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• Updated on November 11, 2001

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•   Animals of the Rainforest-Learn about animals of the rainforest.   (Very easy to use.)   

           The Rainforest Site-We are excited to announce that The Rainforest Site is back online and ready to help save the world's imperiled rainforest habitat. We strongly believe in using the power of the Internet to help good causes, and as long time environmental activists, we couldn't be more pleased to once again make it possible for people everywhere to click the "Save Our Rainforests" button and have an impact each day.

• EcoLink - Tropical Rainforest - a site that includes an excerpt from "Colors of the Rainforest" - the story of Wendee Holtcamp's first impressions of the tropical rainforests of Australia (including some rainforest photographs). The site also has a scientific essay on the effects of habitat fragmentation, other rainforest links, and several references for books on rainforests.
                            
• Rainforest Net - more links to rainforest-related sites.
  
• Tropical Forest Research Centre - the function of the TFRC is to research Australia's tropical forest ecosystems with a focus on developing an understanding of the interrelationships of the ecological processes involved in the rainforest system.
  
• Australian Tropical Rain Forests Home Page - This page is designed to carry information about Australian Tropical Rain Forests. In particular, it will carry information on the various projects on plant taxonomy and biogeography included within the Cooperative Research Centre for Tropical Rainforest Ecology and Management (CRC-TREM). These projects include the development of interactive keys to Australian tropical rain forest plants, the study of plant biogeography in Australian tropical rain forests, and the development of a leaf atlas for Australian tropical rain forest plants.
  
• Rain Forest Aerial Tram - The Rain Forest Aerial Tram is a unique ecotourism and research facility which opened in October of 1994. The Tram takes visitors on a fascinating excursion through the rain forest canopy and its hanging gardens of plants and animals hidden at the tops of tall tropical trees. Home to two-thirds of all rain forest species, the rain forest canopy is a little-known world of tremendous beauty and extraordinary biological diversity. The site, adjacent to the norther border of Braulio Carillo National Park, possesses one of the richest canopy communities in the world.
  
  
• Rainforest Workshop - A student and teacher run link to rainforest information on the internet along with lots of their own rain forest projects and information - Marshall Middle School, Olympia, Washington
  
  
• Ecotrust - a private, nonprofit organization established in 1991 to promote conservation-based development, beginning in the temperate rain forests of North America.
  
  
• Montanas Verdes - a site produced by a Dutch foundation who's aim is to protect the nature and environment in the Ecuadorian Andes by integrating nature protection with socio-economic development.
  
  
• Tropical Rainforest in Surinam - a site including descriptive passages of the Carib Indians, the rain forest, the epiphytes, and the Maroons of Surinam, South America. With color photos and sound.
  
  
• Rainforest Action Network - a site maintained by the environmental group that includes information about their organization, Action Alerts, general rain forest information, descriptions of their current campaigns and demonstrations, a Kid's Corner, and ideas on what you can do to help.
  
  
• Rainforest Action Network Gopher - a Gopher site run by RAN with articles on rain forest conservation and environmental efforts.
  
  
• A Walkabout In The Rio Platano Biosphere , La Mosquitia Honduras - This web page is a result of an on going multi year photo documentary project, focusing on indigenous cultures of the Mosquitia Rain Forests Paya, Miskito and Garifuna.
  
• Rain Forest Screen Saver - The sights and sounds of the rainforest can now help save your screen. The Triazzle Rain Forest After Dark Display has beautiful graphics inspired by the creatures and plantlife of the rain forest.
  
  
• The Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve - Tree trunks totally covered with plants, ephiphytes, ferns, rivers, and waterfalls, give testimony to the harmony which reigns in these forests.
  
  
• Moody Gardens - Experience the rainforests of Africa, Asia, and South America in our 10-story tall glass pyramid, with thousands of plants, butterflies, tropical fish and exotic birds.
  
  
• Gaia Forest Archives - Ecological Enterprises' efforts to aid in the conservation of Papua, New Guinea and the world's forests, biodiversity and indigenous cultures. Includes a searchable index of 2,000 forest/biodiversity conservation articles.
  
  
• Earthwatch Biodiversity Survey - Dr. Marc De Meyer, National Museums of Kenya. Kakamega Forest, Western Province, Kenya - Once forming part of a rainforest belt stretching all the way to Zaire, this remnant tropical rainforest bears an extraordinary species richness. Up to 20 percent of all Kenyan plant and animal species occur only here, including 75 percent of all butterflies.
  
  
• Another Earthwatch Biodiversity Survey - Wings in the Rain Forest with Dr. Larry Orsak, Christensen Research Institute
  
  
• Another Earthwatch Biodiversity Survey - Brazil's Atlantic Rainforest Wildlife with Alexine Keuroghlian. The effects of forest fragmentation on peccary populations. Caetetus Reserve, Sao Paulo, Brazil.
  
  
• Wildlife of the Amazon Rain Forests - A descriptive and photo exploration of the rain forest inhabitants.
  
  
• Franklin Institute Science Museum - visit the museum's Rain Forest exhibit, along with their other fun-filled and educational scientific programs.
  

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