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Environment News tagged with Sumatra

Indonesia Trades Debt for Rainforest Protection
Environment  (tags: environment, Indonesia, Sumatra, rainforest, protection, debt, habitat, nature, wildlife, animals )

Cher
- 144 days ago - globalwarming.change.org
The Obama administration has forgiven Indonesia $30 million in debt payments. In return, the government of the Southeast Asian archipelago nation has agreed to spend the money on protecting the rainforests of Sumatra, the sixth largest island in the
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Lost Wilderness
Environment  (tags: animals, wildlife, Sumatra, logging, rhinos, tigers, endangered, trees, dams, AnimalWelfare, environment, habitat, protection, wildanimals )

Cher
- 184 days ago - thestar.com.my
Yet another tract of forest will be sacrificed for dams and timber. AN expanse of green in the upper reaches of Terengganu, home to countless species of wildlife, including the highly endangered Sumatran rhinoceros, will soon be no more
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Sign Petition: Save The Sumatran Rainforest
Environment  (tags: Harapan Rainforest, Sumatra, birds, animals, wildlife, ploantlife, nature, habitatdestruction, environment, humans, conservation, ecosystems, CO2emissions, climate-change, pollution )

Tom
- 276 days ago - thepetitionsite.com
In the past few decades, Sumatra's lowland forests have shrunk dramatically, from 16 million hectares in 1900 to just 500,000-600,000 hectares today. With your support we can stop this destruction. Tropical rainforests are phenomenally rich in wildlife.
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Pledge to Protect Sumatran Forest
Environment  (tags: sumatra, forest, wildlife, endangered, environment, habitat, habitatdestruction, protection )

Jacquelin
- 411 days ago - news.bbc.co.uk
Indonesian authorities have pledged to stop the loss of forests and species in Sumatra, one of the world's most ecologically important islands. Representatives of the island's 10 provinces, national government and the environment group WWF launched th
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Save the Sumatran Rainforest
Environment  (tags: environment, destruction, rainforest, Sumatra, conservation, trees, protection, nature, wildlife, ecosystems, habitatdestruction )

Cher
- 600 days ago - rspb.org.uk
Tropical rainforests are phenomenally rich in wildlife; home to almost three-quarters of the world's known land-based plants and animals. Harapan Rainforest is no exception. This rainforest is part of the Sumatran lowland forest, the richest in plantlife
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