New York Destroys the Rainforest.

• Position: Demonstration against New York, New York, which uses products made from rain forest wood - Brief Article

New York City

Cindy Rosin, a member of Rainforest Relief and the Activism Center at Wetlands Preserve, climbs a streetlight pole at the New York City Department of Transportation headquarters on July 24.

Rosin and other demonstrators drew attention to New York City's ongoing use of rainforest wood. "It is an outrage that our city agencies are still engaged in the destruction of rainforests for benches, boardwalks, subway ties, and pilings when so many ideal alternatives, like recycled plastic lumber, exist and are in use by many other municipalities in. the region,"...