New Jersey scraps plan to buy Amazon rainforest timber

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.

"The message is getting through -- to survive rainforest logging must end, with compensation to local peoples, and remaining rainforests protected and allowed to expand." - Dr. Glen Barry, Ecological Internet founder