The human-caused loss of rainforests is the greatest ecological catastrophe to have befallen Earth in the last 65 million years. Estimates of the current loss of species due to the loss of rainforests range from 100 to 450 species extinctions each day.

The major factor in the continuing loss of these critical ecosystems is the demand for timber. Fueled by an unrelenting and ever-increasing demand for wood, loggers are targeting the last remaining rainforests of the world for destruction.

Demand for metals and oil is responsible for devastating rainforests around the world. Demand for export agriculture is another major factor in the loss of these great places.

In a unique and unforgettable 90 minutes, The Rainforests of New York City explores these issues and their solutions. Tim Keating, environmental scientist, naturalist and director of Rainforest Relief for over ten years, presents on the realities of the rainforest like no one else in the country.

With images of the forests and their wildlife, Keating discusses the beauty and wonder of the most diverse ecosystems on Earth.

With images of rainforest destruction, he shows the connection between demand for key materials and products, and the loss of Earth’s biological playground.

In a unique way that can’t be ignored or forgotten, with images connecting the destruction to the store shelf, Keating shows the loss of rainforests for beef, bananas, pineapples, gold, aluminum, tin, oil, paper, plastic and timber, with a particular focus on the ongoing use of rainforest woods by New York City, the largest consumer of tropical hardwoods in North America.

Ten years directing the nation’s lead organization working to end imports of rainforest hardwoods has given Tim the perspective and the nerve to state the truth about the loss of rainforests in a way that is hard-hitting and compelling.

The Rainforests of New York City will compel audiences to take a hard look at the demands we all place on the world’s natural areas, reduce their consumption of products leading to the destruction of rainforests and get active to stop the destruction.

Rainforest Relief is creating a wave of understanding about the dynamics of overconsumption of tropical wood, paper, oil, metals and export food products and the loss of rainforests. In this age of advertising and corporate media, The Rainforests of New York City will give your audience truthful information that no one else will.