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Stop the Forest Liars: "Certified" Old-Growth Rainforest Logging Does NOT Protect Biodiversity, Ecosystems or Climate
Outrageous support by big environmental groups for first-time industrial logging of primary and old-growth rainforest wildernesses based upon vague claims that FSC certification makes it sustainable, well-managed and now even "carbon positive" is a big lie and must end
Campaign News Updates:
· The FSC is the 'Enron of forestry' says rainforest activistJust Say No to Oil Shale, Leave the Carbon in the Ground
Oil shale production in Western U.S. with Department of Energy subsidies will prolong dependence upon filthy fossil fuels while destroying the climate, water and land
Campaign News Updates:
· Oil-shale 'rush' is sparking concernSave Bialowieza Forest, Europe's Last Primeval Temperate Forest
Ask the Polish government to stop exploitation of the ancient Bialowieza forest, preserve the whole complex as a national park, and end permanently extensive logging that threatens Europe's last remnant old-growth northern temperate forests
Papua New Guinea's Woodlark Island Rainforests to Be Cleared for Oil Palm Agrofuels
The PNG government continues to approve rainforest destruction and diminishment even as they vocally seek to be paid with carbon market funds for their "protection"
Campaign Outcome:
This campaign has achieved initial success. See "Woodlark Rainforests Spared for Now from Clearing for Oil Palm" and "Analysis of a Rainforest/Climate Campaign Victory for Woodlark, Papua New Guinea" for additional details. The situation bares watching as project developers will likely try again if we let down our guard, and the local peoples are still trying to achieve land rights.
Campaign News Updates:
· Malaysia Concerned About Negative Campaigns On Palm Oil Industry
· PNG, Aust sign forest carbon partnership
· Show MoreMayor Bloomberg: We Love New York, But Hate Your Government's Rainforest Destruction!
New York City is one of the biggest consumers of ancient rainforest timbers; and their use of tropical hardwoods must end to protect global climate, ecosystems and biodiversity
Campaign Outcome:
The alert has lead to initial success. NYC Parks Department Ends the Use of Tropical Hardwoods for Benches. The campaign continues to have NYC end the use of ancient rainforest timbers as a keystone climate mitigation strategy, and have this enshrined in law and procurement policy.
Protest Failed World Bank Congo Rainforest Policy and Proposed Ill-Conceived Forest Carbon Payments
Given revelations of misconduct in Democratic Republic of Congo's rainforests by the World Bank, their desire to administer global carbon payments for rainforest protection as a means to address climate change is suspect
Campaign News Updates:
· All About: Forests and carbon tradingAnother Sell-Out of British Columbia's Ancient Temperate Rainforests Possible
Rare mountain caribou threatened by further closed door, secret forest negotiations; survival depends habitat protection across their full range including ending logging of their ancient temperate rainforest habitat
Climate Protection Payments Must Avoid Deforestation of Ancient Rainforests AND Their Industrial Diminishment
Selective logging diminishes primary and old-growth forests' carbon stores, ecosystems, and biodiversity; and has no place in proposed carbon market payments for rainforest and climate protection
Campaign News Updates:
· Carbon credits could help save Amazon, blunt warming: study
· Amazon’s ‘Forest Peoples’ Seek a Role in Striking Global Climate AgreementsStop Ocean City, New Jersey from Using Ancient Rainforest Timbers for Boardwalk Decking
An important precedent must be set that industrial logging of ancient forests, even if FSC "certified", must end
Campaign Outcome:
This alert was successful, the purchase was cancelled by the City Council. Local campaigners are now working to ensure the ban on use of tropical timbers in municipal construction is made permanent and such a situation does not arise again.
Campaign News Updates:
· Ocean City countersues Baltimore company over rainforest boardwalk wood
· Lumber Firm Sues NJ City Over Lost DealPlease Tell the EU: Don't Sacrifice Birds and Ecosystems for Biofuel Expansion
There are limits to agricultural intensification that if surpassed threaten European wildlife and terrestrial ecosystem sustainability
Campaign News Updates:
· A world apart
· Big business muddies EU's biofuels debate
· Show MoreFSC and Big Green "Certified" Ancient Forest Logging Tragedy Worsens
Support for "certified" ancient rainforest logging crumbles further due to string of inappropriate and illegal certifications, most recently in Peru; and as Norway rejects FSC and all primary rainforest logging certification schemes
Protect Uganda's Mabira Rainforest Preserve from Sugar Production for Biofuel
Let the Ugandan government know rainforests and their ecological services including water, climate and biodiversity are more important than sugar which can be grown elsewhere
Campaign News Updates:
· Cabinet Wants Aerial Video of Mabira
· Severe drought hits UgandaGreenpeace, Come Clean and Stop Supporting Ancient Rainforest Logging
There is no such thing as certified, sustainable logging of primary forests. Tell Greenpeace to release their suppressed report on industrial certified forestry, and to resign the chair and withdraw from the Forest Stewardship Council
Myth of "Certified, Sustainable Ancient Forest Logging" Threatens the World's Rainforests and Climate
Tell the World Bank, WWF and Greenpeace to stop aiding and abetting failed "sustainable" and "certified" forest management for the Congo Basin and elsewhere, and instead commit to End Ancient Rainforest Logging
Stop Malaysian Samling Group - Global Leaders in Rainforest Destruction
Destroyer of ancient rainforests and indigenous livelihoods from Malaysia to Guyana now a publicly listed company that along with its financiers is facing renewed international protest
Campaign Outcome:
This alert was successful -- see Amerindians Force Samling to Stop Some Illegal Logging in Guyana. Congratulations to all who participated!
Indonesia's Biofuel Expansion on Rainforest Peatlands to Accelerate Climate Change
Let the President know the world expects Indonesia to keep the Environment Minister's promise to tackle the root causes of rainforest fires and peatland drainage
Campaign News Updates:
· Palm oil wiping out key orangutan habitat: activists
· Unilever palm oil policy wins fans
· Show MoreEnd Clearcut Logging of Ancient Old-Growth Forest Wilderness in Northern Finland
Let the Finnish government know that the age of ancient forest logging is over; that these forests are needed for climate buffering, biodiversity protection, forest restoration seed stock and are vital to achieving global ecological sustainability
Brazil Approves Deforestation of Important Amazon Reserve
The strength and permanence of protected status for ancient rainforests under Brazilian law is at stake
Campaign Outcome:
This alert was successful -- see Brazil's Cristalino State Park's Rainforests Saved. Congratulations to all who participated!
Europe Must End Their "Deforestation Biofuel" Energy Policy
Industrial biofuels threaten Rainforests and European land sustainability
Campaign News Updates:
· Europe Grapples over Biofuels
· EU still far from agreeing biofuel standards: diplomats
· Show MoreContinue to Oppose Oil Production in Ecuador's Yasuni and Other National Parks
All of Ecuador's protected areas including all of Yasua must be strictly protected from oil and logging
Campaign News Updates:
· Protecting Diverse Forests and Peoples
· Ecuador official: protect Indians from oil drillingSevere Australian Drought Caused by Climate Change, Leave Your Coal in the Ground!
Dramatic efforts required with coal and forests to ensure Australia's well-being and planetary survival
Campaign Outcome:
This alert was successful -- see Australia's Kyoto Ratification Thrills the World. Congratulations to all who participated!
Campaign News Updates:
· After US pulls plug, future unclear for 'clean coal'
· Call to end all landclearingAn Appeal for South India's Wild Elephants
Their survival depends upon maintaining and establishing corridors between large habitats
Campaign News Updates:
· Tamil Nadu gets 315 acres for elephant corridor
· Exclusive corridors for elephants in TN
· Show MoreSay No to Industrial Mining in French Guiana's Ancient Rainforests
Protected areas, water resources and indigenous peoples will all be devastated if French Government grants environmental approvals - decision expected soon!
Campaign Outcome:
This alert helped stall the project in October of 2006, and in early 2008 the project was cancelled.
Stop ANZ Bank Funding of Illegal Logging in Papua New Guinea
Insist leading Australian/New Zealand bank stop financing destruction of PNG's ancient rainforests by Malaysian loggers
Campaign News Updates:
· Forestry officials ignoring PNG lawPenan Logging Blockade Maintained, Malaysia Must Implement Permanent Protections
Insist Malaysian authorities respect native customary land rights and boundaries of Penan's last remaining ancestral rainforest reserves
Campaign News Updates:
· Malaysian human rights commission rejects probe into death of anti-logging tribesmanWater More Precious than Gold, Stop Chile's Pascua Lama Gold Mine
Glacier gold mine will taint pristine valley with cyanide
Support Petition to Save Malaysia's Belum-Temengor Rainforests
Proposed National Park "Richest of the Rich" in Terms of Biodiversity and Ecosystems, Threatened by Logging
Chinese Olympic Committee Must Independently Prove Olympic Torch Not Burning World's Rainforests
Beijing Olympics 2008: Destroying Papua's Ancient Rainforests to Raise the Olympic Torch
Campaign News Updates:
· Tough Times For US Ethanol To Force Shake-OutSave Russia's Lake Baikal: Oil Pipeline Threatens World's Largest Freshwater Body
Let Russian government know oil and water do not mix, must ensure pipeline steers clear of Lake Baikal watershed
Campaign Outcome:
UPDATE: This alert was successful! Russia has announced Lake Baikal will be spared oil pipeline threat
Campaign News Updates:
· Russian Prosecutors Open Probe On Baikal Pulp MillMassive Gas Pipeline to Pierce the Amazon
Project will devastate South America's rainforests, water and climate
Campaign News Updates:
· Brazil, Venezuela Pledge Deeper Energy IntegrationPanama Power Line Plan to Destroy Darien Gap Rainforest
Short sighted energy policy threatens regional ecosystem, security and indigenous rights

