Tropical Forestry Must Read List

bullet1 CONSERVATION

bullet2 WRI World Resources Institute

http://www.wri.org

WRI provides information, ideas, and solutions to global environmental problems. Its mission is “to move human society to live in ways that protect the earth’s environment for future and current generations”.

bullet2 UNEP United Nations Environment Programme

http://www.unep.org/unep/about.htm

UNEP’s mission is “to provide leadership and encourage partnerships in caring for the environment by inspiring, informing, and enabling nations and people to improve their quality of life without compromising that of future generations”.

bullet2 RF Rainforest Foundation UK

http://www.rainforestfoundationuk.org/s-index

Campaigning and lobbying of donors. The mission of the Rainforest Foundation is to support indigenous people and traditional populations of the world's rainforests in their efforts to protect their environment and fulfil their rights

bullet2 GI Greenpeace International

http://www.greenpeace.org

Campaigning and lobbying of donors - covers all forest types

bullet2 WWF World Wildlife Fund - Forests for Life

http://www.panda.org/forests4life/index.htm

Campaigns, strategic partnering and conservation

bullet2 International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN)

http://www.iucn.org/

Provides a useful avenue for information including discussion of  main policy issues and  the publications that are available.

Of note is the publication Arborvitae produced in co-operation with WWF as a forest conservation newsletter.  Copies are distributed free through some channels, but individual subscription can be taken out  (3 issues per year at $20)

bullet2 Forest Conservation Archives and Portal

http://www.forests.org/

A useful entry point into forest conservation action, and what a wide range of conservation NGOs are saying about forest issues.

bullet2 FoE Friends of the Earth

http://www.foe.co.uk/camps/biohab/index.html

FoE's biodiversity and habitats campaign page.

bullet2 CI Conservation International

http://www.conservation.org/

Conservation International (CI) is a field-based, non-profit organization that protects the Earth's biologically richest areas and helps the people who live there improve their quality of life.

bullet2 FERN

http://www.fern.org/

Fern keeps track of the European Union's involvement in forests and coordinates NGO activities at the EU-level.