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Agaricales of Costa Rican Quercus Forests: A survey project documenting the diversity, distribution, and ecology of agarics and boletes (mushrooms) and other macrofungi associated with neotropical oak forests. Includes alphabetical lists by taxa and family, a macrofunghi database, pictures and a map.
Author: Halling, Roy E. & Mueller, Gregory M.
Subjects: costa rica, forests, fungi
DeweyClass: 579.6
Resource type: documents, images
Amber: Window to the Past: Highlights of an exhibition recreating a 23 to 30-million-year-old Dominican amber forest. Amber is a form of tree resin - an organic substance whose structure has changed very little over time - and the reconstruction derives from direct evidence provided by the amber fossils or inferred on the basis of plant-feeding forms of insects.
Author: American Museum of Natural History
Subjects: forests, palaeontology
DeweyClass: 561
Resource type: guide
Appalachian Voices: Group committed to protecting forests of the Appalachian Mountain region by working to control air pollution in fragile ecosystems and fight proliferation of wood chip mills, strip mining, mountaintop removal, and commercial logging on public lands. Provides reports and articles documenting the decline of the forests, and slides showing the wildlife, fruits, and trees which can be found there.
Author: Appalachian Voices
Subjects: ecology, environmental protection, forests
DeweyClass: 577.3
Resource type: documents, images
BOREAS Information System: Boreal Ecosystem Atmosphere Study: Information about an interdisciplinary experiment to use satellite data to monitor the northern boreal forests of Canada. Offers results of findings, and data covering airborne fluxes and meteorology, hydrology, terrestrial ecology and trace gas biogeochemistry.
Author: BOREAS project
Subjects: earth observation, ecology, forests
DeweyClass: 577
Resource type: documents
Canadian Forest Service: Information about the Canadian forest service and natural resources in Canada.
Author: Canadian Forest Service
Subjects: canadian geography, forestry, forests
DeweyClass: 634.9
Resource type: documents
Checklist of Online Vegetation and Plant Distribution Maps: Index to vegetation and plant distribution maps worldwide, organised by geographical region. Maps of the most of the world's forests are included.
Author: Englander, Claire and Hoehn, Philip
Subjects: forests, plant distribution
DeweyClass: 580.9
Resource type: index
Conservation International: Non-profit organisation using science, economics, policy and community involvement to promote biodiversity conservation in rain forests and other endangered ecosystems.
Author: Conservation International
Subjects: biodiversity, environmental groups, forests, nature conservation
DeweyClass: 333.72
Resource type: documents
Environmental History of Latin America: Bibliography: Bibliography of resources on the environmental history of the Caribbean, the Andes, the Amazon and Brazil. Features more than 300 references, some available online, including articles, books, videos and web pages in English, Spanish and Portuguese. Both classic and recent works are cited and are classified by bio-geographic region.
Author: Stanford University and Universidade Federal Fluminense
Subjects: environmental protection, forests, latin america
DeweyClass: 333.75
Resource type: bibliography
Forest Conservation Portal: Portal giving access to forest protection efforts and rain forest conservation movements.
Author: Forests.org
Subjects: forests, nature conservation
DeweyClass: 333.75
Resource type: document index
Major Biomes of the World: Guide to the distribution and nature of the world's major biomes. Considers the structure, characteristic growth forms, and taxonomic affiliations of the vegetation, and major soil order(s). Also covers common adaptive characteristics of the fauna of the tundra, boreal forest, temperate broadleaf deciduous forest, tropical broadleaf evergreen forest, tropical savanna, temperate grasslands, desert scrub, and Mediterranean shrub biomes.
Author: Woodward, Susan
Subjects: forests, geography education, soil science, taxonomy
DeweyClass: 577.3
Resource type: guide
OTS Online: Organization for Tropical Studies: A not-for-profit consortium of universities and research institutions in the United States and Latin America dedicated to providing leadership in education, research, and the wise use of natural resources in the tropics.
Author: Organization for Tropical Studies
Subjects: central america, costa rica, forests, tropics
DeweyClass: 577
Resource type: institution
Rainforest Action Network: Rainforest Action Network, founded in 1985, works to protect the Earth's rain forests and support the rights of their inhabitants through education, grassroots organizing, and non-violent direct action. Includes world rain forest movement contacts by region, selected book reviews and information about campaigns such as Amazon protection and wood reduction.
Author: Rainforest Action Network
Subjects: environmental groups, environmental philosophy, forests, tropics
DeweyClass: 333.75
Resource type: documents
Rainforest Database: The Living Earth Foundation is an international organisation which carries out environmental education. Its database includes an introduction to rainforests, the different types of rainforests and where they grow, the plants and animals that can be found there, and forest regeneration and productivity. It also includes papers on the problems faced by indigenous forest dwellers.
Author: Living Earth Foundation
Subjects: forests, plant distribution
DeweyClass: 333.75
Resource type: documents
Reduce Your Wood Consumption: Executive summary from the report Out of the Woods: Reducing Wood Consumption to Save the World's Forests - A Plan of Action for the UK, with some information about how people in the UK can reduce their use of timber and paper.
Author: Friends of the Earth
Subjects: environmental education, forests, nature conservation
DeweyClass: 333.75
Resource type: document
Restoring Borders Woodland: Conference Proceedings 1993: Proceedings of a 1993 conference held by Peeblesshire Environment Concern discussing the restoration of Borders woodland. Scottish woodlands are considered in a global context along with diversity of bird life and land management. The potential for restoration is highlighted and the way forward is outlined.
Author: Borders Forest Trust
Subjects: british natural resources, forests
DeweyClass: 333.75
Resource type: proceedings
Ultimate Web Pages about Tree Rings and Tree-Ring Research: A tree ring is a layer of wood cells produced by a tree or shrub in one year. This set of illustrated documents outlines the principles of dendrochronology, with further sections on resources, links, software, references, supplies and photo gallery about tree ring research.
Author: Grissino-Mayer, Henri D.
Subjects: forests, trees
DeweyClass: 582.16
Resource type: documents, index
USDA Forest Service: Provides information on various aspects of forestry, such as global forestry, timber, fire, human resources, and forest health, with access also provided to a variety of publications, software, and databases. Strong US emphasis.
Author: United States Department of Agriculture
Subjects: forestry, forests
DeweyClass: 634.9
Resource type: documents
Wealth of the Rainforest: Pharmacy of the World: Information pertaining to the natural resources of the Amazon Rainforest, with a tropical plant database that is searchable by common name, botanical name, or ailment. Information is then given on use of substances and remedies, together with an extensive image gallery, and details of environmental issues relating to the Rainforest, such as its destruction and preservation.
Author: Raintree Nutrition
Subjects: alternative medicine, botany, environmental protection, forests, plant images
DeweyClass: 577.34
Resource type: document collection, images