- Date
- 1999-11
- Kind
- Conservation
- Where
- Beaver Island Community School
- Carried out by
- Beaver Island Community School
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- environmenteducationfundraisingcommunitycommunication
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
Beaver Island Community School ninth- and tenth-graders participated in Earth Foundation’s Rainforest Adopt an Acre project in November 1999. The students raised funds by selling environmental T-shirts to support protection of Serra do Divisor National Park in Acre, Brazil. The article says the project sought to protect one million acres and that US AID’s Parks in Peril program promised four dollars for every dollar raised, supplemented by private donors.
Evidence limits
This is a school and newspaper account of the campaign. It does not independently verify the project’s acreage, matching funds, or conservation results.
Sources
- Reports ninth- and tenth-graders selling environmental T-shirts through Earth Foundation to support protection of Serra do Divisor National Park in Acre, Brazil, with a stated goal of purchasing 1,000,000 acres and a US AID Parks in Peril matching promise. The holding institution's portal restricts automated access; the archive holds a copy of this issue and can provide it on request.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1999-11_Beaver-Beacon
- The held issue scan confirms the school rainforest project report.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1999-11_Beaver-Beacon
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Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island Community School students join a Rainforest Adopt an Acre project in 1999”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-school-rainforest-adopt-an-acre-1999/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, November 1999, “Beaver Island Community School Students Raise Funds to Help Preserve Rainforest in Brazil.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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