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FEB 21	"UPDATE" a. Boreal Footprint Project: Help Indigenous Communities Keep Corporate "Serial Slashers" Out of Ancient Canadian Forests
FEB 18	[BANK- BOYCOTT] World Bank Tribunal Bans Public and Media Participation in Lawsuit Over Access to Water in Bolivia
FEB 17	A must read for activists: MANAGING ACTIVISM is written for PR practitioners whose clients engage in risky businesses (fossil fuels, pesticides, genetically engineered foods, nuclear waste, toxic dumps, animal testing) and who therefore become the targets of "activist groups" including "environmentalists, workers' rights activists, animal rights groups and human rights campaigners.
FEB 17	GOOD NEWS FROM BRAZIL - President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva extends moratorium on cutting mahogany.
FEB 12	Indonesia admits damage to forests from ILLEGAL LOGGING.
FEB 12	Conferees Approve Provisions to Expand Development in ALASKA NATIONAL FORESTS
FEB 6	HERE COMES THE SUPER TREES. Chilean joint venture is fast on its way to producing and exporting the world's first genetically modified tree.
FEB 5	We're looking for folks that would be interested in helping us out with an ACTION IN SOUTHEAST CALIFORNIA in early April
FEB 4	New report shows LAND CLEARING IS DECIMATING QUEENSLAND WILDLIFE. BRISBANE: At least 100 million native mammals, birds and reptiles die each year as a result of broad-scale clearing of remnant vegetation in Queensland,
FEB 3	LOGGING POLLUTION DAMAGES NORTH COAST WATERSHEDS HUMBOLDT COUNTY, CALIFORNIA.
JAN 18	`Protesting is good for your health Taking part in protests and demonstrations can be good for your physical and mental health`
JAN 18	Clearcut logging continues in Canada’s rainforests
JAN 18	FOREST ALERT UPDATE: Russian Kyoto Campaign Hacked. The following action alert encouraging Russia to ratify Kyoto, thus bringing it into force, has been extremely successful.
JAN 17	e-news from Survival International, supporting tribal peoples worldwide.
`JAN 14`	Unique African Forest Wasted by Logging. The last two blocks of continuous tropical rainforest subsisting in the Upper Guinea forest in West Africa, are to be found in Liberia.
`JAN 13`	`Support Ontario's Indigenous Communities in their Struggle to Protect Ancient Forests.`
JAN 12	`SAVING THE TREES Home Depot is expected to deliver report on timber. Nation's largest wood retailer is reviewing progress on using sustainable timber sources.`
JAN 10	Asbury restricts rain forest wood in city projects. City officials have approved a measure to ban the use of tropical rain-forest wood in rebuilding the boardwalk or any other public structure unless that wood is certified to have been harvested in an environmentally friendly fashion.
JAN 10	Please do take a moment to send a letter to: Lula de Silver, President of Brazil. Rather than doing a joint letter, we’re encouraging everyone to send their own, so the new administration will receive as many as possible. Now is a crucially important time, reflecting on the escalation of tensions in the area, and as the new government determines its priorities and actions.