Global Project Discussion

Main Goal

Work on the protection of the Congo Basin Rainforest in Africa while encompassing the ideas of the Bushmeat crisis, Deforestation, etc.

Work for Tanzanians

- Provide an alternative for all the locals involved.
- Provide an alternative for cattle grazing.
- Educate about solar ovens to avoid wood cutting.
- Educate about what the problem with the rainforest is and work on project ideas that will help educate them.
- Tree planting
- TACARE
- Photos as a symbol of what other countries projects are doing to help the rainforest as reinforcement.

Work for Other Countries Around the World

- Education of the people (motivation, alternatives, effects on animals, natives)
- Support TACARE
- Videos on Bushmeat
- Pamphlets/Brochures/Booklets for information
- Purchase rainforest land
- Research (Library, internet - www.bushmeat.org , make sure whatever you find out on the internet is true and factual)
- Symbol in your group to show progress (Neighborhood beautification with flowers and trees)
- Letter Writing Campaigns (companies, government/politicians, newspapers - Letters to the Editor, magazines)
- Pen Pals (photos, drawings, care packages with gifts, etc.)
- Fundraising (plant trees in Tanzania in the name of Roots & Shoots group which raised the funds or have a certificate or photo to show ownership)
- Articles (newspapers or magazines)
- New Approaches (chimps, ozone layer, bushmeat)
- Speakers
- Mural

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