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·24/1/2010 - INDEPENDENT.CO.UK: Campaign to save tropical forests failed by food giants, Independent (UK)
·12/7/2008 - Threat to Great Apes Highlighted at Virunga Meet, Scoop
·23/6/2008 - Democratic Republic of Congo: New Fund Launched for Congo Basin, Inter Press Service
·19/6/2008 - Donors Pledge US$216 Mln to Protect African Forests, Reuters
·17/6/2008 - Democratic Republic of Congo: Space cameras to monitor forests, BBC
·3/6/2008 - Papua New Guinea rainforest 'all gone by 2021', Reuters
·3/6/2008 - Papua New Guinea: Satellite Images Reveal Papua Forest Destruction, Reuters
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·Clouds on the Horizon: The Congo Basin's Forests and Climate Change
·Partnership for the Tropical Forest Margins - Alternatives to Slash-and-Burn (ASB)
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- 1. Congo Rainforest News, Links and Information from Forests.Org Rank: 74%
- Congo Rainforest News Results ·24/1/2010 - INDEPENDENT.CO.UK: Campaign to save tropical forests failed by food giants, Independent (UK) ·12/7/2008 - Threat to Great Apes Highlighted at Virunga Meet, Scoop ·23/6/2008 - Democratic Republic of Congo: New Fund Launched for Congo Basin, Inter Press Service ·19/6/2008 - Donors Pledge US$216 Mln to Protect African Forests, Reuters ·17/6/2008 -...
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- 2. Congo's Rainforest Faces Danger as Loggers Return Rank: 74%
- Yet they do not attract the slightest attention. They have been there for more than five years, abandoned since the latest in a string of wars broke out in the Democratic Republic of Congo, and are ignored by dozens of tiny, barefoot, half-naked children. A mechanic in blue overalls tinkers with the unused engines in the evening light, making local village head Bwenge La fear the return of the...
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- 3. Saving The Congo Basin Rainforest Rank: 74%
- Congo Basin Rainforest. As a result, 13 million acres have been set aside as wildlife preserves. Nevertheless, the rainforest remains threatened by increased logging and poaching. To address these and other issues, the Congo Basin Forest Summit will be held in Brazzaville February 3rd and 4th. Rainforest, Gabon - WWF The World Wildlife Fund says the Congo Basin "covers more than one million square...
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- 4. The Congo rainforest of central Africa | Greenpeace UK Rank: 73%
- Are you using sustainable plywood and timber for construction? Are you using sustainable plywood and timber for construction? Find out if your toilet paper is forest friendly Read the latest forest campaign news Forests news Big actions speak louder than big words 2009 in pictures Code REDD in Copenhagen A defining moment for the palm oil industry as Unilever breaks link with forest destruction?...
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- 5. The Congo Rainforest Rank: 73%
- Equatorial Guinea and Gabon -- share the 1.5 million square mile Congo basin. The Congo is one of the world's most threatened ecosystems. Commercial logging, clearing for subsistence agriculture, and widespread civil strife has devastated forests, displaced forest dwellers, and resulted in the expansion of the "bushmeat" trade. Since the 1980s, Africa has had the highest deforestation rates of any...
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- 6. The Congo Basin rainforest | Greenpeace Canada Rank: 73%
- Greenpeace Opens its First Permanent African... The Congo Basin rainforest Print Send to a friend A logger's children stand in front of afrormosia logs chopped down by their father, who makes 400 Congolese Francs (less than US$1) a day in an area controlled by the Belgian-American logging giant Safbois. Afrormosia is a protected tree species whose international trade needs to be strictly...
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- 7. Forest Protection Blog: Pygmies Protest Congo Rainforest Carve... Rank: 73%
- Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Hundreds of local and international groups have joined the Rainforest Foundation in protesting this immoral use of tax-payer funds. Most recently, the pygmy peoples occupying many of these forests have joined the protest - reported on below. It is simply atrocious that the world blank continues to operate with impunity against the aspirations and human rights of...
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