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Document Pulps APP's Tiger Sanctuary Claims
Environment  (tags: environment, destruction, habitat, forests, nature, protection, trees )

Cher
- 159 days ago - wwf.panda.org
A document released today by WWF and partners confirms that a supplier to paper giant Asia Pulp and Paper is clear felling natural tropical forests the company designated as tiger sanctuary.
31 comments
Tell President Obama to Improve Forest Planning Rule ! PLEASE SIGN ! !
Environment  (tags: environment, forests, destruction, habitat, nature, protection )

Cher
- 162 days ago - thepetitionsite.com
The Obama administration is nearing completion of a new Forest Planning Rule, which governs every planning decision made on national forests for decades to come
57 comments
Emergency Call to Brazil's President: Prevent a Global Catastrophe ! PLEASE SIGN ! !
Environment  (tags: environment, forests, destruction, habitat, nature, protection )

Cher
- 163 days ago - action.wwf.de
The Amazon is home to the largest remaining rainforest in the world. But the Brazilian government (backed by powerful agribusiness interests) is poised to open up vast new areas to agriculture and cattle ranching by changing its long-standing forest law.
43 comments
Send Brazil's President An Urgent Message to Save the Amazon
Environment  (tags: climate, climate-change, climatechange, conservation, destruction, ecosystems, endangered, environment, forests, globalwarming, globalwarming, habitat, habitatdestruction, protection, trees, wildlife, weather, world, Amazon, Brazil )

Gillian
- 163 days ago - wwf.org.uk
A possible veto from Brazil's President against imminent changes to the country's Forest Code could be the last hope for the Amazon. Please join the emergency international campaign to help persuade President Rousseff - and prevent a global catastrophe.
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Stop Indonesia Rainforest Destruction ! PLEASE SIGN ! !
Environment  (tags: environment, destruction, forests, habitat, nature, protection )

Cher
- 163 days ago - thepetitionsite.com
Rainforests and carbon-rich peatlands in Indonesia have been destroyed at a record-breaking pace in recent years. The leading causes of this destruction include expanding plantations for agri-business giants involved in the palm oil and paper industries
60 comments
TAKE ACTION NOW! Protest Belize National Park Being Opened By Corrupt U.S. Oil Exploration to Illegal Logging
Environment  (tags: business, corruption, corporate, dishonesty, pollution, humans, politics, protection, world, forests, ecosystems, destruction, environment, wildlife, habitat, habitatdestruction, green )

Cal
- 164 days ago - rainforestportal.org
With the Prime Minister's permission, Colorado-based oil company US Capital Energy is drilling seismic testing lines through the ecologically spectacular Sarstoon-Temash national park - against international treaty commitments and a Belizean Supreme Court
28 comments
Ministry of Natural Resources in Ontario: Stop Trying to Kill the Temagami Old Growth Forest ! PLEASE SIGN ! !
Environment  (tags: environment, forests, habitat, nature, protection, destruction )

Cher
- 164 days ago - change.org
Located some 50 kilometres northeast of Sudbury, Wolf Lake lies in the area commonly called Temagami. It is beloved by hikers and canoeists for its soaring stands of 300-year-old red pines and deep blue lakes.
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Madagascar Tree Diversity Among the Highest Worldwide
Environment  (tags: ecosystems, fauna, environment, trees, forests, world, Madagascar, nature, habitat, GoodNews )

Cal
- 165 days ago - news.mongabay.com
In terms of biodiversity, the hugely imperiled forests of Madagascar may be among the world's richest.
9 comments
Tell President of Brazil to Save the Amazon ! PLEASE SIGN ! !
Environment  (tags: environment, forests, destruction, habitat, nature, protection )

Cher
- 167 days ago - thepetitionsite.com
One of our planets largest remaining rainforests is under threat from changes to the laws that govern forest protection in Brazil. The new Forest Code being proposed severely weakens protections for the Amazon rainforest and opens up vast areas
51 comments
Stop ONE MILLION Acres of Public Land From Being Liquidated ! PLEASE SIGN ! !
Environment  (tags: environment, forests, habitat, nature, protection, destruction )

Cher
- 167 days ago - salsa.democracyinaction.org
Several schemes aimed at increasing clear-cut logging in western Oregon would take 1.1 million acres or more and sell it off to private companies - eliminating public ownership and degrading fish and wildlife habitat in the process.
15 comments
Tell President Dilma Rousseff to Save the Amazon ! PLEASE SIGN ! !
Environment  (tags: environment, habitat, nature, protection, forests )

Cher
- 169 days ago - greenpeace.org
One of our planets largest remaining rainforests is under threat from changes to the laws that govern forest protection in Brazil. The new Forest Code being proposed severely weakens protections for the Amazon rainforest and opens up vast areas
31 comments
Protect Critical Ecosystem From Logging ! PLEASE SIGN ! !
Environment  (tags: environment, ecosystems, habitat, destruction, nature, protection, forests )

Cher
- 170 days ago - thepetitionsite.com
The Castle Wilderness in Alberta's southern Rocky Mountain foothills is scheduled for block-cut logging this year.
35 comments
The Amazon Is Under Threat - Sign on to Save It!
Environment  (tags: conservation, destruction, environment, habitat, habitatdestruction, forests )

World
- 170 days ago - support.worldwildlife.org
The Brazilian Senate voted yesterday to make changes to the country's forest law that would devastate the rain forest. Please sign our petition urging Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff to veto the proposed changes to the forest law and protect the Amazon
6 comments
Brazil Passes Controversial Forest Code Reform Environmentalists Say Will Be 'a Disaster' for the Amazon
Environment  (tags: deforestation, Amazon, habitat loss, habitatdestruction, habitat, environment, destruction, conservation, forests, ecosystems, trees, politics, world, wildlife )

Cal
- 170 days ago - news.mongabay.com
The Brazilian Senate tonight passed controversial legislation that will reform the country's 46-year-old Forest Code, which limits how much forest can be cleared on private lands.
31 comments
Protect Angevine Lake ! PLEASE SIGN ! !
Environment  (tags: environment, lakes, clearcutting, forests, nature, habitat, protection, destruction )

Cher
- 171 days ago - thepetitionsite.com
Angevine Lake is the largest lake in Cumberland county, Nova Scotia and the closest to the Northumberland Strait. A portion of the land bordering the lake supports cottage development but most is owned by the province and a local lumber company.
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