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Action Alert: Protest Australia’s Continued Ancient Forest Logging

April 10, 2008 – 1:47 am

From Climate Ark and Forests.org, projects of Ecological Internet:
Australia’s new “climate friendly” government preaches global forest protection for climate benefits internationally, while continuing to industrially clear its own native primary forests in Tasmania and elsewhere, and this unseemly hypocrisy must end.
Australia continues to industrially clear their last native ancient forests, even as their government promotes [...]

By Francis Scudellari | Also posted in activism, environment, forestry, forests | Comments (0)

Bush Administration Strips Protections from America’s Largest Forest

January 28, 2008 – 5:35 am

EarthJustice
Pristine areas targeted for logging
January 25, 2008
Forest in the Tongass National Forest
Photo by SEACC
Juneau, AK — Today, the Bush administration took its third swipe in recent weeks at opening protected areas in America’s national forests to logging before it leaves office. A Bush plan announced today puts a “for sale” sign on trees in [...]

By zephyr1 | Also posted in rainforest | Comments (0)

Indonesia: Forests and climate up in smoke

November 5, 2007 – 4:12 am

October 10, 2007
 GreenPeace
The threat to the world’s forests has never been more acute nor the risk of global warming so imminent. With about one-fifth of the world’s greenhouse gas emissions being caused by forest destruction, we are highlighting how Indonesia is now at the heart of this problem.
Indonesian forests are being destroyed faster than any [...]

By zephyr1 | Also posted in deforestation, global warming, greenhouse gas emissions | Comments (0)

Congolese pygmies use GPS to save trees

July 27, 2007 – 2:19 pm

SciDev.net

Pygmy houses in northern
Republic of Congo

27 July 2007
Source:
The Mbendjele pygmies, semi-nomadic people living in the rainforests of north-western Republic of Congo, are using technology to save important trees from commercial logging, reports Michael Hopkin in this Nature article.
Before 2006, the Mbendjele people had no say in logging activities in their part of the forest, [...]

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Victory: Illegal logging stopped by Amerindians

June 5, 2007 – 3:04 pm

Source: Eco-Earth Environment Portalby Dr. Glen Barry
Yet another stunning victory for Ecological Internet’s (EI) Earth Action Network and partners, as Amerindian Villages in Guyana where Barama/Samling has been logging illegally have thrown Samling out of those communities. Or depending upon how you spin it, Samling withdrew after being told in no uncertain terms that the [...]

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