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February 2001

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China's Chopsticks Crusade Feeds Environmental Movement  (Washington Post Foreign Service - February 10, 2001)
· World Bank Moves to Resume Funding of Commercial Logging  ( - February 4, 2001)

July 2000

· New WRI Report Warns of Continuing Destruction of Indonesia's Forests  (World Resources Institute - July 19, 2000)

January 2001

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Scientists say 40 billion dollar project is set to destroy 95 percent of rainforest by 2020  (The Independent - January 19, 2001)
· Urgent warning on global warming  (Financial Times - January 21, 2001)
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Brazil Says Will Not Let Amazon Become 'Sanctuary'  (Reuters - January 22, 2001)
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Forest firms 'robbing' B.C., says ministry  (Vancouver Sun - January 29, 2001)

February 2001

· Canada Introduces Species at Risk Act - Again  (ENS - February 2, 2001)
· Climate Change Costs Could Top $300 Billion Annually  (ENS - February 5, 2001)
· Interactive Map Documents Global Hotspots  (ENS - February 5, 2001)
· Fox to Review Case of Jailed Environmentalists  (Los Angeles Times - February 7, 2001)
· Natural gas, hybrid models top 'green car' report  (CNN - February 8, 2001)
· Globalization Wiping Out Languages, Natural Links  (ENS - February 8, 2001)
· New Report Backs Planting More Trees to Fight Warming  (The New York Times - February 10, 2001)
· Billions in Profits Predicted for Renewable Energies  (ENS - February 12, 2001)
· Climate Change Talks Set for Summer  (ENS - February 13, 2001)
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Asbury Park votes to use uncertified Ipe from Brazilian Amazon  (Rainforest Relief - February 22, 2001)

January 2001

· Cameroon fights to save rainforest  (BBC - January 5, 2001)

February 2001

· Ancient tribe under threat  (BBC - February 6, 2001)

January 2001

· Brazil 'rethinks' plan for Amazon development  ( - January 25, 2001)
· Roads lead to Amazon 'destruction'  (BBC - January 19, 2001)
· Brazil hunts Amazon 'land thief'  ( - January 9, 2001)

November 2000

· Malaysian megadam won't go away  (BBC - November 16, 2000)
· Brazil launches Amazon crackdown  (BBC - November 9, 2000)

October 2000

· African countries move on timber certification  (BBC - October 13, 2000)

February 2001

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Maxxam Continues To Log Old-Growth In Mattole  (Mattole Forest Defenders - February 7, 2001)

January 2001

· Global Warming: Africa Hit Hardest  (United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) - January 27, 2001)

March 2001

· Forest Encroachers, Ondo Government On War Path  (Vanguard Daily (Lagos, Nigeria) - March 5, 2001)

February 2001

· Indian Elephant Poachers Kill Five in National Park  (Environment News Service - February 19, 2001)
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Logging firms say they'll change methods  (Vancouver Sun - February 20, 2001)
· Governments Agree: Global Warming Impact Serious  (Environment News Service - February 19, 2001)
· Talks Fail to Defuse Forest Certification War  (Environment News Service - February 21, 2001)
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Boise Cascade cancels $160 mln Chile forestry project  (Reuters - February 23, 2001)
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Rain Forest Complaint Halts N.J. Boardwalk Repairs  (Reuters - February 23, 2001)

March 2001

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Protesters Target Distributor of Endangered Rainforest Wood  (Greenpeace and ForestEthics News Release - March 5, 2001)

January 2001

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B.C. forest industry must repair bruised image, Camphor boss admits  (The Vancouver Sun - January 18, 2001)

February 2001

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Maxxam Logging Blamed for Water Pollution  (Environment News Service - February 23, 2001)
· Time and Forest Running Out for the Orangutan  (Environment News Service - February 27, 2001)
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Ecuador: Clouds Over The Forests  (The Ecologist Magazine - February 26, 2001)
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Students Launch Tree Free Campus Campaign  (Environment News Service - February 28, 2001)

March 2001

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Row as BP blocks debate on environment  (South Africa Independent - March 2, 2001)
· Upbeat Plan for a Dam in Belize Turns Nasty  (The New York Times - March 2, 2001)
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U.S. Promises Complete Re-Think on Climate Change  (Los Angeles Times - March 2, 2001)

August 2000

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World Bank Report Finds That Its Own Policies Harm Forests  (Bloomberg - August 15, 2000)
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Report weighs value of national forests  (Associated Press - August 29, 2000)

March 2001

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G8 Nations Renew Pledge to Tackle Global Warming  (Reuters - March 4, 2001)
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Interfor puts logging in Canada's Elaho Valley on hold  (Reuters - March 5, 2001)

February 2001

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Occidental declares Colombia Cano Limon force majeure  (Reuters - February 28, 2001)
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Colombia strives to strike oil  (Financial Times - February 19, 2001)

March 2001

· Greenpeace Presents Image Problem for Interfor  (Environment News Service - March 1, 2001)
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Cautious cheer for revived Malaysian dam project  (Reuters - March 2, 2001)
· Bite The Bullet, Embrace Clean Energy: UN  (Environment News Service - March 2, 2001)

August 1999

· Can Coffee Drinkers Save the Rainforest?  (The Atlantic Monthly - August 1, 1999)

March 2001

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Who will protect our forests?  (The Times of India - March 6, 2001)
· UN: 'Saving the planet just needs a little will'  (South Africa Independent - March 5, 2001)
· Outrage, dismay as Mahathir revives building of rainforest-wrecking Sarawak dam  (Sydney Morning Herald - March 3, 2001)
· Mexico's Fox signals hope for jailed ecologists  (Reuters - March 13, 2001)
· Just ten companies can help save the world's forests, a new WWF report shows  (World Wildlife Fund - March 14, 2001)

February 2001

· Dying for oil: U'wa leader Roberto Pérez speaks about indigenous resistance to the Colombian oil rus  (San Francisco Bay Guardian - February 7, 2001)
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Weak laws in Philippines exacerbates deforestation  (The Earth Times - February 23, 2001)
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Developed Countries Helped Deforest Indonesia, Report Claims  (Inter Press Service - February 21, 2001)
· Ghana: Depleting Forests Pose Challenge  (Ghanaian Chronicle - February 22, 2001)
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Blair to reaffirm green credentials with support for solar power and rainforests  (The Independent - February 21, 2001)

March 2001

· Cambodian government moves to protect wildlife  (Australian Broadcasting Corporation - March 2, 2001)
· Balance of Political Will Tips Scale of Climate Change  (Environment News Service - March 7, 2001)
· Habitat Repair Lures Salmon Back to Clayoquot  (Environment News Service - March 7, 2001)
· Mexico Opens National Crusade for Forests and Water  (Environment News Service - March 7, 2001)
· Rehabilitating the Road Less Traveled  (Environment News Service - March 7, 2001)
· Malaysia Bakun dam development costs questioned  (Reuters - March 8, 2001)
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Jailed Environmentalist Recognized for Environmental Heroism  (Sierra Club Press Release - March 8, 2001)
· Chevron denies oil spill responsibility  (iAfrica.com - March 12, 2001)
· High Alert Called on Trafficking in Wild Species  (Environment News Service - March 8, 2001)
· FAO warns of "bushmeat" crisis caused by hunting  (Reuters - March 12, 2001)
· Environmental Groups Splinter UN Forest Assessment  (Environment News Service - March 12, 2001)
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Demand for 'bushmeat' puts African wildlife at risk  (National Post - March 13, 2001)
· Dam Protesters Occupy Brazil's Ministry of Energy  (Environment News Service - March 14, 2001)
· U.S.-Canada Trade War Looms Over Lumber  (Environment News Service - March 15, 2001)
· Save the rain forest, or fix the boardwalk?  (Bergen County Record (NJ) - March 15, 2001)
· Eating elephants and apes: the bushmeat trade  (Environmental News Network - March 16, 2001)
· Gorillas Make Home in "Impenetrable" Forest  (National Geographic News - March 8, 2001)
· Keeping Cameroon's primates from the pot  (BBC News - March 8, 2001)

August 1999

· Africa takes tentative steps toward protecting rainforests  (CNN - August 6, 1999)

March 2001

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Nigeria's Oil Exploitation Leaves Delta Poisoned  (The Washington Post - March 18, 2001)
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Australia Gives Forests the Chop  (Deutsche Presse-Agentur - March 6, 2001)

February 1997

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Mission impossible: conserving Cameroon's natural resources  (CNN - February 25, 1997)

December 2001

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Forest Service alters guidelines for protecting undeveloped forest lands  (Associated Press - December 19, 2001)

March 1997

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High Demand For Bark Puts Bite on African 'Medicine Tree'  (CNN - March 18, 1997)
· Rain forest aborigines crowded out by newcomers, loggers  (CNN - March 11, 1997)

March 2001

· Conservationists increase Tongass National Forest  (Anchorage Daily News - March 19, 2001)
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Pettigrew disputes U.S. shot at Canadian environmental laws in lumber dispute  (National Post - March 20, 2001)
· Forest Rules Postponed Again by Bush  (The New York Times - March 17, 2001)
· War on drugs takes toll on environment  (ENN - March 21, 2001)
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Coltan mining threatens wildlife in Congo  (Earth Times - March 20, 2001)
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Only small-scale projects allowed in Belum forest  (The Star (Malaysia) - March 22, 2001)
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Citigroup Target of `Spank the Bank' Activist Camp in Florida  (Bloomberg - March 13, 2001)
· Environmentalists Expose Logging Practices at Green Building Conference with High-Flying Message  (Rainforest Action Network - March 19, 2001)
· Boise Cascade Target of National 'Markets Campaign'  (Rainforest Action Network - March 23, 2001)
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China's Globalizing Economy Ravages Border Forests  (The Washington Post - March 26, 2001)
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Amazonian rainforest worth hundreds of billions of dollars  (Agence France Presse - March 21, 2001)
· Species Protection Effort Races Colombian Chainsaws  (Environment News Service - March 26, 2001)

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