A World Earth Summit is being planned for the year 2005. You are a delegate, and must meet with representative from the world's cultures to discuss the current crisis with the world's rainforests.You must weight the various interests of diverse groups such as ecologists, sociologists, politicians, and the business world. In order to prepare you for your crucial role at this summit, your chief advisors have collected together several relevant WWW sites for you to explore.
You should also consult the Global Issues: Environmental Page.
Your research should help you to uncover the following information:
*Where are the world's rainforests located?
You will find the answers to these and many more questions in the links below. Begin your briefing now.
*What are the various functions of rainforests in global ecology?
*How are the rainforests related to global warming?
*What creatures inhabit the rainforests and what is their importance in the chain of life?
*What are the various business interests in the rainforests?
*What peoples inhabit the rainforests and what might their position be on the issue of rainforest destruction?
*What interests do governments have in developing or in prohibiting the development of rainforests in various parts of the world?
Now that you have completed your briefing, please enter the
General Resources
- The Rainforest Alliance Home Page
- Worldwide Forest, Rainforest & Biodiversity Conservation Information
- The Rainforest Foundation UK
- The Skyrail Rainforest Cableway Web Site
- The Rainforest Foundation
- Rainforest Concern
- The Indonesian Tropical Rain Forest : a Beauty in the Wilderness
- Santo Daime - The Brazilian RainForestīs Spiritual Path
- The Rainforest Alliance Home Page
- The Australian Rainforest Conservation Society
- Tropical Rainforest in Suriname
- The Pachamama Alliance: Help Stop Amazon Rainforest Destruction!
- Rainforest Destruction: What's Meat Got To Do With It
- Rainforest in Columbia
- Tropical Rainforest
- Philippine Reef and Rainforest Project
- Rainforest Information Resources
- Live from the Rainforest: Program 3
- Gaia Forest Conservation Archives & Portal
- Rainforest Adventure: links
- Rainforest Information Centre Action Pages
- Rainforest Deforestation
- Colombia - Rain Forest Negotiation Part 1
- Forest Campaign - Great Bear Ancient Rainforest Under Threat
- The LE Rainforest Database - Introduction
- Habitats in the Rainforest
Virtual Tours of Rainforests
- Dr. Ruth Carter's photos of the Colombian Rainforest
- still under construction
- A Journey through the Rainforest
- Live From the Rainforest
- Science in the Rainforest Electronic Field Trip
- Amazon Rainforest Photos
Creatures of the Rainforest
- How has deforestation affected the creatures that inhabit the rainforest?
- Rainforest Birds
- Rainforest Reptile Refuge Society Home Page
- Rainforest Amphibians
- Monkeys and Apes in the Rainforest
- Rainforest Insects
General Environmental Resources
- How do the issues surrounding the rainforests relate to other environmental debates?
- International Tropical Timber Organization
- Forest Service Employees for Environmental Ethics (FSEEE)
- The Environmental WWW Page
- Sierra Club Home Page
- Environment
- Ecology Communications
- EarthWatch
- Envirolink, The Online Enviromental Community
- The World-Wide Web Virtual Library: Biodiversity, Ecology, and the Environment (Biosciences)
- The Ecology WWW Page
- IGC: EcoNet
- Greenpeace International Homepage
- United Nations Centre for Human Settlements - Habitat
- National Audubon Society Population & Habitat Campaign
- WWWVirtual Library: Environmetal Law
- International Society for Environmental Ethics
Global Warming
- Explore the following sites to see how rainforests are related to Global Warming:
- World Weather
- Global Warming-Kyoto Conference
- Global Warming: Focus on the Future
- an incredible online exhibit.
- Global Warming Information Page
- a nice set of links; some of the information here appears to be by a non-specialist
- EPAGlobal Warming Site
- an excellent site with many links
- Global Climate Change Digest
Business and Economic Interests
- OneWorld Online
- WWW Virtual Library -- Business and Economics
- World Stock Exchanges
- Explore the timber and rubber industry through the stock market
- Goodyear Tire Company
- so what's this doing on a rainforest page?
- The NAFTA Home Page
- International Trade Laws
- International Affairs
- Global Issues: Economics Page.
Indigenous Peoples
- World Council of Indigenous Peoples
- The International Movement of Indigenous Peoples: An Historical Perspective
- The Rights of Indigenous Peoples
- UN Seminar on indigenous Land Rights and Claims
- Declaration of Indigneous Peoples
- Fourth World on the WWW
- WWW Virtual Library: Anthropology
- United Nations Development Programme- Sustainable Human Development
- WWW Virtual Library: Sustainable Development
Selected Rainforest Area Studies Sites
- WWW VL: Latin American Studies
- WWW VL: Asian Studies
IDST World Earth Summit 2005 Simulation, and post your position papers.(entry restricted to IDST students at GC&SU.)