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Jungle and
Rainforest Travel
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We love jungles and rainforests and hope you do too. Here are some wonderful sites that have
information on the jungles and rainforests of the world including travel
information. There are temperate and
tropical rainforests and jungles. To search on the
web, use the country or jungle or rainforest name + rainforest + jungle (e.g., Amazon
Rainforest Jungle) as they go by both names.
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Organizations |
Yahoo Tropical Rainforest Organizations. The best list of tropical rainforest organizations
we have found.
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Google - Forest and Rainforest Organizations. Many of these organizations offer tours and
volunteer activities. Google uses the DMOZ Open Directory data base for this
topic.
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Rainforestweb. One of the best websites with worldwide, comprehensive
information about rainforests organized by region and country. Plus
other related information and answers to just about any question you may
have about rainforests.
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Rainforest Action
Network Another well-known organization
dedicated to protecting not just rainforests but other forest land and
jungles of the world.
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The
Nature Conservancy - Rainforest Protecting
nature and preserving life is their motto. This is the Rainforest section on
this well known conservation group's website.
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Volunteer Work |
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Google "Rainforest Volunteer Work"
An extensive list. If you have a specific country or rainforest you
want to volunteer for, do a search on <country/rainforest name> Rainforest
Volunteer Work (e.g., Brazil Rainforest Volunteer Work).
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TravelGate Working Holiday Directory Good information about
rainforest and wildlife volunteer projects.
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Rainforest Ecology Tours |
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Rainforest Tours |
Google Search
<place> Rainforest Tours or search for <place>
Jungle Tours |
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Africa |
Asia |
Central America |
Madagascar |
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Alaska |
Australia |
India |
Oceania |
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Amazon |
Canada |
Indonesia |
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Planet Rider Guides: Rainforests A List of good websites covering various rainforests
in the world. They rate each website by content and ease of use.
Specialty
Travel Index A good website
with lists of tour companies covering different types of travel
activities. Look under their Select/Activity for Jungle Expeditions and
Rainforest categories.
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Thank you Wilhelm Schimper |
The term "rainforest" was invented by a German botanist named
Wilhelm Schimper
in 1898 to describe forests that grow in constantly wet
conditions. They occur where the annual rainfall is at least 80
inches (2,000 millimeters) and spread evenly throughout the year.
Rainforests are also called jungles. They are found in temperate as
well as tropical regions, but the best-known ones are the tropical
jungles clustered around the equator in South America, Africa and
Asia.
There are many varieties of rainforests.
These include the flooded mangrove forests along coastlines of Asian Islands, the
high altitude cloud forests of South America, temperate rain forests
of the U.S. Pacific Northwest, Canada and Alaska, and tropical
forests. Although rainforests grow in more than 50 countries,
about half of the total rainforest area of the world is located in
three countries: Brazil with 33%, Zaire with 10% and Indonesia
with 10%.
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