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 Stories About: logging AND Malaysia
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Cloud Nein
World's Cloud Forests Threatened |
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10 Feb 2004 |
Daily Grist |
| Cloud Nein World's Cloud Forests Threatened The world's cloud forests, which strip moisture from clouds and supply millions of poor people in developing nations with fresh water, are in danger of being wiped out by climate change, claims a report released Monday by the U.N. and the Wor ... |
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| Topics: Africa, Asia, climate, Ecuador, food and agriculture, Indonesia, logging, Malaysia, Mexico, renewable energy, South America, United Nations, wilderness, wildlife (all these topics) |
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Orange U Sad?
Illegal Logging Could Push Orangutans to the Brink of Extinction |
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30 Sep 2003 |
Daily Grist |
| Orange U Sad? Illegal Logging Could Push Orangutans to the Brink of Extinction Orangutans could be wiped out within 20 years if illegal logging continues unabated on two islands in Indonesia and Malaysia, the only spots where the animals live, a researcher warned yesterday. As an example of troubling habitat destruction, anthropologist Cheryl Knott of Harvard University pointed to loggers' infiltrat ... |
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| Topics: Indonesia, logging, Malaysia, national parks, wildlife (all these topics) |
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Logging Out
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12 Jun 2002 |
Daily Grist |
| Logging Out A key Malaysian minister said this week that he hoped the government would move to ban imports of illegally logged Indonesian trees into his country within two weeks. Indonesia has banned the export of uncut logs from its rainforests, but its government has acknowledged that illegal logging continues and has asked other nations to step up to the plate by banning imports of the illegal timber. About 70 percent of Indonesian tim ... |
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| Topics: logging, Malaysia (all these topics) |
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