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Rainforest Action Network
Address: 450 Sansome St., Ste. 700
City/State/Zip: San Francisco, CA 94111
Phone: (415) 398-4404
Point of Contact: Contact: Randall Hayes, Director
Seeks to preserve the world's rainforests through activism on issues including the logging and importation of tropical timber, cattle ranching in rainforests, the activities of international development banks, and the rights of indigenous rainforest peoples. Sponsors letter writing campaigns, boycotts, and demonstrations; conducts grass roots organizing in the U.S., builds coalitions, and collaborates with other environmental, scientific, and grass roots groups; facilitates communication among U.S. and Third World organizers. Works to educate the public about the effects of tropical hardwood logging; promotes ecologically sound plantations to restore degraded land. Conducts research; sponsors media outreach projects.