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American University
Deforestation in Madagascar
Gives history of Madagascar's cultural and economic development in relation to its land clearing practices. Cites biological species indigenous to the island, and their imminent destruction. Includes links to several case studies.
NPR: National Public Radio
Npr: In New Mexico, a Land Management Experiment
Article about national preserve that is not administered by federal land manager, but by a board of trustees.
Geographic
Vietnam Geography
Contains all basic information on Vietnam geography with hyperlinks to more information on the Vietnam economy, politics, and military.
Nature Conservancy
The Nature Conservancy: Introduction to Sustainable Forestry
In this lesson plan young scholars use an interactive with Google Earth to identify forests that have been logged selectively with those that have not. For an outdoor activity students create acomprehensive list of all the tree species...
Nature Conservancy
The Nature Conservancy: Introduction to Sustainable Forestry
In this lesson, students interact with Google Earth to identify forests that have been logged selectively versus those that have not. They also learn how to distinguish the appearance of forestry methods in satellite images.
Other
Maryland Department of Natural Resources: Maryland's Master Logger Program
Description of training program offered by the State of Maryland to its loggers to develop professional skills. The detailed explanations of training sections offer a good picture of the career area.
The World Bank
World Bank Group: Vietnam Coastal Wetlands Protection and Development Project
Understanding the culture of an area before giving aid is crucial. A slideshow and written explanation of mangrove replanting and other schemes designed to prevent severe coastal erosion in the Mekong provinces of Vietnam demonstrate the...
Smithsonian Institution
National Museum of Natural History: American Mammals: Fog Shrew
Fog Shrews are the largest of the Pacific Coast brown shrews, and inhabit what is known as the fog belt of Oregon and California, near and along the coast. They live in redwood or dense spruce forests, in marshes, near streams, and under...
Smithsonian Institution
National Museum of Natural History: American Mammals: Eastern Chipmunk
Eastern chipmunks are found in forests, but also in suburban gardens and city parks, as long as there are rocks, stumps, or fallen logs to provide perching sites and cover for burrow entrances. They dig complex burrows with many...
Smithsonian Institution
National Museum of Natural History: American Mammals: Gray Collared Chipmunk
Gray-collared chipmunks are found only in coniferous forests, at elevations of 1,950-3,440 m. They eat all kinds of vegetation and collect and store acorns underground or in hollow logs. Learn more about the Tamias cinereicollis, more...