Rainforest Action Network
http://www.ran.org
Charity Category:
Environment
RAN campaigns for forests, their inhabitants and natural systems that sustain life by transforming the global marketplace through education, grassroots organizing and non-violent direct action.
The platform to halt deforestation and its consequences includes: global forest protection certified logging diversified fiber supply (such as tree free paper) consumption reduction transformation of government and corporate policy sustainable economic development. Wild, naturally-evolving forests are an essential component of the biosphere's life support system. Aside from providing innumerable services to humanity, forests fulfill the vital functions of preserving wildlife habitat, stabilizing the Earth's climate, protecting watersheds, and maintaining soil productivity. They are home to most of the world's vast array of life forms. Natural forests need to be viewed as dynamic, diverse, and integrated systems as articulated in the emerging science of conservation biology and deep ecology. Their "whole systems" character must be both protected and restored.