INDEX
acre: adopt/buy/protect, 255-8
Adirondack Furniture Direct, 84
Africa, 24, 47-48, 87, 89, 92, 113, 124, 126, 147, 193- 5, 216, 233-4; tribes, 195
African Pygmies, 88
Alimentos Nutri-Naturales, 34
aluminum, 25, 38, 133, 135, 199, 213, 215-9, 221
Amazon, 5, 12, 21, 23-27, 30, 49, 52, 57, 65-66, 68, 77-79, 87, 151-2, 157, 160, 172, 194, 201, 206-9, 217, 221-2, 224-5, 230, 232, 236-7, 246, 259; Amazonia, 24, 27, 152-3; Basin, 21, 23; Indians, 57, 88;
rainforest, 11, 20, 24, 78-79, 157, 187, 205-6, 209, 246; River, 21, 151, 207-8; tribes: 87-8
Amazon Center for
Environmental Education
and Research (ACEER), 14, 47, 49, 225-6
Amazon Conservation
Amazon Conservation Team, 88, 232
Amazon Herb Company, 13-14, 49, 224-6
Amazon Rain, 49
American Forest & Paper
Association, 100
Andiroba, 47
Animal Planet, 153
Archer Daniels Midland
Argentina, 32
Asia, 20-21, 24, 37, 124, 126-7, 147, 251
Asia Pulp & Paper (APP), 101
Association of Fundraising
Professionals, 192
Atlantic Forest, 32
Australasia, 21
Avian Welfare Coalition,
The, 128
Bali, 240
Bambusa guitars, 132
beef, 25, 27, 65-68, 107, 133, 206, 209, 230, 232
Bennett, Dr. Elizabeth, 124, 126-7
Biochar Central, 170
Biochar Farms, 170
Biochar.org, 170
biodiversity, 21, 91, 100, 110-1, 234, 251
Body Shop, The, 43-44, 48-49, 80
Borneo Orangutan Survival, 116
Borneo Project, The, 116
botanicals, 14, 22, 25, 45-46, 49, 51, 221, 225
Brazil, 21, 32, 37, 53, 57, 65-67, 78, 87, 113, 159-60, 205-6, 234, 237, 245-6, 264
Brazil nuts, 37, 49, 64, 77-81, 135, 213, 264; oil, 47-48, 79-80
Brazil Nut Program, 79
Brilliant Earth, 54
burning, 12, 27, 36-37, 160-1, 167, 169, 187, 207, 234, 251
Burt’s Bees, 80
bushmeat, 28, 123-4, 126-7, 239
Cadbury, 184
California Integrated Waste
Management Board, 62
carbon, 12, 22-23, 36-37, 67, 100, 115-6, 120, 167-70, 174, 208, 216, 260; footprint, 74, 161
Carter, Dr. Assheton, 53
Catalog Choice, 104
cattle, See ranching
Central African Republic, 21, 87
Central America, 15, 20, 34, 76, 110, 150, 201, 246
ChevronTexico: The
Campaign for Justice in
Children’s Eternal Rainforest, 15, 76, 150, 226
China, 24, 29, 40, 60-61, 66, 82, 126, 206, 208-9, 234, 240, 246, 250-1
chocolate, 17, 25, 37, 135, 181, 183-7, 212-3
climate change, 22, 35-37, 99, 133, 167, 169-70, 188, 191
CO2, See carbon
cocoa, 48, 162, 181-6; butter, 48; oil, 162
coffee, 17, 25, 33-34, 37, 90, 102, 109-13, 115, 135, 213
Colombia, 21, 32, 42-43, 78, 90-91, 93, 113, 140, 171
Colored Rubber, 238
Congo, See Democratic
Republic of the Congo
Congo Basin, 21
Conservation International, 53, 75-76
Convention on International
Trade in Endangered
Co-operative Republic of
Costa Rica, 15, 52, 76, 90, 113, 140, 143, 150, 212, 226, 245-6
Costco, 31, 93-94, 112, 143, 198, 200
Cultural Survival, 88
Dayak people, 87
deforestation, 23-28, 32, 36-37, 45, 60, 66, 68, 82, 90, 96, 99-100, 112, 116, 124, 138, 141, 150, 169, 172, 182, 188, 201, 205-8, 231, 235, 239, 246, 256, 259
degraded forest, 19, 40, 100, 116-7, 172, 207
Democratic Republic of the
derma e, 203
Discovery Channel, 153
disease, 12-13, 52, 86, 138, 172, 182, 222
donations: making, 170, 190-2, 227-32, 239, 255-7
Dr. Bronner’s Magic Soaps, 43-44
Bellavista, 52
Earth911.com, 219
Earth Friendly Products, 42, 44
Easterling, “Amazon John,” 5, 13-14, 225
economy, 30-31, 34, 36, 39, 74, 81, 105, 109, 126, 133, 146, 172, 175, 182, 187, 201, 215, 231, 234, 246, 257
Ecopaper.com, 104
Ecoteer, 76
EcoTimber, 253
Ecuador, 21, 32, 56, 90-91, 140, 143, 171-2
education, 47, 74, 76, 93, 112, 135, 149-52, 155, 164, 211, 225, 247, 257-8, 263
e-mail, 41, 44, 71, 101-2, 104, 155-8, 162, 191-2, 209, 260, 264
empty forest syndrome, 124
Energy Improvement and
Extension Act, 175
environment, 13, 35, 42-43, 51-54, 56-57, 66, 68, 73, 91-92, 100, 110, 112, 116, 118, 122, 138-43, 160-1, 171-2, 174-5, 182, 206, 216, 225, 231, 235, 245, 247
Environmental Choice, 103
erosion, 24, 29, 110, 138, 182, 251
Ethnographic Arts
eucalyptus, 28, 100, 117-8, 240
Eye on the Rainforest, 107
Facebook, 58, 97, 134, 155, 191, 243, 264-5
fair trade, 30, 32, 48-49, 93, 109, 113, 115, 140, 147, 181, 184-6, 235
Fairtrade Foundation, 184
Farinato, Richard, 125
farming, 11, 16, 27-28, 30, 32, 42, 76, 90-92, 112-3, 138, 140-3, 146, 159, 161-2, 169-70, 181, 183-5, 205-9, 226, 231, 240, 246, 256; farmers, 27, 30, 48, 93, 110-3, 116, 137, 140, 160, 167-71, 181-5, 198, 207, 246; farmworkers, 91-93, 140, 246
Feld, Dr. Steven, 194
fertilizer, 29, 90, 94, 100, 111, 168, 251
Finca Luna Nueva Lodge, 5, 16, 76, 226
food, 25, 33, 37, 39-42, 76, 78, 117, 137, 162, 197-200, 216-7, 235, 260
Food and Agriculture
Organization (FAO), 100
Foreign Trade Division (FTD), 89
Forest.org, 64
Forests.org, 60
Forest Stewardship Council
(FSC), 28, 47, 59-64, 72, 79, 83-84, 103, 118, 130-2, 235, 250-4
Foundation Center, 192
Foundation Dutch Parrot
Refuge, 128
fundraiser, 189-93, 213, 228, 258
Fund Raising School at
Indiana University, The, 192
furniture, 59-64, 146, 236-7, 252-4, 263; outdoor, 81-4, 122, 218
Gabon, See Gabonese
Republic
Gabonese Republic, 21, 87, 124
Gibson, 130
Global Fund for Women, 192
Global Girlfriend, 147
Global Volunteers, 107
gold, 11, 25, 38, 49, 51-4, 57, 133, 221
Grassroots Institute for
Fundraising Training, 192
Green Culture, 84
Green Earth Office Supply, 179-80
Green Field Paper Company, 104
Green Karat, 54
Greenpeace, 41, 57-60, 64, 66, 68, 88, 106-7, 130, 132, 157, 205, 230;
Green Seal, 103
Greyhaven Exotic Bird
Sanctuary, 128
Gunung Palung National
Park, 232
Guyana, See Co-operative
Republic of Guyana
habitat, 28, 92, 110-1, 116, 123, 130, 182, 185, 190, 212, 240-2
hardwood, 32, 59-61, 81-84, 111, 129, 132, 187-8, 249-54, 263
Harkin-Engel Protocol, 183
Haximu Massacre, 57
Health in Harmony, 232
herbicides, 100, 111-2, 138-9, 162
Hershey’s, 184
hevea tree, 233
Higaonon tribe, 87
human rights, 52-53, 56, 74, 184, 190
India, 29, 66, 122, 159, 202, 206, 216, 246
indigenous people, 11, 14, 19, 25, 40, 46-47, 52, 55, 57-58, 85-88, 124-5, 135, 146, 163, 190, 193- 4, 201-2, 213, 222-5, 232, 240, 255-7
Indonesia, 21, 28-29, 39-40, 59-60, 64
Intergovernmental Panel on
Climate Change, 23
International Biochar
Initiative, 170
International Ecotourism
International Fund for Animal
Welfare, 242
International Labor Rights
Forum (ILRF), 183
International Labour
Organization, 91
International Library of
International Tropical Timber
Irwin, Steve, 149
Japan, 109, 112, 116, 209, 219
Jensen Leisure Furniture, 84
Journal of Climate, 24
Journal of Hydrometeorology, 23
Karr, David, 32
Kern, Eha, 150
Kilham, Chris, 6, 86-87, 202, 224, 226
Kinsman, Sharon, 150
Knott, Cheryl, 240
Koivurova, Heikki, 131
Kraft Foods, 42, 44, 112, 184, 186
Kuapa Kokoo, 48
labor, 53, 91-92, 116-7, 160-1, 181, 183, 186;
child, 53, 184; slave, 53, 183, 205, 234
Lacey Act, 126
Laurance, William, 206
Les Paul, 130
Living Rainforest, The, 125
Living Tree Paper Co., 104
L.L. Bean, 84
local populations, 27-28, 30-34, 40, 46-47, 51, 57, 59, 73-76, 100, 116-7, 138, 145-7, 216- 7, 223, 234, 255-8, 260
logging, 27-28, 30, 46, 49, 60, 64, 81, 123, 127, 146, 187, 207, 240-1, 249-51, 256
Love Earth, 54
LUSH Cosmetics, 43
Madre de Dios, 79
Malaysia, 29, 39-40, 64, 87-88, 177, 201-2
Maldives, 201
Marten, Tim, 131
mate, See yerba mate
Maya Biosphere Reserve, 33
medicine, 6, 14, 25, 85-86, 110, 124, 127, 202, 208, 221, 223
Melissa & Doug, 153
Mexico, 20, 23-24, 33, 113, 159, 246
Micronesia, 202
Mindanao, 87
mining, 11, 27-28, 51-54, 57, 127, 207, 215-8, 221, 240, 256
Mongabay.com, 6, 19, 22-23, 40, 58, 66, 96-97, 125, 152-3, 168, 207, 222;
Monteverde Conservation
Monteverde Cloud Forest, 150
Mosquitia Pawisa Agency for
the Development of the
Honduras Mosquitia
(MOPAWI), 46
Movement of Dam Affected
music, 25, 129-30, 132, 193-4, 195-6
National Cancer Institute, 22, 37, 222
Nature Conservancy, The, 230, 257-8
Newman’s Own Organics, 43, 45, 185
Newmont Mining, 43
Nicaragua, 113
Noboa Company, See Bonita
non-governmental
organizations (NGOs), 56, 65, 75, 107, 161, 206
non-timber forest product
(NTFP), 27, 30, 34, 45, 78-79, 135
oil, 11, 27, 38, 56, 109, 119-20, 123, 133, 136, 156-7, 171-2, 174-5, 177, 197, 216, 238, 260
orangutans, 28, 40, 116, 190, 230, 239-40, 242
Orangutan Foundation
International, 242
organic, 30, 32, 42-44, 48-49, 68, 76, 79, 93-94, 113, 118, 139-41, 143-4, 159, 162-3, 181, 185-6, 204, 226, 235, 246-7
oropendolas, 16
outdoor furniture, See
furniture
packaging, 99, 112, 135-6, 178, 197-200, 215, 219, 259-61
Pacific Institute, 120
Pacific Islands, 20
Palau, 201
palm oil, 25, 27-28, 39-45, 156-8, 162, 169, 240, 242, 264
Panthera, 242
paper, 17, 25, 28, 71, 99, 100-5, 121, 133-6, 180, 191, 197-8, 200, 213, 231, 241-2, 259, 261
Papua New Guinea, 36, 40, 52, 59-60, 88, 193-5, 201
Paraguay, 32
Paraná, 32
Parrot Adoption Education
Program,128
Penan tribe, 87
Pennybacker, Mindy, 135
personal care, 41, 43, 45-46, 49, 51, 202
Peru, 21, 49, 53, 78-79, 113, 140, 171
pesticides, 90-91, 94, 110-2, 137-9, 141, 161-2, 182, 245, 251
petroleum, 24, 119, 121, 174, 197, 259-60
Planet Earth, 153
plastic, 71, 84, 119-23, 131, 133-6, 180, 197, 199- 200, 253-4, 259, 261
Plug In America, 175
poaching, 28, 123, 125, 239, 241, 256
pollution, 86, 111, 116, 138, 205, 217, 239
Poly-Wood, 84
pulp, 28, 100, 101, 104, 115-6, 118, 240
Rademakers, Laurens, 168
Rainforest Action Network
(RAN), 5, 21, 39-40, 44, 57-58, 60, 64, 96-97, 101, 104-7, 177-8, 180, 192, 231, 257-8
Rainforest Alliance, 5, 29-31, 46-47, 68, 75-76, 83-84, 89-94, 97, 112, 114, 130, 132, 135, 140-2, 144, 153, 160-2, 181, 183-6, 212-3, 231, 246-7, 252-4, 257-8;
Kids’ Corner, 157
Rainforest Art Foundation, 164-5
Rainforest Fund, 196
Rainforest Relief, 5, 59-61, 64, 81, 83-84, 141, 180, 187-8, 212-3, 216-7, 231, 242, 250, 253
Rainforest World Music
Festival, 196
ranching: cattle, 11, 27, 30, 65-66, 68, 146, 202, 231, 246, 256
Randerson, James, 37
rayon, 25, 72, 115-8, 213, 242
recycle, 51, 54, 60, 63, 71, 76, 84, 102-4, 118, 120 122, 135-7, 178-80, 198, 200, 213, 215, 217-9, 238, 252-4
Recycled Business Gifts, 180
Retread Tire Association, 237-8
Rio Tinto, 53
Round Table on Responsible
Roundtable on Sustainable
rubber, 25, 28, 30, 38, 63, 180, 219, 233-8, 240, 242
Rubber Manufacturers
Association (RMA), 238
Sabah, 87
Samoa, 201
Sam’s Club, 31, 54, 93-94, 198, 200
Scholastic Book Clubs, 151
Scott, Paul, 175
Senda Athletics, 236
shea nuts, 44
slash-and-burn agriculture, 168-9, 207, 234
Smithsonian Migratory Bird
Smithsonian Tropical
Research Institute, 126
South America, 20-21, 32, 65, 124, 216, 234, 241
Southeast Asia, 25, 39, 15-16, 202, 233-4, 250
Soy, 11, 25, 27, 107, 169, 205-9, 247, 259
sugar, 25, 37, 66, 135, 159-62; sugarcane, 159-61, 246
Sumatran Tiger Trust, 242
Super Eco, 117
Survival International, 57-58, 88, 190, 232
Sustainable Agriculture
Network (SAN), 5, 161-2, 183, 246-7
Tahiti, 201
Taiwan, 178
tea, 17, 29-32, 34, 135, 199, 213, 217, 264
Tesla Roadster, 175
Thoreau, Henry David, 69
Tiensuu, Roland, 150
Togo, See Togolese Republic
Toyota Prius, 173
Tracey, Hugh, 195
TRAFFIC, 242
Trans-Amazonian highway, 207
Tropic of Cancer, 20
Tropic of Capricorn, 20
Twitter, 37, 58, 97, 134, 155, 191, 265
Uliano, Sophie, 134
Unilever, 41
United Nations, 14, 56, 191, 261
United States Department
University of California,
Irvine (UCI), 37
U.S. Agency for International
Development, 110
Vanuatu, 201
Weisenbach Recycled
Products, 122
West Africa, 20, 47-48, 182-3, 201
West Papua, 52
Whole Foods, 15, 31, 48-49, 93-94, 113, 139-40, 186, 236
Whole Trade, 93-94, 169-70, 144, 186
Wildlife Conservation
Society (WCS), 124-6, 128, 242
Wobbly Parrot Rescue, 128
workers, 30, 51, 78, 92, 112, 116, 138-41, 144, 160-2, 234-5, 245-7, 261
World Bank, 40
World Cocoa Foundation, 181
World Rainforest Movement
(WRM), 235
World Resources Institute, 22
World Wildlife Fund, 88, 190, 230, 240-2
Xingu National Park, 194
Yanomami people, 57
Yarrow, David, 169