Campaigning to save forests

For decade, landowners in Rio Grande do Sul in the south of Brazil have used fire as a means to clear fields and woods for cattle ranching, in violation of the state legislation which prohibits this. In 1993, a team of environmental activists and forestry guards made a tour of the worst affected areas, confronted landowners and later denounced them to the Public Ministry. The action made headlines and later led to a debate in the House of Representatives.

1. An estimated 17.2 million hectares of forest lands and thousands of plant and animal species become extinct each year, many without even being noticed.

2. There are other economies based on forests that don't involve cutting them down. Often clear cutting forests ruin their other economic uses. The non- consumptive economic side of the forests is not well understood and has lost economic share to the business of clear cutting forests.

1. Protesting environmental issues
2. Protesting
3. Protecting forests
4. Combating deforestation
5. Campaigning about biodiversity issues
6. Forest preserver

1. Protesting woodchipping of native forests

1. Saving rainforests
2. Increasing community management of forests
3. Creating tree plantations

1. Providing information about forest resources
2. Growing fibre crops

1. Misuse of tropical rain forests for agricultural development
2. Clearance of vegetation

1. Destructiveness

1. Global Trees Campaign
2. MASS FOREST RESCUE
3. Global Trees Campaign
4. International Tree Foundation
5. (Save) Our Forests
6. Rainforest Rescue
7. Amazon Aid Foundation
8. FIGHT TO FIX THE FOOD SYSTEM AND SAVE FORESTS
9. Forest Conservation Campaign
10. Protect forests
11. Botanic Gardens Conservation International: The Global Trees Campaign
12. Forest Heroes
13. Save America's Forests
14. Ancient Forests Committee
15. Dogwood Alliance
16. Green America
17. Global Forest Coalition
18. SAVE OUR ROOTS
19. Public Native Forests