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Commonwealth NGOs
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 Rainforest Foundation UK
HQ address: City Cloisters
196 Old Street
London EC1V 9FR
U.K.
Email: rainforestuk@rainforestuk.com
Website: www.rainforestfoundationuk.org
Region: Europe
Type of Organisation: NGO,
Interest in Forestry: central
Description:
Every year an area of rainforest the size of England and Wales is cut down.
This leaves local people homeless, drives animals and plants to extinction and releases more CO2 emissions,
which cause climate change, than all of the world’s planes, trains and automobiles.
Tropical deforestation is an issue that affects us all.
The Rainforest Foundation tackles deforestation locally and globally. Locally it helps forest communities
to gain land rights, challenge logging companies and manage forests for their own wellbeing and
protection of their environment. Globally it campaigns to influence national and international laws
to protect rainforests and their inhabitants.
Since it was founded in 1989 the Rainforest Foundation has helped indigenous and local communities to
protect more than 100,000 square kilometers of rainforest .
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