Children’s Tropical Forests

6. May 2009

Appeal – Help save the Costa Rican Bellbird

CTF is running an appeal to help raise money for a project in the International Childrens Rainforest, Monteverde, Costa Rica. Can you help save this endangered habitat?

21. October 2009

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Cazaderos-Progreso Forest Campaign

The Cazaderos-Progreso area in southwestern Ecuador is a region of tropical deciduous forest that is 10,000 hectares. This is equal to about 136,000 football fields! Even though this area seems HUGE, it is a small fraction of what once was there. The entire tropical deciduous forest still standing in Ecuador is only about 1% of how big it used to be and this area is just one section

19. September 2009

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The Copenhagen climate summit

The climate change summit in Copenhagen must secure a deal between the countries of the world to save our rainforests. It is thought that half of the world’s wildlife live in the tropical rainforests and as deforestation continues, species are being eradicated before they have even been discovered.

13. August 2009

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Mimicking nature to create alternative energy

Scientists are looking to nature for answers to the generation of alternative energy, such as solar power. Photosynthesis is the creation of energy from sunlight, the biggest most powerful form of solar power known to man! Here is an interesting article in…

3. August 2009

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Book Review – “The Vanishing Face of Gaia; A Final Warning” by James Lovelock

Lovelock’s Vanishing Face of Gaia is as much an admonition of severe climatic change as it is an assertion of the scientific strength of Gaia theory. “All I do ask is that they take Gaia science seriously”, he appeals to the scientific community.

2. August 2009

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37signals – We’re trying something new!

You may have noticed the advertising for 37Signals products, Basecamp, Highrise and Backpack on the right hand side of the site. We use these products here at CTF, because we are all volunteers and we don't often get together in one place, they help us out and their affiliate program could help us out more!

29. July 2009

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Climate Change Sceptics

If local forecasts about tomorrows weather are often wrong, then how likely are predictions about the planets future climate to be correct? It's open to debate! Check out the radio broadcast for the OTHER side of the story regarding global warming.

22. July 2009

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How can the Amazon develop sustainably?

In this vision of the Amazon, the forest will be preserved as a large national park with sprinklings of industry added to enrich its inhabitants. The agriculture at its edge will be more productive than it is today, making use of abandoned land and raising yields to meet domestic and foreign demand without encroaching farther into the jungle. This is aim is plausible, as well as commendable, but it will take decades to accomplish. In the meantime, the forest will continue to shrink. The fight today is over how fast that happens.

3. July 2009

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Mount Mabu rainforest given protection

The unique lost rainforest of Mount Mabu is to be given protection from exploitation, following a new expedition to the remote area revealed a host of new species. The existence of the pristine forest in northern Mozambique was revealed by the Observer last year, and was originally discovered with the help of Google Earth. It is now thought to be the largest such forest in southern Africa.

3. July 2009

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Q&A: Climate Change

Q&A: Climate change. What is climate change and why should we be concerned about it? David Adam explains in his Guardian news article. We don't see any mention of the benefit of saving the worlds forests and therefore the worlds largest carbon sinks in the article though.

29. May 2009

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Fraud using our site

£1 fraudulent use of our donations mechanism. We are ware we have been the victims of fraud on our charity website. If you are affected and have seen this £1 on your credit card bill, please read on. Your money is being refunded as we speak.

12. January 2009

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Is Google killing the planet?

We all know that the creation of electricity has an impact on the environment in what ever form it takes, so it is hardly surprising to read analysis that large, data centre loving companies like Google are having a significant…

4. January 2009

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Donna Vitoria Da Riva Carvalho – a remarkable woman!

Donna Vitoria Da Riva Carvalho is a remarkable woman! Since 1990, she has been responsible, almost single-handedly, for buying and preserving 26,000 acres of pristine Amazonian rainforest at its very vulnerable Southern edge.

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