5 Star Rating Awarded to Educational Forest Conservation Website "Focus On Forests"

Press Release dated: Friday, January 09, 2004

Focus on Forests, an educational website about forest issues, has been awarded the maximum 5 star rating for educational usefulness by Schoolzone's independent reviewers.

Schoolzone, which consists of a panel of 400 UK teachers, selects and reviews items for their collection of more than 40,000 education sites. According to the panel, "sites which qualify for a five star award have an extensive range of free, differentiated material which is directly relevant to the UK national curriculum in a visually appealing format and which is easy to navigate".

Focus on Forests, which was launched in March 2003 by Bill Oddie, has been written by the World Land Trust, with funding from the Department For International Development (DFID). The site is aimed at pupils studying at UK keystage 3 (11 to 14 year olds) but contains information that would be useful to anyone with an interest in forest issues.

With a focus on tropical rainforests, the user is guided through the concepts of sustainable forestry as well as the consequences of losing biodiversity, with case studies used to show why forests matter and how they can be managed sustainably. There is also a special teachers' section of the site, containing an online teaching handbook.

Visit Focus on Forests on: www.focusonforests.org

The World Land Trust is an international conservation organisation that has helped protect over 300,000 acres of the world's most biologically important and threatened habitats.

For more information, contact: John Burton
CEO
World Land Trust
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Web site: http://www.worldlandtrust.org

 
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