Page title: Save the Amazon Rainforest \| Amazon River - Rainforest Animals Page description: Information about the amazon rainforest, its people, places of interest, the amazon river, amazonia, and how you can help the rainforest
	The Native Forests of New Zealand URL: http://www.natureandco.co.nz/land_and_wildlife/flora/forest/index_nat-for.php3 ODP description: Learn about the various types and distinctive character of native forests in New Zealand; their unbroken lineage to the ancient forests of Gondwana and the impact of human activity on these forests. Includes images, references, links and books. Page title: NATUREANDCO.COM - The Native Forests of New Zealand Page description: Learn about the various types and distinctive character of native forests in New Zealand, their unbroken lineage to the ancient forests of Gondwana, the impact of human activity. With images, references, links, books.
	Pax Natura a Costa Rica Rainforest URL: http://www.paxnatura.org ODP description: A private rainforest preserve in Costa Rica. Page title: PAX NATURA - Rainforest Preservation
	SmartWood URL: http://www.rainforest-alliance.org/programs/forestry/smartwood/ ODP description: Provides independent, objective evaluation of forest management practices, forest products, timber sources and companies, enabling the public to identify products and practices that do not destroy forests. Certification and use of the SmartWood label provides a commercial incentive for forest managers to adopt sustainable forestry practices. Page title: Certification of Wood, Paper and Forest Products: Why the Rainforest Alliance Supports Forest Stewardship Council Certification
	Decoding the Silent Lyrics of Rain Forests URL: http://www.emeagwali.com/essays/technology/rain-forests/decoding-the-silent-lyrics-of-rain-forests.html ODP description: The "Tree of Life" shows that animals and plants have a common primordial ancestor. A Nigerian scientist, Philip Emeagwali, argues that the rain forests are the untapped technological gold mines of the 21st century. Page description: The design of computers that mimic the properties of plants and rain forests
	Russian Forests URL: http://www.forest.ru ODP description: This English language site gives an overview of Russian forests, and the threats facing them. 22% of the world's forests are in Russia. Page title: Russian Forests - Welcome !!!
	PEFC - Pan European Forest Council URL: http://www.pefc.org ODP description: Promotes an internationally credible framework for forest certification schemes and initiatives in European countries. Page title: PEFC -