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• Embrapa-Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation: governmental institution; publications and research; site map; English and Spanish
• INPA-Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia/National Institute of Amazonian Research: governmental institution; search and site map
• INPE-Instituto Nacional de Pesquisa Espacial/National Institute of Spatial Research: governmental institution; see images database and PRODES (annual rates of deforestation); English
• Museu Emilio Goeldi: Amazon region public research institution; biodiversity and sociocultural issues
• Unicamp-Universidade de Campinas: Ambiente e Sociedade, periodical, environment and sociology, full access through Scielo; NEPAM-Núcleo de Estudos e Pesquisas Ambientais

  UFPA-Universidade Federal do Pará: NUMA-Núcleo de Meio Ambiente; NAEA-Núcleo de Altos Estudos Amazônicos
• UFPR-Universidade Federal do Paraná: Engenharia Florestal, search

• Amazônia: news, law, public policy; English version (search)
• Amazonia.Org: news and documents; English, Italian and Portuguese
• Amazonlink: Brazilian ngo; site map; Portuguese, German and English
• Amazon Watch: USA-based ngo; news, videos, Brazilian page
• BCDAM-Sistema de Bases Compartilhadas de
  Dados sobre a Amazônia/System of Shared Databases on the Amazon Region: subordinated to the Ministry of Environment; PPG7-Programa Piloto para a Proteção das Florestas Tropicais, SIPAN-Sistema de Proteção da Amazônia (English); search site
• BDFFP-Biological Dynamics of Forest Fragments Project: INPA-Brazilian Institute for Research in the Amazon & Smithsonian Institution; English, Spanish and Portuguese
• GTA-Grupo de Trabalho Amazônico: news, opinion articles, research
• Imazon-Amazon Institute of People and Environment: research institution; contains maps and publications; English version
• IPAM-Instituto de Pesquisa Ambiental da Amazônia: research ngo; news, publications, public policy
• LBA-Large-Scale Biosphere Atmosphere Experiment in Amazonia: Oak Ridge National Laboratory (NASA), bibliographic database
• Portal de Ciência e Tecnologia da Amazônia-Prossiga

• Environmental History of Latin America: Stanford University; bibliographical database with pages on Brazil and the Amazon
• Instituto Socioambiental: news, articles, reports and documents in a wide range of issues; site map; English version
• Portal do Meio Ambiente: REBIA-Rede Brasileira de Informação Ambiental
• Rain Forest Web: by Rain Forest Action Network
• Rainforest Portal: tropical rainforests and inhabitants' rights; English
• SciDevNet-Science and Development Network: see Latin American and Caribbean regional gateway (multilingual)
• Virtual Library of Environment: Earth Systems

• Ambiental.net: Rede Ambiental Latino America: CLAES-Centro Latino Americano de Ecología Social; in Spanish
• Biodiversidad en America Latina: news and opinion articles; Spanish, Portuguese and/or English
• EcoEarth.Info: portal with search facilities; news and opinion articles
• Envirolink: portal and network; site map
• Greenpeace: Brazilian site in Portuguese
• IEED-International Institute for Environment and Development: research institution; site map
• Nature Conservancy, The: US ngo; pages on Brazil (Portuguese and English)
• Planeta Ark: Australian ngo; world environment news in partnership with Reuters
• Rain Forest Alliance: ngo; page on Brazil; site map
• UNEP-United Nations Environmental Programme: regional office for Latin America and the Caribbean (in Spanish, Portuguese and English)
• World Rainforest Movement: network; page on Brazil; search site
• WRI-World Resources Institute: search site

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• Brazilink Maps: compilation of selected sources
• Engesat Brasil: satellite pictures; site in Portuguese
• Imazon-Amazon Institute of People and Environment: research institute; English version
• DPI-Divisão de Processamento de Imagens: INPE-Instituto Nacional de Pesquisa Espacial
• Monitoring Brazil by Satellite: Embrapa-Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation; English

• Agir Azul-EcoAgência: from Rio Grande do Sul
• Ambiente Brasil: portal with info on environmental law
• A Última Arca de Noé: English version
• O Eco: search archive, site map
• Ecol News: contains info on environmental law
• Eco Press: news
• Eco 21: news
• Folha do Meio Ambiente: online version of newspaper

• Environment Ministry: search site; CONAMA-Conselho Nacional do Meio Ambiente (site map)
• IBAMA-Instituto Brasileiro do Meio Ambiente e Recursos Naturais Renováveis: site map

• Green Party-Partido Verde
• Rubber Tappers Union-Conselho Nacional dos Seringueiros

• CNDA-Conselho Nacional de Defesa Ambiental: opinion articles and news
• Conservation International/Brazil: news and reports; search site
• Greenpeace/Brazil: reports and news in Portuguese; international site with site map
• Instituto Bio Atlântica: rainforest conservation; news and opinion articles
• Rede de ONGs da Mata Atlântica: NGOs network; news and library; site map
• S.O.S. Cerrado: news, articles and photos
• S.O.S. Mata Atlântica: rainforest conservation; news, legislation, projects
• WWF/Brazil-World Wild Fund: reports, studies, news; international site

• Agriculture, Food and Forestry Gateway: Intute (network of UK universities and partners); searchable database of web sources
• Conselho Brasileiro de Manejo Florestal/Forest Stewardship Council: site map
• Imaflora-Instituto de Manejo e Certificação Florestal e Agrícola: forest certification
• IPEF-Instituto de Pesquisas e Estudos Florestais: English version
• Forest Certification Resource Center: searchable database in English, site map
• Forest Protection Portal: news and analysis
• Forest Research: British government research agency; site map
• Forest Trends: ngo with library; search site/site map; English, Spanish and Chinese
• GFIS-Global Forest Information Service: news and publications; multilingual site
• IUFRO-International Union of Forest Research Organizations: scientists' international network
• ITTO-International Tropical Timber Organization: intergovernmental organization; site map
• PP-G7-Programa Piloto para a Proteção das Florestas Tropicais do Brasil: subordinated to the Brazilian Ministry of Environment
• United Nations Forum on Forests: conservation and sustainable development; site map
• World Bank, Forestry: contains publications

• Agua Online: news and law on water and other related environmental issues
• ANA-Agência Nacional de Águas: site map
• ABRH-Associação Brasileira de Recursos Hídricos: news and law
• APREC-Associação de Preservação dos Ecossistemas Costeiros: ngo; news and law on Brazilian coastal and river ecosystems
• Rede das Aguas: information network; news and law

• Centro Clima: Environment Ministry & COPPE/UFRJ: research institution on climate change; English
• Climatic Research Unit: University of East Anglia; hosts
  Tiempo Climate Newswatch (portal with news and articles; pages on Brazil; search)
• IPCC-Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change: UNEP-United Nations Environment Programme; multilingual site
• Mudanças Climáticas: Brazilian Ministry of Science and Technology; English, French and Spanish