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12/22/00 -- Swiss green activist feared dead in Borneo

12/22/00 -- Loggers to help in clearing operation

12/21/00 -- 15,000-Hectare Forest Areas in N Barito Allocated for Meranti Seedlings

12/18/00 -- Ban on logging in Sungkai sensitive' areas

12/17/00 -- In search of the lost apes of the planet

12/13/00 -- Raising timber exports via ties with council

12/13/00 -- Forestry ministry has new helicopters

12/13/00 -- As forests fall, man and beast meet in conflict in Malaysia

12/12/00 -- ITTO awards $1.3m grant for Indonesian forestry

12/12/00 -- Forests under threat from debt-laden firms: Report

12/08/00 -- Indonesian Govt to Revoke Ten Forest Concession Licenses

12/07/00 -- Logging firms told to leave forest reserves within 14 days

12/07/00 -- Joint study to review criteria for forest certification

12/07/00 -- Indonesia: Trade in Sumatran Tigers Picking Up

12/07/00 -- Indonesia, Japan in forestry project

11/30/00 -- SEPA Urges Gov't Not to Entertain Proposal to Mine Sabah's "Lost World"

11/29/00 -- No Request from Swiss Authorities to Search for Manser

11/28/00 -- State forests looted for Jepara furniture

11/22/00 -- Indonesia issues 21 new forest concessions

11/22/00 -- Falling timber supplies ahead: Minister

11/22/00 -- Diplomat and officials say Manser not in Malaysia

11/21/00 -- Activist-Explorer Bruno Manser Missing in Borneo

11/15/00 -- Malaysia can manage its forest, says Sec-Gen

11/11/00 -- Doomed: the last apes of Borneo

11/09/00 -- Indonesia Landslides Kill 34 People

11/08/00 -- International Tropical Timber Organisation Grants US$ 2 Million to Indonesia

11/07/00 -- Illegal logging and looting threaten Lampung's forests

10/31/00 -- Officials unaware of illegal logging activities

10/24/00 -- Orangutans Edging Closer to Brink of Extinction

10/24/00 -- ACTION ITEM: Call for Indonesian Logging Ban and Moratorium

10/19/00 -- Some 2,800 Types of Rare Orchids Found in Irian Jaya, Indonesia

10/18/00 -- Environment: Bad medicine in paradise

10/16/00 -- Malaysia digs in to plant 100,000 trees in a minute

10/10/00 -- Ministry Awaits Report on Encroachment of Forest Reserves

10/09/00 -- ASEAN urges Indonesia to tackle forest fires

10/07/00 -- ASEAN to disclose names of companies caught for open burning

10/06/00 -- ASEAN environment ministers meet on haze, regional issues

10/06/00 -- ASEAN environment ministers meet on haze issues

10/05/00 -- The Driving Force of Indonesia's Catastrophic Forest Fires

10/05/00 -- Malaysian Timber Firms Seek Certification to Boost Rainforest Sales

10/05/00 -- Illegal Logging Threatens Indonesia's Wood-Base

10/03/00 -- Trespassers on Forest Reserves to be Prosecuted

10/04/00 -- Indonesia to Get Tougher on Illegal Logging

10/03/00 -- Trespassers on Forest Reserves to be Prosecuted

09/22/00 -- Indon timber firms find it hard to get 'ecolabel'

09/20/00 -- About 5.9 Million Hectares in Peninsula Are Forest Land

09/14/00 -- New Government Clampdown on Illegal Logging

09/13/00 -- Singapore skies turn hazy as Indonesian fires flare

09/10/00 -- Notorious Malaysian Loggers Interested in Forest Certification

09/10/00 -- Malaysia's Timber Industry Shifts to Downstream Activities

09/01/00 -- Malaysian faces wildlife smuggling charges in U.S

08/24/00 -- New Indonesian Economic Minister: Less IMF, More World Bank

08/19/00 -- Irian Jaya, Indonesia: Log-For-Road Deal

08/09/00 -- Indonesia Forestry Head Urges Ban on Log Exports, Paper Says

08/05/00 -- New highway for Papua

08/04/00--Indonesia May Face Palm Oil Boycott Over Fires, Paper Says

08/01/00--Illegal Indonesian mining a concern, says Aurora

08/01/00--Penans Protest Against Logging in River Apoh/Tutoh in Baram Region

07/31/00--Freeport-McMoRan: A Pit of Trouble (int'l edition)

07/27/00--Indonesia Fails to Halt Illegal Logging, Environmental Group Says

07/27/00--Indonesia Needs 7 Trln Rupiah to Restore Forests, Paper Says

07/26/00--Indonesia to halt operations at 12 firms over smog

07/25/00--Legal cold water on Indonesia's forest-fire haze

07/25/00--Malaysia's PM raps foreign media for smog coverage

07/25/00--Sumatra Blazes Too Hot to Handle for ASEAN

07/24/00--Indonesia threatens to sue over forest fires

07/21/00--Indonesia Supports Talks on Smog at ASEAN Meet

07/21/00--UK Indonesia's fires 'Suharto's legacy'

07/20/00--Indonesian fires rage, govt inaction bemoaned

07/20/00--Indonesian forest management must change to avoid forest fires

07/19/00--Indonesia Fires Spread, Smog Reaches Thailand

07/19/00--Stopping Destruction of Indonesia's Forests Requires New Policies

07/19/00--Thin Smog Hits Southern Thailand From Indonesia

07/18/00--Environmentalists Rage at Indonesia Over Fires

07/18/00--Forest Fire Smoke Lingers Over North Malaysia

07/17/00--Smog in Malaysia Disperses, Health Woes Linger

07/17/00--WRAPUP-Smog returns to SE Asia, Sumatra worst hit

07/12/00--Firms get nod for forest plantations

07/11/00--Southeast Asia Smog to Return as Indonesia Farmers Burn Forests

07/07/00--Indonesia to Ask IMF to Reinstate Log Export Ban, Paper Says

07/05/00--Indonesia Aims to Be Biggest Pulp, Paper Producer, Paper Says

07/02/00--Sarawak pays dearly for saving forests

06/22/00--Illegal Loggers Steal Indonesia's Market Share

06/14/00--World Bank Pledges New Loan for Indonesia

06/09/00--Stora Enso to Own 60 Percent of Indonesian Plantation Project

05/27/00--Have one certification for timber, urges Lim (HL)

05/26/00--Indonesia tells Freeport to repair lake damage

05/25/00--Indonesia says Freeport agrees to cut output

05/17/00--Indonesia's mining firms no longer on solid ground

05/16/00--Sumatra fires spark haze warning in Singapore

05/15/00--Sumatra Fires Spark Haze Warning in Singapore

05/15/00--US AID Accused of Cutting Funding to Indonesian Conservationists

05/10/00--Jakarta says may suspend Freeport production

05/10/00--Investment in forestry, plantations at zero level

05/05/00--FAO urges battle against land degradation

05/05/00--Indonesia to hand forest control to state firms

05/04/00--Indonesia Hands Control of Forests to State Companies, ST Says

05/04/00--Indonesia to Hand Forest Control to State Firms

04/25/00--World Bank's Uma Lele on Illegal Logging in Indonesia: Comment

04/15/00--Smog peril rising again

03/30/00--Indonesian timber tycoon with Oregon ties arrested

03/28/00--Ex-Indonesia Minister Arrested

03/25/00--Indonesia's forests are on fire, again

3/25/00--Malaysian Loggers Extend Unscrupulous Logging to Liberia, Africa

3/18/00--Indonesia: How to Destroy Forests in Sarawak by Planting Trees

3/17/00--Indonesia fires in the hundreds

3/17/00--Indonesia's forests are on fire, again

3/16/00--Indonesian Plantation Owners Given 2 Weeks to Put out Fires

3/16/00--Freeport Indonesia Urged to Share Wealth

3/15/00--Malaysian Government Pressures Cambodia to Reduce Timber Royalty Rate

3/14/00--Indonesia to form enforcement team on forest fires

3/14/00--Indonesia Warns Planters to End Fires or Face Jail

3/14/00--Smog Blankets Borneo as Sumatra Air Clears

3/13/00--Indonesia's Neighbors Help as Blazes Spread

3/11/00--Haze from Forest Fires Dissipates in Indonesia

3/10/00--Indonesia's Neighbors Help As Blazes Spread

3/10/00--Indonesian President Seeks Ways to Quell Fires

3/10/00--Forest Fires Make Indonesia into a Smoky Eden

3/10/00--Indonesian Government Names Firms Suspected of Starting Fires

3/10/00--Malaysia Accuses U.S. Scientists of Extracting Species Without Permit

3/9/00--Indonesian Fires Bring Return of Choking Smog

3/9/00--Indonesia Pres. Wahid Seeks Forest Fire Measures

3/9/00--Indonesia Fires Impact Singapore

3/9/00--Indonesia Calls Fires a National Disaster

3/9/00--Forest Fire Smog Forces Indonesians to Don Breathing Masks

3/9/00--Indonesia Labels Forest Fires an Emergency

3/9/00--Indonesia's Fires Creating Hazardous Air Conditions

3/8/00--Indonesia Smog Recurs, Neighbours Hope there is No Crisis

3/7/00--Indonesian Orangutan Population May Have Declined by Half in Past Decade

3/7/00--Indonesia: Forest Fires Spew Smoke Over Parts of Sumatra

3/7/00--Indonesia: Sumatra Smog at Hazardous Level, Emergency Urged

3/7/00--Indonesia Fires Rage Out of Control

3/6/00--Indonesia's Sumatra Sustains More Forest Fires

3/6/00--Indonesia: Sumatra Smog at Hazardous Level, Emergency Urged

3/6/00--Indonesia: Over 400 Hot Spots Found in Sumatra

3/6/00--Sumatra Smog at Hazardous Level, Emergency Urged

3/6/00--Indonesia Minister Says Won't Change Freeport Deal

3/6/00--Indonesian Province Covered by Smoke from Forest Fires

3/3/00--Forest Fires Again Rage on Indonesia's Sumatra

3/2/00--Fires Break Out on Sumatra

3/2/00--Indonesia: Fires Break Out on Sumatra

3/2/00--Slightly Hazy Conditions Over Singapore from Indonesian Fires

2/29/00--Environmentalist Brutally Killed in Indonesia

2/25/00--Indonesia Begins to See Wood for Trees

2/24/00--Indonesia: Illegal Loggers Now Bolder, Activists Say

2/22/00--Indonesia: Acehnese Human Rights Defenders Under Attack

2/22/00--Indonesia Seeks Cash Bailout to Save its Forests

2/22/00--Indonesia Seeks Cash Bailout to Save its Forests

2/11/00--Freeport Indonesia May be Shut Down for Pollution

2/4/00--Indonesia Must Act to Protect Forests

2/4/00--Logging Jeopardizes Indonesian Aid

1/30/00--Indonesian Forests in Aid Trade-Off

1/27/00--Overcapacity in Indonesia's Forestry Sector

1/27/00--Schools to Start Controlling Many Indonesian Forests

1/25/00--Indonesia's Forests Are Vanishing Far Faster Than Thought

1/22/00--Indonesia: British, Local Environmentalists 'Rescued' After Beating

1/18/00--Introduction of Macaque's in West Papua Threatens Native Species

1/9/00--Malaysia: Activist Offers $10,000 for Penan Tribe

1/9/00--Indonesia Warned Over Forest Crisis

1/7/00--Indonesian Troops Shoot Protesters in Irian Jaya

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