FORESTS ALERT UPDATE: Progress Made in Protecting Colombia's Rainforests and Peoples
TAKE ACTION: Insist Colombia not cancel natural forest protections
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The Fundación GAIA of Colombia reports that Forests.org's alert on behalf of Colombia's rainforests has already had positive impact. "The debates on the Forestry law are taking place every Tuesday in the House of Representatives. Last Tuesday, the opposition used the letter signed by environmental NGOs. It had impact. Those who promoted the project did not succeed in getting it approved. The debate continues next Tuesday. We made progress in the sense that it has been accepted that the concept of "vuelo forestal" (separating rights to land from rights to the forest cover, PV) will not be applied to indigenous or afro-colombian territories. In spite of this, they want to cancel all norms that protect natural forests." It was suggested that our campaign also send copies to the media. The alert at http://forests.org/shared/alerts/send.aspx?id=colombia has been updated to include this new information and to send messages to media as well.
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