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Judi Bari: The darkest hour is just before the dawn.
Redwood Summer and chained themselves to logging equipment, hugged trees, blocked logging roads and marched through timber towns. Sure we made mistakes. But in spite of ... Together we are the cause of the current political push to save Headwaters Forest and reform logging practices. People in the environmental movement who are not Earth First!ers should remember that ...
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Native Forest Council: Learn
Little more than 100 years ago, our national forests were first opened to logging. Since that tragic decision, 40 million acres of national forest ecosystems have been clearcut, including ... Forest Service - the world's largest road-building enterprise - is responsible for a matrix of logging roads eight times the length of the interstate highway system. Timber corporations agree to pay ...
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Roads
Carabid beetles and Wolf spiders have been shown to be blocked by roads as narrow as 2.5 meters. Studies show the probability of small mammals crossing roads ... litter abundance is affected for 100 meters beyond the road itself. Studies show the effects of logging roads have been found to persist for 80 years or more. This ecological 'footprint' supersedes regeneration ...
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WAC | News : Nimham Mountain Model Forest: Putnam forest tagged for logging project
Events | Jobs | Resources & Links | Help | Contact Us | Driving Directions WATERSHED HEADLINES Putnam forest tagged for logging project By ROGER WITHERSPOON THE JOURNAL NEWS (Original publication: September 26, 2003) A 415-acre ... The project, to begin in May, calls for construction of up to two miles of logging roads on Coles Mills Road and other pathways through the state-owned land, and unpaved ...
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Eco-Economy: Building an Economy for the Earth. Chapter 8 RECLAIMING THE EARTH Protecting Forest Products and Services Yangtze River basin flooding deforestation reforestation soil erosion aquifer recharge logging forest loss paper recycling Amazon water
Korean War, South Korea was almost totally deforested by a combination of heavy logging and reliance on fuelwood during the Japanese occupation. Despite being one of the world's poorest ... diversion canals that are being planned, and at a lower cost.52 Shifting subsidies from building logging roads to tree planting would increase tree cover worldwide. The World Bank has the administrative ...
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illegal logging blog
International Tropical Timber Organization (ITTO). Better fine collection would cut illegal logging in the Brazilian Amazon(9/10/2007) Brazil needs to substantially increase the collection of ... 's growing paper industry. NASA images show expansion of logging in Congo rainforest(7/15/2007) New high resolution images of logging roads in the Congo region of Africa are helping ...
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References: Ecological Effects of Roads
Roads Baxter, C.V., C.A. Frissell, and F.R. Hauer. 1999. Geomorphology, logging roads, and the distribution of bull trout (Salvelinus confluentus) spawning in a forested river basin: implications for management ... , J.A., F.J. Swanson, B.C. Wemple, and K.U. Snyder. 2000. Effects of roads on hydrology, geomorphology, and disturbance patches in stream networks. Conservation Biology 14:76-85. Lonsdale, ...
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WWF - Illegal logging
By far the greatest threat is the demand for timber by some Asian and ... turn a blind eye to, the poaching of great apes such as gorillas and other protected species. Logging roads and trails, built by timber companies, are opening up previously untouched forest areas and ...
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Threats to Daintree Rainforest - Australia - Logging, mining, tourism, development - Tropical Far North Queensland
Logging, an industry that put the Daintree Rainforest on the map decades ago, remains a force in the ... dangerous aspect of human activity in the area. Subdivision of land, building of fences, and development of roads leads to hazardous conditions for native animals that often need to cross the fences or roads to ...
daintreerainforest.com

www.illegal-logging.info - Countries & Regions
New to these issues ... New to this website ... Biodiversity, deforestation and habitats ... Communities, livelihoods and illegal logging ... Aid and public finance ... Banks ... Land conversion and agribusiness ... Processing and retail ... Pulp and paper ... Supply chain management initiatives ... Certification ... Climate change ... Conflict ...
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