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World Rainforest News
February 2001·Notice: Undefined variable: area in /home/rainforestw.org/public_html/news.php on line 45 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·Notice: Undefined variable: area in /home/rainforestw.org/public_html/news.php on line 45 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) · Notice: Undefined variable: area in /home/rainforestw.org/public_html/news.php on line 45 Brazil Says Will Not Let Amazon Become 'Sanctuary' (Reuters - January 22, 2001) · Notice: Undefined variable: area in /home/rainforestw.org/public_html/news.php on line 45 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) · Notice: Undefined variable: area in /home/rainforestw.org/public_html/news.php on line 45 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·Notice: Undefined variable: area in /home/rainforestw.org/public_html/news.php on line 45 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)· Notice: Undefined variable: area in /home/rainforestw.org/public_html/news.php on line 45 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) · Notice: Undefined variable: area in /home/rainforestw.org/public_html/news.php on line 45 Boise Cascade cancels $160 mln Chile forestry project (Reuters - February 23, 2001) · Notice: Undefined variable: area in /home/rainforestw.org/public_html/news.php on line 45 Rain Forest Complaint Halts N.J. Boardwalk Repairs (Reuters - February 23, 2001) March 2001·Notice: Undefined variable: area in /home/rainforestw.org/public_html/news.php on line 45 Protesters Target Distributor of Endangered Rainforest Wood (Greenpeace and ForestEthics News Release - March 5, 2001) January 2001·Notice: Undefined variable: area in /home/rainforestw.org/public_html/news.php on line 45 B.C. forest industry must repair bruised image, Camphor boss admits (The Vancouver Sun - January 18, 2001) February 2001·Notice: Undefined variable: area in /home/rainforestw.org/public_html/news.php on line 45 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) · Notice: Undefined variable: area in /home/rainforestw.org/public_html/news.php on line 45 Ecuador: Clouds Over The Forests (The Ecologist Magazine - February 26, 2001) · Notice: Undefined variable: area in /home/rainforestw.org/public_html/news.php on line 45 Students Launch Tree Free Campus Campaign (Environment News Service - February 28, 2001) March 2001·Notice: Undefined variable: area in /home/rainforestw.org/public_html/news.php on line 45 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) · Notice: Undefined variable: area in /home/rainforestw.org/public_html/news.php on line 45 U.S. Promises Complete Re-Think on Climate Change (Los Angeles Times - March 2, 2001) August 2000·Notice: Undefined variable: area in /home/rainforestw.org/public_html/news.php on line 45 World Bank Report Finds That Its Own Policies Harm Forests (Bloomberg - August 15, 2000) · Notice: Undefined variable: area in /home/rainforestw.org/public_html/news.php on line 45 Report weighs value of national forests (Associated Press - August 29, 2000) March 2001·Notice: Undefined variable: area in /home/rainforestw.org/public_html/news.php on line 45 G8 Nations Renew Pledge to Tackle Global Warming (Reuters - March 4, 2001) · Notice: Undefined variable: area in /home/rainforestw.org/public_html/news.php on line 45 Interfor puts logging in Canada's Elaho Valley on hold (Reuters - March 5, 2001) February 2001·Notice: Undefined variable: area in /home/rainforestw.org/public_html/news.php on line 45 Occidental declares Colombia Cano Limon force majeure (Reuters - February 28, 2001) · Notice: Undefined variable: area in /home/rainforestw.org/public_html/news.php on line 45 Colombia strives to strike oil (Financial Times - February 19, 2001) March 2001· Greenpeace Presents Image Problem for Interfor (Environment News Service - March 1, 2001)· Notice: Undefined variable: area in /home/rainforestw.org/public_html/news.php on line 45 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·Notice: Undefined variable: area in /home/rainforestw.org/public_html/news.php on line 45 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)· Notice: Undefined variable: area in /home/rainforestw.org/public_html/news.php on line 45 Weak laws in Philippines exacerbates deforestation (The Earth Times - February 23, 2001) · Notice: Undefined variable: area in /home/rainforestw.org/public_html/news.php on line 45 Developed Countries Helped Deforest Indonesia, Report Claims (Inter Press Service - February 21, 2001) · Ghana: Depleting Forests Pose Challenge (Ghanaian Chronicle - February 22, 2001) · Notice: Undefined variable: area in /home/rainforestw.org/public_html/news.php on line 45 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) · Notice: Undefined variable: area in /home/rainforestw.org/public_html/news.php on line 45 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) · Notice: Undefined variable: area in /home/rainforestw.org/public_html/news.php on line 45 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·Notice: Undefined variable: area in /home/rainforestw.org/public_html/news.php on line 45 Nigeria's Oil Exploitation Leaves Delta Poisoned (The Washington Post - March 18, 2001) · Notice: Undefined variable: area in /home/rainforestw.org/public_html/news.php on line 45 Australia Gives Forests the Chop (Deutsche Presse-Agentur - March 6, 2001) February 1997·Notice: Undefined variable: area in /home/rainforestw.org/public_html/news.php on line 45 Mission impossible: conserving Cameroon's natural resources (CNN - February 25, 1997) December 2001·Notice: Undefined variable: area in /home/rainforestw.org/public_html/news.php on line 45 Forest Service alters guidelines for protecting undeveloped forest lands (Associated Press - December 19, 2001) March 1997·Notice: Undefined variable: area in /home/rainforestw.org/public_html/news.php on line 45 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)· Notice: Undefined variable: area in /home/rainforestw.org/public_html/news.php on line 45 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) · Notice: Undefined variable: area in /home/rainforestw.org/public_html/news.php on line 45 Coltan mining threatens wildlife in Congo (Earth Times - March 20, 2001) · Notice: Undefined variable: area in /home/rainforestw.org/public_html/news.php on line 45 Only small-scale projects allowed in Belum forest (The Star (Malaysia) - March 22, 2001) · Notice: Undefined variable: area in /home/rainforestw.org/public_html/news.php on line 45 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) · Notice: Undefined variable: area in /home/rainforestw.org/public_html/news.php on line 45 China's Globalizing Economy Ravages Border Forests (The Washington Post - March 26, 2001) · Notice: Undefined variable: area in /home/rainforestw.org/public_html/news.php on line 45 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) (1 - 100 of 637)
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