The Amazon is the world’s greatest wilderness, greatest forest, and largest repository of biodiversity. When I walk into the forest I feel at home, enveloped by nature. It is wilderness for the sophisticate, where the wonders are tiny and intricate, and where nature paints with more shades of green than one would think possible.—Thomas Lovejoy, biodiversity advisor for the World Bank

Investigate life and plants in the Amazon rain forest with ethnobotanical adventurer Wade Davis in the October 1999 issue of TRAVELER.

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Acre Amazon Link
http://www.amazonlink.org
This site introduces the environmental and social problems of the Brazilian Amazon in Acre, the westernmost Brazilian state.

Amanaka’a Amazon Network
http://www.amanakaa.org
Amanaka’a is devoted to supporting the indigenous people of the rain forest. The site promotes involvement in the Amazon, including ecotourism expeditions, campaigns, and other environmental events.

Amazon by Viverde
http://www.viverde.com.br/home.html
This ecotourism site provides information about the Amazon and surrounding areas, resources for trip planning, and contact information.

Amazon Interactive
http://www.eduweb.com/amazon.html
One of the highlights of this primarily educational site is an ecotourism simulation game: Can you plan and manage an ecotourism project?

Rainforest Action Network
http://www.ran.org
This organization provides general information on rain forests and the environmental campaigns to save them.