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+ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-Dear
Friends,+ADw-span style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun: yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4-

+ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-RE.
NATIONAL WEEK OF ACTION 17TH TO 22ND APRIL+ADw-span style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun:
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+ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-We
would like to ask for your support in an upcoming week of+ADw-span
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in support of Japanese activists protesting the role of+ADw-span
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+ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-this
day is a perfect opportunity for us to raise awareness of the+ADw-span
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+ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-role of
Japan in forest destruction in Australia and around the+ADw-span
style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun: yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4-

+ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-world
without being critical towards Japanese people - but rather+ADw-span
style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun: yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4-

+ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-supporting
their actions. We can't let this chance go by+ACEAPA-span style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun:
yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4-

+ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4APA-span
style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun: yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4-

+ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-We
realise there is limited time in organising - but whatever you+ADw-span
style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun: yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4-

+ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-can do
will make a difference. To make it just a little easier we+ADw-span
style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun: yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4-

+ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-have
prepared an organisers kit, which is included here in this+ADw-span
style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun: yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4-

+ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-email -
except for the Japanese text (which can be faxed to you+ADw-span
style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun: yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4-

+ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-separately).
Included are:+ADw-span style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun: yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4-

+ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4APA-span
style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun: yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4-

+ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-1)
Sample Letters, 2) Sample Media Release, 3) Background Article+ADw-span
style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun: yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4-


+ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-(for
general use), 4) Japanese Text banner design, 5) Japanese+ADw-span
style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun: yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4-

+ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-text
leaflet on the issue, 6) Sister City information+ADw-span style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun:
yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4-

+ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4APA-span
style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun: yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4-

+ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-And
here are a few ideas for actions (as suggested by the+ADw-span style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun:
yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4-

+ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-coordinating
group in Japan):+ADw-span style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun: yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4-

+ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4APA-span
style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun: yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4-

+ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-1.
Letter writing to the following Japanese Government bodies:+ADw-span
style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun: yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4-

+ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-Ministry
of Construction, Forestry Agency, Environment Agency,+ADw-span style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun:
yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4-

+ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-Ministry
of Foreign Affairs, Prime Minister and the Japanese+ADw-span style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun:
yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4-

+ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-Consulate
in your country (maybe do a letter writing stall in+ADw-span style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun:
yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4-

+ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-town).+ADw-span
style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun: yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4-

+ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4APA-span
style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun: yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4-

+ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-2.
Letter writings directly to the Mayor of your sister city in+ADw-span
style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun: yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4-

+ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-Japan
(ask your local council), the Mayor of Kobe and the+ADw-span style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun:
yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4-

+ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4-+ADw-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-Governors
of Tokyo and Hyogo Prefecture.+ADw-span style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun:
yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4-

+ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4APA-span
style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun: yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4-

+ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-3. Ask
your own local government, city councillors and members of+ADw-span
style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun: yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4-

+ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-parliament
to write letters to Japanese Consulates, sister cities+ADw-span
style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun: yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4-

+ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-and the
Prime Minister of Japan to take measures to protect+ADw-span style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun:
yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4-

+ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-forests.+ADw-span
style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun: yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4-

+ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4APA-span
style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun: yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4-

+ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-4.
Conduct demonstrations in front of Japanese Consulates.+ADw-span
style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun: yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4-

+ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4APA-span
style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun: yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4-

+ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-5. Hand
out leaflets in Japanese to tourists (possibly at the+ADw-span style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun:
yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4-

+ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-airport)
- put up the leaflet in Youth Hostels if many Japanese+ADw-span
style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun: yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4-

+ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-tourists
frequent them.+ADw-span style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun: yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4-

+ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4APA-span
style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun: yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4-

+ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-Please
let us know if you need the organisers kit, if you can do+ADw-span
style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun: yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4-

+ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-something+ADw-span
style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun: yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4-and what you are planning to do (even
just sending off+ADw-span style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun: yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4-

+ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-a few
letters).+ADw-span style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun: yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4-Attached is some
information from the+ADw-span style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun: yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4-

+ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-coordinating
group in Japan (the Sarawak Campaign Committee) -+ADw-span style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun:
yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4-

+ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-they
have now decided to include Australian and other temperate+ADw-span
style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun: yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4-

+ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-forest
issues in their actions and appeals. Hope to hear from you+ADw-span
style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun: yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4-

+ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-soon.+ADw-span
style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun: yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4-For Life, Anja Light, Rainforest
Information Centre +AFs-RIC+AF0APA-span style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun: yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs-
+ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4-

+ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-(Gold
Coast), 9 Alkira St. Tugun, Q4224 ph 075 344 583, fax: 075+ADw-span
style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun: yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4-

+ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-347
416+ADw-span style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun: yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4-

+ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4APA-span
style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun: yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4-

+ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-SAMPLE
LETTERS+ADw-span style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun: yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4-

+ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4APA-span
style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun: yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4-

+ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-Please
show your support for this campaign by writing to the+ADw-span style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun:
yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4-

+ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-Governor
of Tokyo, the Minster of Construction, and the Prime+ADw-span style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun:
yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4-

+ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-Minister,
to arrive during the week before Earth Day, 22 April,+ADw-span style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun:
yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4-

+ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-1995.+ADw-span
style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun: yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4-

+ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4APA-span
style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun: yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4-

+ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-If your
town has a sister city in Japan, please also write a+ADw-span style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun:
yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4-

+ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-letter
to the mayor of the city supporting these demands, and send+ADw-span
style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun: yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4-

+ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-a copy
to the Sarawak Campaign Committee for follow-up. They would+ADw-span
style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun: yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4-

+ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-be glad
to get you in touch with the local rainforest action group+ADw-span
style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun: yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4-

+ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-for
future co-operation+ACEAPA-span style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun: yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4-

+ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4APA-span
style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun: yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-span style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun:
yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAPA-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4-

+ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-For
more information, contact:+ADw-span style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun: yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs-
+ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4-

+ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4APA-span
style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun: yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4-

+ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-Anja
Light Rainforest Information Centre (Gold Coast) 9 Alkira+ADw-span
style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun: yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4-

+ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-St.,
Tugun, Q4224.+ADw-span style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun: yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4-ph: 075 344 583 fax:
075 347 416+ADw-span style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun: yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4-

+ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4APA-span
style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun: yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4-

+ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-Sarawak
Campaign Committee (SCC)+ADw-span style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun: yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs-
+ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4-

+ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-604
Kasuru Yoyogi, 2-22-3 Yoyogi, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo 151 Japan Tel:+ADw-span
style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun: yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4-

+ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-3-3378-1991
Fax: 3-3378-1990+ADw-span style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun: yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4-

+ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4APA-span
style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun: yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4-

+ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-Sample
Letter no 1+ADw-span style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun: yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4-

+ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4APA-span
style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun: yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4-

+ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-Mr.
Shunichi Suzuki, Governor of Tokyo Tokyo-Tocho, 2-8-1+ADw-span style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun:
yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4-

+ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-Nishi-Shinjuku
Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 163-01 Japan (Fax:+ADw-span style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun:
yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4-

+ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-3-5388-1377)+ADw-span
style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun: yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4-

+ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4APA-span
style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun: yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4-

+ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-I am
glad to know that Tokyo has begun to reduce use of tropical+ADw-span
style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun: yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4-

+ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-timber
in public construction, but I am seriously concerned that+ADw-span
style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun: yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4-

+ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-these
measures are still inadequate. As the largest and most+ADw-span
style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun: yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4-

+ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-influential
city in Japan (and one the biggest consumers of+ADw-span style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun:
yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4-

+ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-tropical
timber), Tokyo has a special responsibility to set an+ADw-span style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun:
yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4-

+ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-example
for other local governments in Japan, by adopting measures+ADw-span
style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun: yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4-

+ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-that
will really help to end the environmental destruction and+ADw-span
style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun: yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4-

+ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-human
rights violations occurring in Sarawak, Malaysia, and other+ADw-span
style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun: yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4-

+ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-tropical
timber producing regions.+ADw-span style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun: yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs-
+ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4-

+ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4APA-span
style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun: yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4-

+ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-Our
country Australia is also blessed with beautiful old growth+ADw-span
style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun: yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4-

+ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-forests
which are currently being logged for woodchips - most of+ADw-span
style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun: yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4-

+ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-which
go to Japan for paper production. We also feel that your+ADw-span
style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun: yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4-

+ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-city
could take the lead in helping to protect our forests by+ADw-span
style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun: yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4-

+ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-changing
to the use of only recycled paper products.+ADw-span style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun:
yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4-

+ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4APA-span
style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun: yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4-

+ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-If
Tokyo leads, many will follow. As Earth Day 1995 approaches, I+ADw-span
style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun: yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4-

+ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-hope
you will reaffirm your +ADw-span style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun: yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAPA-/span+AD4-commitment
to the spirit of this day,+ADw-span style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun: yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs-
+ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4-

+ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-by
urgently adopting the following measures.+ADw-span style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun:
yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4-

+ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4APA-span
style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun: yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4-

+ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-1) to
stop all use of tropical timber from Sarawak, Malaysia, and+ADw-span
style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun: yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4-

+ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-other
regions where logging is causing severe environmental+ADw-span style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun:
yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4-

+ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-destruction
and human rights violations against indigenous+ADw-span style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun:
yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4-

+ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-peoples.+ADw-span
style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun: yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4-

+ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4APA-span
style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun: yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4-

+ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-2) to
drastically increase to use-life of buildings, in order to+ADw-span
style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun: yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4-

+ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4-+ADw-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-halt
the waste of all resources, on the basis of a long-term+ADw-span
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+ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-public
construction and urban planning policy that looks at least+ADw-span
style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun: yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4-

+ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-100
years into the future.+ADw-span style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun: yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs-
+ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4-

+ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4APA-span
style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun: yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4-

+ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-3) to
reduce wasteful paper use and implement a policy to use only+ADw-span
style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun: yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4-

+ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-recycled
paper products.+ADw-span style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun: yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4-

+ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4APA-span
style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun: yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4-

+ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-Sample
Letter no 2+ADw-span style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun: yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4-

+ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4APA-span
style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun: yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4-

+ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-Mr.
Kozo Igarashi, Minister of Construction Kensetsu-sho, 2-1-3+ADw-span
style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun: yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-span style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun:
yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAPA-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4-

+ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-Kasumigaseki,
Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100 Japan Fax: 3-5251-1936,+ADw-span style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun:
yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4-

+ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-3-5251-1926+ADw-span
style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun: yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4-

+ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4APA-span
style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun: yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4-

+ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-I am
writing to express my serious concern regarding the+ADw-span style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun:
yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4-

+ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-environmental
destruction and human rights abuses caused by+ADw-span style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun:
yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4-

+ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-Japan's
massive consumption of tropical timber, which is+ADw-span style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun:
yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4-

+ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-aggravated
by the abnormally short 20-25 year rebuilding cycle in+ADw-span
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+ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-Japan.
Since most of this tropical timber is used in the+ADw-span style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun:
yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4-

+ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-construction
industry, often in an extremely wasteful manner, it+ADw-span style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun:
yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4-

+ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-is
crucial for your Ministry to take immediate action. Though I+ADw-span
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+ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-understand
that your Ministry is doing research on +ACY-quot+ADs-rationalising+ACY-quot+ADsAPA-span
style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun: yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4-

+ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-the use
of tropical plywood panels for moulding concrete, drastic+ADw-span
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+ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-measures
are needed now to halt all use of unsustainably produced+ADw-span
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+ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-tropical
timber, and to reform the construction industry to+ADw-span style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun:
yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4-

+ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-provide
durable buildings that will benefit future generations,+ADw-span
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+ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-rather
than depriving them of resources. As Earth Day 1995+ADw-span style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun:
yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4-

+ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-approaches,
I hope you will affirm your commitment to the spirit+ADw-span style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun:
yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4-

+ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-of this
day, by urgently adopting the following measures.+ADw-span style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun:
yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4-

+ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4APA-span
style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun: yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4-

+ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-1) to
stop all use of tropical timber from Sarawak, Malaysia, and+ADw-span
style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun: yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4-

+ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-other
regions where logging is causing severe environmental+ADw-span style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun:
yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4-

+ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-destruction
and human rights violations against indigenous+ADw-span style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun:
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+ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-peoples.+ADw-span
style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun: yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4-

+ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4APA-span
style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun: yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4-

+ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-2) to
drastically increase the use-life of buildings, in order to+ADw-span
style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun: yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4-

+ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-halt
the waste of all resources, on the basis of a long-term+ADw-span
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+ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-public
consecution and urban planning policy that looks at least+ADw-span
style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun: yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4-

+ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-100 years
into the future.+ADw-span style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun: yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4-

+ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4APA-span
style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun: yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4-

+ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-Here is
an article which may be useful for media or newsletters:+ADw-span
style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun: yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4-

+ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-JAPAN -
THE COMMON DENOMINATOR+ADw-span style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun: yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs-
+ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4-

+ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4APA-span
style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun: yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4-

+ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-By Anja
Light+ADw-span style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun: yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4-

+ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-Anja
Light is an active member of the Rainforest Information+ADw-span
style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun: yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4-

+ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-Centre.
She has spent over a year in Japan campaigning for global+ADw-span
style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun: yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4-

+ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-forest
protection, carrying out 3 nation-wide speaking tours which+ADw-span
style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun: yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4-

+ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-initiated
the Japanese Rainforest Action Group network. Sources+ADw-span style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun:
yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4-

+ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-for the
following material are available by contacting the+ADw-span style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun:
yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4-

+ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-Rainforest
Information Centre, PO Box 368, Lismore, NSW 2480.+ADw-span style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun:
yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4-

+ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4APA-span
style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun: yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4-

+ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-There
is something that Australia's old growth forests have in+ADw-span
style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun: yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4-

+ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-common
with Sarawak's tropical jungle - both can be found in the+ADw-span
style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun: yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4-

+ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-rubbish
dumps of Japan. With only 2+ACU- of the world's population,+ADw-span
style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun: yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4-

+ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-Japan
is the greatest consumer of imported timber, gobbling up+ADw-span
style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun: yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4-

+ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-around
30+ACU- of the world's trade of tropical timber alone.+ADw-span style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun:
yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4-

+ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4APA-span
style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun: yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4-

+ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-Huge
quantities of timber is wasted, becoming concrete form work+ADw-span
style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun: yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4-

+ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-panels,
paper products or disposable chopsticks. In fact, a key+ADw-span
style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun: yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4-

+ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-factor
in Japan's worsening garbage crisis has been the discarding+ADw-span
style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun: yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4-

+ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-of
imported tropical timber after being used in construction and+ADw-span
style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun: yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4-

+ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-furniture
(which makes up 30+ACU- of tropical timber imports). It is+ADw-span
style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun: yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4-

+ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-estimated
that at least 880 000 cubic metres of timber will be+ADw-span style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun:
yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4-

+ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-required
just for the reconstruction of buildings destroyed by the+ADw-span
style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun: yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4-

+ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-Kobe
Earthquake.+ADw-span style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun: yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4-

+ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4APA-span
style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun: yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4-

+ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-The
abnormally short 20-30 year life cycle of buildings in Japan+ADw-span
style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun: yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4-

+ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-and
wasteful construction methods have exacerbated Japan's over+ADw-span
style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun: yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4-

+ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-consumption
of wood. Due to cheaper prices, Japan now imports 75+ACUAPA-span style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun:
yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4-

+ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-of the
wood it consumes, even though two thirds of its land area+ADw-span
style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun: yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4-

+ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-is
forested by timber plantations. This has also caused massive +ADw-span
style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun: yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAPA-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4-

+ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-destruction
of temperate and boreal forests in North America,+ADw-span style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun:
yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4-

+ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-Siberia,
Oceania, and other regions from which Japan imports+ADw-span style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun:
yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4-

+ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-timber+ADw-span
style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun: yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4-

+ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4APA-span
style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun: yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4-

+ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-While
the majority of Australia's population agree that export+ADw-span
style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun: yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4-

+ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4-+ADw-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-woodchips
make no sense. Most of us don't think much about their+ADw-span
style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun: yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4-

+ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-fate
(you guessed it - in Japanese wastepaper baskets). If we did+ADw-span
style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun: yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4-

+ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-perhaps
we'd see another angle that we can take in protecting our+ADw-span
style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun: yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4-

+ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-old
growth forests - supporting Japanese initiatives to reduce,+ADw-span
style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun: yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4-

+ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-reuse, recycle
and use their own plantation timber for their+ADw-span style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun:
yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4-

+ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-construction
needs. A change in Japanese consumer habits could+ADw-span style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun:
yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4-

+ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-save
not only Australia's forests but the forests of the world.+ADw-span
style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun: yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4-

+ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4APA-span
style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun: yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4-

+ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-There
is a growing environment movement in Japan which recognises+ADw-span
style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun: yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4-

+ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-and
actively campaigns for solutions to these problems. In the+ADw-span
style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun: yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4-

+ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-lead up
to Earth Day '95 (April 22), they will take the message of+ADw-span
style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun: yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4-

+ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-global
forest protection to the governments - local, regional and+ADw-span
style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun: yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4-

+ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-national
and all over Australia actions will be taking place to+ADw-span
style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun: yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4-

+ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-support
their efforts.+ADw-span style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun: yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4-

+ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4APA-span
style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun: yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4-

+ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-The
Timber Sink+ADw-span style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun: yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4-

+ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4APA-span
style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun: yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4-

+ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-Japan
fills it's enormous demand for wood by tapping virtually all+ADw-span
style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun: yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4-

+ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-corners
of the world. In 1989 the country consumed a staggering+ADw-span
style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun: yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4-

+ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-115
million cubic metres of wood ( the equivalent of approximately+ADw-span
style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun: yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4-

+ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-6
million hectares), 73+ACU- of it imported. The United Nations Food+ADw-span
style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun: yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4-

+ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-and
Agriculture Organisation (FAO) estimates that 15.4 million+ADw-span
style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun: yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4-

+ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-hectares
of tropical forest were lost every year between 1981 and+ADw-span
style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun: yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4-

+ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-1990.
It is quite obvious that logging is the major cause of+ADw-span
style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun: yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4-

+ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-forest
destruction.+ADw-span style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun: yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4-

+ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4APA-span
style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun: yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4-

+ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-Japan's
trail of forest destruction through South East Asia began+ADw-span
style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun: yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4-

+ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-with
the virtual logging out of the Philippines in the 60's, then+ADw-span
style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun: yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4-

+ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-the massive
degradation of Indonesia's forests through the 70's+ADw-span style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun:
yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4-

+ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-and
early 80's, until an Indonesian ban on log exports forced+ADw-span
style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun: yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4-

+ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-Japan
to switch to timber from the Malaysian states of Sabah and+ADw-span
style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun: yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4-

+ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-Sarawak.
While Sarawak is still the prime source of raw tropical+ADw-span
style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun: yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4-

+ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-logs
for Japan, supplies will dwindle in the coming years. Japan+ADw-span
style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun: yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4-

+ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-is now
moving to PNG and the Solomon Islands for timber. It now+ADw-span
style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun: yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4-

+ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-consumes
60+ACU- of their log exports.+ADw-span style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun: yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs-
+ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4-

+ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4APA-span
style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun: yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4-

+ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-Japan
is also a major consumer of temperate timbers, importing+ADw-span
style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun: yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4-

+ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-from
pristine forests in Canada, the USA and from the Russian Far+ADw-span
style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun: yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4-

+ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-East.
Each area has its tale of woe. Clear cutting in British+ADw-span
style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun: yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4-

+ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-Colombia
transforms temperate rainforests into wastelands. Logging+ADw-span
style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun: yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4-

+ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-destroys
the habitat for endangered species like the spotted owl+ADw-span
style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun: yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4-

+ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-in the
USA and the Siberian Tiger in the Russian Far East.+ADw-span style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun:
yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4-

+ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4APA-span
style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun: yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4-

+ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-Japanese
multinational corporations are now household names -+ADw-span style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun:
yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4-

+ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-Mitsubishi,
Sumitomo, Honshu. Daishowa is a familiar name in+ADw-span style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun:
yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4-

+ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-Australia,
operating the wood chip mill at Eden. In Canada it also+ADw-span
style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun: yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4-

+ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-woodchips
- right over the lands of the Lubicon Cree Indian+ADw-span style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun:
yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4-

+ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-Nation.
The Mitsubishi Corporation has been highlighted as one of+ADw-span
style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun: yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4-

+ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-the
leading culprits mostly through the activities of its trading+ADw-span
style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun: yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4-

+ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-section
which imports huge quantities of timber.+ADw-span style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun:
yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4-

+ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4APA-span
style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun: yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4-

+ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-These
Japanese giants often lead the push into new areas,+ADw-span style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun:
yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4-

+ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-investing
in timber extraction equipment and infrastructure. Often+ADw-span
style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun: yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4-

+ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-regulations
on their activities in foreign (especially developing)+ADw-span
style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun: yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4-

+ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-countries
don't match the standards they set in their own country.+ADw-span
style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun: yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4-

+ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-They
ignore the calls of local non government organisations to+ADw-span
style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun: yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4-

+ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-consult
with them and the indigenous people in the area before+ADw-span
style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun: yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4-

+ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-logging
the forests and have ignored even government regulations+ADw-span
style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun: yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4-

+ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-on
logging methods - devastating areas of tropical forest in Irian+ADw-span
style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun: yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4-

+ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-Jaya
and Papua New Guinea.+ADw-span style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun: yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4-

+ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4APA-span
style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun: yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4-

+ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-International
campaigns against these companies, including boycott+ADw-span style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun:
yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4-

+ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-campaigns
have had some effect, usually resulting in corporations+ADw-span
style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun: yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4-

+ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-attempting
to 'green' their image with glossy forest covered+ADw-span style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun:
yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4-

+ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-brochures.
Mitsubishi actually produced a comic book which falsely+ADw-span
style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun: yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4-

+ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-depicted
tribal people as the culprits of rainforest destruction,+ADw-span
style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun: yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4-

+ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-and
Mitsubishi the environmental hero - 'sensitively' logging the+ADw-span
style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun: yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4-

+ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-forest.
The book was distributed free of charge to every school in+ADw-span
style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun: yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4-

+ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-Japan
before being recalled after pressure from Japanese+ADw-span style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun:
yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4-

+ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-rainforest
groups.+ADw-span style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun: yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4-

+ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4APA-span
style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun: yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4-

+ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-Common
Myths+ADw-span style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun: yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4-

+ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4APA-span
style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun: yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4-

+ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-It is
said that Japan has purposely set out to protect its own+ADw-span
style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun: yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4-

+ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4-+ADw-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-forests
at the expense of the rest of the world. It is true that+ADw-span
style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun: yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4-

+ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-two-thirds
of Japan is forested but mostly by plantations -+ADw-span style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun:
yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4-

+ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-planted
with the intention to log. Cheap tropical imports mean+ADw-span
style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun: yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4-

+ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-that
it's more profitable to log virgin tropical rainforest than+ADw-span
style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun: yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4-

+ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-logging
their own plantations.+ADw-span style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun: yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs-
+ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4-

+ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4APA-span
style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun: yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4-

+ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-Forestry,
as a commercial industry, began several centuries ago+ADw-span style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun:
yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4-

+ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-and
expanded rapidly from the 1880's to the 1960's. From this it+ADw-span
style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun: yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4-

+ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-went
into decline and in 1991 only satisfied a quarter of the+ADw-span
style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun: yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4-

+ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-domestic
timber demand. It became cheaper to buy overseas timber+ADw-span
style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun: yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs-+ACY-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4-

+ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-than
pay the high wages and labour intensive management of+ADw-span style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun:
yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4-

+ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-plantations.+ADw-span
style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun: yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4-

+ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4APA-span
style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun: yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4-

+ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-From+ADw-span
style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun: yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4-my travels in Japan I learned that the
few remaining virgin+ADw-span style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun: yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4-

+ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-forests
are still under threat from logging (it's cheaper to log+ADw-span
style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun: yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4-

+ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-them
than manage a plantation) and other developments (mostly+ADw-span
style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun: yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4-

+ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-resort
developments). It seems that it's profitable (in Japan or+ADw-span
style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun: yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4-

+ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-anywhere
else) it will be exploited.+ADw-span style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun: yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs-
+ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4-

+ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4APA-span
style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun: yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4-

+ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-Others
say that Japanese people don't really care about+ADw-span style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun:
yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4-

+ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-environmental
issues - just look at how Japan treats the whale.+ADw-span style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun:
yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4-

+ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-The
truth is that most people don't know what their lifestyles are+ADw-span
style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun: yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4-

+ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-doing
to the Earth. The burgeoning environment movement in Japan+ADw-span
style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun: yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4-

+ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-reflects
a group of extremely dedicated individuals. Like the+ADw-span style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun:
yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4-

+ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-Japanese
persona, many of these movements are not immediately+ADw-span style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun:
yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4-

+ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-apparent
- working below the surface, but they are having an+ADw-span style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun:
yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4-


+ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-effect
throughout society.+ADw-span style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun: yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4-

+ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4APA-span
style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun: yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4-

+ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-Action
in Japan+ADw-span style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun: yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4-

+ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4APA-span
style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun: yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4-

+ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-One
organisation in Japan is co-ordinating efforts of the network+ADw-span
style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun: yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4-

+ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-of
Rainforest Action Groups in Japan to call for a reduction in+ADw-span
style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun: yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4-

+ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-timber
consumption. The Sarawak Campaign Committee (SCC) has been+ADw-span
style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun: yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4-

+ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-working
tirelessly to conduct research on ways to reduce and run+ADw-span
style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun: yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4-

+ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-campaigns
to lobby politicians and corporations for a change in+ADw-span style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun:
yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4-

+ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-habits.
The results have been effective and have exposed a growing+ADw-span
style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun: yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4-

+ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-feeling
in Japanese society that Japan should do something about+ADw-span
style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun: yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4-

+ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-its
effect on global forests.+ADw-span style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun: yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs-
+ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4-

+ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4APA-span
style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun: yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4-

+ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-When
SCC sent a questionnaire in Nov.-Dec. '93 to all 59+ADw-span style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun:
yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs-+ACY-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4-

+ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-prefectural
(state) governments and major municipal governments+ADw-span style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun:
yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4-

+ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-(cities
with population of 500,00 or more) with sections or+ADw-span style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun:
yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4-

+ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-departments
concerned with global environmental issues, more than+ADw-span style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun:
yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4-

+ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-90+ACU- of
the respondents answered that they were taking some kind of+ADw-span
style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun: yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4-

+ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-action
to protect tropical forests, and more than half said that+ADw-span
style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun: yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4-

+ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-they
were working to reduce their consumption of tropical timber.+ADw-span
style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun: yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4-

+ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-It's
likely that many more local governments will start to take+ADw-span
style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun: yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4-

+ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-action
if only local residents demand it. Insiders in the+ADw-span style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun:
yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4-

+ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-construction
industry have also advised that it is very effective+ADw-span style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun:
yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4-

+ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-to
target local governments, because if they change, the+ADw-span style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun:
yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4-

+ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-construction
industry will be forced to respond.+ADw-span style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun:
yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4-

+ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4APA-span
style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun: yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4-

+ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-Leading
up to Earth Day on April 22, 1995, thousands of Japanese+ADw-span
style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun: yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4-

+ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-will
front up to their local councils demanding a ban in the use+ADw-span
style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun: yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4-

+ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-of
tropical timbers in public works and requesting a policy to+ADw-span
style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun: yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4-

+ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-only
use recycled paper in their offices.+ADw-span style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun:
yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4-

+ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4APA-span
style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun: yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4-

+ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-Their
aim is to halt the destruction of tropical forests by+ADw-span style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun:
yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4-

+ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-Japan's
massive imports of tropical timber and other+ADw-span style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun:
yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4-

+ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-activities/policies.
Groups and activists nation-wide will be+ADw-span style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun:
yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4-

+ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-approaching
their local governments to call for a halt to/drastic+ADw-span style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun:
yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4-

+ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-reduction
in use of tropical timber in public projects, as well as+ADw-span
style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun: yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4-

+ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-organising
events, petition drives, letter writing campaigns and+ADw-span style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun:
yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4-

+ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-other
actions.+ADw-span style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun: yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4-

+ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4APA-span
style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun: yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4-

+ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-There
are plans to support these efforts with a national week of+ADw-span
style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun: yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4-

+ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-action
in Australia planned from 17th to 22nd April. Slowly we are+ADw-span
style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun: yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4-

+ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-realising
that changing Japan is crucial to the future of the+ADw-span style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun:
yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4-

+ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-Australia
and the world's forests.+ADw-span style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun: yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs-
+ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4-

+ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4APA-span
style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun: yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4-

+ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-SAMPLE
MEDIA RELEASE+ADw-span style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun: yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4-

+ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4APA-span
style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun: yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4-

+ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-FOR
IMMEDIATE RELEASE:+ADw-span style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun:
yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs-
+ADw-/span+AD4-CONTACT:+ADw-span style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun: yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4-

+ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4APA-span
style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun: yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAPA-/span+AD4-(DATE)+ADw-span style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun:
yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs-
+ADw-/span+AD4-(NAME AND+ADw-span style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun: yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4-

+ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4-+ADw-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4APA-span
style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun: yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAPA-/span+AD4-PH +ACM-)+ADw-span style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun:
yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4-

+ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4APA-span
style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun: yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4-

+ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4APA-span
style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun: yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4-

+ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-JAPAN
PROTEST TO SUPPORT FOREST PROTECTION+ADw-span style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun:
yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4-

+ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4APA-span
style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun: yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4-

+ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-Environmentalists
will protest Japan's role in the destruction of+ADw-span style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun:
yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4-

+ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-the
world's forests today at the Japanese Consulate at (place)+ADw-span
style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun: yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4-

+ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-from
(time).+ADw-span style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun: yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4-These actions support
Japanese who are carrying out+ADw-span style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun: yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs-
+ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4-

+ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-nationwide
protests leading up to Earth Day (April 22) aiming to+ADw-span style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun:
yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4-

+ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-halt
the destruction of world's forests by Japan's massive imports+ADw-span
style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun: yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4-

+ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-of
timber.+ADw-span style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun: yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4-

+ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4APA-span
style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun: yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4-

+ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-In
Japan groups and activists nationwide will be approaching their+ADw-span
style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun: yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4-

+ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-local
governments to call for a halt to use of tropical timber in+ADw-span
style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun: yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4-

+ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-public
projects, as well as organising events, petition drives,+ADw-span
style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun: yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4-

+ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-letter
writing campaigns and other actions leading up to Earth Day+ADw-span
style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun: yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4-

+ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-(22
April). Their campaign will also call for a switch to recycled+ADw-span
style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun: yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4-

+ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-paper products
by councils in Japan, supporting the campaign to+ADw-span style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun:
yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4-

+ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-protect
Australian old growth forests.+ADw-span style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun:
yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4-

+ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4APA-span
style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun: yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4-

+ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-Japan,
with only 2+ACU- of the world's population consumes 30+ACU- of the+ADw-span
style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun: yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4-

+ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-world's
supply of tropical timber. Uncontrolled and unsustainable+ADw-span
style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun: yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4-

+ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-logging
is one of the primary causes of forest destruction.+ADw-span style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun:
yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4-

+ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-According
to the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation,+ADw-span
style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun: yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4-

+ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-an
average of 15.4 million hectares of tropical forest per year+ADw-span
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+ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4APA-span
style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun: yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4APA-o:p+AD4APA-/o:p+AD4APA-/span+AD4APA-/p+AD4-

+ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-Commercial
logging to meet Japanese demand is ravaging the forests+ADw-span
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+ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-of
Sarawak (Malaysia), Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, the Solomon+ADw-span
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+ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-for the
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+ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-Earthquake
(16 March '95, Asahi Shimbun).+ADw-span style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun:
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+ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4APA-span
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+ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-the
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+ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-campaign
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+ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-forwarding.+ADw-span
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+ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-Ecological
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+ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-Email
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+ADw-p class+AD0-MsoPlainText+AD4APA-span style+AD0-'mso-fareast-font-family:+ACI-MS Mincho+ACI-'+AD4-Phone-+ACY-gt+ADs-(608)
233-2194+ADw-span style+AD0AIg-mso-spacerun: yes+ACIAPgAm-nbsp+ADs- +ADw-/span+AD4AfAB8ADw-span
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