Guest guest Posted February 15, 2009 Report Share Posted February 15, 2009 Today for you 31 posts about earth's trees! (471th edition) -------- Links to each article below can be texted to your cell phone browser every hour on the hour: http://twitter.com/forestpolicy Or to these email messages by sending a blank email to earthtreenews- -------- 1) Solomon Islands: Lack of forest means 9 deaths and a 1000 families homeless http://bit.ly/hpwf 2) Sumatra: Oil palm crop takes over forest at a football field a minute http://bit.ly/jomA 3) Sumatra: Satellites & cops source worst coffee-based logging to unenforced low labor cost areas http://bit.ly/1anSwL 4) Sulawesi: Gold Rush means Kabaena's forest is now hosting millions who plunder http://bit.ly/RNP9 5) Sulawesi: Endangered " warriors " also known as Civets http://bit.ly/MJbU 6) Indonesia: Poor Spatial Planning jeopardizes forests http://bit.ly/AGuG 7) Indonesia: Preserve & Sustain tribal rules & cultures that preserve forest! http://bit.ly/QAlao 8) Indonesia: Elephant and tiger attacks on humans escalate as habitat diminishes http://bit.ly/f8n2 9) Indonesia: Nation of forests given for bribes soars to new heights in upcoming election http://bit.ly/4EkLzP 10) Indonesia: Treeplanting program turns into cut & run clearcut logging http://bit.ly/ENJL 11) Indonesia: Criminal investigation into illegal slash-and-burn methods http://bit.ly/v0UHM 12) Indonesia: (article update) Smallest most important Mangrove forest threatened by fresh water & pollution http://bit.ly/blJi 13) Indonesia: Japanese debt means ban on Teak exports ends? http://bit.ly/1PuI0u 14) Indonesia: Forest conversion must stop or many, many lives will be lost http://bit.ly/1Nphtw 15) Indonesia: Defense leader's " economic security " is using school funding to destroy heart of Borneo http://bit.ly/NSAj 16) Indonesia: Local control is a solution that can backfire http://bit.ly/2Hbfq6 17) Indonesia: Ecolabel Institute facilitates rainforest destruction http://bit.ly/Q0YoN 18) Indonesia: Belantikan Conservation program for Orangutan http://bit.ly/88iN 19) Indonesia: Government rulemakers say REDD entrepreneurs are moving too fast http://bit.ly/4hBVZM 20) New Zealand: Invasive Monterey Pines wilding themselves across the landscape http://bit.ly/Tl1R 21) New Zealand: Logging plan gets bird watchers arguing in court http://bit.ly/3iKx18 22) New Zealand: One tree hill used to have three trees http://bit.ly/13mpE 23) Australia: Blaming enviros for firestorm is absurd http://bit.ly/LEutY 24) Australia: Illegal logging of too many rare Karri trees in Burnside Forest http://bit.ly/11KUxS 25) Australia: Bermagui State Forest destruction resumes http://bit.ly/eS4k 26) Australia: forest defenders being sued return favor by suing the logers who sued 'em http://bit.ly/blWT 27) Australia: Bauxite mine to destroy state rainforest delayed by activists & economy http://bit.ly/CRys 28) Australia: Another 550 people do Direct Action to halt ancient forest logging http://bit.ly/UH0V 29) Australia: Garrett & Wong give up on forest protection at home & abroad http://bit.ly/GEg4 30) Australia: E. Gippsland forest defenders win 2 week reprieve due to rare species find http://bit.ly/480uD3 31) Australia: 10,000 hectares of cows per year upstaged by monocrop forests http://bit.ly/2QtV5f Long live the trees, Deane Blog: http://forestpolicyresearch.org Twitter: http://twitter.com/forestpolicy Facebook: http://bit.ly/lmpL Linked In: http://bit.ly/mJmC Slideshows: http://bit.ly/m78D TreePoetry: http://bit.ly/2FbZnP Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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