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Brazilian police cut wood-poaching scamBrasilia, Brazil - Police felled a wood-poaching scheme in one of Brazil's vast jungles and arrest warrants have been issued for 129 suspects, officials said Thursday. |
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London displays tree from dinosaur eraLondon, England - A tree from the time of the dinosaurs, recently rediscovered in Australia, went on display on Tuesday at London`s Kew Gardens. |
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China commits to sustainable forestsBeijing, China - China's decision to certify two state-owned forests marks a significant step towards responsible forest management, says WWF. |
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Myanmar plans vast new plantations, especially for teakYangon, Myanmar - Military-ruled Myanmar, whose logging activities have drawn international criticism, plans to create vast new plantations as part of a reforestation program, the Myanmar Times reported Sunday. |
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Brazil forms Indian reserve in disputed AmazonBrasilia, Brazil - Brazil yesterday announced the long-delayed creation of a reserve for some 15 000 Indians who will displace non-indigenous farmers in a hotly disputed remote part of Brazil's Amazon. |
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Kenyan project accreditedKenya - A Kenyan project backed by conservation group WWF that promotes carvings from sustainably harvested wood has been accredited with FSC (Forest Stewardship Council) certification, for the first time in the nation's history. |
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Inauguration Opens Nearly 150,000 Acres of Protected Chilean Rainforest to the Public for First TimeValdivia, Chile - A history of deforestation and neglect comes officially to a close for a vast stretch of some of the most threatened and biologically rich temperate rainforest in the world. |
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China launches “green storm” against forest destructionBeijing, China - The State Forestry Administration (SFA) released a blacklist of 10 major cases of forest destruction since 2003 on Wednesday, unveiling a national campaign to crack down on deforestation. |
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Haida Nation Fights For Old ForestsQueen Charlotte Islands, Canada - The Haida Nation has set up a number of blockades around the Queen Charlotte Islands to protest the transfer of Weyerhaeuser's tree-farm licence to Brascan, complaining it wasn't properly consulted by British Columbia (B.C.) provincial government. |
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G8 agrees to take action over illegal loggingBreadsall, England - The Group of Eight industrialised nations agreed to take action on illegal logging on Friday, a problem that costs governments and legal timber companies billions of pounds a year. |
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