two people whom heard this were Trudie Tyler and Sting. The two of them together provided a vision and took Raoni’s story to the world and made millions of people aware of the looming ecological and cultural disaster that faced not only Raoni’s people but also the entire world. The mission of the Rainforest Foundation is “to support the igneous people and traditional populations of the world rainforests in their efforts to protect their environment and fulfill their rights by assisting them in various areas.” One way in which they were to receive assistance was in “securing and controlling the natural resources necessary for their long term well being and managing these resources in way which do not harm their environment, violate their culture or compromise their future.” The organization also provided assistance in “the development of the means to protect their individual and collective right and obtain shape and control basic services from the state.” While there have been many organizations created to help save the rainforests, many individuals collectively have done their part as well. For example, an isolated community on the island of Java in Indonesia is the tackling the destruction of the rainforest by planting rice crops on the same land as fast growing trees. The Baduy people of Java regard to the small pocket of rainforest they live in as “sacred.” In order to protect their land they have made a rare concession to outsiders and have accepted to plant trees, known as Albassieh. The Albassieh tree is a legume, and like other legume it soaks up nitrogen from the air and returns it to the soil so that the land can be re-used for crops. The Baduy people have traditionally resisted agricultural modernization or interaction with outsiders and have also refused the threat to their land has prompted them to do this.There have been organizations, as well as, indiv...
