Commonwealth NGOs related to forestry

SRI LANKA

Rainforest Rescue International

37C Wakunugoda Road

Galle

Sri Lanka

Email:  info@rainforestrescueinternational.org

Website: www.rainforestrescueinternational.org/

Type:  NGO   

Scope:  national   

Interest in Forestry:  central

Description

Rainforest Rescue International protects vulnerable environments through ecosystem restoration, development of sustainable livelihoods, education, research and advocacy.

We work to protect vulnerable environments through ecosystem restoration, development of sustainable livelihoods, education, research and advocacy.

Established in 2002 by a group of environmentalists to rescue rainforest plants under threat from logging and new developments we have grown to:

    * Support seven plant nurseries

    * Work in over 20 communities and 15 schools across the south and east of Sri Lanka

    * Restore more than 1,000 acres of land

    * Plant nearly one million trees.