Agro Forestry - Managed Forests
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www.tropicalforesttrust.com |
Tropical Forest Trust conserves endangered tropical forests by working with forest managers, indigenous communities and other stakeholders. Provides expert advice and guidance at ground level supporting the implementation of sustainable forest management. |
www.aftaweb.org |
Association for Temperate Agroforestry, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO. Agroforestry policy briefs, news, education, events. Publishes a monthly newsletter. |
www.worldagroforestry.org |
World Agroforestry Centre’s vision is a rural transformation in the developing world where smallholder households massively increase their use of trees in agricultural landscapes to improve their food security, nutrition, income, health, shelter, energy resources and environmental sustainability. Int'l. |
www.globalforestwatch.org |
Global Forest Watch. An independent network of organizations that monitor logging, mining, road-building and other forest development around the world- an initiative of the World Resources Institute. |
| Wildfires burned 1.9 million acres in Idaho in 2007. www.idahofireplan.org/images/July%20Press.pdf |
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Recent Issues Blog Posts
Methane hydrate, will it be a godsend and replace dirty coal and oil within the next five years, or will it delay our investment in renewable energy and set us on an ever longer road of hydrocarbon addiction?
A destruction of the world's resources, leaving long term greenhouse gas emissions, water pollution and habitat loss.
The World Health Organization and the United Nations Environment Programme have just listed endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs) a "global threat" after the release of a collaborative study.
Recent Building Blog Posts
The earth-house uses the ground as an insulating blanket that efficiently protects it from temperature extremes, wind, rain and extreme weather events.
Underground homes with a modern bent. A large thermal mass stabilizes inside temperatures, giving you free heat in the winter, free cooling in the summer.
For those in northern, high altitude or windy climates who wish to grow their food year round. Take advantage of the insulating properties of the Earth.
Recent Art Blog Posts
Yao Lu an emerging Chinese artist digitally reworks photos of garbage into traditional Chinese landscape paintings.
Recent Movies Blog Posts
The many voices of the film share a unified vision: we must start acting as a planetary civilization.
a journey into the soul of humanity and a testimony of the damage inflicted by humans on the natural world...
