Forests
Overviews and Factsheets
About Rainforests - by the numbers
Rainforests cover 2% of the Earth's surface, or 6% of its land mass, yet they house over half the plant and animal species on Earth. They originally covered at least twice that area.
Rainforest Action Network
Deforestation: The Global Assault Continues
World Resources Institute
Forest ecosystems
World Resources Institute
Forests Overview
Greenpeace USA
The causes of deforestation and those responsible for it
It is necessary to understand the different causes of deforestation and forest degradation, that may be grouped into direct causes and underlying (or indirect) causes.
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World Rainforest Movement
The Causes of Rainforest Destruction
Rainforest Information Center
The direct and underlying causes of forest loss
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World Rainforest Movement
The future of tropical forests
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World Rainforest Movement
What are underlying causes of deforestation?
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World Rainforest Movement
Other Key Articles and Documents
Declaration of the World Rainforest Movement Penang
An emergency call to action for the forests, their peoples and life on earth
World Rainforest Movement
The Causes of Forest Decline
World Rainforest Movement
UNEP Global Environment Outlook 3 - Forests
from the UNEP GEO-3 Report. (PDF format)
UNEP - United Nations Environemnt Programme
Reports and Publications
Forests for Life: WWF's Global Annual Forest Report 1998
WWF - World Wide Fund for Nature
Protect forests! for future generations
World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF)
The Last of the World's Remaing Ancient Forests
Greenpeace USA
The State of the World's Forests 2001
UN Food and Agriculture Organization
World Commission on Forests and Sustainable Development - Final Report (Summary)
Other Articles and Documents
Five-hundred year plan: A systemic approach
The world's deforestation to date and its rate of increase have given rise to a state of global emergency. Yet an effective response to this problem could, more than anything else, help us build a sustainable society in our lifetime. The 500 year six fold approach is offered as a framework to halt deforestation and its consequences.
Rainforest Action Network
WRI study reports deforestation may be higher than FAO estimates
World Resources Institute
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