The Rainforest Foundation UK The Rainforest Foundation is a charity in the UK. It
campaigns for the preservation of the world's rainforests
and the rights of the people who live there. There are
other Rainforest Foundations in the USA and Norway.
The musician Sting and his wife set up the charity in
1989 after they saw the unacceptable destruction of
the Amazon rainforest. Some farmers were wiping out
large parts of the forest, which is the home of indigenous
people. The Rainforest Foundation thinks that indigenous
people are very important to the rainforests, and the
charity is going to carry on its work with them in the
future.
The Rainforest Foundation has grown over the last
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twenty years and it now supports projects in different
countries including Brazil, Peru, Cameroon and Uganda.
Since it first started, the charity has helped local people
to protect and save more than 100,000 square kilometres
of the rainforest in a number of countries.
Every year, supporters of the charity join in a number
to run the London Marathon again. If you look at The
Rainforest Foundation webpage, you'll find information
about their latest events and campaigns. You can also
3 Where does The Rainforest Foundation have
projects?
4 How much rainforest has the charity saved?
Read the text again. Write true or false.
The Rainforest Foundation only campaigns to
false
save the Amazon rainforest.
1 Sting set up the foundation with
some farmers.
2 The charity started in 1989.
3 The charity is going to stop working
with indigenous people.
4 In the past twenty years the charity
has become bigger
5 The charity supports projects in
Norway
6 Supporters of The Rainforest
Foundation are going to compete in
the London Marathon.
5 How can you find out more about The
Rainforest Foundation?
3 *** Answer the questions. Write complete
sentences.
What does The Rainforest Foundation UK
campaign for?
It campaigns for the preservation of the world's
rainforests and the rights of its people.
1 Where can you find two other Rainforest
Foundations?
Build your vocabulary
4 ** Complete the words with the negative
prefixes un-, in- or im-.
1 Many families throw away a lot of food. It's
really-
necessary and acceptable.
2 Campaigners are becoming -patient
with the supermarkets. They think it's
sane to throw away so much food.
Customers need to learn to eat perfect
fruit.
practical to think that we
can stop them building the new road.
4 My brother eats a lot of
5 I felt
happy because my friend said my
kind and
sensitive thing to say
3 It's probably
healthy food.
2 Why did Sting and his wife start the charity?
haircut was terrible! It was an ооочен 3 упражнение и четвёртое​