rainforest conservation
Protecting tropical woodlands
Rainforest conservation is the protection and preservation of tropical and temperate rainforests from deforestation, logging, and development.
The term encompasses both wilderness preservation and sustainable management practices: The organization focuses on rainforest conservation in the Amazon basin.
Conservation efforts often involve indigenous communities, carbon offset programs, and biodiversity protection.
- reforestationReplanting depleted woodlands
- biodiversityRange of life forms
- endangered speciesOrganisms facing extinction risk
- indigenous rightsProtections for original inhabitants
- land rightsLegal claims to territory
agroforestry · traditional knowledge · endemic species · wildlife corridors · tree canopy · old growth · ecotourism · habitat protection · nature reserve · green belt · medicinal plants · carbon sequestration · cultural preservation · international treaties · grassroots movements · public awareness campaigns · carbon · slash and burn
- conservationwildlife, endangered, habitat, sanctuary, preservation
- wildlife conservationhabitat protection, game warden, species protection, wildlife officer, wildlife refuges
- plant conservationseed banks, seed vaults, botanical gardens, nature reserves, protected areas
- green practicesrecycling, recycled paper, reusable bags, solar panels, solar power
- NeotropicsAmazon basin, tropical rainforests, rainforests, Andes Mountains, Galapagos
rainforest conservationdeforestation
Large-scale woodland elimination
rainforest destruction · clear-cutting · logging · slash-and-burn · forest clearing
rainforest conservationcattle ranching
Raising bovines commercially
land development · industrial agriculture · resource extraction · commercial exploitation · plantation agriculture
rainforest conservationtimber industry
Commercial forest harvesting sector
commercial logging · resource exploitation · industrial development