41. World Rainforest Information Portal - Amazon, South America, Asia, Africa - Rain Camisea Disease Renewed Controversy As Disease Rocks Camisea, Protect an Acre Protect an acre of rainforest, Chile s rainforests! http://www.rainforestweb.org/

Welcome to the Rainforest web, Your Gateway to Rainforest Information and Resources. Add your favorite rain forest sites to our directory Victory In Chile: Coastal Road Rerouted! Renewed Controversy As Disease Rocks Camisea Protect an acre of rainforest Pipeline threatens Ecuador's rainforest! Rainforest Information: Indigenous Peoples Animals Plants Kids ... Maps Rainforest Regions: South America Africa Asia North and Central America ... Canada Rainforest Destruction: Wood and Paper Oil and Gas Consumption Finance Rainforest Protection: Green Business Renewable Energy Wood Alternatives What You Can Do: Direct Action Green Transportation Eat Less Meat Climate Collapse - The Pentagon's Weather Nightmare (Fortune, February 27) Huge Amazonian fires may spawn fierce tempests in South America (San Francisco Chronicle, February 27) Curly-tusked boxing pigs rejoice (BBC, February 27) Weathering the Crisis (The Nation, February 25) Brazil tribes fear for their environment (Associated Press, February 24) More news...

42. West Coast A land of contrast mountains, wild coastline, rainforests, coal, timber and gold. Central to this is the Grey District, with the commercial heart of Greymouth. http://www.greymouthnz.co.nz/

Photo proudly provided by Stewart Nimmo Photography The Grey District is the commercial, industrial and communal heart of the West Coast. Whether you are intending to live and work here, invest here or simply pay us a visit, you will find the hospitality, endeavour and neighbourly characteristics of a "Coaster" will give you a warm and positive feeling. This web site is to introduce our district to you under four (4) distinct sectors: Community Commerce Tourism and Industry . If you can't find the detail that you want in your search of the files, please

43. Borneo Tour Specialists - Tours And Travel To See Orangutans And Wildlife On The Tours and travel to Borneo, including Sabah, Sarawak, Brunei and Kalimantan, Experience the wildlife of the rainforests rivers and oceans of Borneo, and the culture of the indigenous tribes. http://www.borneo.com.au

VISIT BORNEO WITH US ON YOUR NEXT HOLIDAY Welcome to the start of your next overseas holiday adventure TRAVEL ADVISORY Click here for information about civil unrest in Central Kalimantan and travel advisory from Sarawak Tourism Board This site is in a continual state of flux. We are adding more information to the site at the rate of a page or two every couple of weeks, although some of the changes are subtle, and are designed to make it easier to navigate your way through the maze. In the future, we will offer you an on-line booking facility, and the answers to even more of your queries, together with enough information to make you want more! At BORNEO TOUR SPECIALISTS our efforts are concentrated on organising tours to Borneo, with Sabah and Sarawak being our specialty areas. We also have tours to some of the best that Kalimantan has to offer, which we will have on the web in the near future. In the mean time, email us for further information. We offer an exciting range of tours carefully tailored to the differing needs of individuals, giving you an insight into the fascinating cultures of Sabah and Sarawak, Brunei and Kalimantan. Let the team at BORNEO TOUR SPECIALISTS introduce you to a part of South-East Asia you never imagined, as epitomised in Agnes Keith's book - "The Land Below the Wind".

44. Rainforest Destruction Some rainforests are an unexplored frontier, with all kinds of new animals and even new tribes of people. The National Wildlife http://www.hipark.austin.isd.tenet.edu/projects/fourth/rainforests/environment.h

Rainforest Destruction How is the rainforest threatened? A major threat to the rainforest is the logging companies that come in and clear land to harvest big trees. There are only about two upper canopy trees (higher trees) per acre, and cutting down these trees almost destroys the upper canopy which is home to most of the birds in the rainforest. Another threat is farming and cattle ranching. People chop down the trees to clear areas, but the soil is not good, so soon they have to move to another area. Sometimes the forest grows back, but it takes many years. A third reason the forests are destroyed is for gold and silver mining. Where is it happening? The worst destruction is in Brazil, Indonesia, and Southeast Asia. There is also widespread destruction in other parts of South America and Mexico. Why save it? The rainforest is home to over fifty percent of all plants and animals on earth. It is the earth's living lungit breathes in carbon dioxide and breathes out oxygen. Some rainforests are an unexplored frontier, with all kinds of new animals and even new tribes of people. The National Wildlife Federation in 1993 listed ten reasons why we should save the rainforests: People have no right to destroy the rainforests for their own purposes.

45. Panama Canal And Ecology ARticle discussing the history and impact of decreasing fresh water flows to the areas rainforests. http://www.american.edu/projects/mandala/TED/canal.htm

TED Case Studies Panama Canal and Ecology Go to All TED Cases PANAM Case CANALTH Case Go to Super Page

46. Webquest On Animals Of The Rainforest rainforests provide us with oxygen, help maintain our climate, and give us essential foods and medicines. PBS Science In The Rainforest. Vanishing rainforests. http://www.plainfield.k12.in.us/hschool/webq/webq3/rain.htm

ANIMALS OF THE TROPICAL RAINFOREST R ainforests provide us with oxygen, help maintain our climate, and give us essential foods and medicines. Rainforests have intense tropical sunlight, high temperatures, and almost constant rainfall. 7% of the world is covered in rainforest. More than 50% of the world's plant and animal species inhabit rainforest areas. Dozens of animal species a day become extinct. TASK ONE The Indianapolis Zoo would like to expand their rainforest exhibit and need to learn more about animals who live in the rainforest. Your group will be scientists from the Indianapolis Zoo and go to one of the large rainforests in South America, Africa, or Southeast Asia. Pick 5 birds, mammals, amphibians, or insects to learn more about. Here is some information to look for: 1. Common and scientific name of animal. 2. Which rainforest does the animal live in? 3. Describe the animals' habitat. 4. What does the animal eat? 5. Find descriptive details or pictures of the animal. 6. Is the animal an endangered species?

47. Tanisha Tours, Snorkeling,Fishing, Ambergris Caye, Belize Offer snorkeling, fishing, Maya jungle and rainforests tours. http://www.tanishatours.com/

with Snorkeling Maya Ruins Wildlife When it comes to wildlife we are the experts and the pioneers. beginning the Lamanai and the Belize wildlife tour from San Pedro in 1993. Scheduled by Request - Full Day BELIZE RIVER / MANATEE WATCHING Take a trip over to the mouth of the Belize River to see the amazing manatees. The wonder of watching these huge animals in their natural habitat is something you will never forget. Then we go up the Belize River, entering the mainland savannah, stopping for sightings of birds, crocodiles, orchids and bats. We also go through the through the Baboon Sanctuary, with groups of monkeys hanging from the trees! Beer, rum punch, and soft drinks included. $90 US per person. Lunch is also included. Mondays and Fridays - Full Day ALTUN HA WILDLIFE TOUR to BABOON SANCTUARY Through the Belize River all the way to the baboon sanctuary. View monkeys, iguanas, birds and crocodiles up close and personal on this river adventure. Howler monkey families watch as we travel upriver through the savannah while iguanas (known locally as bamboo chicken) sun themselves along the river. e provide a light breakfast, lunch, complimentary soft drinks and beers, rum punch, purified water and the park fee at the site. $125 US per person. Scheduled by Request ALTUN HA TOUR We start at 8:30 and cross the bay to the north River which was hand hewn by the Mayas. We follow the River for 30 to 40 min then arrive at the village of Bomba where we board a bus that takes us to the site of Altun-Ha. Here Daniel gives the tour of this fabulous site, followed by another short ride to Maruba resort where we buy. Here we also have the opportunity to do horse back riding or just swim or relax near the pool while there lunch is served. After leaving Maruba we ride back to the boat for the way back to the Island, arriving at about 5:00- 5:30. The price is US$75. and does not include lunch. We do provide complimentary beer, rum punch, soft drinks, purified water, and the park fee.

48. Rain Forest Materials If you can t see the image above, press here for other browsers. So finally I began to scream at him. What the hell are you doing here anyway? http://www.bcrescue.org/rainforests.html

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49. Australian Rainforest Conservation Society Society which aims to protect, repair and restore the rainforests of Australia and to maximise the protection of forest biodiversity. http://www.rainforest.org.au/

Subtropical rainforest, Main Range near Mt Superbus, South-East Queensland. Photo: Aila Keto ARCS President, Dr Aila Keto, Queenslander of the Year 2000 - the story Last updated, June 2003. Designed and created by Keith Scott You are visitor number since 18 Feb 2000. Feedback on this Web site

50. Rainforests For Kids And Teachers All About rainforests for kids and teachers. RAIN FOREST FACTS AND ACTIVITIES. Science Down? Shows the consequences of destroyed rainforests. http://www.kiddyhouse.com/Rainforest/

All About Rainforests for kids and teachers RAIN FOREST FACTS AND ACTIVITIES Science in Rainforest Rainforest facts. Detailed and informative. 5/5 Zoom's Rainforest Basic, simple information for young children to start with. Toucan Sam : Encyclopedia of the Rainforest Rainforest facts for kids. Wealth of the Rainforest - Pharmacy to the World Facts. Medicine from the rainforest plants. Frequently Asked Questions Frequently asked questions about the rainforest. Answered by the Rainforest Alliance's Executive Director, Daniel R. Katz Tropical Forest Facts Facts Rainforest People and Animals by Devin, Mathew and Cameron Short simple facts with pictures Passport to Knowledge : Live from the Rainforest Detailed facts, lots of pictures, sound clips are more. 5/5 Rainforest Word Problems Very interesting math problem activity with illustrations for kids Rainforest Riddles Nice collection of rainforest riddles What Happens When the Rainforests are Cut Down? Shows the consequences of destroyed rainforests. Rainforests of Malaysia Get to know about the endangered animals there and the National Parks. About Rainforests Differences between a jungle and a rainforest and more.

51. Hotel Si Como No - Manuel Antonio, Costa Rica (Official Web Site), Hotel Si Como Surrounded by tropical rainforests, beaches and rivers. Ocean and river kayaking, sportfishing ,white water rafting available. http://www.sicomono.com

Home Manuel Antonio C.R. New Features Area Attractions ... Tell us your comments " Si Como No " expresses the magical nature of Costa Rica's incredible bio-diversity. It creates a vacation experience deeply rooted in the culture and pace of this unique Democratic country. Even the name " Si Como No ", which means " Yes, why not? ", reflects the warm and engaging personality of Costa Ricans, people blessed with easygoing charm and optimism, complemented by their high level of literacy and good health care. Family Pool Adult Pool Located in Manuel Antonio, a veritable treasure chest of natural beauty, Hotel Si Como No is surrounded by lush tropical rainforest, inviting soft sand beaches, and nearby rafting rivers. The hotel enhances its guests' experience by offering a full array of activities, including guided excursions into Manuel Antonio National Park, mangrove and ocean kayaking, horseback riding, tours to our nearby butterfly and private nature refuge "

52. Rainforests - Themes At HomeworkSpot.com rainforests Wonder what it would be like to live in a rainforest? ZOOM! rainforests Explore the layers of the rainforest, its animals, people and more. http://www.homeworkspot.com/theme/rainforests.htm

Back to Home Homeroom Arts and Crafts Foreign Languages ... Link to Site Reference Desk Almanacs Ask an Expert Atlases Biographies Calculators Calendars Citations Current Events Dictionaries Encyclopedias Government Homework Hotlines Libraries Lists Museums People Reading Room Quotations Safe search engines Statistics Thesauri Trivia Much More... Current Events HOMEWORK Education Headlines News for Kids K-12 Newspapers Current Events HEADLINESPOT Today's Top Stories Search the News News By City News By State News by Country Education News Health News Political News Sports News Weather Much More... StartSpot Network BookSpot.com CinemaSpot.com EmploymentSpot.com GenealogySpot.com GovSpot.com HeadlineSpot.com HomeworkSpot.com LibrarySpot.com MuseumSpot.com TripSpot.com HomeworkSpot Themes > Rainforests Rainforests Wonder what it would be like to live in a rainforest? The Web provides a jungle of information about the natural wonders. Surf around the following sites for facts, pictures, stories and more. Watch out for spider monkeys! PBS Rainforest Facts A great site with reliable information. Be sure to check out the section on people native to the rainforest. Questions Most Asked by Kids Find answers to common questions and concerns.

53. COCORI Complete Costa Rica-Nature's Cathedral-Rain Forests Article on the conservation of the rainforests, by Cocori. http://www.cocori.com/library/eco/naturcat.htm

by Michael L. Smith It's quiet. Very quiet. But it isn't silent and it's far from dead. Listen closelya faint rustle of leaves high overhead, a bird calls, some strange insect punctuates the air with an alien sound. And the colors! So many greens and browns; with an exclamation of velvety red or yellow or white scattered around; just enough to keep it interesting. The air is warm, humid, sometimes stifling; it stirs very little here. Looking more closely, one realizes that there is tremendous activity all around. This is a unique environment; highly fragile in the hands of man and extremely important to the survival of man. O ne hundred years from now, historians may be compelled to refer to the second half of the 20th century as that brief period of time when much of the earth's biological diversity was eradicated in the name of survival, progress and profits. Paleontologists speak of the end of the dinosaur age as a period of massive extinctions, yet during that perioddespite the assistance of asteroids and volcanic dust cloudsthe planet lost an average of only one species every 1,000 years. Today, human activities are exterminating plant and animal species at a rate of 1,000 each year. By the end of this century, this rate is predicted to reach 10,000 species per yearmore than one species every hour! Unbelievable? These figures are the accepted estimates of some of the world's most eminent biological researchers. Man is on the way to destroying a quarter of all the species of plants and animals that live on the earth today. Most of the species are insects, but they are joined by a large variety of birds, mammals and reptiles, and by thousands of species of plants.

54. Tropical Rainforests Theme Page CLN menu page provides links to Social Studies curricular resources and instructional materials (lesson plans) in the specific topic of tropical rainforests. http://www.cln.org/themes/tropical_rainforests.html

Tropical Rainforests Theme Page This "Theme Page" has links to two types of resources related to the study of Tropical Rainforests. Students and teachers will find curricular resources (information, content...) to help them learn about this topic. In addition, there are also links to instructional materials (lesson plans) which will help teachers provide instruction in this theme. Please read our Animal Awareness A lesson plan designed for intermediate to junior high students. Students research a rainforest animal and present a report to classmates. Animals of the Tropical Rainforest In this webquest activity, primary students have the task of finding out more about 5 animals from the rainforest, drawing one of the animals, finding and taping animal sounds, and learning more on what can be done to protect the rainforest. Biome Investigation Using picture/graphical resources on the Internet as starting points, intermediate students investigate the six biomes of the world in this lesson plan. Two specific objectives are to describe the major factors that shape biomes and to represent the connections between the factors that determine biome development and plant and animal life. Chocolate Fun A lesson plan that has students make hot chocolate with different brands and test the pH levels. Information and links are to resources about the rainforest cacao plant.

55. Home Page Eco adventure tours to jungles, rainforests, wildlife refuges and volcanoes for everyone. http://www.adventuretravelcostarica.net

56. Stikine River Song - Telegraph Creek Accommodations, River Trips, Jet Boats, Sal Backcountry lodge, river tours, fishing, and hiking. A base of travel from historic Telegraph Creek in the dry northern interior to the rainforests of the Pacific Ocean at Wrangell, Alaska. http://www.stikineriversong.com/

Photo Credits: Gary Fiegehen, Francis E. Caldwell, and various clients this website created by BC Web A full-service vacation company operating in remote Northwest British Columbia, Canada We offer: Stikine River Tours to Alaska Sockeye salmon fishing on the Stikine River Jet Boat Tours in Northwest BC Big adventure as we take our custom-built twin engine Jet Boat up into the Grand Canyon of the Stikine River. Enter Stikine RiverSong Stikine RiverSong Box 47 Telegraph Creek, BC Canada Email dan@stikineriversong.com Phone/Fax (250) 235-3196

57. Rainforests - Stage 3 environment. Question Why do you think the Australian government should make laws to protect our rainforests? Task- Congratulations http://www.cap.nsw.edu.au/bb_site_intro/stage3_Modules/rainforest_module/

Background Rainforests are a complex balance of plants and animals. This is called an ecosystem. In the past, Australian Aboriginals have found food, shelter and medicine within the rainforest, but have done so, without damage to the ecosystem. Today human involvement is threatening the rainforest environment. Question Why do you think the Australian government should make laws to protect our rainforests? Task Congratulations, your school has chosen you to join a team of scientists who are going on a dangerous two week expedition into unknown territories of an Australian rainforest. You are to provide evidence which will help support the government's decision to implement laws to protect large areas of rainforests. You are to use your time in the rainforest to study and investigate the plants and animals which live there, and their dependency upon one another. You must also consider the overall effects to the environment of any human involvement, and use this information to explain why the goverment should make

58. Rainforest Action Network Works to protect the Earth's rainforests and support the rights of their inhabitants through education, grassroots organizing, and nonviolent direct action. The site encourages visitors to take action to protect the rainforests. http://www.ran.org

RAN News: ATLANTA JOURNAL CONSTITUTION: Does globalization spring leaks in the Third World? by Michael Brune (June 6) SOCIALFUNDS.COM: Are the Equator Principles Sincere or Spin? (June 4) FINANCIAL TIMES: Environment groups hold banks to their green promises (June 4) INVESTOR'S BUSINESS DAILY: Green With Privilege (June 4) REUTERS: Brazil defends Amazon protection efforts (June 4) SPIKED: Inflaming the oil crisis (June 3) More news... Old Growth Global Finance Jumpstart Ford ... Our Website Tel: 415-398-4404 Fax: 415-398-2732 Email: Translate Traduzca Traduisez Traduca Traduza Übersetzen Sie Website by Blue Mandala Additional site credits

59. Rainforest Concern - Conserving And Protecting Threatened Natural Habitat, Parti Conserving and protecting threatened natural habitat, particularly rainforests and the biodiversity they contain in Ecuador, Sri Lanka, the Amazon, Costa Rica and other parts of Central and South America http://www.rainforestconcern.org

11 June 2004 Index...... Contact Details For Teachers Green Shopping Online How to download the Guided Tour Partners Rainforests and Global Warming Ray Mears Jungle Survival Course Recycling for the Rainforest Contact us now Tel: +44 (0) 20 7229 2093 (UK) Registered Charity no 1028947 RAINFOREST CONCERN (Click here for more details) The world’s tropical rainforests are the richest and most diverse habitats on earth. They represent a vast reservoir of knowledge and contain a wealth of ecosystems and wildlife, with many species yet to be discovered. Rainforest Concern was established as a registered charity in 1993 to protect the world’s tropical rainforests and the incredible biodiversity they contain, together with the indigenous people who still depend on them for their survival. We have projects throughout the world, including Ecuador, Costa Rica, Panama, Chile, Sri Lanka and Brazil, as well as a project we are assisting in Zambia. For more detail about our projects, please click on "Projects" in the menu bar above. *URGENT APPEAL* (Click here for more details and how to help) (or CLICK HERE for Flash Movie version) One of our most urgent priorities is to complete our Choco-Andean Rainforest Corridor Project in north west Ecuador.

60. Rainforests rainforest ? THINGS TO INCLUDE AND CONSIDER IN YOUR RESEARCH 1. You must present a detailed map of the World s rainforests locations. 2 http://www.cap.nsw.edu.au/bb_site_intro/secondary_modules/rainforests/rainforest

"CRASHED AND ALONE IN THE RAINFOREST". INTRODUCTION. You have planned your holiday to one of the World's rainforest.You decided to fly there and unfortunately your plane has crashed. Everyone else has died and you are now all alone and the rescue party won't reach you for five days. You were able to find on the aircraft some food, water and geographical tools. CHALLENGE: During your five day saga , in the rainforest alone, you decide to record your observations in a diary format that is a written journal combined with sketches and photographs. You intend after the ordeal is over (so inspired by the natural beauty, wildlife and the indigenous peoples that you encounter) to prepare a report for the United Nations conference on "The Environments and Communities of Geographical Significance". Can your report save this isolated rainforest ? THINGS TO INCLUDE AND CONSIDER IN YOUR RESEARCH : 1. You must present a detailed map of the World's rainforests locations. 2. Your written reports should include the following information in a diary format and finally in a report format a description of the climate, in this description are the temperature, precipitation, cloud cover and humidity

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