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TAKE ACTION NOW! Uphold Penalties for Importing Illegal Wood
Environment  (tags: protection, habitat, environment, rainforests, illegal wood trade, ecosystems, trees, forests, destruction, nature, humans, conservation, world, habitatdestruction, green )

Cal
- 460 days ago - forcechange.com
The ban on the importation of illegal wood has been an important step in the conservation of forests around the world. It has resulted in a decrease of illegal logging and thus preservation of threatened species and endangered habitats.
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Cynthia D Occupy (340)
Monday February 13, 2012, 3:30 am
signed ty cal
 

Past Member (0)
Monday February 13, 2012, 4:40 am
done
 

Joe R. (157)
Monday February 13, 2012, 5:29 am
Signed and noted.
 

Carol H. (215)
Monday February 13, 2012, 5:31 am
signed and noted
 

Judy C. (106)
Monday February 13, 2012, 5:32 am
Signed. Thanks, Cal.
 

patricia m lasek (317)
Monday February 13, 2012, 5:50 am
Just went on a signing spree at forcechange.com.
 

Olivia S. (150)
Monday February 13, 2012, 7:50 am
2x, thanks Cal
 

Dave C. (138)
Monday February 13, 2012, 7:50 am
signed.
 

Birgitta S. (147)
Monday February 13, 2012, 8:44 am
done
 

Kristina C. (73)
Monday February 13, 2012, 9:33 am
noted and signed. Thanks

Please sign my petition: http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/give-a-pitbull-a-chance/
NOW CLOSE TO THE GOAL #!
 

Cassy Boyington (5)
Monday February 13, 2012, 9:33 am
signed and noted!
 

Past Member (0)
Monday February 13, 2012, 9:44 am
life has value beyond measure
Peace and Love
 

Dawn G. (23)
Monday February 13, 2012, 9:49 am
signed
 

Patricia G. (56)
Monday February 13, 2012, 10:04 am
Noted & Signed
Thank you Cal
 

Sheila D. (18)
Monday February 13, 2012, 10:15 am
Noted and signed. Thanks.
 

Britt Valdes-pages (251)
Monday February 13, 2012, 10:16 am
Action taken and thanks for posting.
 

Nicole W. (274)
Monday February 13, 2012, 10:25 am
noted, signed and shared
 

Brenda Towers (0)
Monday February 13, 2012, 10:43 am
Noted and signed.
 

JL A. (164)
Monday February 13, 2012, 10:51 am
Making companies responsible for their supply chains may be the only way to transform practices within those supply chains.
 

Alison A. (185)
Monday February 13, 2012, 11:11 am
Signed and noted, thanks Cal.
 

Emilia Boccagna (14)
Monday February 13, 2012, 12:31 pm
done
 

Liliana D. (112)
Monday February 13, 2012, 12:35 pm
done, thanks
 

Marianna B Molnar (9)
Monday February 13, 2012, 12:49 pm
noted
 

Alice B. (241)
Monday February 13, 2012, 12:49 pm
NOTED & SIGNED.
 

Kye J. (41)
Monday February 13, 2012, 12:52 pm
Signed
 

Kim Crumpler (26)
Monday February 13, 2012, 12:55 pm
signed and noted.
 

Mary M. (29)
Monday February 13, 2012, 1:07 pm
Signed. I think there was an "so called outrage" about this issue from the other side. They were saying that Gibson Guitars are made in the USA. True. Then it went on to say that we Americans are not allowing the Gibson company to import wood for their guitars. The issue missed by them was the fact that the wood imported was banned by the USA as coming from endangered forests. No one is asking Gibson to stop making guitars, it is just requiring Gibson to use wood that has been approved as not harming the forests by over cutting from fragile forrested areas.
 

Lena Rehberger (107)
Monday February 13, 2012, 1:24 pm
Noted and signed. Thanks for sharing!!!
 

Kimberly B. (107)
Monday February 13, 2012, 1:30 pm
Signed & noted, thank you Cal.
 

Jennifer M. (78)
Monday February 13, 2012, 1:40 pm
Signed and noted. Thanks
 

Robert O. (13)
Monday February 13, 2012, 2:00 pm
Thanks Cal.
 

Roxann Shadrick (15)
Monday February 13, 2012, 3:09 pm
Signed and Noted.
 

Isabelle J. (58)
Monday February 13, 2012, 3:10 pm
Signed!
 

Fran F. (98)
Monday February 13, 2012, 3:30 pm
Thanks, Cal. Signed and shared. And thanks to Mary M. for background on this issue.
 

Ann Breeden (48)
Monday February 13, 2012, 3:36 pm
At our hardware store there's a burn pile. there are lots of pallets that people use for compost piles. My husband has gotten several of them and knowing wood as he does he's noticed a lot of tropical woods that are part of the pallets. This is a crime. I've signed but I know there's companies out there still making pallets with tropical woods. I've signed the petition.
 

Robert B. (52)
Monday February 13, 2012, 3:41 pm
Why are penalties not being enforced? Why do we have to petition Congress to make sure the ban is being implemented? Do we have to hold the hand of Congress and push them EVERY TIME?
 

Nelson Baker (0)
Monday February 13, 2012, 4:01 pm
Signed
 

Charlene Rush (14)
Monday February 13, 2012, 4:50 pm
Rational thinking demands that we recognize, that you simply, cannot keep increasing the population of our planet, and at the same time, eradicate our forests, one by one.

Is this one of those, 'You never miss the water till the well runs dry'?
 

Joan Mcallister (221)
Monday February 13, 2012, 5:02 pm
Signed Thanks Cal
 

Christine Stewart (100)
Monday February 13, 2012, 5:27 pm
Signed.
 

Jennifer C. (154)
Monday February 13, 2012, 5:46 pm
Noted. Thanks.
 

Ellen M. (224)
Monday February 13, 2012, 6:40 pm
Signed and shared on fb...thanks Cal
 

DAVID LAIRD (0)
Monday February 13, 2012, 6:54 pm
SIGNED
 

Susanne R. (208)
Monday February 13, 2012, 6:59 pm
Signed and noted. Thanks, Cal!
 

Gloria Morotti (14)
Monday February 13, 2012, 7:30 pm
Signed. Time to stop the practice of logging.
 

JOHNLEWIS HODDINOTT (75)
Monday February 13, 2012, 7:36 pm
Signed thank you
 

Dan and Tina Partlow (67)
Monday February 13, 2012, 7:42 pm
Noted and signed.
 

Darlene B. (230)
Monday February 13, 2012, 7:45 pm
Noted, signed, and shared. Bless Mother Earth for the damage done to her.
 

Esther Z. (83)
Monday February 13, 2012, 8:13 pm
Noted and signed.
 

Unnikrishnan Sasidharan (31)
Monday February 13, 2012, 8:26 pm
Signed & noted
 

Dogan Ozkan (5)
Monday February 13, 2012, 10:27 pm
noted and signed
 

Dominic Delarmente (33)
Monday February 13, 2012, 10:30 pm
Signed,thanks Cal!
 

Parvez Zuberi (7)
Monday February 13, 2012, 11:27 pm
Noted and signed thanks
 

Colleen L. (2)
Monday February 13, 2012, 11:42 pm
Signed petition. Thanks Cal
 

janet f. (26)
Tuesday February 14, 2012, 5:01 am
Absolutely no reason why these people shouldn't be fined, at the very least. Personally, I think they should be jailed also.
 

Mari s (1294)
Tuesday February 14, 2012, 6:33 am
They should not just be fined this deforestation causes massive climate changes and they are a threat to mankind and the safety of all beings on this planet. One wrong clip our cures are gone forever ntm they are stealing the homes of wildlife. These people need to spend time in jail as well!
 

Vicki P. (132)
Tuesday February 14, 2012, 7:40 am
Noted and signed with thanks
 

Ana Marija Rumbak (190)
Tuesday February 14, 2012, 8:13 am
Gladly done!
Thank you.
 

Michela M. (2979)
Tuesday February 14, 2012, 8:25 am
THANKS!!!!!!!!!!

POSTED in: http://www.care2.com/c2c/groups/disc.html?gpp=28682&pst=1323252&saved=1
 

Michela M. (2979)
Tuesday February 14, 2012, 8:26 am
SIGNED and Noted. Thanks!! Ciao!! Michela
 

. (0)
Tuesday February 14, 2012, 8:52 am
Signed.
 

Elizabeth M. (40)
Tuesday February 14, 2012, 9:07 am
Noted and signed. Very important issue. Thanks Cal.
 

Donna Hamilton (79)
Tuesday February 14, 2012, 9:20 am
Signed.
 

alicia m. (95)
Tuesday February 14, 2012, 9:25 am
noted, signed, gracias y gracias Michela
 

Teresa Cowley (273)
Tuesday February 14, 2012, 9:34 am
Noted and signed.
 

Jutta N. (169)
Tuesday February 14, 2012, 11:16 am
Noted, signed
 

Vicky P. (344)
Tuesday February 14, 2012, 1:39 pm
signed and noted
 

Jarno Lahtinen (26)
Tuesday February 14, 2012, 2:29 pm
Signed and noted, thanks Cal!
 

Pier Luca F. (18)
Tuesday February 14, 2012, 2:31 pm
SIGNED
 

New G. (8)
Tuesday February 14, 2012, 11:11 pm
Thank you.
 

Terri Hughes (413)
Wednesday February 15, 2012, 12:49 pm
''SIGNED''
 

Lisa Neste (525)
Thursday February 16, 2012, 7:57 am
Your signature has been recorded.
 

Thubten Chokyi (830)
Thursday February 16, 2012, 4:09 pm
Action taken thank you Cal.
 

Lynne B. (0)
Friday February 17, 2012, 11:22 am
Signed
 

Valerie Disle (69)
Friday February 17, 2012, 8:21 pm
signed and noted
 

Dianne D. (419)
Saturday February 18, 2012, 7:41 pm
signed
 

Yvonne F. (91)
Wednesday February 22, 2012, 11:37 am
Gladly signed and noted! Thanks for posting!
 

Michela M. (2979)
Saturday May 12, 2012, 6:18 pm

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Barbara Erdman (63)
Wednesday July 11, 2012, 8:17 am
Noted and signed petition :-0 Thanx for posting Michela and Cal
 

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