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Ecobeetle's Endangered Species-Orangutan-Pictures,Links,Conservation,Information,Facts,Books
Borneo and Sumatra in the Indo-Malayan Realm., this great ape rarely descends to the ground and males can grow to sizes of over 300 lbs. The threats to the Orangutan are habitat destruction caused by commercial logging and agricultural clearance for farming and the commercial trade which alarmingly seems to have seen a revival. Live and dead Orangutans are being sold, ...
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CRFM Mission Statement
CDF's management plan for the forest comply with state legislation restricting the extent of commercial logging allowed on the forest. We participated throughout the Environmental Impact Report (EIR) and management ... filed a lawsuit but did not prevail. While the coalition was unsuccessful in stopping the logging project, we did succeed in raising the public's awareness of key problems in the ...
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GAIA Case Study: Thailand - Deforestation in S-E Asia
Indicators Summary: Deforestation and land degradation are two of the major environmental issues in South- and South-East Asia. Conversion of forests into agricultural lands, urbanization, infrastructure development , commercial logging and forest fires are among the major reasons for the degradation of natural resources in the region. The high rate of population growth and socio-economic ...
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The sustainable timber programme
(It is not in itself a commercial operation as any profits will be go towards further conservation work.) Because the life cycle of trees is so long and the ecology of the rainforest is so complex, experiments have to be long term. Most commercial logging companies would not be willing to do it. you can find out more about The Timber ...
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John Muir Project - Ban roads in federal forests, but go a step further and end logging as well
The Bush administration, to its shame, reversed that policy and invited timber corporations to continue logging in roadless areas. Outraged, more than 170 members of the House recently co-sponsored a ... sustain and restore fully functioning forest ecosystems. To put the issue in perspective: Because of commercial logging, less than 10 percent of forest habitat on federal lands is in roadless condition ...
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Heritage Forests Campaign: Threats to Our Roadless Areas - Logging
Forests that have experienced extensive commercial logging are at greater risk of experiencing unnaturally intense wildfires than unlogged, roadless areas (Taxpayers for Common Sense, From the Ashes, Washington D.C., Dec. 2000). Learn more about roadless areas ...
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Heritage Forests Campaign: Healthy Forests Plan Would Increase Logging
The Bush Administrations Healthy Forests Initiative is exploiting the fear of wildfires in order to eliminate environmental protections and boost commercial logging. The Healthy Forest Initiative is a blatant and extreme attack on environmental laws and public participation in national forest management. By eliminating all requirements for ...
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Oxfam's Cool Planet - On the Line - teachers' resources - primary - logging - teachers guide
Ghana to discuss a proposed new logging operation. Allocate roles in the debate and give the children time to develop their arguments. ... million hectares are destroyed each year. the two main causes of deforestation are shifting cultivation and commercial logging. trees in tropical rain forests can grow as high as 60 metres (200 feet). ...
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Salvage logging on Los Padres
EA on this project, but ForestWatch thinks that pushing the salvage logging project ahead without one would violate the National Environmental Policy Act. 3. The project would cut too ... access the area. WHAT YOU CAN DO ForestWatch is calling for the Forest Service to not allow commercial logging in Los Padres, and asking that the agency reconsider the trees it has marked for ...
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UNEP/GRID-Arendal - Publications - Environment & Poverty Times #5 - Illegal logging costs millions
Governments will have a vested interest in sound forest management, ensuring that ... possible revenues -- will want to put a stop to illegal logging activities. Loss of revenues as a result of illegal logging can cost governments and economies millions of dollars each year. ...
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