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New Jersey scraps plan to buy Amazon rainforest timber |
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Ocean City, New Jersey, USA - The city council of Ocean City in New Jersey voted 6-0 last Thursday to cancel a $1.1 million purchase of ipê timber originating in the Amazon rainforest.
The move came after a campaign by environmental groups, including Ecological Internet, which runs Forests.org, a forest news web site.
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"The message is getting through -- to survive rainforest logging must end, with compensation to local peoples, and remaining rainforests protected and allowed to expand." |
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