Conservation
WWF Malaysia - Save Our Rainforest - 0 views
Thailand's palm oil crisis: 'Mr S' strikes again | Asia News - Politics, Media, Educati... - 0 views
What Are the Benefits of Ecotourism for Local Communities? | National Geographic - 0 views
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communities may work harder to protect those resource
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locals find work as tour guides and discover that their jobs depend on local conservation efforts
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very detailed site on the the benefits of ecotourism (many point of views; conservation, government funding, local business, cultural exchange)
Benefits of Ecotourism-Advantages and Disadvantages for Ecotourism - 0 views
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here are many more advantages of ecotourism than disadvantages
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if done right, the goals of ecotourism are to help the environment, preserve natural resources as well as help the local communities and economies.
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to make a lot of money from tourists
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Mostly Positive (and some negative) sides of Eco-Tourism, very basic, clear, short, to the point website.
Benefits - 0 views
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natural attractions
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advancing social, economic, and environmental objectives in developing countrie
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ew opportunities for small-enterprise investment and employment
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This source tells the different benefits of Eco-Tourism and also included is a little bit of history and also some facts, examples.
http://www.ifad.org/pub/factsheet/ip/e.pdf - 0 views
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There were more than 370 million indigenous people in 70 countries and before they use to be more. Indigenous people play a crucial role managing natural resources.
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Indigenous Quotes - BrainyQuote - 0 views
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This is a really good quote, it saying that, there are not quick fixes when indigenous people are heading to poverty and it going to become a social disaster.
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AMAZON WATCH » Is Brazil Destroying The Amazon For Energy? - 0 views
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Brazil's first woman president, Dilma Rousseff wants to eliminate more than 86,000 hectares of protected areas in the Amazon
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The immediate reason? To make way for at least two large hydroelectric dams being worked out on paper, including the Tapajos project – an 8,000 megawatt power station the government would like to see built on the border of Para and Amazonas states.
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The (Brazilian) President is backtracking on Brazil's environmental commitments, and will use any means necessary to push through an agenda of expensive mega-infrastructure projects in the Amazon
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The perspective of the presidents
Rainforest furniture - 0 views
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By SYLVIA WESTALL Love your new dining room table ... but did you ask the salesman whether it's made from chopped up rainforest trees? A growing number of shoppers are doing just that when buying furniture because of concerns about the effects of shrinking rainforests on global warming and the extinction of rare species of flora and fauna that inhabit these forests.
RAINFOREST LUMBER AND TIMBER AND PAPER COMPANIES - World Topics | Facts and Details - 1 views
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RAINFOREST LUMBER Tropical rainforests supply about one fifth of the world's industrial lumber. Logging companies claim that most of their logging is selective rather than clear cutting and that only 5 to 7 percent of wood taken from tropical forests is exported.
Benefits of deforestation - 1 views
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Whenever people talk about deforestation, usually the things that spring to mind are negative thoughts brought on mostly by media hypes and environmentalist drives. People think about global warming, depletion of natural resources, and the casual extinction of indigenous fauna and flora. Yet people don't seem to realize that there are actually quite a few benefits of deforestation.
People of the Amazon | Greenpeace International - 0 views
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The Brazilian Amazon alone is home to 20 million people including 400 different indigenous groups and the future of the Amazon depends on the future of those that call the forest home.
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It provides almost everything from food and shelter to tools and medicines, as well as playing a crucial role in people's spiritual and cultural life.
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use 32 plant species in the construction of hunting equipment alone. Each plant has a specific role according to its physical and chemical properties.
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looks cool ANGUS
Causes and Effects of Deforestation - 0 views
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Trees are one of the most important aspects of the planet we live in. Trees are vitally important to the environment, animals, and of course for us humans. They are important for the climate of the Earth, as they act as filters of carbon dioxide.
Rainforest Concern - Why are they being destroyed? - 0 views
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Why are they being destroyed? In the past 50 years much of the rainforest in Africa and Asia has been destroyed. Large areas of rainforest are being cut down, often in order to remove just a few logs, and rainforest is being destroyed at double the rate of all previous estimates.
Avoiding Rainforest Wood - 0 views
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Rainforest Wood Avoiding Unsustainable. Rainforest Wood Rainforest Relief has been focused on reducing the imports of tropical woods into the US since we started the group in 1989. We have grown to become the leading US organization working to prevent the use of tropical hardwoods by US governments, corporations and individuals.
Amazon Rainforest Products - 0 views
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Amazon Rainforest Products There are many different products from the Amazon rainforest. Following are some important products and a brief explanation about them.
New study debunks myths about vulnerability of Amazon rain forests to drought - 0 views
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Something about science
Impacts of the Belo Monte Dam | The Rainforest Foundation - 0 views
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This site contains interesting facts specifically about the Belo Monte Dam - Xingu river, Amazon.
