To find out how to contact your Representatives:
http://www.house.gov.writerep/
http://www.senate.gov/

SUPPORT EFFORTS TO REDUCE WASTEFUL HARVESTING & CONSUMPTION
Contact timber importers and suppliers such as Home Depot and demand that they sell certified wood, such as that provided by the Forest Stewardship Council. (The FSC is an internationally recognized accreditation agency for forest certification programs.)
Support logging companies that are conducting environmentally sound practices and let other timber industries know that you will not endorse nor condone companies that do not have any regard for the wildlife, land, and local people they are affecting through their actions.

Check out the following websites for more information:
http://www.smartwood.org
http://www.fscoax.org/principal.htm

CONSIDER YOUR LIFESTYLE CHOICES
How do you influence native and exotic species and ecosystems? Next time you are shopping, think about buying habitat-friendly shade-grown coffee or paper produced through sustainable forestry.

ORGANIZE A FUNDRAISING EVENT
Raise awareness and money for organizations and sanctuaries working against the bushmeat trade. Donate money to JGI to support our conservation projects in the field in Africa.

JOIN ROOTS & SHOOTS
Participate in JGI’s environmental youth movement and work on projects that are important to you and your community.

MAKE YOUR VOICE HEARD
Contact companies that make technological products containing coltan and demand that the minerals they purchase have not been extracted from wildlife sanctuaries and World Heritage Sites. Coltan, a mineral mined in Central Africa, is used as a hardening agent in metals and is used commercially in cell phones, computer chips, jet engines, and many other products.

GET INVOLVED!
Educate yourself about the bushmeat trade and keep informed about emerging activities involving local and national communities supporting biodiversity conservation in West and Central Africa.