Biodiversity Hotspots - The Atlantic
Forest of tropical South America boasts 20,000 plant
species, 40 percent of which are endemic. Less than 10
percent of the forest remains. With almost 950 kinds of
birds occurring in this hotspot, there are many unique
species including the red-billed curassow, the Brazilian
merganser, and numerous threatened parrot species.
Beginning with sugarcane plantations and later, coffee
plantations, this region has been losing habitat for
hundreds of years. Now, with the increased expansion of
Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo, the Atlantic Forest is
facing severe pressure from the issues tied to
urbanization.
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The Plant Shamans of the Amazon are aware of a hidden universe.
Their communion with the plant consciousness reveals a universe in which
the separation between the physical and the unseen universe is an
illusion. This article continues the exploration of the magical world of
the Shamans of the Amazon Rainforest, masters of plant spirit medicine.
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The traditional
shamans and healers of the Amazon Rainforest have been working with
some of the most remarkable plants which have both powerful medicinal
and psycho-spiritual properties for many thousands of years. This
article explores these ancient traditional ways of the plant shamans by
the author of Plant Spirit Shamanism (published by Destiny Books USA)
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An exploration of the sacred plant medicine practices of the
Amazonian shamans. This article takes a good look at these traditions,
with field interviews of some of the leading shamans of the region.
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The following web sites are presented to you because we
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organizations they represent. AtlanticRainforest
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Iracambi Atlantic Rainforest Research and Conservation
Center - From all over the world, come
Volunteers and Researchers to help Iracambi fulfil their
mission to work with their community to make
conservation of the rainforest more attractive than its
destruction. They live in the Atlantic Rainforest on a
working farm in the buffer zone of the Serra do
Brigadeiro State Park, home to the world's largest
population of one of the most endangered primates in the
Americas, the Wooly Spider Monkey. Daily they face the
same issues as their farming neighbors: how can they
make a living from the land, whilst also preserving the
biodiversity of the area?
Brazil Eco Adventure Tours - Brazil is the first
among the megadiverse countries and the Atlantic
Rainforest / (Mata Atlântica) the most impressive of its
6 biomes. It contains the worlds second largest
biosphere reserve, 4 of the 7 Brazilian natural world
heritage sites and circa 600 of the 900 conservation
units. The flora and fauna of this unique hotspot is
distributed over 7 ecosystems with up to 5 altitudinal
zones. Nowhere else such an expressive geological,
biological and social/cultural diversity in combination
with a fantastic landscape can be found.
The
World Land Trust is an international
conservation charity, based in Halesworth, a rural town
in Suffolk, UK. Since its foundation in 1989 as the
World Wide Land Conservation Trust, the World Land Trust
has been working to preserve the world's most
biologically important and threatened lands, and has
helped purchase and protect over 375,000 acres of
habitats rich in wildlife, in Asia, Central and South
America and the UK. Who runs the World Land Trust? The
World Land Trust is run by a small number of staff and
interns, many of whom work part-time.
Tropical Rainforest Coalition (TRC) believes
that individuals can make a difference. Looking back, we
can say we have. Established in 1991 during World
Rainforest Week, TRC is an all-volunteer, 501c3
non-profit organization that has made a significant
impact on the preservation of rainforests and indigenous
people. TRC builds coalitions between individuals,
corporations, businesses, learning institutions and
non-governmental organizations seeking to reverse the
unsustainable use of the rainforests.
SuddenRush Atlantic Rainforest Institution - The
main goal of the SuddenRush Atlantic Rainforest
Institution (SRARFI) is to preserve the truly endangered
and species-rich Atlantic Rainforest along Brazils
Atlantic coastline. All intact rainforest that you
sponsor is then transferred into a natural reserve
that guarantees governmental protection for eternity!
Our other main target is to transfer deforested land
that still boarders intact rainforest into secondary
rainforest by a new and sustainable way of planting
Guarana. You can help the Atlantic Rainforest to
preserve and restore the natural heritage by becoming a
sponsor.
STARO
- objects are to promote the preservation and
conservation of the Amazon rainforest, to advance
education in the subject and to promote research into
the flora and fauna of the Amazon Rainforest and to
publish the useful results. Our mission is to promote
and support the protection and the conservation of the
Amazon Rainforest. Although the Amazon rainforest has
hardly been explored, 16,700km2 was lost due to
deforestation in 2005/06. If man continues this rate of
destruction by the year 2020 the largest rainforest in
the world will be gone. The rainforest is the source of
much of the world’s prescribed medicines.
Coalition for Rainforest Nations - What
is at Stake: The World cannot afford to fail in
this endeavor, as this approach provides the
best opportunity to reconcile economic
development with global climate stability and
environmental sustainability in forested
tropical regions. If these outcomes cannot be
attained together, it is unlikely that either
objective will be attained individually. The
stakes are high; the Coalition Nations are
tackling the challenge of implementing policy
creatively and constructively. Organization: The
Rainforest Coalition was formed after a call by
the Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea, Sir
Michael Somare, and operates as an
intergovernmental organization with the
Secretariat currently housed at Columbia
University in New York City.
The Amazon Conservation Association (ACA) is a 501(c)3
nonprofit organization that is active in Peru and Bolivia. Our
directors and staff are experienced ecologists and
conservationists. We work to protect biodiversity by studying
ecosystems and developing innovative conservation tools to
protect land in the region while supporting the livelihoods of
local communities. Our mission is to conserve the biological
diversity of the Amazon. Road construction, logging, and land
clearing for agriculture are endangering the health of the
Amazon rainforest.
Blue Planet Biomes - In this site you will
discover facts about our planet, its complex patterns of biomes,
plants, and animals, and how climates ultimately determine the
biomes of our Earth. This site was created to teach students the
power of the Internet as a tool for both communication and
learning, and how to use this tool while at the same time
express their scientific/environmental knowledge in a fun way.
Take a totally
tropical trip to the rain forest and meet
spotted jaguars, colorful poison-arrow frogs,
slow-moving sloths, and loud-mouthed howler
monkeys - all captured by the world's finest
filmmakers.
Explore the
mysterious Amazon through the amazing IMAX
(R) experience and celebrate the beauty,
vitality and wonder of this magical rain forest,
which is disappearing at an alarming rate.
Filmmakers overcame many difficulties to
photograph this rarely seen tropical landscape.
Rainforest Portal - Your Complete Source for
Environmental Sustainability News and Action, Expert
Analysis, Information Retrieval Tools, Portal Services,
and Web Site and Campaign Consulting.
Ecological Internet, Inc. specializes in the use
of the Internet to achieve ecological science-based
environmental conservation outcomes.
Morddel Editions' New Book -
The Big Field : a Child’s Year Under the Southern Cross
was written to introduce the beauty and charm of
childhood in the Atlantic Rainforest to children
everywhere, and to awaken their love of and desire to
protect nature. The links on this page are to some of
the many organizations doing a great deal to try to save
this magical forest.
Brazil Ecotravel offers tailored itineraries and
programs for group and independent travelers as well as tour
outfitters, travel agencies, institutions and other
organizations. Their mission is to promote environmentally
responsible travel in Brazil, ensuring that their natural
resources and local communities benefit now and in the future.
This mission demonstrates their belief that the true beauty of a
nation and its people is reflected in the traveler's eyes.
