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December 2002

· Opposition to Pipeline through Ecuadorian Rainforest Intensifies  (ENS - December 2, 2020)
· West Kalimantan to become a desert, researchers warn  (DPA - December 2, 2020)
· friends of the earth netherlands confronts company with chainsaw  (Friends of the Earth - December 2, 2020)

October 2002

· Patent Granted for Preparation of Promising HIV Drug  (Advanced Life Sciences - October 9, 2020)
· 50 Countries Unite for 6th Annual Earthdance Global Peace Festival on Oct 12  (Business Wire - October 9, 2020)
· VT Industries Receives FSC Certification From SmartWood Program  (Rainforest Alliance - October 9, 2020)
· Critics Detail Risks of Colombian Coca Spraying  (Environment News Service - October 9, 2020)
· Activists Work To Stop Bank-Backed African Pipeline  (The Black World Today - October 9, 2020)
· INDONESIA: Government to establish environmental court  (The Jakarta Post - October 9, 2020)
· New wildlife parks in Gabon  (CNN - October 9, 2020)
· PNG Groups Urge World Bank to Keep Logging Review  (Environment News Service - October 9, 2020)
· Report: Indonesia says Sumatran tiger could be extinct in 12 years  (AP World Politics - October 9, 2020)
· Oil Pipeline Investment Under Scrutiny  (Friends of the Earth International - October 9, 2020)
· Pipeline from the Gulf of Thailand would probably start in two years time.  (REUTERS NEWS SERVICE - October 9, 2020)
· Planned logging at forest sparks fears of floods  (The Star Online - October 9, 2020)
· Plan to construct a gas pipeline in Amazonia meets with strong resistance  (24 Horas News - October 9, 2020)

September 2002

· Ecuador oil pipeline focus of int'l controversy  (CTV News - September 14, 2020)
· Key investment in rainforests  (The Manhattan Murcury - September 13, 2020)
· Kenya Arms Wildlife Wardens with Powerful Weapons  (ENS - September 13, 2020)
· Brazil Arrests Americans for Selling Amazon Land  (Reuters - September 12, 2020)
· World Bank sticks by Chad-Cameroon pipeline  (Reuters - September 12, 2020)
· Activists shred paper retailers  (Wall Street Journal - September 11, 2020)
· Indonesian paper firms fight boycott  (BBC - September 10, 2020)
· Brazil unveils project to save rain forest  (Canada's Globe and Mail - September 7, 2020)
· Urgent Focus on Endangered Western African Chimps  (ENS - September 6, 2020)
· Gabon Preserves 10 Percent of Land for Parks  (ENS - September 5, 2020)
· Scores of undiscovered insect and plant species could disappear  (Reuters - September 4, 2020)
· Powell Defends U.S. at World Summit  (AP - September 4, 2020)

May 2002

· Malaysia 'laundering rainforest logs'  (BBC - May 30, 2020)
· New Protection Areas Established on British Columbia's Coast  (British Columbia Ministry of Forests - May 22, 2020)
· One Quarter of World's Mammals Will Soon be Extinct  (Cosmiverse - May 22, 2020)
· Bangladesh bans felling trees in Sundarban forest  (Reuters - May 22, 2020)
· Villagers vow to fight Thai-Malaysian pipeline  (Reuters - May 20, 2020)
· Elephants face renewed pressure  (BBC - May 14, 2020)
· Indonesian forests vanishing into paper  (Reuters - May 13, 2020)
· Indonesia: Mega calls for logging moratorium  (Jakarta Post - May 13, 2020)
· Indonesian Forests Facing Total Destruction  (Xinhua - May 12, 2020)
· Jamming Citigroup's PR Message  (TomPaine.com - May 9, 2020)
· Enron Pipeline Leaves Scar on South America  (The Washington Post - May 6, 2020)
· Exotic flooring firm accused of helping to destroy rainforest  (The Independent - May 2, 2020)

April 2002

· Powerful bird of prey gets a boost in Panama  (Reuters - April 30, 2020)
· Unocal-Total Oil Pipeline in Burma Threatens Indigenous People, Animals  (ENN - April 27, 2020)
· Indonesia: Hub for Endangered Species  (Associated Press - April 23, 2020)
· UN conference backs indigenous peoples drug payout  (Reuters - April 22, 2020)
· World Bank-IMF come in for relentless criticism  (The Evening Standard - April 18, 2020)
· Britain and Indonesia sign agreement to combat illegal timber trade  (Associated Press - April 18, 2020)
· Rainforests are falling to greed and corruption  (The Times (U.K.) - April 17, 2020)
· Brazil's smuggled wildlife toll  (BBC - April 16, 2020)
· German Money In Ecuador’s Rainforests  (Deutsch Welle - April 15, 2020)
· Bloody logs of war linked to English idyll  (The Observer - April 14, 2020)
· Amazon study fuels warming debate  (Associated Press - April 10, 2020)
· Ghana: Over 86% Natural Forests Degraded  (Accra Mail - April 8, 2020)
· U.N. conference to study ways to preserve earth's biodiversity  (Associated Press - April 7, 2020)
· Forest survey shows big holes  (BBC - April 3, 2020)
· Battle to save precious Lore Lindu park goes on  (Jakarta Post - April 2, 2020)
· EU queries legality of Amazonian mahogany imports  (Reuters - April 2, 2020)
· New Zealand Ends Rainforest Logging on Public Lands  (ENS - April 1, 2020)

March 2002

· Europe Rejects Brazilian Mahogany Imports  (ENS - March 29, 2020)
· Bolivia becomes world leader in FSC-certified tropical forest  (World Wildlife Fund - March 22, 2020)
· Indian Court Urged Not To Uproot Tribe  (OneWorld - March 21, 2020)
· Six Firms Blamed for Destruction of Forests in Indonesian Province  (Xinhua - March 20, 2020)
· How to Save Threatened Costa Rican Wilderness?  (Reuters - March 18, 2020)
· Australia's Promotion of Logging Papua New Guinea Condemned  (ENS - March 15, 2020)
· Mexican activist criticizes Fox on logging  (San Francisco Chronicle - March 15, 2020)
· Forest Fires Spreading Haze Across Southeast Asia  (Reuters - March 14, 2020)
· Greenpeace to appeal UK mahogany ruling  (Reuters - March 14, 2020)
· Amazon Leaders Press Case in U.S. Court  (Inter Press Service - March 11, 2020)
· Conservationists Arrested, Loggers Move on Goolengook Forest  (ENS - March 11, 2020)
· Ecuador Amazon Indians appeal Texaco-case ruling  (Reuters - March 11, 2020)
· Japan to propose system to combat illegal logging  (The Japan Times - March 10, 2020)
· Brazil to Conserve Lands Reclaimed from Amazon Squatters  (ENS - March 8, 2020)
· Court rules against seizure of Amazonian timber  (Reuters - March 7, 2020)
· Global Warming Creates Grim Future for Forests  (Reuters - March 5, 2020)
· Team Races to Catalog Every Species on Earth  (National Geographic - March 5, 2020)
· Economists urge protection of old-growth forests  (Seattle Post-Intelligencer - March 1, 2020)
· PNG log exports drop to a ten-year low  (The National (PNG) - March 1, 2020)
· Greenpeace swimmers charge timber ship in Italy  (Reuters - March 1, 2020)

February 2002

· Indian group denounces government plans for violent displacement in Chiapas  (Associated Press - February 28, 2020)
· Amazon faces unexpected pressures  (ENN - February 28, 2020)
· Ecuador hopes for settlement in ChevronTexaco case  (Reuters - February 28, 2020)
· UK group calls for end to illegal ape meat trade  (Reuters - February 28, 2020)
· Indonesia battles illegal timber trade  (The Christian Science Monitor - February 27, 2020)
· Help Preserve Ghanaian Forests - Government Urged  (Ghanaian Chronicle - February 27, 2020)
· Ecuadorian Farmers Fight DynCorp's Chemwar on the Amazon  (CounterPunch - February 27, 2020)
· LIBERIA: Activists stop ship unloading timber in France  (The Financial Times - February 26, 2020)
· Thailand's wild elephants could be wiped out in 15 years  (Agence France Presse - February 26, 2020)
· A monkey species was eaten into extinction last year - the gorilla could be next  (The Observer - February 24, 2020)
· Greenpeace to push bank on Ecuador pipeline credit  (Reuters - February 22, 2020)
· Logging threatens Monarch butterflies in Mexico  (Reuters - February 15, 2020)
· Climate Change Could Change Forests  (ENS - February 13, 2020)
· Storm in Mexico Devastates Monarch Butterfly Colonies  (The New York Times - February 12, 2020)
· Indonesian Forests Disappearing Quickly  (The Guardian - February 11, 2020)
· Ecuador oil pipeline seen finished in early 2003  (Reuters - February 8, 2020)
· Record diversity in threatened Indonesian forest  (CNN - February 6, 2020)
· Old-Growth Forests Offer New Clues About Pollution  (NewsFactor - February 6, 2020)
· WWF says logging will wipe out Indonesian forest  (Reuters - February 6, 2020)
· Govt Bans Primate Meat Eating in North-Western Congo  (PanAfrican News Agency - February 6, 2020)
· Timber certification scheme falls victim to lobbyists  (Business Times (Malaysia) - February 6, 2020)
· Close relatives pounds 175,00 grant to save great apes  (The Financial Times - February 5, 2020)
· Climate threat to Australian rainforests  (CNN - February 4, 2020)

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