Our Forests - Sources of Information
by BoliviaBella.com
The UN has named 2011 the International Year of Forests; therefore, Santa Cruz Grows Green has dedicated a portion of our website to telling you about Bolivia's forests, how they are being destroyed, and what we can all do to help conserve them. These pages contain information from numerous well-known sources and international conservation agencies. Please take a look at their websites for more information about the world's forests:
Read more about how paper production destroys our forests: http://www.conservatree.com/learn/EnviroIssues/TreeStats.shtml
Read more about how cattle ranching destroys our forests: http://www.mongabay.com/brazil.html
http://rainforests.mongabay.com/0812.htm
http://planetsave.com/2009/01/29/80-percent-of-amazon-deforestation-stems-from-cattle-ranching-2/
http://youtu.be/rNx51WqBBgM
http://www.facebook.com/topic.php?uid=6867084435&topic=5210
http://www.vegsource.com/articles/pimentel_water.htm
http://ecofx.org/wiki/index.php?title=Beef
ftp://ftp.fao.org/docrep/fao/010/a0262e/a0262e00.pdf
Read more about how soy cultivation destroys our forests: http://www.organicconsumers.org/corp/soy121903.cfm
http://learnfarmingnews.com/what-is-soy-used-for/
http://www.be-ecolo.com/ecofriendly-food.php
http://learnfarmingnews.com/what-is-soy-used-for/
http://wwf.panda.org/what_we_do/where_we_work/amazon/problems/mechanized_agriculture/
http://wwf.panda.org/what_we_do/where_we_work/amazon/problems/mechanized_agriculture/
http://wwf.panda.org/what_we_do/where_we_work/amazon/problems/mechanized_agriculture/
http://www.healthy-eating-politics.com/dangers-of-soy.html
Read more about how logging destroys our forests: http://www.rainforestinfo.org.au/background/causes.htm
http://earthrenewal.org/rainless_2.htm
http://jrscience.wcp.muohio.edu/FieldCourses00/PapersCostaRicaArticles/Final.MethodsandEffectsof.html
Read more about the importance of maintaining protected areas: http://www.iucn.org/about/work/programmes/pa/
http://www.wdpa.org/Statistics.aspx
http://www.protectedplanet.net/
http://earthtrends.wri.org/pdf_library/country_profiles/bio_cou_068.pdf
http://www.eoearth.org/article/Protected_areas_of_Bolivia
http://ecosynapsis.net/RANPAold/Contenido/MainPages/preAmac/articulosPDF/sustainable_tourism_in_pa_guidelines.pdf
http://indylaw.indiana.edu/ilr/pdf/vol38p595.pdf
Read more about how the exotic pet trade destroys our forests: http://www.bornfreeusa.org/facts.php?more=1&p=439
http://www.cites.org/
http://www.cawtglobal.org/
http://www.traffic.org/
http://www.wildaid.org
http://www.wildlifealliance.org
Read more about the importance of using our remaining water resources with care: http://wwf.panda.org/about_our_earth/about_freshwater/importance_value/
http://www.wateruseitwisely.com/100-ways-to-conserve/index.php
http://wwf.panda.org/about_our_earth/about_freshwater/rivers/
http://www.monolake.org/about/waterconservation
http://environment.nationalgeographic.com/environment/freshwater/water-footprint-calculator/
http://environment.nationalgeographic.com/environment/freshwater/top-ten/
Read more about how dams destroy our rivers and forests: http://wwf.panda.org/about_our_earth/about_freshwater/importance_value/
http://www.rainforestinfo.org.au/background/causes.htm
http://www.rainforestconcern.org/rainforest_facts/why_being_destroyed/
Learn more about how mining is destroying our forests: http://rainforests.mongabay.com/0808.htm
http://www.cpaws-sask.org/boreal_forest/mining.html
http://www.dialogo-americas.com/en_GB/articles/rmisa/features/regional_news/2011/02/22/feature-ex-1915
http://www.geography.learnontheinternet.co.uk/topics/rainforest.html#humans
http://www.fairtrade.net/
Learn more about the importance of supporting native peoples: http://www.rainforestfoundation.org/10-things-you-can-do-save-rainforest
http://www.pachamama.org/uncategorized/2010/10/01/indigenous-people-from-border-regions-of-bolivia-brazil-and-peru-convene-to-protect-their-territories/
http://www.dplf.org/uploads/1302034794.pdf
http://www.forestpeoples.org/
http://www.ruralpovertyportal.org/web/guest/topic/statistics/tags/indigenous%20peoples
http://www.conservation.org/explore/south_america/bolivia/pages/projects.aspx