Deforestation Conservation Groups
Amazon Watch
About: A non-profit organization founded to protect the Amazon rainforest and advance the rights of indigenous peoples in the Amazon Basin, Amazon Watch focuses on deforestation and global warming. It also engages in activities like campaigning for the rights of indigenous peoples, strengthening the capacity of indigenous communities in the Amazon to advocate for their own rights, seeking protection for threatened areas and vulnerable indigenous populations in the Amazon rainforest and educating using media coverage, websites, publications and documentary films.
Website: www.amazonwatch.org
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/amazonwatch
Twitter: https://twitter.com/AmazonWatch (@AmazonWatch)
Canadian Forestry Association
About: Established in the year 1865, the main objective of the Canadian Forestry Association is to support in all the matters related to the conservation of forests. It organizes programs such as Envirothon Canada, CFA kits, teaching and Kids Corner to educate people regarding the importance of forests.
Website: www.canadianforestry.com
Conservation International
About: Conservation International combines science, policy and fieldwork to help communities, countries and societies protect the Earth’s ecosystems. It mainly focuses on deforestation and global warming, working with communities, governments and partner organizations through a combination of policy, fieldwork and science in order to tackle deforestation. Every person on Earth deserves a healthy environment and the fundamental benefits that nature provides. But our planet is experiencing an unprecedented drawdown of these resources, and it is only by protecting nature and its gifts – a stable climate, fresh water, healthy oceans and reliable food – that we can ensure a better life for everyone, everywhere.
Website: www.conservation.org
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/conservation.intl
Twitter: https://twitter.com/ConservationOrg (@ConservationOrg)
Forest Stewardship Council Canada (FSC)
About: The FSC is a Part of a global non-profit organization with offices around the world to operate the FSC program. It enables businesses and consumers to make informed choices about the forest products they buy, and create positive change to keep forests healthy. It maintains an international certification and labeling system dedicated to promoting responsible forest management of the world’s forests.
Website: www.ca.fsc.org
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/fsc.ic
Twitter: https://twitter.com/FSCUK (@FSCUK)
Rainforest Action Network (RAN)
About: RAN envisions a world where each generation sustains increasingly healthy forests, where the rights of all communities are respected, and where corporate profits never come at the expense of people or the planet.
Website: www.ran.org
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/ran (@ran)
Rainforest Alliance
About: The Rainforest Alliance works to conserve biodiversity and ensure sustainable livelihoods by transforming land-use practices, business practices and consumer behaviour.
Website: www.rainforest-alliance.org
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/RainforestAlliance
Twitter: https://twitter.com/RnfrstAlliance (@RnfrstAlliance)
Trees for the Future
About: An agro-forestry resource centre working with people to improve livelihoods and restore degraded lands to sustainable productivity through tree planting. Trees for the Future plants trees in Africa, Asia and Latin America in order to combat deforestation and global warming.
Website: www.plant-trees.org
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TreesfortheFuture
Twitter: https://twitter.com/treesftf (@treesftf)
