Forest Conservation Blogs

The world's forest regions are some of the most beautiful and are a vastly important part of the biosphere. As such, protecting them is of utmost importance for not only ourselves but every species on the planet. Of course this is a monumental task and requires gargantuan resources; nevertheless, there are a number of individuals and organisations dedicated to the cause and not only spend a great deal of time practising forest conservation but also keep journals of their progress. While there are many such blogs out there, we deem those which can be found below the pinnacle of these efforts and excellent reading for anyone interested in conservation.

• ecoReserve Blog

  www.ecoreserve.org/

  ecoReserve is a grassroots movement bringing an innovative approach to conservation on a global scale - learn about the tremendous work carried out via the official blog and discover how you can get involved.

• Rainforest Alliance Blog

  www.rainforest-alliance.org/blog/

  The Rainforest Alliance blog covers some really fascinating topics, posting articles on a (roughly) weekly basis and shedding light on their work, ethical goods and other relevant issues.

• Living Rainforest

  www.livingrainforest.org/blog/

  The blog at Living Rainforest actually comprises of two distinct blogs - that of its namesake and another dubbed Forest of Life. Between the two, the subject matter covered is comprehensive and often surprising.

• Forests.org

  forests.org/blog/

  The amount of quality content on the Forest Protection Blog is absolutely staggering - in fact, it claims to be the world's ""first and longest continuously running web blog"". While our judges can't verify that claim with any accuracy, readers have enjoyed over fifteen years of service and it is certifiably as relevant in 2010 as it was when it first began.

• Understory

  understory.ran.org/

  Global sustainability experts Rainforest Action Network (or RAN) perform some outstanding work and research into how we can operate business in an ethical, environmentally-conscious fashion. Find out more about their campaigns, the motives behind them and the outcomes on the official blog.

• Rainforest Rescue

  www.rainforestrescue.org.au/blog/

  Rainforest Rescue is an Australian-based not-for-profit organisation which carries out conservation work both in their home country and internationally. Along with the rest of the site, the Rainforest Rescue blog is a valuable resource.

• The Rainforest Fund Project

  rainforest-save.blogspot.com/

  The Rainforest Fund Project chronicle their grassroots fundraising efforts through their blog, tirelessly updated to inform and inspire us all by one of the group's members, Judith Allinson. The amount they raise on an ongoing basis is simply amazing.

• Tropical-Rainforest-Animals

  www.tropical-rainforest-animals.com/

  We've yet to come across a more useful and content-packed resource site covering rainforests, their biospheres and other environmental issues.

• Walkingthe Amazon

  schools.rainforestsos.org/amazon-blog

  As far as rainforest blogs go, Ed Stafford's is hands-down the most thrilling. Performing a world first - walking the 4,000 mile length of the Amazon river and battling the perils of the rainforest as he goes - the reason you'll visit often may be the same as one of our judges. To paraphrase her sentiments, "I just like to check in every now and then to see if something has eaten him".

• A Rainforest B&B Blog

  myblog.rainforestinn.com/

  To get an interesting take on the rainforest, look no further - based in Puerto Rico, the El Yunque bed and breakfast is right in the middle of its namesake forest. The blog brilliantly documents both life in the rainforest and the running of a B&B.