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Certifiably Insane? Timber Industry's Sustainable Forestry Initiative Falls Short		23 Feb 2004	Daily Grist

Topics: green living, logging, rainforests, wilderness (all these topics)

Stuck in Trafficking Enviros Accuse Malaysia of Enabling Illegal Timber Smuggling		13 Feb 2004	Daily Grist
Stuck in Trafficking Enviros Accuse Malaysia of Enabling Illegal Timber Smuggling The Environmental Investigation Agency and the Indonesian environmental group Telapak yesterday accused the Malaysian government of turning a blind eye to the widespread trafficking of timber illegally logged from Indonesia. According to an investigative report by the two groups, large quan ...
Topics: business, globalization, Indonesia, logging, marine life, United States, wildlife (all these topics)

Cloud Nein World's Cloud Forests Threatened		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 ...
Topics: Africa, Asia, climate, Ecuador, food and agriculture, Indonesia, logging, Malaysia, Mexico, renewable energy, South America, United Nations, wilderness, wildlife (all these topics)

Keep the Forest Fires Burning Critics Charge Forest Service With Overzealous Fire Fighting		09 Feb 2004	Daily Grist
Keep the Forest Fires Burning Critics Charge Forest Service With Overzealous Fire Fighting A growing cadre of critics charge the U.S. Forest Service with fighting too many fires, saying that the cost -- in money, lives, and ecological damage -- is too high. As logging in national forests has declined by 80 percent over the last decade, fighting fires has become the agency's pr ...
Topics: logging, national forests, pollution and waste, US Forest Service, wilderness (all these topics)

The Thinners Have Much More Fun Forest Service to Triple Sierra Nevada Logging		23 Jan 2004	Daily Grist
The Thinners Have Much More Fun Forest Service to Triple Sierra Nevada Logging Citing the need to prevent catastrophic forest fires like the ones that plagued Southern California last year, on Thursday the U.S. Forest Service announced a plan to spend $50 million a year to thin forests in California's Sierra Nevada mountains. The plan would allow logging of 330 million board-feet of g ...
Topics: California, logging, Nevada, politics, US Forest Service, wilderness (all these topics)

Citigroup Hug Citigroup Adopts Green-Friendly Policies		22 Jan 2004	Daily Grist
Citigroup Hug Citigroup Adopts Green-Friendly Policies After four years of pressure and protests from the Rainforest Action Network, the world's largest financial institution announced today that it will adopt a comprehensive corporate policy stressing eco-friendly investment. Citigroup will carefully assess financing requests for projects that might adversely affect natural habitats and will not finance any l ...
Topics: business, green living, logging, rainforests (all these topics)

Orangutangle Orangutans Face Possible Extinction in 20 Years, WWF Says		13 Jan 2004	Daily Grist
Orangutangle Orangutans Face Possible Extinction in 20 Years, WWF Says Orangutans may have just two decades left if current trends continue, the World Wildlife Fund warned yesterday. One of the four great ape species, orangutans are rapidly disappearing from their only remaining native habitat on the islands of Sumatra and Borneo in Indonesia, Malaysia, and Brunei. Populations ...
Topics: deforestation, Indonesia, logging, wilderness, wildlife, World Wildlife Fund (all these topics)

Sales Pitched Forest Service Cancels Timber Sales in Tongass		13 Jan 2004	Daily Grist
Sales Pitched Forest Service Cancels Timber Sales in Tongass The U.S. Forest Service plans to cancel 20 timber sales in Alaska's Tongass National Forest -- not because it's dedicated to preserving old growth in the vast rainforest, but because the sales were sure to be money-losers for logging companies. Enviros are feeling vindicated by the development; they say it proves ...
Topics: Alaska, business, logging, politics, rainforests, US Forest Service, wilderness (all these topics)

The Grinch Who Stole Tongass Bush Reverses Logging Ban in Alaska's Tongass Forest		07 Jan 2004	Daily Grist
The Grinch Who Stole Tongass Bush Reverses Logging Ban in Alaska's Tongass Forest Doing their part for holiday spirit, the Bush administration announced just two days before Christmas that it is exempting Alaska's Tongass National Forest -- America's largest, and a longtime environmental battleground -- from a controversial Clinton-era ban on development in roadless areas o ...
Topics: Alaska, fishing, logging, marine life, politics, US Forest Service, wilderness (all these topics)

Through Sick and Thin 'Healthy Forests' Becomes Law While Endangered Species Rules Are Relaxed		04 Dec 2003	Daily Grist
Through Sick and Thin "Healthy Forests" Becomes Law While Endangered Species Rules Are Relaxed President Bush signed his "Healthy Forests" initiative into law yesterday, a move that, never mind the name, left many environmentalists feeling sick. The Bush administration says the law will prevent fires by increasing the amount of l ...
Topics: logging, National Marine Fisheries Service, politics, US Fish and Wildlife Service, wilderness, wildlife (all these topics)

Less Bark, More Bite Logging in the Amazon Leads to Increase in Malaria		02 Dec 2003	Daily Grist
Less Bark, More Bite Logging in the Amazon Leads to Increase in Malaria Destruction of the Amazon rainforest is encouraging the spread of malaria, according to new research based on data from Peru. Every 1 percent boost in deforestation increases the number of malaria-bearing mosquitoes by 8 percent, seemingly because these mosquitoes thrive in ponds that are exposed to sunlight, said lead researcher Jonathan Patz of Johns H ...
Topics: deforestation, health, logging (all these topics)

The Great Green North Massive Agreement Aims to Save Canada's Boreal Forests		01 Dec 2003	Daily Grist
The Great Green North Massive Agreement Aims to Save Canada's Boreal Forests A huge forest-protection initiative will get off the ground in Canada today, aiming to put half of the nation's northern boreal forests -- some 650 million acres -- off-limits to logging and development, and to ensure that activity in the other half is carefully controlled and eco-friendly. A coalition of energy and timber companies, native communiti ...
Topics: logging, wilderness, wildlife (all these topics)

Haiti Crimes Logging Leads to Devastating Floods and Erosion in Haiti		17 Nov 2003	Daily Grist
Haiti Crimes Logging Leads to Devastating Floods and Erosion in Haiti Flooding and erosion have become such massive problems in the area around Haiti's capital of Port-au-Prince that they can wipe out shanties, cars, even whole neighborhoods. A number of human-caused factors contribute to the devastation, including poor irrigation and drainage practices, unregulated construction on hillsides, and, perhaps most of all, heavy l ...
Topics: deforestation, Haiti, logging (all these topics)

What Sumatra With Logging? Illegal Logging in Indonesia Played Role in Fatal Flooding		04 Nov 2003	Daily Grist
What Sumatra With Logging? Illegal Logging in Indonesia Played Role in Fatal Flooding Heavy illegal logging on the Indonesian island of Sumatra likely contributed to a devastating flash flood on Sunday that killed at least 85 people and possibly dozens more in the town of Bahorok. In a nearby national park, logging scofflaws had cleared nearly 100,000 acres over the past decade, said local government official Syamsul Arifin, which left the ...
Topics: logging, Sumatra (all these topics)

I'm on the Hunt, I'm After You Bush Angers Hunters and Anglers by Promoting Resource Extraction		04 Nov 2003	Daily Grist
I'm on the Hunt, I'm After You Bush Angers Hunters and Anglers by Promoting Resource Extraction The Bush administration is ticking off many traditionally Republican hunters and anglers with its plans to encourage logging and oil and gas drilling in natural areas throughout the Western U.S. Last week, 450 U.S. gun clubs sent a petition to the U.S. F ...
Topics: Alaska, logging, mining and drilling, Montana, national forests, outdoor recreation, politics, wildlife (all these topics)

Senate Chainsaw Massacre Senate Passes Healthy Forests Initiative		31 Oct 2003	Daily Grist
Senate Chainsaw Massacre Senate Passes Healthy Forests Initiative Meanwhile, forest management in the rest of the U.S. is set to change, too, with yesterday's 80-14 Senate vote in favor of a compromise version of President Bush's Healthy Forests initiative. Although the vote was somewhat influenced by the fires in California, its effect will be felt well beyond the Golden State, on as many as 20 million acres ...
Topics: logging, politics, United States, wilderness (all these topics)

Green Gobblin' California Fires Could Trigger Massive Changes in Forest Management		31 Oct 2003	Daily Grist
Green Gobblin' California Fires Could Trigger Massive Changes in Forest Management The devastating forest fires raging across Southern California this week could initiate a change in environmental policy as sweeping -- but probably not as desirable -- as those ushered in by the Exxon Valdez oil spill and the Three Mile Island nuclear disaster. Forest-management experts say blame for the fires is widespread, but t ...
Topics: California, logging, politics, wilderness (all these topics)

Fighting Fire With Hot Air California Wildfires Put Pressure on Senate to Pass Bush's Forest Plan		28 Oct 2003	Daily Grist
Fighting Fire With Hot Air California Wildfires Put Pressure on Senate to Pass Bush's Forest Plan The wildfires raging through Southern California are turning up the heat on senators to pass President Bush's "Healthy Forests" plan, which would limit environmental and judicial reviews of many logging projects in national forests with the stated aim of reducing the risk of fire. But enviros say the ...
Topics: California, logging, national forests, politics (all these topics)

Pack Your Trunks California's Timber Appetite Spells Trouble for World's Forests		06 Oct 2003	Daily Grist
Pack Your Trunks California's Timber Appetite Spells Trouble for World's Forests As California strives to protect its own forests, rising demand for wood in the state is fueling logging far afield, in Oregon, the southeastern U.S., Canada, and even Europe. According to a new report by the state Department of Forestry, California imports about 75 percent of its wood and paper products. The problem is ...
Topics: California, Canada, green living, logging, wilderness (all these topics)

Orange U Sad? Illegal Logging Could Push Orangutans to the Brink of Extinction		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 ...
Topics: Indonesia, logging, Malaysia, national parks, wildlife (all these topics)

Going Mahogany Wild Illegal Mahogany Logging Endangers Amazon Rainforest in Peru		29 Sep 2003	Daily Grist
Going Mahogany Wild Illegal Mahogany Logging Endangers Amazon Rainforest in Peru Illegal logging of mahogany is escalating in Peru, threatening the Amazon rainforest and a number of indigenous groups that live in its remote reaches. The mahogany trade is strictly governed by international rules, and Brazil has cracked down on logging of the sought-after tree, but mahogany ...
Topics: Amazon, Brazil, commercial and industry organizations, logging, Peru, rainforests (all these topics)

Welcome to the Ex-jungle		27 Jun 2003	Daily Grist
Welcome to the Ex-jungle The rate of deforestation in the Amazon rainforest jumped 40 percent in 2002, with 9,840 square miles of forest lost, according to figures released this week by Brazil's Environment Ministry. That loss -- the highest since 1995 -- prompted alarm among environmentalists and pledges by the Brazilian government to implement emergency measures to protect t ...
Topics: Brazil, deforestation, logging, mining and drilling, rainforests, wilderness (all these topics)

Beauty and the Beasts		23 Jun 2003	Daily Grist
Beauty and the Beasts India's tigers may be threatened by, of all things, rising demand for cosmetics. The growing market for talcum powder -- widely used in lipsticks, eye shadows, deodorants, and other such products -- is leading to the destruction of tiger habitat by illegal mining operations that sell talc to international cosmetics companies, including Revlon, Johnson & Joh ...
Topics: deforestation, India, logging, mining and drilling, pollution and waste (all these topics)

Chop Sticks		10 Jun 2003	Daily Grist
Chop Sticks Old-growth trees in roadless areas of the Tongass National Forest in Alaska could soon be on the chopping block. The Bush administration announced yesterday that it plans to exempt the nation's largest national forest from the Clinton-era "roadless rule," which blocks logging and road-building on more than 58 million acres of wild land in national forests. The proposal, part of an effort to sett ...
Topics: Alaska, logging, politics, wilderness (all these topics)

The Mahogany and the Ecstasy		09 Jun 2003	Daily Grist
The Mahogany and the Ecstasy Brazil clamped down on the logging of mahogany in the Amazon Rainforest last week, putting in place new rules that require loggers to present plans showing how harvesting will be done sustainably. Brazil produces about half of the world's supply of mahogany, a highly prized -- and highly endangered -- wood sought for the making of furniture and instruments. The move by the Brazilian ...
Topics: Brazil, deforestation, logging, rainforests (all these topics)

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