An excellent online resource for tropical agroforesters. Their links page is wonderfully extensive. Check out the Traditional Tree Initiative, beautifully-done tree species profiles, or sign up for the informative newsletter, The Overstory.
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Agroforestry.net
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ECHO- Education Concerns for Hunger Organization
Florida-based organization dedicated to world hunger solutions, with a focus on agroforestry for self-sufficiency in the tropics. They offer information on many important tropical tree species and are very friendly. |
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FACT Sheets
The FACT sheets are a useful resource for information on agroforestry trees from around the world. This page includes a wealth of important species described individually. |
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The Green Belt Movement
One of those most inspiring people alive today is Nobel Peace Prize Winner Wangari Maathai, the Ghandi of tree-planting. Her organization’s admirable projects, primarily based in Kenya, are truly worth supporting. |
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ICRAF-Perú
The Peruvian branch of the International Centre for Research in Agroforestry (ICRAF) has offices in Lima, Pucallpa and Yurimaguas. Their website contains some excellent information on agroforestry appropriate to the Peruvian Amazon. |
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The Marjorie Grant Whiting Center
The Marjorie Grant Whiting Center for Humanity, Arts, and the Environment was established with the aim of preserving Marjorie’s scientific and humanistic legacy. In 2010, the MGW Center generously provided Camino Verde with funding in support of the Living Seed Bank, the Basic Agroforestry: Baltimori project, and the Amazonian Herbal Healing Guides initiative. |
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Portal Agrario
The Peruvian government offers this list of cultivated plants of the Peruvian Amazon (Spanish language only). |
