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Internet Subject Directories/Portals/Gateways in Forestry

The Internet contains both popular and scholarly information of interest in forestry, including information from government agencies and organizations. While there are perhaps 100 billion "public" web pages there are 900 billion more pages in the "deep" web. These are hidden behind firewalls of commercial firms and within databases that generate information based on a specific inquiry.

There are two major approaches to locating material on the Internet. One commonly used approach is to use Google and other general Internet search tools to search by keyword to identify information on "public" web pages. The other approach is to use "subject directories" that contain a more selective and focused collection of resources. They are frequently organized into categoried lists of subjects that can be browsed until a useful information source is located. Subject directories are also good sources for finding databases containing information not identified by the general Internet search engines.

The following individuals, organizations, and universities maintain directories, portals, and gateways related to forestry.

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Last Updated: February 5, 2007

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