To find out more about the Amazon and what you can do to help, contact any of these organizations:

AMAZON CONSERVATION TEAM 4211 N. Fairfax Drive, Arlington, VA 22203 (703) 522-4684, fax (703) 522-4464 email: info@amazonteam.org www.amazonteam.org	INSTITUTA DE ESTUDOS AMAZONICOS Rua Itupava 1220, 80040 Curitiba, Parana, BRASIL 040-262-9494
AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL 322 Eighth Avenue, New York, NY 10001 (212) 807-8400 fax (212) 463-9193 email: admin-us@aiusa.org www.amnesty.org for locations of Amnesty International offices, see: www.amnesty.org/aisect/contacts.htm	RAINFOREST ALLIANCE 65 Bleecker Street, New York, NY 10012 (212) 677-1900 or toll-free (888) MY EARTH email: canopy@ran.org www.rainforest-alliance.org
CULTURAL SURVIVAL 96 Mt. Auburn St., Cambridge, MA 02138 (617) 441-5400 fax (617) 441-5417 email: csinc@cs.org www.cs.org
GLOBAL VOLUNTEER NETWORK this organization places volunteers in community projects in the Amazon (ECUADOR) and other countries throughout the world colin.s@volunteer.org.nz www.volunteer.org.nz
To let your elected officials or representatives know what you think, call or write to:
Honorable (Senator's Name) United States Senate Washington, D.C. 20510 (202) 224-3121 FOR A LIST OF SENATORS' EMAIL ADDRESSES: www.senate.gov Honorable (Representative's Name) United States House of Representatives Washington D.C. 20515 (202) 224-3121	FOR A LIST OF REPRESENTATIVES' EMAIL ADDRESSES: www.house.gov/writerep The White House 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington DC 20500 (202) 456-6213 Or contact the White House website: www.whitehouse.gov Email the President: president@whitehouse.gov Email the VP: vice.president@whitehouse.gov