Robert & Patricia Switzer Foundation

To provide continued support for Andrea Johnson in her new role as Director of Forest Campaigns, having primary responsibility for the overall direction and management of the the Environmental Investigation Agency's worldwide Forest Campaigns work.  This second year of funding will support Andrea as Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) focuses on the implementation of the much lauded passage in May 2008 of the amendment to the U.S. Lacey Act. This Act made it illegal to import or trade illegally logged timber and wood products to the U.S. EIA was instrumental in the passage of the law. Much of Andrea’s time as Director of Forest Campaigns will be focused on working with the coalition of partner organizations, government agencies, and companies involved in international forest policy and trade as EIA moves to educate people around the world about the Lacey Act and its provisions (including the companies who will now be regulated).