UPDATE: Helping Old Forests Stabilize Climate 2009, EI Year-End Fund-Raiser. $10,880 raised from 72 donors. 15% to goal with next $17K matched 100%.
* EIÂ’s unique brand of ecological free-thinking and biocentric action depends entirely upon network members for funding. It has been obviously been hard to compete with Copenhagen, so will be raising funds until Jan. 15th. We very much want to continue our work together on behalf of being with you! Please donate now at: http://www.rainforestportal.org/shared/donate/ *************************** UPDATED ACTION ALERT PLEASE SHARE WIDELY! Protest MadagascarÂ’s Illegal Rosewood Logging and French Company Shipping Logs to China By Rainforest Rescue http://www.rainforestrescue.org/ with Rainforest Portal http://www.rainforestportal.org/ - a project of Ecological Internet December 20, 2009 Delmas shipping, a Belgian subsidiary of French shipping giant CMA-CGM, is planning to ship hundreds of containers of illegally logged ancient rainforest logs from Madagascar to China anytime soon. Post-coup illegal log and wildlife trade continue to threaten Madagacar's biodiversity rich rainforest remnants, ecological sustainability and future potential for national advancement. TAKE ACTION HERE NOW: http://www.rainforestportal.org/shared/alerts/send.aspx?id=madagascar_landgrab Mongabay reports that Delmas shipping company is planning to take as many as 200 containers (worth $40M) of illegally logged rosewood rainforest timbers out of Vohemar port in Madagascar on the 21st or 22nd of Decembe [1]. They reported four shipping companies have transported rosewood from Madagascar this year. Three of these have agreed to stop shipping rosewood following criticisms from international conservation groups, but the fourth, Delmas (a Belgian subsidiary of French shipping giant CMA-CGM) continues to ship illegally logged precious woods in large quantities. In October, Rainforest Rescue and Ecological Internet reported loggers and wildlife traders continue to violate Madagascar's biodiversity rich rainforests including protected areas. In March of this year controversy surrounding leasing of agricultural land resulted in a military coup. In the chaos that ensued, armed gangs funded by Chinese traders entered MadagascarÂ’s Marojejy and Masoala National Parks, two world-renowned World Heritage Sites, and logged rosewood, ebonies, and other valuable hardwoods. NGOs operating in Madagascar report continued armed, open and organized plundering of precious wood from several natural forests, including these parks. Recently Global Witness and EIA launched a major report on the matter [2]. MORE INFORMATION AND TAKE ACTION NOW: http://www.rainforestportal.org/shared/alerts/send.aspx?id=madagascar_landgrab [1] Mongabay press coverage: Major international banks, shipping companies, and consumers play key role in Madagascar's logging crisis http://news.mongabay.com/2009/1215-rowan_madagascar.html [2] Global Witness and EIA report: http://www.globalwitness.org/media_library_detail.php/887/en/field_investigation_into_illegal_logging_in_madaga DISCUSS THIS ALERT: http://www.rainforestportal.org/issues/ --- You are subscribed to ecological_internet as c...@hu.openoffice.org. Before unsubscribing, please consider modifying your list profile at: http://www.ecoearth.info/shared/subscribe/welcome.aspx?email=...@hu.openoffice.org To unsubscribe, send a blank email to leave-280032-840...@email.ecoearth.info Or click here: http://email.ecoearth.info:81/u?id=84041H&n=T&c=F&l=ecological_internet To subscribe visit: http://www.ecoearth.info/shared/subscribe/ --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: cvs-unsubscr...@hu.openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: cvs-h...@hu.openoffice.org
